San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-06
THE DOCTOR ANSWERED
In a Conclusive Gentiemanly Way,
BY the Light Reporter.
THE DOCTOR DIDN'T

THE DOCTOR DIDN'T
The biggest kicker in the Medical
association meeting Wednesday night
against the names of the doctors
appearing in the newspapers,
was doctor whom the EX-
press published last fall in a
nali-column as performing a skilfull
operation on a dog and he gave the
item himself TO the reporter.-Evening
| LIGHT.
"Dr. C. f. X. King called at the
Express Office yesterday to get this
paper to deny positively the above
| quoted statement, as it is he to whom
the LIGHT refers. The Express con-
siders it but justice 10 DIR. King to
state also, that he has never know
ingly given information of any
character to a representative OF this
paper. DIR. King wants it further
| known that the LIGHT reporter or
somebody else has lied.-S. A. En-
| press"
This matter should have been re-
piled to last Monday, but wishing to
secure the best evidence to show how
lust was the accusation upon the now
selt-accused DR.. King, the LIGHT has
delayed.
DR.. King has seen fit to say that the
LIGHT reporter or somebody has lied.
His language is more torcible than
elegant. Now let us see if the II .
porter, or who, has lied.
The operation on the dog, valuable
pet, took place last fall, and Drs.
King, Cupples and Berry We're pres
ent, and were assisted 10y Miss NJ. b.
Sandford, the we'll known female
nurse. \ fee of so was charged by
the doctor. The dog afterward died.
Mr.. Stephen Gould, now CONNER
cial reporter on the Express, gave this
reporter the item last Thursday
night at supper at the southern
hotel, in the presence of DR.. p. w.
Johns. He also said that at the time
of the operation he was not con-
nected with the press of the city, but
that King told him of the operation.
He told the doctor that he would tell
Mr.. Ransom, who was reporter on
the Express, and he did SO. Ransom
interviewed the doctor, and took
down the shorthand notes upon his
note book in the presence of the doc
tor. Mr.. Ransom stated afterwards
to another doctor that King pretend
ed not to know that be, Ransom, was
a reporter. But" he added, SEN
tentiously, "he set up the cigars, all
the same, and seemed very anxious
about its being down correct on my
note book"
Now, if King did not know Ransom
was reporter, why did he tell him,
and especially when he saw him
noting it down? What advantage
was it to King to tell stranger, as
he maintains Ransom was to him,
of an operation on dog, aud insist Oh
it being written down correctly?
Mr.. Gould says: king did not re-
quest me to keep his name out nor did
he request Ransom to do so at the
time.n
Mr.. Dickinson, city editor of the Ex
press, informed Mr.. Caldwell, of the
LIGHT, Monday morning in the dis
trict court room, that King told him
he did give it 10 Ransom, the reporter.
This is sufficient to eliminate the
Decor and eXculpate the LIGHT re-
porter of the lie. If the doctor wants
other evidence of his giving items to
the reporters, he can look back at the
files of any of the city papers and get
what he told the reporters about the
sad case of the poor child that he at
tended and prescribed tablespoon
full dose of "Dewees' Carminative."