Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15
A MYSTERIOUS MEDICAL MAN.
Facts About a Peculiar Physician
Given to the Public.
Or. POWELL REEVES RECORD.
The "Well-knOwn Specialist" Proves
to BE Literary Pirate and
Man With More Than
One Name.
r. POWELL REEVES RECORD.

Some years ago when Omaha was infested
BY lot of quacks and medical imposters, the
bee ventured cleaning ont Of the frater-
nty. That it succeeded in an eminent de-
gree is well remembered. "Dr." Mumey,
who had ingI atiated himself among numcr-
GUS male and female dupes, played a big role
for time. When exposed by the BEE he
sued the paper for $4,000 damages, but in
stead of pushing the suit he quietly folded
his tent and stole away to a more congenial
CLINE. Next came Dr. Aldrich, who placed u
monumental marble slab in the Fanam
street sidewalk. He appeared to be good
and pious man, and from his victims money
ne contributed most generously to nearly
tvery charitable and church organization.
Tc succeeded most admirably in working
himself into the affections of more women
than any other man ever known in Omaha.
The BEE exposed him, and he took his de-
parturc, after which his sidewalk slab was
turned upside down. The last heard Of Aid
rich was that he was killed in New Mexico
by some indignant relative of woman whom
the alleged doctor had mistreatcd Another
humbug was an old German doctor who
held forth on Capitol avenue, and pretended
to cure every disease by means of his herb
baths. He, too, has disappeared. 'sDr. Fish
WHO u Jllilc Ihkcu III uuSilclS OF
shckcls from coniiding victims long since de-
parted To his credit, be it said, he has re-
formed, and instead of administering quacl
nostrums to the physical body, nc is now en-
gagged III prescribing spiritual doses for sin
sick souls In other words, lie is n leader III
the salvation army. He has dropped his
medical title for u military one, and Is now
known as General tishblatt.
Since the passage of stringent medical laws
in Illinois and Iowa there has been quite an
influx of quGcks and questionable medcini
into Omaha, and as u result Il great many
people arc being "doctorcd" IN death by men
who ought to be chopping wood or shovelng
DIRT instead of ''practicing' medicine. We
can stand iack-lcg lawyers and Peter Funks
generally, rs they only sWinGic people out of
their money, but when men and women are
subjected to malpractice, and in many cases
driven to premature graves, it is time 70 call
u halt
There Is in the city of Omaha an alleged
doctor whose ways are peculiar and mysteri-
ous but by no means past finding out He
runs a so-called private dispensary and adver-
tiscs far and wide 10 cure nearly every disease
with which the human system is afflicted. AS
consequence he has large number of vie
tins of misplaced coniidence. This man is
DR. Powell Reeves. Information has been
received in this city from time to time from
various parties in different localities showing
him tn be a fraud in several particulars. He
has ''practiced' in various parts OF the coun-
try, and has made a record that is not alto
getner spotless. 1t was only u few years ago
that he was located in Portland, Ore,
where he sailed under the name OF DR.
Vanmonciscnr, ''the well-lnown specialist. "
His Portland circulars bear the same picture
of himself as his Omaha circulars, advertise
ments and hooks. There is no mistaking the
Identity of the man. Comparison of the pic.
lures and ...s circulars prove that DIR. J
vauinonciscar, of Portland, is DR." Powell
Reeves, of Oiraha. II he were an honest
doctor il seems strange that he should change
his name upon locating In Omaha II he
wre "well known specialist on the Pacific
Vo.Is,, would .t not naturally follow that L,