Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-27
A Medical Monster.
Shocking Revelations in a Town
in Michigan.
DR.. MULLIKENS DEVILIsH WORK.

His Victims Girls from 10 to Is Years of
Age and Their Number About Forty
Twelve Years of Crime Unearthed at
Lasi-The Scoundrel, Arrested and
BaiIed, Jumps His Bond.
EsCANABA, Mich, Dec 27-This town is
excited over very sensational scandal. 1t
is charged that DR.. W. W. Mulliken has
been guilty of the horrible practice of lur-
ing little girls to his office and assaulting
them. Twelve years ago DR. Muilken To-
Gated here as practicing physician, There
has been much talk about him for two years,
but it did not toke form until Thursday of
last week, when, as the result of investiga
ton, he was arrested and placed under 81, 600
bail. He forfeited his bail and ran away.
Children were questioned before concealed
witnesses, and the horrifying facts were de-
veloped that many little girls have been
ruined by him at his office. There seems to
be no limit to his immoral conduct. 1t is
claimed that over forty girls ranging from
10 to Is years of age are his victims. Their
names are withheld.
For more than dozen years, it is alleged,
this villain has practiced these criminal acts
He has by gifts, promises of money, and
other means induced little girls to visit his
offi-e, when he has taken the basest advau-
tage of them How he succeeded in keep
ing his brutality from being known for so
long time is hard to understand. Ia the
stories told by his victims promises of future
rewards, threats, aud every other means
were used by him to close the lips of the
girls whom he lured to their ruin.
IL 10 81. 1, ftF,tn Java
given neSthetics and their persons then vio-
lated, In individual instances he has been
discovered, and at several different times he
has been called to account by the parents OF
| children whom he mad ruined, but no public
| exposure of his sillainy was ever before
made. Last February clew to his practices
was obtained through a quarrel between two
| little girls who We're attending school, and
the fact was made known that the horrible
vices practired in the doctors Office were un-
| derstood by the cAildren One OF these little
! girls accused the other of being so wicked as
/ TO visit DR. Muliken's Office and to stay there
/ for hours. In June one of the doctors vic.
TINS communicated to her piaymates the in
iIgniteS she suffered i'll the DEBTORS office
whittier she had been cosxed by promises OF
a reward. In neither of these cases could
/ sufficient corroborati-e evidence be secured
to warrant proceedings against the doctor.
Evidence vas obtained against the brute by
accident. On the mssrling after Thanksgiv-
ing writings of a scCrrilous character were
found on the fence. giving the names OF
1 girls who. it was said, were in the habit Of
going TO DIR. Muliken's otfice. An investiga
ton followed this, and the horrible state Of
things, little by little, was disclosed The girl:
were questioned By their mothers in tn,
presence OF concealed witnesses and full evil
dence obtained. On this evidence a warrant
was issued and Mulhken placed under arrest
week ago He was released On $1,000 bail.
In tue meantime the investigation disclosed
such terrible state of affairs that the town
grew TOO hot for the doctor and he fled.
Dr. Mulliken is about 40 years Old, rathel
heavy, and wears full dark beard. He ii
suppo-ed to have gone to Canada.