The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-11
some WHO knew THEM.
Tracing Dr.. Pyle and Annie
Jones Among Their
Friends.
HARD LINES FOR THE DOCTOR
He May Be Able to Explain Now
What he Meant by Say
ing that He Never
Knew Annie.

Annie NJ. Jones, the pale and delicate
woman who is in the County Jail charged
with an attempt to blackmail DIR. w. L
Pyle, Of No. AIS Bergen avenue. In an In
terview with reporter for THE SUNDAY
MORNING NEWS declared that the accusa-
tion Of blackmail was false. DIR. Pyle
declared positively to different reporters
aud to Police Justice Wanser that he did
not know Annie Jones and never saw her
until Wednesday last, when she visited
his house and demanded money. and fall
ing To get it. drew revolver and threat
ened to shoot him. DIR. Pyle has repeat
edly said this is true. He is positive he
does not know Annie M. Jones.
One Of these stories is false. To learn,
if possible. which is true went TO Phila-
dolphin, where Annie says the physician
ruined her and afterward made her
undergo malpractice at his hands, the re-
suit OF which left her IN such delicate
health that she was afterward forced to
60 TO the Presbyterian Hospital for for
treatment.
Annie claimed that while there the sur
geon in charge told her that an operation
OF q most serious character would nave
to take place before she could ever be
well. She said she remained there until
was performed. All this she claimed was
the direct result OF her acquaintance with
DR.. Pyle.
When ! reached the Quaker City l
called on DIR. George +. Shoemaker of the
University of Pennsylvania, who is also
surgeon of the Presbyterian Hospital,
and asked him IL he remembereda patient
named Annie NJ. Jones. The doctor was
comfortably seated in an easy arm chair
- l. .sx na44
ence, near Thirty-eighth street. when
asked the question.
"Whyf" said he sharply, eyeing me
keenly.-
Il found that she was registered at the
Presbyterian hospital and that you had
attended her, replied.
Yes. that is correct" commented the
surgeon.
And you diagnosed her case as pyo-
salpisra'
Yes"
Ana you recommended laparotomyf"
Doctor. would pyosalphinx be the re-
suit Of malpractice on a womany'
Malpractice would produce 1T, but so
would other causes.
ssIn regard To the case of Annie M.
Jones. did you think when You examined
her that her illness came from malprac-
ticef'
Il am not prepared to answer that
question, Tor | did not enquire into the
cause, but only looked to the result. You
see, Mr.. Reporter, did not perform the
operation. II she had consented TO under
/. 90 the operation l presume would have
asked her the cause You see, the same
condition she was in might have bee n
pused by some other circumstance"
But you are sure malpractice could
I'VE caused iti7
"Oh, yes"
KNEW 'EM BOTH.
From this medical home went to an
other. called on DIR. Lambert II. Edgar,
OF No. 1914 Market street Before intro
ducing myself or explaining my mission,
for fear the doctor might be troubled with
u bad memory, quietly remarked as |
seated myself ike an old acquaint-
ance:--
doctor, when did you last see Pyle;
you remember Pyle, w. l.. Pyle, gradu-
ated in your class at the university"
.Oh, haven't seen Pyle in ever so
long. l believe he is practicing in Jersey
City"
''Let me see," thoughtfully replied the
physician; ''yes-no-no, do not think
nave met him since we graduated. Yes,
that Is it. The last time | saw Pyle was
in Thraun's concert saloon ON Broad
street. He was with a party-that is, two
ladies and gentleman were with him. =
WAS one of these women Annie l..
Jonesf" asked.
This made the physician suspicious.
His face flushed and he acted embar-
rassed, anu he asked:-
-'Whyf What do you want to know
fori Who are your
/ then explained who l was and what
my errand was, and told him of the
Jones Pyle episode. When he heard this
he became as pale as the wall and very
nervous. He exclaimed
stMV GOdt must my name ba fraQuad
into this. Oh this Is awful. / don't know
anything about Pyie's relations with
Annie-"
"Yes; but you know Annie Jones'"
'.Oh yes; l know her-that is, / had a
speaking acquaintance with her, that is
How frequently did you take her out,
doctorf"
II never took her out l met her half a
dozen times accidently. that is all. You
know how it is with college boys. That
is all / know about her except that she
was a very lady like girl aud / never
knew her TO act otherwise than as "A
lady"
DIR. PYLE AND ANNIE.
Doctor. did not you meet her on a
street car one day last winter, by acci-
dent, of course, and then say to her, An
ME. want you tell me the truth; was
there not something more than friendship
The physician thought for moment,
and then said as if a new idea had flashed
over him:-
sOh. this is awful. / suppose will be
subpBnaed as witness"
Il informed him that under the cir
cumstances a subpoena would be of no
effect, for the b1ai would take place in
New Jersey. and he answered, apparently
relieved
Eyes, did see Annie, belle We last
winter, and | possibly may have asked
her Ii there was any stronger feeling be-
tween her and Pyle than friendship.
But. say, this is awful about Pyle. lie
has only recently married, / believe.
Why, he was The last man / would ever
have supposed would have got into such
scrape. When at college was not in-
innate with him, but. OF course, knew
him as student.
ALWAYS WITH PYLE.
Did you ever see Annie Jones out
with any one except Pylein
mo, ! never did. never went out
with her either. but as l told you only
had a speaking acquaintance with her
becs,nlu acquainted with Annie in 1887. =
To make certain that the DR.. Pyle re-
Serred 10 by DIR. Edgar was DIR. w. l.
Pyle. Of Jersey City. asked DR.. Edgar
10 describe him. The description was