St. Paul daily globe., 1891-10-23
DOCTORS DID 1T.

OF Course the State Board Con-
victed the Advertising Doctors.
In view Of the evidence, it was alto
gether surprising that the state board
found Drs. Blair and Hutton guilty;
but it was not surprising that board
of old-line doctors should do so. The
real offense was in being successful
through advertising, and that could not
be forgiven bysthe oldIiners.
After an Unsuccessful attempt to get
together yesterday morning, the state
medical board assembledin the senate
chamber of the capitol Yesterday after
noon at l O'Clock to resume the hearing
of the case OF Drs. Blair. of Minneapolis,
and.Itutton. of St., Paul. w. +. Gil
more, an itinerant druggist who has
roamed all over the United States dur
ing the past two Years, was the first
witness callet to the stand. He testi-
fed that at the request of DR.. Sweeny
he had visited DR.. Hutton and that DR..
Hutton had representedshimself as DR..
S. j. sIhtliday, of Thiers detective
agency, testified that he=iiad repeatedly
addressed DIR. Hutton as DIR. Mccoy
and had never been corrected.
Or Blair took the stand, and testified
that Re had never led people to suppose
that he was DR.. Mccoy; that he may
not have corrected them ALWAYS OH their
first visit. but that his patients were
never allowed to remain in error as to
his true identity.
DR.. SWeeny announced that owing to
his connection as secretary Of the board,
he would take no part in the boards
deliberations.
George Heiser, clerk of the West
hotel. in Minneapolis; Squier Wooten,
bell boy, and Jacob Ickle, the barber,
were witnesses for the accused, DR..
Blair. They testified that he was well
known about the hotel as DR.. Blair:
that his cards bore the name of Blair,
and that he had a cup in the barber
shop marked Blair"
Dir. HNtton's testimony was earnest
and clear. lie testified that he had
never, by act Or word, led any one to
suppose that he was Dr. Mccoy; that
nobody had ever addressed him as Nc
Coy: that he had not known till he came
here that Mccoy was debarred from
practicing in Minnesota; that he had
never been guilty of unprofessional
conduct. He had negotiated with the
firm of Blair IL Mccoy, and knew that
Mccoy was in New York perma-
nenty. He was paid salary for
maintaining the st. Paul office,
and about once in three days paid all
receipts to the firms business agent.
He had never opened mail addressed to
DR.. Mccoy. but had sent it to the Min
neapO}jS office. He considered the Nc
Coy sl stem of treatment the best in ex-
istence. lie had never read the adyer-
tiSementS, and did not know that any
one supposed DR.. Mccoy was in st.
Paul personally. but it was his method
Of treatment that was used. DR.. Hut
toms testimony was very emphatic. and
was totally unShalen by croSs-eXamina-
tiOn.
James Compton, of Fergus Falls.
United States surveyor general, and
Judge Williams testified to having
known Hutton for years. and that his
reputation for truth and veracity was
good.
S. 0. Goldman, the usher in Hulton's
office. testified that he had received pa
tients, ana that nobody had ever. in his
hearing. addressed Hutton as Mccoy.
Hutton had never represented himself
as Mccoy. Witness had never seen Gil
more or Halliday in the Office.
The board retired to the ante-room,
but returned in a few moments to hear
the argument OF the counSelS. Daniel
w. Lawler waived technicalitics, and
opened the argument very briefly Judge
Rca, in summing Up the evidence, char
acteriZed it as the flimsiest he had ever
heard. He said that the only detective
who had put the point blank question
to DR.. Blair, Are you Dr. McCoy?"
had received an emphatic mo, | am
DR.. Blair" There had been not one
of the 400 patients treated III the offices
who had made complaint of any descrip-
ton; that there was no evidence to
show that Dir. Blair or DR.. Hutton had
ever represented himself as DR.. Mccoy.
CT tried to deceive any one. After pay
ing warm tribute TO DR.. BIair's pro-
fessional ability and gentlemanIy con-
duct, Judge Rea closed his argument.
After retirement the board returned
the $ uprising verdict of guilty as
charged. The licenses of the two doc
tors are revoked but n Stav of twenty