The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-20
PERSECUTION OF A DOCTOR.
DIR. ZE- TALTOFF SAYS THERE'S NO
REST FOR HIM At BATH BEACH.

white Caps Have Warned Him and In.
cendiaries Have Tried 20 Destroy HIS
House and Omce-He Says Professional
Jealou-y - the Cause OF His Troubles.
DR.. David Ze-waltofr has an Office in tho
Bath Beach pharmacy at Cropssy avenue and
Bay Nineteenth street. He has practised in
the VILLAGE for three years. md during that
time has built up large business among the
residents. He ia especially popular with poor
persons and servants In tho hotos md cot
tages thcre on account Of HIS treating and adj
T. vising them froc OF chnrge.
The Bath Beach pharmacy IL owned by ST.
mon Wolf. an uncle OF DR.. ze-Waltoff. Mr..
Wolf Ia now in Europe. IIelenses the building
occupied by the pharmacy from Henry Henics.
The pharmRcy was opened two years ago. and
ever since that time Dr. Xs- Walton has made
1t bis headquarters. Tho Doctor tells q re-
markable story OF persecution. OF which he has
been the victim ever since tho Bath Beach
pharmac was opened He says that . few days
aiter tho opening a placard addressed to him
was nailed on the door, 1t read as follows:
" You are hereby notified tolsavs Kings county
within twenty-icur hours. White Caps" The
Doctor took no notice OF this. and nothing ever
came from It.
Some time afterward Dr.. 70. Walton was ar.
rested charged with . criminal assault on
Mrs. Bciker, the wife Of Louis Beiker. . part
ner OF Justice Of the Peace Charles A. Conrady
In the paint business. The case was tried be-
foro Justice Church OF Fort Hamilton, and tho
TlSr H. IL ,r!.I Ecker sailed Sa ms
Withdrawn for 81. 900 and Dr. lZe. Walt oii's
promise to leave tho county. This was 10
snd jury p0ffSF was sa bsor. H
cullen nnb "a lHry IN June lat and tho Jury
AN tpN fnn htu IN . m ca
enea ~ smell of smote, The Doctor diseos-
tlnguished Just IN the nick Of time. for the
back yard fence was saturated with kerosene
and everything pointed toward an attempt to
Tbs Doe;or's emily won. back to the city
to live then: "a, And no sometimes slept in the r.
the at!emrt TO burn, his house. on attempt, was
made to burn the phermacy while he and his
ened BY the barking Of y dog. and, going out.
they say Two men With lish,s4 ms,Shss trying
ssS - ~ b: y
Of Bath .Bcach. aud Dr.. Zs.Wa!t ton believes u
TN vi serVed h no.ss 70 re rem foul
water and decayed vegetable matter said to, to bs
r s and ae nSie by
Iatrick Harrison; DR.; 70, Waltor says ho told
Harrison at tho time lint he was not the owner
br; e Wal oil oh ienored the nosise aud on Sat:
MaitSirs arrest siened ;" iIoaiih omcer lie
he ~ hs was Who
to Justice Conradys house. There he " as held
| tice.. The lstter did not appear. and only when
DR.. Waltofr insisted he SAYS. that II llarri-
lie Nond he would fight his way out. did
tho Inspector consent TO do so; On tho way to
the Heath onlcer's hou.e the D . met Cor
and counss 10 the board Of Health The mat.
ter was submitted to him, on arriving at the
mistake. IN! DR.. Le- Walton WAS then re-
On Monday mornigg paraera a1,; Hbop: the
paper. and Health Ofiicer De Mond caused Dr..
again M h. ns e59uHh
gagged baldwin ,SSsranss. counsel t. Tho Kings
n;61t9s ,h hs ar arrest to The
Frederick c. De Mond: Las, sprins. when Or:
Ze-Walton was treating Mrs. CTomwol' q
'sH sp9 sa Ssok IT, hfF ss II Mo snd
the woman''s daughter that her mother would
about now; a. lively as ever, Br. Ie.Maltoif
gain n case where Dr. De Mond had treated
/ Mira. Stadle''s baby for consumption OF the
that the child could not live. DR. Ie-Watoltt
was called in ard discovered tho baby mad
| cholera infantum. lie treated tho baby and 1t
recovered.
Health officer Do Mond snid whom seen by a
Sun reporters "Oh. thts ia nothing OF any con-
in the wrong and does not want to acknowl-
edge it."