The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-19
QUACKERY
Causes the Death of Albert Davis,
of Sippo.
Jos, ph Eb rwpin Prescribes the Baths
Atttr Consulting n Book
Published in Leipsig in le4l Very
Queer Claims--. The Testimony in Full.

treatment prescribed by Joseph Eberwein
of Massillon. 1t is a question u the olu
root and herb doctor can be maze 10 an,
swer for the boys death, as he ss, has an olp
gives this treatment. From legal stand
point Eberwein probably Is not guilty,
and still il seems strange that so many
people are killed in this manner, anu
there is no law to punish the quacks'
Eberwein was so badly scared tuat ne EN-.
ployed Otto 4. Young to attend the inquest
and look after his interests. Coroner
Onenheimer deserves credit for fully in
ves,;gntino the case, and for the benefit
of the community at large, 1t is certainly
10 be hoped that law may be found, even
IL il is as old as Eberwein's medlcal DOOR,
that will punish the guilty party.
THE TESTIMONY.
The first witness examined was DR.. d.
S. Gardner, who testified in substance as
follows: II am a practicing physician IN
Massillon, and have been practcing med;
icine for the past four years. graduated
from the medical department. OF the
Western Reserve College, March ., 1887.
On February L. Mollie, who boards at
the Davis residence, called at my oihce
and described the condition OF the boy.
gave him two prescriptions. came 10
the conclusion that he was suffering from
acute rheumatism. On February ~ the
father came to the Office and said Albert
was no better. He requested me to call
at the house. | did so the next day, ana
found him about in the condition on whlcn
l had based my opinion. l advised
the. continuance OF the meuiSihe
consumptive cough. / didn't think his
condition was such as to require my re-
turn and told them III they needed me
they could notify me by telephone. dlu
not care to call and run up bill as the
family was in poor circumstances On
March 2nd, E. Mollie again called aud
told me the rheumatic pain had left the
boy and that he was better. His appetite
was bad and he had trouble with his bow
els. | again prescribed the necessary
medicine for him. / was telephoned on
March 81 from Sippo mine to come ana
see the boy. / found he had developed
cborea or St. Vitus dance and also had
trouble with the valves OF the heart,
which attributed to inflammation of the
inner lining membrane Of the heart. On
my next visit, March 5th, the atiiiction
was still more violent. advised the con-
tinuance of the medicine / had given him
last, and also the addition of another pre-
scription To control the chorea. On the
next visit | found the boys condition
little worse. The chOrea was no worse
but the beart no better, in fact not as
good. advised the continuation OF the
same treatment. l advised his father to
we could see what his condition was.
could give the family no encouragement
as | was of the opinion the heart would IN
time kill him. On Saturday he did not
report and on Sunday | again thought OF
il, as the case was rare one and peculiar
in some particulars. Monday night atmy
dinner party told DR.. Miller l guessed
some one else had been called as | had
not been notified. Then learned OF the
bath in the barrelas reported in the news
papers. In my opinion any shock would
have produced death in his condition.
certainly would not have advised bath
in which sulphuret ofpotassium was used.
In his condition very hot or cold bath
would have caused death.
THE FATHER EXAMINED
At the mayors office MIR. Davis, the
father of the boy was examined. he testi-
fed that the first bath was given on Sat
urday last. The boy was kept in the water
fifteen minutes. 1t was given beside
hot stove. After the bath he rested easy
for about two hours. He didn't sleep but
was not nervous. 1t seemed TO quiet him.
On Sunday morning about ii O'Clock he
was given another bath. He was kept in
the water 80 minutes. The water was the
same as when the first bath was given. 1t
was warm enough 50 that my wife could
DiIt her elbow in it. He then rested easy
for two or three hours. After that he was
the same as before the bath.
When the third bath was ven on Mon
day | was not there. My wife was pres
ent. He died Monday morning about II 80
o'clock. After he was taken out OF the
water on Monday my wife said he never
spoke. He objected every time he was
put in the water, saying: Pull me out,
pull me out!N To the best of my knowledge
he was kept in the water the third time
about twenty. three minutes. Ihe medl-
cine did not seem to do him any good. !
thought the bath would bring him around.
He was not very bad before he was given
the first bath. He was shaking all the
tine.
THE MOTHERS STORY.
Mrs. Thomas l.. Davis was the next wit
ness. She testified in substance as fol-
lows: II reside at Sippo. The boy was
taken sick three weeks ago last Wednes-
day, He complained of rheumatic trouble
and cough. We called DR.. Gardner,who
said he had rheumatism and his left lung
was affected. The doctor prescribed two
kinds of medicine. He seemed to get bet
ter, as he got up and walked around. On
Saturday week ago he appeared to be
worse. He first showed symptoms of st.
Vitus dance at that time. DR.. Gardner
was called and gave him some more med
icine. "Dr.n Eberwein was called last
Friday evening. He looked at his tongue
felt his pulse and gave him some blue |
looking medicine. He said the boy had |
st. Anthony's dance and told us how
"Dr.n Eberwein came out and fixed the |
first bath. The water was to be hot enough |
so we could put the elbow in it. 1t was a |
little more than warm milk. After the |
first bath he rested about two hours and |
after the second about three hours. The |
third bath was given Monday morning |
about 10 O'Clock. The last time he was in |
% minutes. We were told to keep him in |
one hour but he could not stand 1t, so we |
took him out. After he was taken out we |
rolled him up in blankets and placed |
him in bed. He died about half |
an hour afterwards. he never spoke af.
ter he was taken out of the barrel. When |
he died we thought he was sleeping. |
"Dr." Eberwein was there the last time |
on Saturday, The blue medicine was to |
be given half teaspoonful every two |
hours. (The blue medicine was prob |
ably solution of ammoniated cop |
peri This was given up TO the time of |
his death. The boy never complained of |
his heart, but said his left lung hurt him. |
He had a cough all winter. He never had |
an attack OF rheumatism before.
AN EYE WITNESS TALKS.
Mr.. George W. Phillips was then called.
He testified as follows: ~ am superin-
lendent of the Sippo coal mine. was at
worked at what is called the No. 2 mine.
called at the house quite frequentlyafter
10 was taken sick. was there on Saturday
yhen Eberwein came to the house. When
went in they we're ready to put him into
he barrel. / helped to put him into the
,arrel. The first time they kept him in
rom fifteen to twenty minutes. The boy
objected 10 going into the barrel and while
10 was in he was very anxious to get out.
left as soon as they got him out and put
lin In bed. He was resting easier then.
was there on Monday when he was Civ
n, he fhf.I 10 tb 4 haIpa1 a. ,.,,t H.. a. |