Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-28
A MYSTERY TO ALL.
A REPORTER RELATES HIS EXPERT
ENcE WITH A NOTED MAN.
Some Remarkable Cures Told OF by Judge
Goodspeed--A Family Dbtia-
guished IN Many Ways.
rTrom tho washington Post.l

| limitad express from Boston pulled out OF
the Providence depot "You see that gen.
tleman with glasses putting on his travel
ling.cap?"
"Yes, see him; he has look between
the eve similar TO that of Beecher, Bob
Ineersoll, and Edison. Who is hef +"
well, sir. he IL one of the best-known
men in New England, II not in the country.
He Is one of the most brilliant. brainy. and
remarkable men of his age"
By this time was full of curiosity and
wanted to know first who he was. and
second all about him.
The Judge. in o cool and contrary mood,
replied: Il will frat tell you about MN,
| then will tell YOU who he is. lie is
voune man somewhere about the fortles
| He is a practlcing physician and enjoys,
| no Is generally conceded, the largest prac-
! tice of any physician in the world. In his
university course he was admitted for the
! law. for medicine, and the ministry. and
/ a few minutes conversation with him
would satisfy you he was well auahned
| for either
land. He is logical in his reasoning and
| irresistible In his appeals. lie IS the man
| Of whom Hon. NJ. G. Kerr. ex-Speaker OF
| the House OF Representatives. SAID ne ala
not believe an American jury could be
found who would hang man IL no mad
the opening OF closing speech When ne
| appears before the Legislature Tor or
against measure it ID signal
| for crowd that no hall in the
| State House could hold. He appeared
| against n measure before the Massachu-
| setts Legislature q few years ago. The bill
| was represented by the ablest counsel IN
the State. The committee were known TO
l.. ~ Iii M M
| exception. When the bill came up for
| hearing numerous counsel for the petit
| TONERS responded. Then this gentleman
arose. and stepping forward, said Mr..
| Chairman and gentlemen of the Judiciary
Committee, appear for the remonstrants.
| This remark was applauded, Tor II
meant to the audience an oratcrical duel
| to the death. After the petitioners had
| presented their side of the case. and
everybody thought the bill as good as
passed. this gentleman for three hours
| argued against the bill. He presented his
| side of the case In such hight that IL
| looked as though disgraceful, infamous,
| and outrageous law was being forced upon
| the State His sarcasm at tunes was 80
| severe that one felt pity tor his oppo-
nent regardless of their feeling in the
| matter. One minute the whole House
would be convulsed with laughter and the
next every eve would be molstened with
| tears. Over many of his eloquent cli-
| makes his bitterest opponents would cheer
| loudly, forgetting what they were doing;
need only add that the committee voted
| against the bill without any delay.
| Il started out to say" continued the
| Judge, that he was as a physician dlsap-
pointed and Disguised with tho ordinary
| methods of practice end made a speciality
| of chronic diseases. He has broken away
| from the old methods, using, as he states,
| the good from every school and the good
outside of all schools. He is man OF
means, and consequently has everything
| that money can purchase TO aid him IN
| his practice. He has enjoyed an extensive
practice and had an extended and varied
! experience. He 10 q man OF travel, re-
search. and broad education. His special
| ties are said 10 be cancer, consumption,
tumor. paralysis, rheumatism. heart ana
nerve-diseases. These he seems to treat
| with wonderful success, and his friends
affirm that he will cure patients OF these
! malignant diseases who are given up by
| other methods of practice TO die.
Il have understood from the most rella-
! bic authority that he averages upwards OF
| Is, 900 patients under his care all the time.
| He has several physicians IN his employ,
| and all the facilities necessary for great
and extended practice.
Young as he is, it is safe to say he is
| the highest authority in the East on
| chronic diseases. There is nothing higher
| in all this country. If he says man Will
| die, he is pretty sure to die; but the hope
| for the sick man who goes to him lies In
| this, that he seldom thinks a sick man IN
| durable, and TO him they seldom are. When
| other physicians pronounce their cases In
! durable, he will take them aud cure them
| in the most astonishing and miraculous
way. Many people in New England be-
| lieve his cures are miraculous-though he
stoutly denies that they are anything. OF
| the kind--while he refrains from saving
how he performs these most wonderful
| cures"
But Judge. you have not told me who
he IS"
"He is DR.. r. G. Flower, of Boston,"
| You don't mean to tell me that this is
| DIR. r. G. Flower. of Boston, who several
years ago startled the world by curing, In
apparently miraculous way, the, president
of the Pennsylvania railroad. also Joseph
jefferson, the great actor!"
The same man"
"Why, thought he was an old man!
Everybody thinks So"
| But how old is hep"
81 don't know. | told YOU thought he
was about the forties He may be a thou
sand for aught know, but he only looks
| like boy"
well, Judge, how do YOU come to know
so much about DR.. Flower?"
"Well, sir. / will tell you. There was a
time / dlsbelieved everything ! heard
about him. being preiudiced. | presume.
against him; but had a Trombone very
| near and dear TO me-whO was taken down
with quick consumption. He was q man
of ample means and tried the best physi-
Clans the world produced, but he grew
worse rapidly. His physicians told hum
| finally there was no hope for him-to set
/ hao in ord no -
more than six or eight weeks At the best.
! and as most OF his family had died with
| consumption, we accepted their opinion as
the ultimatum. As last resort 10
pass away the hours of the death
| watch he went TO see DIR. Flower. The
| Doctor told him it was his opinion that he
could cure him. though 1t would take
! several months to do 1t. SO fayOrably did
| the Doctor impress my friend aud his wife
| that they returned home believing he
would get well, and. strange to say, that
man, almost in the throes of death, o
| feeble skeleton, arose into health as II
touched by charmed sceptre, and to-day
| he Is n we'll man.
"Shortly after this occurrence my STEP
daughter had a cancer come IN her lett
breast 1t developed very rapidly. Her
| family physician sent her to q specialist In
New York. He pronounced 1t malignant
cancer. aud that he could do nothing TOR
| her She then visited ut. ASueW, OF llla-
| delphia. who told her husband tina no
| could cut il out, but il would come again,
| and that there was no cure Tor her. As a
| last result, she consulted DR.. X. G. Flower.
| The doctor told her he would rather not
| take the case.
"The. means. :" said the woman, bursting
! into tears, that you do not think viii
| get well.'
This remark seemed.to disturb the Doc
tor. " Is your life of very great Importance
| or consequence to your family Z"
II have sick husband and four little
! girls-my God To leave them without q
mother and almost orphans nearly kills
me-"
This was more than he could stand: big
tears filed his large gray eyes. Don't
| cry, my poor child; will cure You OF this
| disease. / will stand between Won and
death until your children are grown. By
the help Of God and the power possess l
will cure you"
He said this as if he meant it. and guess
| he did. for at the end of nine months that
woman was Q we'll woman AID has been so
to this day.
About this time / joined q society for
| psychological aud scientific research.
| Some OF DIR. Flowers cures were so sug-
gestive OF the occult, and DETERMINATIONS
so strange that it was decided by our So
ciety to investigate his claims and prac-
| tees. / was made the chairman of tho
! committee appointed 10 make the Investi-