The evening world., 1892-09-27
wH|1EWAsHEO HIM.
Dr. Donovan Exonerated on the
Charge Of E1tortion
No Didn't Know II Was Against the
Rules to Accept Money.
Bsrnet Rosenthal says He Paid tho
Doctor %, Too.

The Medical Board Of Examiners Of 0ouver-
nsur Hospital. acting upon the request Of
President Porter OF the Board Of Charities
and Correction to Investigate the charges OF
alleged Nxtortion brought against House
fpysician Donovan Of tho Gouverneur Hes.
pital submitted the report at noon to-day.
tho examiners exonerate Or. Donovan on
the ground that he was ignorant Of the VIOLA
tahn Of any law or rule in accepting money
from patients or friends Of patients
Following IL the report:
.Ths Hsnorabis, the Com misiioRsrs Of Chavtiss
a~d Correction.
"GsNrLInEN: am directed by the Med.
cal Board OF Gouverneur Hospital to report
TO you that they held a special meeting this
Afternoon pursuant to your order Of the cath
inst. and Investigated the charge against
House Surgeon Donovan for having received
hAohey from patient. and that SAID charge
wAs sustained, Dr. Donovan himself admit
ting having received the sum OF 81 from
Joseph Friedman, son OF the patient iu
question.
But he stated, and was corroborated by
Mr.. Wilson, who WAS present at the inter-
view, that Friedman prese nted this amount
as gift and without solicitation {;
ahd, furthermore, that he accepted the gift
not knowing OF the existence or any rule OF
the department restraining him from so do
Ing
=" DR.. Donovan was also questioned in re-
gard to the statements OF one Borsuk, ~
published Ia one OF the newpapers to-day,
and In reply he denounced them as utterly
false. Very respectfully,
LAURENcE JOHNSON, n. D., Secretary.
new YORK. sept. 90, lsD2."
1he Commissioners did not seem wholly
satisfied with this and sent II hack TO the
A<Ato of ErAniners with these words written
. A.ross It's face:
: .Jeeturned to Msdical Board Ter thell
Instrumentation as to our action in this case
stsd a. 10 some rule to be enacted to preven,
recurrence OF the complaint.
"H. II. PORTER,
~ "CHARLEs 4. SIMMONS,
"EDwARD {. SHBEHY."
ASKED by an EVENING WORLD reporter
whether he did not consider the action OF the
Examining Board unusual In citing only Dr
Donovan and another employee OF GOuver-
heur Hospt,a, before 1t and ignoring the evil
dence OF the Friedman boys and Borsuk, who
made the charges against the doctor, Presi.
dent Porter replied:
"The Board is composed OF wise men who
know what they are about. and | must de.
cline to criticize their action"
Commissi ,ner Sheehy, who was present
said:
~ made up my mind to investigate this
whole business personally. did not
want to rest until had fathomed 1t in all IT,
bearings. With that view went to Gouver
neur Hospital last sunday ana"
Here the Commissioner made long pause
as II to collect and combine hundred scat.
tered sEeins OF thought, ana then he con
tiuued:
And I found that Mrs. Friedman, the
mot her OF tile men who made the charge o
extortion, was excellently attended TO and
expressed herself as perfectly contented."
"Well, but how about the alleged cxtor
tion ?"
"Oh, she didn't seem to know anything
about that. Dr. Donovan probably thought II
might inture her to let her know"
That was all commissioner sheeny had t
say about his searching investigation.
Barnet Rosenthal, OF 20 Essex street, tolc
an EVENING WORLD reporter this morning
that he is o son-in-law OF Mrs. Annie Cohen
VINO uleO ~ dOuNoTu0uT nUspital euuuHy
from injuries received during the panic OF
last friday at the synagogue, ~ Ludlow
street.
~ visited MIS- Cohen tho day OF the acct.
dent" he said. "Dr. Donovan did not de.
mahd any money from me, but gave him e.
because thought 1t was right to give him
something for his trouble.
Mrs Cohen had two pocketbooks with
o30.lO In them. These were given to me by
Dr. Donovan. Some Jewelry was missing, but
that probably was torn from Mrs Cohen In
the stampede.
"However, she always carried pouch Of
money beneath ner skirts This was also
missing. know 1t to have contained con.
adorable money. 1t could not have beer
torn on like the JeWelry during the panic"
"By the bye" said Rosenthal, "do yov
think can get back those e62"
"If you made girt Of them why would yot
wish them returned ?"
"Weil, that's 50. 1only asked"
E0W1Ep In r0NTEMpT