New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19
CORNELIUS HERR. "JETTITORE."
SIR ANDREW CLARK AND DR.. CHARIOT DIE
SOON AFTER HAVING SEEN HIM-DR. BROU-

SIR ANDREW CLARK AND DR.. CHARIOT DIE
SOON AFTER HAVING SEEN HTM-DR BROU-
ARDEL AND THE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE.
Those who have recently approached Cornelius
Herr. the famous Panama manpulator' seem 10
have Jared with him as badly as they would have
done with the persons called "iettatore in Italy,
who are supposed to bring ill-uck with tf~fn.
Several months ago the French Government sent
Dr. Brouardel and the celebrated DR.. Charcot on
an official mission to examine and report upon the
condition of Cornelius Herr whose extradition was
demanded. Herr declared By English ply
stefan. DR.. Frazer. and by the latter's colleague
at Bournemouth. to be so weakened by diabetes
and other diseases that he could not be conveyed
to the Bow Street Court. where the extradiion
case decided.
Drs Brouarde and Charcot, together with Sir
Andrew Clark. deceived by the tricks resorted
to by Cornelius Herr to appear more i'll than he
really was, and declared that he could not be moved
from the Tankerve Hotel. at Bournemouth. a sea-
port without putting In jeopardy his lire which they
thought could not at the furthest be prolonged
beyond a few days. DR.. Brouarde his return
Paris, boldly declared In his report to the Gov
eminent and in his communication to the press
that Herr could not live for than week.
1t Is true that public opinion In France, especially
in medical and scientific circles where DR..
Brouarde known to have made many big mis-
takes in his capacity a subservent Ministerial
medical expert. did not place any reliance on his
diagnosis about Herr. The fact is that the latter.
who was proclaimed by Brouardel bound to die
within a week, has lived for months and is still
living.
DR. Charcot had consented to accompany Brou-
arde only upon the urgent request of the French
Government, which anxious to keep Cornelius
Herr away from France. in order to avoid his rev.
Citations about the completely of many French poll
tlcians In the Panama scandals But. as the de-
mand for extradition had been made officially, to
Inf Of nfIh ptn uaG N no r.
nished to explain why extradtion could not be
granted. DR.. Charcot was then appointed as Brou
ardels assistant, so as to strengthen. with his
well-known reputation. the medical report on the
approaching death of Cornelius Herr
The latter was declared to be suffering intensely
from diabetes and cardial affection. DR.. Charcot
died afterward from the same diseases, az
did also the celebrated Or Andrew Clark. who had
been called In consultation.
Before the meeting of the new French Cham
bers. the Government was anxious to make an
other effort 10 show that IL was really DESTROYS OF
having Herr eXtradted and brought into court.
1t sent again to Bournemouth the same DR.. Brou-
ardel assisted by DR.. Deulafoy. This time the
ply sicans declared that Herr had so far recov-
cred his health that he could be safely transported
to the Bow Street Court. in London. where the
demand for extradition was TO be discussed ON
their return the two French doctors wanted TO
submit their report to the Academy of Medicine OF
the Academy refused to hear the report, on the
ground that BrOuarde saying I'm II just the
reverse of his former declarations about the con-
dit.On of Cornelius Herr, and that this report
selves the subservient instruments of the Govern
ment a fact which gave the question political
rather than medical interest. The Academy OF
Medicine did not want to participate In the comedy
the French Government is not seriously requesting
from England.