The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-02
DR., FINNERGT ACCUSED.
Some Members Of Court Jer-.
sey City. A. 9. F.. After
His Scalp.
CHARGE HIM WITH NEGLIGENCE.
The Matter Investigated by the
Board Of Arbitration, Who
Will Report Friday.
CHARGE HIM WITH NEGLIGENCE

tt was hot everywhere Monday night.
but the heat was intense in one room In
the city. The thermometerwa OF the blood
heat mark. An arbitration committee
was in session. 1t met to hear the charges
against DIR. John Il. Flnnerty, physician
Of Cours Jersey City Feresters of Amer
lea. Every Court has its medical adviser.
lie is supposed to attend every member
who is stricken. and furnish advice and
medicines without cost. The court
pays him. The average fee Is 50
for every financial member. He
collects no fee from the members.
It is an easy remunsratiye con-
tract. especially in big courts like
Jersey City. Forssters when ill have a
decided preference for the family doctor,
aud he Is not always the physician OF
the court, II is this preference that al
ways make the election of the courts
physician q lively contest. Every mem
Der wants the medical man IN whom he
has confidence made the courts ply
stefan. The member rarely agree aud
the arguments are frequently not aud
acrimonious
Dir. t1nnerty has been the official doc
tor for Court Jersey City for line years.
He has, OF course, encountered opposition
ana his opponents have been at work for
q long time for an opportunity to GUST
Cne SO formidable, and secure the SER
vices of another whom they, as experts, re-
gard as the only physician in the town.
Every Forester is an authority regarding
the skill of the many medical
practitioners in the city. The list Of
registered physicians would be exhau
In any OF the Leading Courts of Foresters
il every memper WAS invited to express
| q choice. DIR. FInnerty's opponents con-
cluded they had obtained ample evidence
to warrant a movement against him, and
| charges were preferred.
H PARTICULARS.
In the bill of particulars four counts
were enumerated. Que member, an ex-
assemblyman, WAS in arrears and de-
sired to be re-instated. The laws of the
order require that a member who has not
kept his account balanced by cash. aud
asks to paw up must submit to a medi-
cal examination. DIR. Finne-ty met this
ex-oficial almost daily, and as the petit
TONERS WAS apparently in good health he
gave u certificate TO but effect Without
subjecting the patient 10 the humping
| process. This failure to pound the
patient constituted TWO OF the charges. as
the DOCTORS opponents bsing experts in
sisted That the applicant for reinstaGe-
lnent should have been thumped to deter
mine If his heart and lungs are sound.
1t was neglectrul aud improper to certify
that the applicant Was sound. One of the
members was afflicted with rheumatism.
DR., Finnerty attsn ded him. The patlent
was i'll for several weeks. He began
TO mend n the doctor advised h,m
to take frequent walks. The sufferer
while OUT has lncapacitated for work.
| He told lou of the doctors opponents
tina he had not seen the physician In sew
erai days. The DOCTORS certificate sent
to the Court stated the sufferer was en-
titled to sick benefits and this made an
other charge for the reason that ne had
not seen his patient. The sufferer last
night testified tnat he had consulted the
doctor almost daily. The fourth charge
was preferred by Il member who was
troubled with lead poisoning. The doctor
prescribed u sugar of lead wash. The pa
tient WAS impatient because the cure was
not instantaneous and called in his own
physician as no was convinced that DIR.
FInperty was not az skillfuil as his OWL
doctor.
THE TEARING CONCLUDED.
These were the Indictments lodged
against Dir. Finnerty. He was repre-
sentsd by E. Il. Vessels rs counsel for
defense and justice OF the peace and Past
Grand Cnlef Ranger Joseph McCoobery
was tine prosecutor OF tue pleas. 1t was
long after midnight when the Aroitra-
ton Committee closed the hearing. The
committee will submit its decision to tae
Chief Ranger OF tine court nexJ Friday
night. No matter what the v.rdict Is OF
the action of the court, the cass Will b.
appealed TO the Executive Council rs o III
faction is just as determined TO retain
DR.. Finnetty as the other is To Dust him.