The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-15
SAYSIT'S BLACKMAIL.
DR.. Irving ]. Cock Arrested on a
Charge Of Manslaughter.
Accused Of Causing the Death Of
Lulu Moore.
Has q Letter Which He Claims viii
Prove His Innocence.

Detective Won Gerichten this morning
arrested DR.. Irving j. Cook at his resi-
| d.nco 100 uost NI,,,,. ,o,,,,. .,.,a. -
uehee' ~ west Nlhety-tourth street on
warrant issued by Police Justice Grady
yesterday.
Dr. Cook Is accused by Sally Booker, Of
IVA Union street. Brooklyn, with having
cnus II III, death of l.Ii Moore about
| two months apo. through n criminal
,,on ~ "s 49,, -. sa.a,,,.a ',,i ,
operation he tolu he detective when
he was arrested that 1t was case of
blackmnn
DIR. Cook Ia n Young man with an in
cipieht nustache ana very long, straight
hair which he parts In the middle. lie
go, -, ,.t., ,,, o.,
ehec' vi eIhpnas'Z'hs MS you'htu' ap-
pearance. He was accompanied by his
, w. u ,',, ' ., 49, -. y n,'
woman, on his way to the Tombs Police
Court.
N''' ,ooh s'oou Wy az ''Ie oar WIN
her husband before Justice Grady when
he was arraigned He told Justice
'iauS '"u' was o'aoh'ii"'',ns
scheme, and showed letter to the
| Court to back up this statement He
| ueIiiieu " 'e' 'he rePo''ers Hee '"'s
letter, however, his wife eXciaiming,
thing,
DR.; Cook was held in $500 bail, which
he. did not think he would be able to
raise, he sud,
which the warrant for Or. Cooks arrest
was issued, says that the deponent lives
as a servant with Mrs: Perry. lsi Union
street, Brooklyn. and that she Is a
sister of Lulu Moore. whose death. II Is
alleged was the result OF malpractice
by DIR. Cook.
Lulu Moore was formerly employed,
the affidavit runs, by DIR. McKenna, OF
2o5 De Kalb avenue, Brooklyn. July S
Mrs. Booker. At that time, it is al.
legged, she was suffering from the eff
: fects of DIR. Cooks treatment.
July q, it is alleged, Lulu Moore went
ty-fourth, street, and then and there, It
, nal operation |' ~ '''' : $3.50
July Lulu went to her sister, Annie
Moore, $40 West Twentieth street, taking
the body OF her child with err. July !
she returned to- Brooklyn, to 6S Third
s Quander. There Mrs. Booker saw her,
i, Juiu s Lulu went to bed again, and
Mrs. Booker DR.. Cooks card and Mrs.
5 Rocker sent for him, the Sunday night
PRECEDING em Lulus so death ~. ,nd.v,,
"and brought catshel with i'm He
i with him" o.
Mrs Booker sent for Dr.; Cook again.
Thomas Chase, OF 3West Fifteenth street,
: going for him; Dr. Cook, It is alleged;
? to get another physician.
Dr. E9rd OF 1872 Union street it, B 1Sot sS
wS called in ana Lulu tod o INN nat sne
, her some medicine for that, July ID she
E was taken to Flatbush Hospital, and
died within two hours after her arrival;
The same day that she died she told
|
GRAFTON which ID. Cook is alleged to have
performed: c,o,,o, =, IN ,o,,ou
: place, Brooklyn, the ambulance surgeon
Of the t9ng Island College Hospital,
I Lulu was buried in Evergreen Cemetery
July 10
Cook $40 for his services"
z DR.. Cook read the affidavit. from which
the above Information was obtained,
( and re-Iead II very carefully. His wife,
' whose eyes were filled with tears, but
4 air. and struggled to KEEP down her emo
e When DR.. Cook was called before JUS
q tice Grady he talked in a very low tone.
z Can you get bail?' asked the Justice.
E II can get s2oo." said the doctor, but
! only have very few friends and l am
not rich" , -o,. ~
The bail will be $780," said Justice
isn't that excessive?" asked the doc
tor.
1t IL for mansiaughter In the first de-
= gree" said tie Justice. You must have
some friends here"
II come from way up in Vermont"
t said DR. Cook. 81 only know few PEG.
e pie here. One OF them Is Assistant Dis.
" trict Attorney Osborne I know IA grea,
many doctors in Newark. have only
n been here about five months"
l. DIR. ook was sent back to the smaller
room I'm the rear of the courtroom
while his wife went TO try to secure bail
= for him. He wanted to know II there
= was not a professional bondsman in the
: court that he could pay TO go his bail
o After his wife left D. Cook who Is
Z only twenty-five years old. seemed quite
Z at his ease. He smiled when an Even
- ing World" reporter asked to see the
letter which he said he had from Mrs
Booker.
II don't want too much in the news
papers about this case" he said. II
tell YOU however that the letter de.
| lie ,,,op.,, frn,,, mo un1ar ,brao,