The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-05
/" DR. PLOUF BOBS UP.
The Dashing Lady-Killer Ar
rested Once More.
PRAcTicEo WITHOUT LICENSE.
The Man who Could Cure All Ills In
Treubis I'm San Traneiseo-Hs
Record In Seattle.

"Dr." J. z. P1oaf. whom almost every
CITIZEN OF Seattle will remember, and
whose acquaintance many have cause 70
regret, has been trying 20 shine in the
medical profession in Sam Francisco since
ne LETT this city, but has lately got into
the same trouble Is caused his Departure
from Seattle through being charged with
praeticing without license. The Chron-
see prints the following regarding him:
DIR. John z PIouf, q manufacturer of a
patent medicine. whose Office is IN the
Phesan hullding. was arrested yesterday
on warrant charging him with prsctic-
ing medicine without a certificate issued
D. any legal board of medical examiners
lie complainant is Charles Johnson,
collector who lives at IO07 Larkin street.
johnson states that Dr.. Plouf never grad
uaied from medical college nor passed an
examination in medicine. lie asserts that
DR.. Plouf pretends 20 be a physician and
that he prescribes medicine for sick peo-
Die who are not familiar with these facts.
Johnson cites the case Of Mrs Brecken-
neid, who, he says. was attended by DR..
Piouf until dismissed by the husband.
One of her nurses will be called as . Wit
ness against the accused.
DIR. Plouf was very indignant when
arrested, and said that there was no truth
In the charge made against hlm. 1t Is all
piece Of spite work, said he. L am not
practicing medicine now. and have not for
the past two years. L manufacture
rheumatism medicine. and for the last two
years have not even claimed 10 be ply
stefan. ! am manufacturer. and nothing
more. This arrest was caused by a man
named Johnson, who is the friend of one
OF my former employees, whom dismissed
Tor doing some underhand work. l found
that my employe was in the habit Of pick
srssr -. -
and patching together letters which had
destroyed. / dismissed him at once, and
now he and Johnson are trying TO I'M re
me- Plouf was released on $500 bail"
When 'sDr" Piouf came to Seattle sew
eral years ago he opened up elegantly fur
nished offices. his last place being in the
Olympic block, and did . great deal of
advertising exploiting the wonderful feats
of healing which he claimed to be able to
perform. He was the possessor of more
than the ordinary share of good looks and
soon gained quite reputation as ladies'
man. Always stylishly and neatly
dressed, he Was a familiar figure on the
streets, and a full length portrait of HIM
self and huge mastiff which always ac-
companied him was for long time the
piece de resistance of . Second street pho
tographer's window. 1t was not long
until the "Dr." had worked up quite
practice, and the attention of the King
County Medical Society was called to his
peculiar methods Upon making an in
vestigation the society found that he had
never graduated from any school, held no
diploma and had never been granted
license for the practice Of medicine. He
was arrested and the case was taken to the
superior court. where IL lay year without
action. At that time the case was opened
M again and the original complaint was
dismissed on that account. Some time
after that another complaint was sworn TO.
but the case was again dismissed because
the statute OF Limitations prevented fur
Their prosecution. '.Dr" Piouf, however,
through the exposure of his methods, was
forced to give up his practice. and for a
few months devoted his time to the manu-
fseture and sale of q rheumatism cure,
which he claimed. of course, to be infail-
BILE, but he was now thoroughly dis
credited. his victims lost faith in him, and
he suddenly disappeared from view.
The notorious DIR. was also well known
as q great favorite with the ladies', and
many stories have been told of his esca-
pades One in particular is remembered.
where an angry woman, who claimed the
"Dr." had traduced her, met him on Pio-
neer Place and proceeded to give him a
lashing with her tongue and also with a
heavy horsewhip which she had brought
with her for that purpose, when he Ted to
his eff;ea