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

arrested DR.. Irving j. Cook a his resi-
dence. 12 West Ninety fourth street, on
a warrant issued by Police Justice Grady
yesterday.
DR.. Cook is accused by Sally Booker, of
1874 Union street. Brooklyn. with having
caus II tn. death of - Moore about
two months ago, through criminal
operation. He told the detective when
he was arrested that 1t was case of
blackmail.
DR.. Cook Is young man with an in
cipient mustache and very long, straight
hair, which he parts in the middle. He
wore n high silk hat. which had the
effect of emphasizing his youthful ap-
pearance. He was accompanied by his
wife, refined-looking and pretty young
woman, on his way to the Tombs Police
Court.
Mrs. Cook stood up at the bar with
her husband before Justice Grady when
he was arraigned. He told Justice
Grady that it was matchmaking
scheme, and showed a letter to the
Court to back up this statement. He
declined to let the reporters see this
letter, however, his wife cxclaiming:
Don't let the reporter know any
thing"
he did not think he would be able to
raise, he said.
The affidavit of Sally Booker. upon
which the warrant for DR.. Cooks arrest
was Issued, says that the deponent lives
as a servant with Mrs. Perry, lS4 Union
street, Brooklyn. and that she is a
sister Of Lulu Moore, whose death, it is
alleged, was the result of malpractice
by Dir. Cook.
Lulu Moore was formerly employed,
the affidavit runs, by DR.. McKenna, OF
her condition first became known to
Mrs. Booker. At that time, 1t is al
legged, she was suffering from the eff
feGts OF pr, Cooks treatment.
July 2, 1t is alleged, Lulu Moore went
to the office of Or. Cook l02 West Nine
ty-fourth street and then and there, II
is alleged, Dr. Cook performed a crimi-
July 9 Lulu went to her sister. Ami
Moore, $40 West Twentieth street, taking
the body of her child with er. July 4
street; where she stayed with a Mrs
Quander. There Mrs, Booker saw her,
and Lulu told her that she was very i'll,
seemed very III. ON this date she gavC
Mrs: Booker DIR. Cooks card and Mrs
Booker sent for him the Sunday night
! preceding Lulu's death.
He came continues the affidavit
| land brought a catshel with i'm. He
would II not r, allow us to go into her room
Lulu continued to grow worse, ana
Thomas Chase, Of SWest Fifteenth street
refused to go to see Lulu ana sent word
to get another physician.
pr. Ford of 1872 Union street, Brooklyn
was called in, and Lulu told him that she
was suffering from cramp collie. He gave
her some medicine for that. July l3 she
was taken to Flatbush Hospital, and
died within two hours after her arrival
The same day tnat she died she, to
Mrs. Booker all about the criminal op
| era ton which d. Cook is alleged to have
performed
place, Brooklyn, the ambulance surgeon
of the Long Island College Hospital
said to Mrs, Booker that criminal
operation had been performed on T.ulu
July is.
The affidavit concludes;
she told me that she had paid Dr.
Cook $40 for his services"
DR.. Cook read the affidavit, from which
the above Information was obtained
and re-:etd it very carefully. His wife
who held her pretty head high In the
air, and struggled to KEEP down her emo
ton, also read 1t.
When DR.. Cook was called before Jus
tice Grady he talked in very low tone
Can YOU get BALI" asked the Justice
Il can get $500 said the doctor, but
! only have very few friends, and am
The bail will be $500" said Justice
Grady.
1t Is for, manslaughter in the first de-
gree" said tie Justice. "You must have
some friends here"
Il GONE from way up in Vermont"
said Dr. Cook 81 only know a few peo-
/ pie here. one of them is Assistant bis
trict Attorney osbSrne, ] know great
been here about five months"
| DIR. ook was sent back to the smaller
room In the rear of the courtroom.
while his wife went to try to secure bail
for him. He wanted, to know II there
was not professional bondsman in the
court that he could pay to go his bail.
only twenty-five years old, seemed quite
ing World reporter asked to see the
letter which he said he had from Mrs.
II don't wan. too much in the news;
don't want to distress my, wife. ! will
tell you, however, that the letter de
mands money from me under p threat
TO get me into trouble l received it a
you deny the charges made in the
affidavt?"
4 Yes; that committed a criminal OPP
Grafton. Lulu Moore came to my Office
first, July !. and said that she feared
her child July she came again and
said that what she had feared had
] happened
! "Did you treat herr"
81 did not perform a criminal opera
! ton. She may have done 80 herself |
went once to see her in Brooklyn. but
/ | would not go again, because ! was not
| paid for that visit, She had a child two
years ago, she told me"
Ibid you see the child?"
How could ! see 1t? The affidavit
doesn't say so, does 1t o.
Whn Dr. Cook was first brought into
| court Mrs. Cook offered some of the
| reporters 800 to have the matter kept
/ out Of the newspapers.
She objected very strongly to her hus-
! band saying anything to newspaper men,
/ and II was not until she went to try to
/ get bail Tor him that he would talk
! Mrs. Cook Is taller than her husband.
she was very stylis1ly dressed In a tailor
/ made suit this morning, ana wore a
/ sailor hat Her beauty Is striking, and
/ she seems very young.
/ DIR. Cook would not reply to the ques-
! ton asked him as to where he was
| graduated
DR. Cook was locked up in a cell In the
| Tombs when the court adjourned.
His examination was set down for
| Wednesday next.