New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-25
OLD OFFENDERS AMONG THEN
THE MALPRACTITIONERS IN COURT
ELISE LANDAU. WHO Won NoTonIETr IN
TIE CREsSwELL CASE. HELD FOR MAN
sLAuGHrER-sMAIIER BAIL ACCEPT
ED FOR TIE OTHERS.


ED FOR TIE OTHERS.
| Tho slxteen doctors and midwvcs arrested by
Inspector McI.aughn's men on Saturday night ana
| nou, CHARGED with malpractice. were aTrasn"d yes
| teriay morning before Justice Koch In the YORK
| Vile Police Court. The prisoners are: DOCTORS
| Leon Randall No IA East TAirtieth-si-: william
| Krausj No ZIG East Scventcenh-st.; Newton
| Whitehead No. 2lS East Forty-cighth-s'; Seden
W Grove. No 27 West Forty -nin'h-st; benjamin
| Hawker No il6 West Sxteenth-st.. Miiw!ves
| Caroline Becker. No. 81 East Thlrty-fourth-St'
| Louise schott No IA Eas; ThIrty-nnih-st' MIS-.
| Landau No 3lS East Ffty-siNth-st; Bertha
Schwab. No. 2l5 East Seveny-sevcnth-st: Aih'Ha
WInkleman. No S2i East Elgh,yiirsi-st; Elena
Innderaf. No. 2i9 East sixy-second-st; Ella Lansh-
| lIn No 80 West Fiftythrd-st.; Mrs 'karch NO
2s East Seventy eghth-st: Christina Rahkra"'.
| No 100 East Eghty-hrst-st, and valley FROM
| berg No. 933 Second-ave.
In all the cases where the defendants had not
before been charged with similar offence Justice
Koch fixed the bail at $500, and set the cases down
| for hearing on Tuesday. There were. however a
| few exceptions, notably DR. Whitehead. DR. Hawker'
| Dr. selden W Grove and DR.. Elise Landau Or.
Whitehead was held in 5000 bail. ana VIII De eN-
| anined on Friday. Or Iiawker had 10 ma Dali
Of $500. and will be arraigned ior EXAMINATION on
| Thursday
But the most sensational feature OF the proceed
ings was the Identification of Eliza Schroeder as the
| notorious Elise Landau. from whose Forty-second-
| St establishment Margaret Foster crcsswell was
taken to Bellevue Hospital there to die from the
effects Of malpractice. Miss Cresswell. 1t was said.
was taken from DR. Selden Groves establishment. In
West FIfty-tnir g.. 70 Mrs. Landau's house. Miss
Cregswelrs rie J., 'Gs1l 10 throw any light upon
the affair made i impossible for the police TO So
cure sufficient ev.encc to convict either Mrs Ian
dau DR.. Grove
a few weeks ago Mrs. Landau bought the bust
ness at No. 2s East FIfty-sixth-st. from Eliza
Schroeder. under whose name she practsed. When
the police searched her house on Friday night there
were found the bodies OF two babies hidden In the
cellar. Upstairs were two women. probably the
mothers OF the infants. Under these circumstances
Detective Sergeant Frinck charged the prisoner with
manslaughler and she was held In bail Of $1,000
DR. Selden w Grove who has been known az
Charles W Seldcn. has often before troubled the
police. After his escape In the Cresswel case he
lived quietly for time, his next public appear
ance being in connection with the frauds on the
Garfield Bank and the Bank OF the Manhattan
Company perpe,raed last September by gang
of forgers with the aid OF checks stolen from
Coffin e. Stanton. brokers. OF No. % Broadway.
Grove. who aided as respectable bonnet for the
gang and had provided jansen m the rnle con
Garfield Bank, Is now under bombs of $50 TO APP
pear for trial. The others are SIN In the Tombs
awaiting trial on the charge OF malpractice Grove
was held in $3.50 bail
Enforcement OF the Criminal Law is the man who
In 1873. while employed as an Inspector In the Treas
unsavory notoriety through his abuse OF his posi-
ton. At that time The Tribune published a series
OF extremely articles. exhaustvely exposing
the sharp practice of MIR. Jayne. His duty as in
Of the large importers He was thus able to de-
tect many technical irregularities and used this
sion. In this way he managed to squeeze large
sums OF money out Of various hrins-notably
Of s2soc6S Ills legal right to do this dirty work
was qnguestionabe but the exposure OF his prac
law which had made the eXtOrt0n possible.