The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-19
A CANTON DOCTOR
Makes Some Very Grave
Charges Against a Cleve-
land Physician.
DIR. C. H. SPRlNGER'S TALK.

He is Well known in Canton, Having
Deserted Loving Wife in this City
"A Girls Body Shipped Away in
Trunk.
DR.. Charles H. Springer, formerly of
Canton, who has been under indictment
in Cleveland for nearly two years, for
causing the death of Hattie Malady by
criminal operation, has made statement
under oath, in which he charges DIR. Cot
ton, reputable Cleveland physician,
with performing the operation.
DIR. Springer, while in Canton had an
office over the Western Union telegraph
office, in East Tuscarawas street His
reputation was not of the best, and he took
a sudden departure after charges had been
preferred against him in Justice Wettach's
court He deserted loving wife, and
for some time she made living by teach
ing music. DIR. Springer was confirmed
morphine eater. After being away from
Canton for time, he located in Cleveland,
and later was Joined by his wife.
ANOTHER DOCTOR INVOLVED.
In his statement, DIR. Springer says that
the Malady girl first came to him in the
afternoon of November 3, 1898 and asked
for treatment saying she had had an
operation performed on her. She tainted
in his office, and he was compelled to at
tend to her On November 10, the doc
tor says, she took cold and she died on
November 49, He then summoned the
physician who had performed the opera
tion, whose name had been divulged to
him by the girl before she died, and this
physician agreed TO take care of the re-
mains. BY his instruction, the body was
placed in trunk and oarted away. The
doctor says that is all he knows of the
case.
The remains afterwards turned up in
the dissecting room of medical college,
and the professor of the school claimed
the body had been sold to the school by
DR. Springer for S20
1t is said that suit will be commenced
at once against the doctor for S10 900 and
the medical college for So, 900, on behalf of
the girls relatives.
DIR. Cotton, who is charged with the
crime denies his guilt in very positive
language, and his actions after discover
ing. the facts in the case would seem to
bear out his statement. He at once noti-
fed the police after finding the body al
the hospital, and the investigation that
followed resulted in the arrest of DR.
Springer.
MORPHINE HABIT CURED.
The statement of DIR. Springer wal
made at Mt. Vernon, where he has beer
taking cure for the morphine habit
There is also an affidavit from DIR. viii
liam Palmer, of the sanitarium, which
reads as follows:
"Dr. Springer is entirely cured of tn
morphine habit, but is under treatmen
for the resultant affections Of the neryou
system-cerebro spinal menipgitis-an'
his condition is such as to render labo
impossible believe that the chief,
not the only, obstacle In his way to pos
sible recovery is the effect Of the wOrr
and depression caused by the pending In
diGtment in the Cuyahoga county com
mon pleas court, charging him with pen
forming, or attempting to perform.
criminal operation. / believe that II hi
mind was relieved of this distressin
cloud which oyerhangs him, ne might II
cover, but overwise, think he will III
with mingled feelings of mortificatio
and dread