The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-01
A GENTLEMAN, SIR.
But the Great German Physi-
clan Is Not i'm Evidence.
HE OBJECTED TO GIVING BAIL.
But the willy Constable Cultivated His
Society TIL He Got It-Then the
Doctor Disappeared.
HE OBJECTED TO GIVING BAIL,

"Dr." I. p. Hettinger. the great Ger
man physician. who claimed 10 cure can
GERS and fumors where all other pbysf-
clans failed, and who vas arrested feN
DAYS ago on the charge OF practising
without a license has disappeared from
the city and taken with him his young
and handsome wife. Where they have
gone TO is a matter OF speculation. but
the general opinion is that they took the
IJuafiIla Tuesday morning for San Fran
cisco.
The Doctors experience in Seattle was
brief and unsatisfactory, and when last
seen by Constable Fitzgerald he vas
sweating under what he termed the "nl-
initiation heaped upon German sehtse-
man" The doc tor was out the day tnat
DR. A b. KiDbe swore out the warrant
for his arrest and Constable Fitzgerald
had to walt quite while for him 10 re-
turn In the meantime Mrs. Hettnger
entertained the smiling constable, VINO Is
considerable OF humorist in a quiet way.
..Do you desire 10 see the doctor profes-
slonaIly?'' asked Mrs. Hettinger.
YES" replied the constable. as he
thought OF the warrant In his pocket.
that is what I am here for" Then he
went on 20 explain that he had "a lump IN
his throat once and was afraid II might
be cancer. Mrs. Hettinger thawed out
and told how she met the doctor in 1T
tie town in Indiana while he was treating
her mother and that ne was a great phys
fcian. Incidentally she said he would
weigh about 90 pounds. Just then the
door opened and in came the doctor him
self
He'd throw a 90-pound weight clean
through the ceiling" thought the con-
stable. but he said nothing further than
TO take the doctor on one side and explain
matters. Then they went 10 Justice Cald-
~sffs H. mas Ave AZ
$50 cash or 500 with sureties.
II do not know much about your laws
and customs here" said the doctor, but
i am physician OF thirty-two years
practice and cure when others fail am.
sir. a gentleman and expect to be treated
as such
This outburst was occasioned by the re-
fusal OF the justice to release him on his
personal recognizance. Finally Constable
Fitzgerald accompanied the doctor In
search of bondsmen. as he swore he had
only IS to his name First they went to
the Butler hotel. where the prisoner said
he expected To get Proprfetors Hamm IL
Schmltz TO help him out. He did not seem
90 see either of them, however and asked
Fitzgerald to wait a minute while he
went upstairs TO see a friend.
II love your company so much, doc
tor" said the willy constable. that with
out $50 / could not think OF leaving your
side" Then the portfy gentleman said
he would put no his $500 watch, but with
a twinkle In his eye Fitzgerald replied
that he had a bushei basket OF such re-
membranes ut the office already. Then
the doctor decided to return to his rooms
at the Occidental hotel to see IL he could
find the cash. On the way up the hin
he said:
II am a German gentleman. sir, and
have treated you as a gentleman. II Is
ttf.As -.
10 he forced to parade the streets under
a guard"
Just think" replied the constable.
how much OF humiliation Il must be.
sir. for a constable OF Seattle, sir, to
parade the streets with a corn doctor
] beg your pardon. cancer doctor"
When the hotel was reached the doe
tor made one more effort TO get the of
ficer to remain downstairs while he went
to his room II was no use. however.
for Fitzgerald followed him to hts very
door and then stopped. He Odd not care
about going in. there was only one
means OF escape. and sha4 by the win
dow. The hare thought of The doctor
with his several hundred pounds of
avoIrdupois sliding down A rope was out
OF the question, Fitzgerald thought. be-
cause tho rope would surely break Soon
the door was opened. and the constab BILE
received the $50 and a few parting words
from Mrs. Hettinger. not spoken In the
same manner as when he was waiting
to see the doctor on professional bust
ness"
Last Tuesday morning Or. Hcttlnger
and wife departed from the Occidental
hotel. taking their magnificent trunks
and small straps. They said .hey were
going TO Whatcom. burt lt is proba bile
they went 10 San Francisco, as the Una
tiIla left about the time they went away
The doctors case was called in Justice
Csldw sll's court yesterday morning. but
tho only representative the defense had
was Attorney g. r. Bogue who was GO
Ing 10 defend the doctor. hut had not col
lected his retainer. Bogue thought his
client would return today and appear for
trial. so the case was continued until this
afternoon.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Morris
said yesterday afternoon that he had
been Informed on good authority that
the READ occupation of Or" Hettinger
was that OF "a barber formerly IN bust
ness az Minneapolis
II Is understood that the state has tho
intention Of making other arrests OF al
legged quack doctors
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