Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-12
KIDNAPPING A DOCTOR
A Bold Scheme Thwarted and Jus
tioe and Right Sure to
Be Triumphant.

II was Sunday evening December 2,
900, -. ..,,,a,,,,s % n cloudy
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night were gathering over the waters VI
| Lake Michigan. the gulls were scream
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ther pecullur way tue oN"i'"s
winter steorm; Chicago was aplaze
with lights. The evening" trains were ar
.t,,,,,, go ,,n,,.,,no, an scbeduIe time.
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The Illinois central express from NeW
Orleans, being late, was flying at
fearful s,eed g, nc IN roach the CITY
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oH us uot'eu 'iiiie' vi D'"'N
| train was one of the most prominent
physicians in America, man whose
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years. whose sklil as physician III
curing the most dangerous and des-
! nerate dlseases hns made him a name
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"uiS se'o'u " nuns VI
RMS man or medicine was pushy
| writing and seemingly oblivous of all
srou,d hin, 10 HE riebt sat "A limited
| states Marshal from n Eouthern sea
! mort. not more than two sents away sat
ty,n sr,,,'n,,od datac,ives mis- nhvsi-
| la 49, ,,oiuntar,, ,,rjsone,. on ro,,te
/ fpY. Thfaa oo n phurVa pf the Marshal
I,,s+ o,,tsida Tho citt az Grand cross
ing signal wos piven nv one of the
! da3actt,,as x,,ben az oGicay with other
] do,octi,,as ,.,,sbad on hnard tho oar
| seiood Tho doctnr and dra cred him nm
| cero,,,oni o,,sI, or Inc PnIlrpan NOT
SvithstanIino tho nrotostntIona of the
| Marshal who had the doctor in charge.
The doctor had been arrested upon
an Indictment charging him with OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses
by party with whom he had asso,
ciated In business, who, having talled
| In civil suit, undertook by criminal
| process to collect his mythical claim
! This party had procured three lnulct-
ments against the doctor, TWO OF ~hlch
Were quashed by the court
With the officer VINO look the doctor
off the car were several detectives In
| the service OF his prosecutor me al
| torney Tor the old man VINO was prose
cutting made one of the group in TINS
mysterious gathering. 1t was soon cyl
dent that desperate game was 10 be
| played. They mad caused the arrest OF
man who was going voluntarily TO
| Chicago to meet Inc charge against
| him, and who had purchased MS TICK
cts for that place before he was ar
| rested. There We're doubts ABOUT prov
Ing the charge. The arrest was a ser
! iNuS hiAhiit Niid NNiioe 'lNN''t.J '+iN'-'t ~
| settled one Ways or the other. Two
things must be done. First. the doctor
| must be Kept from meeting ms own at
| tornoy and friends upon the ARRIVAL OF
! the train; second, ne must be forced
! into compromise, or at least 10 make
some concessions.
The Plot Thichcns.
IIe is put aboard another train some
,,,inrtos I,tar tbon tnl.en on tbnt
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anG brouebt r. norlor q In a down
| to",, botei ~, route IN TyycntI,-g Sec
o,,d stroat Ia, ,,,os asl,nd Ia, tho man
egsr os bis orrest r. he could meet
| Nc ,rasac,,tor nat rigbt With rim
ami Tho nrnsecmtor,s attorney or
cn,,rso Tho 1octor saw tbrn,,gh thei,
| cove ana ,af,,sed r,ositi,,oI,, "Tbo,
g., 90 tn an, ,,,as nc reri,, Tha
! 1oc,a,. orsv,orcd he nrcferrtJ Tho AN
10 s,,cb a neettno ana a would he
hi, ,rn,ectinn an5 safety V,hen mr.
I-Io,yer f-svs baii nromntiv In tho one
| rc,,oirtn,r cosa he ,yne a g,jn arrastnd
49,, +, ,,,,rra,,+ s,,,',,.,, nj h,t a rnon
,n11e6 Cbanr,ar cbsrging hin VIII
! a,,,ho5.linsr Sqtn nOo h,,t r6an,nap no.
$50 a. go T'Vy ~ ,,,,,,t, anb a-,rta.
no, 4to t,it,ass stnnd ,yban tho coaa
NO., uS'' III Ia ~, aiia,,ad obort,,
/ Gien,isssI la, mo iSstiee Tbis Cbon,
man cose is looked upon by the people
| of Peoria, where Chapman lives. as a
| fake-a job set up by Interested per-
/ sons against DR.. Flower The whole
| proceeding IL tainted with blackmail
| a holder attempt at sandbagging has
seldom been undertaken. DR.. Flowers
| friends claim that this prosecution is
! a persecution and an Infamous scheme
| to bleed and extort money from the
! doctor
A friend of DIR Flower said. "Everv
| onc Who "a noanaInted Win tho Doctor
Jnor,s no 10 n r,an ,,,hn ca,,nt Lo Ia
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I'M 80 ~ rs " s,,,,ias " .ie uaeA-
~, p1He, oliu a man VI e siu,ess resources
ms tFeatliieiit mat SUNDAY hisht was
an infamous outrage, Ior ne was taken
ht u ulsauNahtase, but now me iacts
are KNOWN ms irlehus are indignant
over such treatment In civilized coun-
| Try, and nave rallied by hundreds 10
! his support. DR.. Flower Is too well
known and loved for people to believe
such strange unsupported charges,
made by some one who has evidently
eaten sour grapes The stories clrcu-
lated by his enemies that he would not
stand trial are nonsense. These pre-
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