The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-23
A POLICE COURT SENSATION.
WHICH RECORDER WILSON ARBI-
TRATES IN HIS OWN WAY.

Medical Freak, His Wife and
Bicycle Agent Furnish a Spicy
Case-The Recorder Tells Young
MIR. Haskell That He Is Fresh
Duck" and Fines Him $25-He
Tell doctor" BOman That He
Has "WheeIs in His Head" and
Orders Him to Leave Town.
Recorder Wilson had quite sensa-
tional case before him in police court
Yesterday morning. An old man named
Roman or Bowman hung out his shingIe
ON Broughton street about three weeks
ago and distributed literature guarantee
ing to cure all evils which human flesh
is heir to. He was accompanied by
young wife,
About the same time a bicycle agent
named Haskell put in an appearance ana
snent a good part of his time with the
Bomans. Wednesday night there was
raw in the Boman household. Haskell,
who was on hand. ran out on the street
and called in a policeman to arrest DR..
Boman on the charge of beating his wife.
The arrest was made and the doctor
taken to the barracks. Haskell went to
the barracks to prefer charges and dis
played an anxiety to make the doctor out
very bad man.
Haskell was in court yesterday morning
with Mrs Boman 1t was very evident
that the only person who had been beaten
ND was the doctor, and that he had been
quite severely handled by some one. The
stories told by all three of the parties
we're very conflicting. Mrs. Boman
claimed that she found the doc
tor in his office in company
with a negro woman, and that he became
enraged at her appearance and made an
assault upon her. She also claimed that
he threatened to shoot her. She had no
marks showing violence that the recorder
could see, and he asked how it was that
the doctor appeared to be so badly used
up 1t was claimed that he received his
injuries in the struggle with his wife, but
the recorder observed that the lady did
not seem to have injured her hands in
the least, which he thought rather re-
markable, considering the severe inju-
ries inflicted.
The doctor told story, charging Has
keu with the assault upon him, and
charging intimacy between Haskell and
his wife. He said that his wife had ac-
knowledged this to him, and his testimony
as to her statement was about as sensa-
tional as was ever given in the police
court The doctors statements about the
affair, and also his professional work,
were so queer that the recorder concluded
that he was not only quack of the
worst description, but that he had wheels
in his head"
Haskell was very free in giving testi-
mony as to the previous bad record of
Boman, but the recorder sized him up in
short order and informed him from the
bench that he was a very fresh duck"
The recorder backed up his opinion of
Haskell by entering a charge against him
of assaulting the doctor and sentencing
him to pay a fine of SIS or spend thirty
days in Jail. The recorders intention,
he said, was to give Mr.. Haskell free
board at Sheriff Romans hotel, by which
time he thought the bicycle company
which Haskell said he had been repre-
senling and which has failed, would
probably have completed reorganization.
ms was somewhat of a surprise to Mr..
Haskell, but he surprised the recorder by
planking down the $25
Recorder Wilson demonstrated his es-
innate Of DR.. Boman's professional ca
paaty by notifying him to get out of
Town inside of twenty-four hours. AS
there was no charge against the woman
Inc only attention paid her by the re-
eofder was to reprimand her for the levi
~ with which she received the serious
band.
Detective Scully was instructed to look
H up the Doctors record, and for that pur-
pose ne accompanied Mrs. Boman to the
once on Broughton street, for the pur-
+. pose OF examining the effects there.
HulIe there telegram came for Haskell
Il wIuch the detective appropriated 1t was
from the chief of police of Columbus, Ga,
n ana stated that Boman was not wanted
mere. 1t was evident from this that
haskell had been looking up the doctors
record on his own account.
II seems there are no criminal charges
. against him. Mrk Stsobhar, who has
Charge Of the police stables, recognized
Dr. Boman, or Baughman as was then.
as an old acquaintance. About five years
ago the doctor had a Single out on
5roughton street, near Lincoln. Mr.
ouophar went to him with case of
asthna, with which he had suffered for
sumo time. DR.. Boman made a written
conlract with him to cure the disease
Mllhln 90 days or to refund the $50, which
NJ NJ Strobhar was to pay down at once
Mr' Strobhar paid the money, was given
prescription with directions as to the
manner of use, and instructed to return
Ie following Monday, that being Sat-
graay. Mr.. Strobhar returned Monday as
directed but found the office closed and
.ne doctor gone. Yesterday was the first
uine he has seen him since.
MIs. Boman has engaged Mr.. w r.
LedAen as her attorney for the purpose
VI preferrng charges against her husband
VI hon-support and i'll treatment. 1t is
solu mat he possesses some property
asalnst which judgment will be asked in
ier favor. On this account it is likely
MA MAJ the doctor will not obey Recorder
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