The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
Convivfal Doctor Who Stood in With
All Hands Con-
cerned.

For the benefit of Mayor Doran, who
is as carefully kept in the dark about
all such cases as he was about the re-
ports of the raising of $500 recently
for the alleged purpose of buying in
Huence, the G l o b gives the story in
detail. It is only q matter of a few
days when the case will become
court record, for the ''conviviaI doctor"
has consulted an attorney and the Of
ffcers will have a chance to Justify
their actions before jury.
'@The convivial doctor was DIR. s.
Wintner, a young dentist known to
large number Of professional men in
ST. Paul. He formerly had an office
in the Lowry arcade, but some time
ago transferred his business to Mime
apolis to form. partnership with Dr.
Douglas. He makes his home In st.
Paul and is living at % West College
avenue. DR.. Wintner is the son Of q
Jewish clergyman who formerly min
istered to a congregat ton in st. Paul
and was afterwards called to New
York. His son is man of good repu-
friends say he was never known to
have INDUCED to the extent of having
been drunk, although in this case the
charge Of being drank was simply
the cloak which the police find it con-
venient to use when they have made an
arrest or some other charge and find
they have made a break. They use
it to let themselves down.
Last Thursday evening Dr. Wintner
was returning from Minneapolis about
the usual hour and on the way over a
gentleman, who sat in the seat behind
him, began a conversation.
we talked along for some time, !"
says the doctor, to use his own words,
and [ learned he was visiting in ST.
Paul for few days and that his home
was in North Dakota. I happened to
tell him was a, dentist and he remark
ed that he had needed some dentistry
done for some time. The result Of our
conversation was that | made an en-
gagement to have him go over to Min
neapoliS before he returned home and
let me examine his teeth. AS we were
coming into ST. Paul 1 asked him if
he wouldn't get off and go over to my
boarding house, right near the car line,
and have supper with me. He said no.
that 1 had better go over with him, he
was stopping at SO West Tenth street,
which was only a block from the line.
Well the result was that 1 went over
with him and had supper. l remained
there talking with him for some time
and we started out Of the house, when
Lieut.. Henry Pothen and another Off
Ger came up and arrested me. I was
dumbfounded and wanted to know what
I was being arrested for Pothen said:
That's all right, you know what we
want you for. l was anxious to know,
and said, I suppose you take me for
a confidence man or something and he
swore something about that's what 1
was He struck me a blow behind the
ear for some reason or other, which
didn't understand any more than 1
did the arrest"
The scar Of blow was still plainly
visible when the doctor told his story
last night
II at once told them they were mis-
taken and that 1 lived at % College
avenue. If they would walk over
there they would find that I was not a
criminal. I told them that DR.. Fulton
and DR.. Wheaton and others whom I
mentioned were friends of mine and
they could easily verify what l was
saying. But they wouldn't hear any
thing except that Pothen said he knew
all about his business and that I was
simply giving him the same con that
[ had been trying to give the Dakota
man.
''Well, they took me over to the police
station. [ again appealed to them and
told the captain who and what L was,
but it didn't make any difference 1
asked them to send for a messenger so
that 1 could let some of my friends
know where I was, but they wouldn't
even do that, which I supposed any
criminal is allowed to do, if he has
money to pay for the messenger or the
time of an officer, If they would send
to DR.. Fulton or DR.. Wheaton, or any
doctor who has an Office in the Lowry
arcade. But no. They searched me
and put me up stairs in a cell. In the
cell across from the one L was in,
was a man with delirium tremens and
altogether it was the most horrible
experience man could have I lived a.
year, believe, during the time I was
there
Did they keep you all night?" was
asked
mo. stood 1t as long as I could
and then l determined 1 would not stay
any longer. I made all the noise I
could and finally L persuaded them to
send for Brooks Henderson He came
over at O'Clock, and of course 1 was
then released.
They released me on $40 bail which
IHey wanted 10 cover the charge thew
had finally put against me- But they
were SO sorry about it then and said
it was all a mistake. I told them they
could have found out it was a mistake
just as easily when they arrested me
as after they had kept me locked up all
night. Pothen' told me how sorry he
was and wanted to know what I was
going to do about it. I have a sister
visiting here and told him rather than
have her or my friends know about it
/ was willing to drop it, if nothing got
into the newspapers about it. Pothen
said he would see that nothing was
said in the papers If I would let 1t go
at that. 1 was willing to suffer all that
I had gone through to keep it quiet.
1.-THE case came up in the municipal
court. I was charged with being
drunk, but I was able to prove that
that was not so. However, Oppenheim
didn't know anything about that and
I suppose Pothen didn't tell him I had
been arrested as a confidence man.
Oppenheim said I looked like man
who was able to pay a fine if was able
to get drunk, and Pothen saw that the