The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-05
BESIEGED IN A Hotel
Dr.. Winters Escapes from
a Sanitarium and Takes
Refuge in Taylor's.
RELATIVES CALL HIM A COCAINE FIEND
Lawyer Edwords Says He Is Sane
and Will Fight in the Courts
for His Liberty.

DR.. Frederick c. Winters, of No. Is
Patchen avenue, Brooklyn, patient IN
the River Crest Sanitarium in Astoria,
l.. l., escaped from that institution on
Tuesday, and is now a guest in Taylor's $
Hotel. He arrived at the hotel on We'd
nesday morning, and registered as #. 6.
Wilber New York
DR.. Winters was sent to the sanitarium
by his relatives, who say he is victim
of the cocaine habit. A lawyer and
night trying to get DR.. Winters to go
back to the sanitarium. He refused to
see them and then they tried strategy.
An effort was made to coax him out of
the hotel to the street, with the intention
of getting up fake fight with him and
having him arrested, SO that he would
be held at the police station, but he re-
fused to leave the hotel.
Then a fake despatch was sent to him
from Brooklyn asking him to meet the
sender at the Annex ferry on the Brook
lyn side. The sender of the despatch
made the mistake of addressing it to the
name under which DR.. Winters had regis
tered. and he realized at once that it was
a trap.
The nurse and the lawyer were at the
hotel at one O'Clock this morning trying
to devise some scheme for getting DR..
Winters into their custody. DIR. Winters
confided to the clerk of the hotel that some
persons are interested in having him in
carcerated, and that there are large prop
erty interests involved.
The lawyer and nurse finally gave the
attempt up and early this morning went
away. 1t was said that they would re-
turn and attempt to secure possession of
the doctor by legal means.
Dr. Winter kept close to his room this
morning at Taylor's Hotel and refused to
room came the response that the doctor
was engaged just then and could see no
one. At eight o clock he rang for bell
the crack OF the door, 1t was substan-
tial meal, and the doctor ate it with a
relish. He then sent messenger to the
office of William D. Edwords, whom he
retained as counsel He was closeted with
Mr.. Edwords for some time, and when
the latter gentleman returned to his office
he made a statement
'SThe DOCTOR" said Mr.. Edwords, SIS an
eminent Brooklyn surgeon, who some
time ago contracted blood disease from a
cut. The complaint involved serious
trouble to an internal organ and an OPP
Grafton followed. Because of the weak
ness of the Doctors heart it was not
deemed wise to administer ether, so CO.
caine was used and had often to be used
as a sedative during the course of the
treatment His father-in-law Mr.. Suy-
dam, a banker of New York, was instru-
mental in the application for commits
sion of lunacy, which case comes up be-
fore the Brooklyn court. In the meantime
the doctor escaped from the sanitariunl
and came to Jersey City. Heels no more
insane than you are; but because OF
financial reasons his relatives, it is al
legged, are trying to have him pronounced
a cocaine fiend. Now we, as his coun-
sci, are going to see that he secures
fair play. We have engaged counsel who
endeavors to procure a stay of the lu-
macy proceedings and at the same time
insure his freedom until they are termi-
mated one way or another. Although a
wealthy man. he has neither money nor
proper clothes for man of his station.
Replying to statement industriously
circulated by the Doctors enemies, who
loaf about the corridors of the hotel
Matching schemes to draw the doctor out,
Mr. Edwords said
II hear that some one has said that
the DOCTOR last night, was out on the
sidewalk in front Of the hotel throwing
bouquets to the newSboys. That is sim
ply fabrication; he has never been out
side of his room and won't come until
the order insuring his freedom comes
from Brooklyn, and / expect 1t soon.