Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-02-05
DENTISTS ARE sTED.
Four Men Charged With Violating the
Registration Law

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Paul c. w. Dufault and Louis Cherry,
employed at the New York dental par
lors, Chatham street; Ralph A Wood,
employed by R, C. Edison, the dentist at
245 Main street, and Fred Woodhead, in
the employ of E. c. Gilman, dentist, in
the Walker building, were arrested Fri
day by Inspector Stone on the charge Of
violating the laws prohibiting unregis-
tered dentists from practicing. All were
admitted to bail and will be arraigned in
the central district court Monday morn
ing.
DR.. Thomas ]. Barrett, who is MEM
Der of the Massachusetts board of dem
tistry registration, says that there have
been a number of complaints recently,
that unregistered dentists were practie-
ing in Worcester, and the attention of
the board has been called to the fact.
The matter was placed in the hands Of
Inspector Stone, who has worked the
case up quietly, finally resulting in the
arrests Friday.
The men express considerable sur
prise and indignation over the affair.
Cherry is native of Poland. He has
been in this country about five years
and claims to be a registered dentist,
and that his real name is Louis Cherna-
toosky. Cherry claims to be a graduate
of the Boston Dental College. He felt
that his long name was an impeachment
in his way and he saw a Boston lawyer
with the purpose Of having his name
legally changed to Cherry, the lawyer
telling him to go ahead and practice
under that name He had an office in
Boston for over year and did business
under the name of Cherry, and antici-
pated no trouble when he came to Wor-
cester.
Dufaults employers say that he has
J violated the law in no way, being en-
ployed simply as AN assistant, doing the
mechanical part of the work and never
| being allowed to operate. He is well
known in musical circles in this city,
and is member of the Pilgrim Church
choir.
Ralph A. Wood is a graduate of the
Philadelphia Dental College. He has
worked for a dentist in st. Adams, VT,
and DR.. Edison says he has no doubt but
1 that he is a competent operator. DR..
| Gilman says that Woodhead was en-
| ployed as an assistant to do mechanical
work and had never operated on tooth
| to his knowledge while in his employ.
! Cherry's case is rather peculiar, as the
name Louis GhernatooslSy, is registered,
and DR.. Barrett remembers examining
him.
1
charged is covered by the following law
of the commonwealth of Massachusetts,
4 in an act to establish a board Of regis
/ tration in dentistry, section 8: ANY
person who shall falsely claim or pre-
4 tend to have or hold a certificate of
I license granted by any board organized
under and pursuant to the provisions of
this act, or who shall falsely and with
intent to deceive the public claim or pre-
tend to be a graduate from any incor-
porated dental college, or who shall
practice dentistry without obtaining a
/ certificate as provided i'm this act, shall
1 be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
shall be liable to the same penalty as
provided in section 5.
/ Section Amy person who shall vio-
late any of the provisions of this act
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean-
or, and upon conviction may be fined
not less than $50 nor more than 800, or
/ confined three months in the county
/ jail for each and every offence"
STATEMENT BY DIR. GILMAN.
To the Editor of the Spy: Mr.. Wood
| head is my mechanical assistant and
/ has never in single instance while in
my employ done any filling or any such
work AS mechanical workman, he Is
acknowledged by all to be one of the
very best in the business, having had
| nearly twenty-five years experience, q
part of which time he was in business
| for himself. He is registered in Eng
| land, but not in Massachusetts,.
DR.. E. c. Gilman
Worcester, Mass Feb. 4, 1898.