The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-09-02
A PECULIAR Will
MADE UNDER PECULIAR CIR
CUNsTANCEs
PECULIAR DR.. ROTH DEvISEE
He Was Mrs. 0ilbert's Physician and
Il Made Executor, So, the Whole
Matter Is Peculiar

Since DR.. Jules Roth has gotten himself
into such disreputable mess that his pro-
fessional career in Los Angeles is probably
at an end, 1t is interesting to examine into
some of his doings previous to his assum-
Ing the role of a seducer and home wrecker.
One of the most interesting instances N
which his motives and actions have been
questioned was in connection with the SICK
ness and death of Nancy A. Gilbert
Roth was the physician in attendance
and as the aged woman was widow, ne
had full swing in his endeavors to get into
her good graces when he found that she
was possessed of no small portion Of this
worlds goods. 1t was a matter of con-
siderable common; at the time that the
doctor spent much of each day in looking
after this patient, and when the aged Wo-
man died it was believed that the doctor
had lost a good patient. Few knew at the
time, however, what bonanza she really
had been Mrs. Gilbert died late In June.
On July DR.. Roth filed for probate In the
superior court what purported to be the last
will and testament Of his deceased patient
Therein developed the cause Of the solicit
tous attention accorded Mrs. Gilbert by
Roth during her illness.
The will was first drafted in typewrit.ng
and certain blanks showing amounts and
locations were filled in with pen and ink
1t Is dated June 80, 1893, and is witnessed
by L. c. Conette of GIL Downey avenue and
Z. E. Powers of $50 South Sichel street.
Under its terms, after setting aside $50
for the purchase of monument, the dying
woman bequeathed to Alvin W. Gilbert Of
Rossville, ILL.,, the sum of $1,000; to his son,
r.,;v n he Of n
Ellen Mary Berry of Decatur. ILL.,, $1,000;
to Mrs. Berry's two daughters, $500 each;
to Mrs. Lizzie Jones Of Los Angeles. $500;
to the Presbyterian church of Rossville.
ILL.,, $500: to Mary Berry, all her silverware;
to Alvin w. Gilbert Mary Berry and two
daughters and DR.. j. F. Roth, to be equally
divided between them, all her emerald jew
elry; to Alvin D. Gilbert, my husbands gold
watch; to Mary Ellen Berry, my gold watch.
lace, embroidery, bed quilts and bedding
to my sons wife my gold chain; to county
seat of Vermillion county. ILL.,, my
husbands gold cane. to be placed
in the museum Of the county in
memory of him; to DR.. Jules
F Roth. lot % Of block and lot s, of block
i, on Adams street in the Hall tract"
DIR. Roth was also made executor Of the
will and was authorized to receive all
moneys, goods, ETC., from the Bank Of Eng
land as may in future appear to have be-
longed to Mrs. Gilbert as one Of the heirs
to the Ingraham estate, the same to be
divided when received among Mrs. Gil
bert's heirs-at-law. Nor did Roth's dele
gated power stop here. The will pre-
scribed that he should hold in trust for
Alvin Gilbert, the nephew Of the deceased,
all her estate, notes, moneys, ETC., outside
the state of California, the rents and in
terest Of the same to be used in educating
the young man, and the principal to be
turned over to him when he reached the
age of q years. And. to wind up the docu-
ment in good style, the entire residue of
the estate, property, moneys and every
thing not before mentioned specifically,
was bequeathed to the accommodating doc
tor. Another cinch clause provided that
the executor should use a reasonable
amount from the estate In paying for the
care and medical attendance Of Mrs. Gill
bert. OF course the will Is contested by
the eastern relatives Of the deceased, and 1t
It to be valid.
Another nervy proceeding Of this man.
who seems to be so full of methods, is in
connection with the Frasier case, wherein
he has taken such fall. While Mr.. Fra
sier was convalescing at Battle Creek,
Mich, after his serious illness at Chicago,
Roth made a draft on him for 1924 for the
operation performed on Frasier's wife
This draft followed the husband around
and was presented to him only just before
or just after his arrival in Los Angeles
The statement of account on which it was
based contained large items for a nurses
fee and carriage hire. There was no
nurse in attendance on Mrs. Frazier and
the only carriages required were those
used by Roth when he conveyed the wife
from her home to an uptown lodging
house for the purpose Of designation.
The physicians who actually performed
the operation in question afterward denied
all knowledge that any such bill had been
presented and gladly accepted 500 for their
part of the services, which were in fact
all the services rendered