New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-13
HELD FOR A CHILD'S DEATH.
DIR. TRUMBULL w. CLEANELAND
CHARGED WITH MANSLACGHTEh'


PLANT OF JAMES l. cARHART. An ACTOR
PROSECUTING THE DOCTOR FOR An
ALLEGED BLrNDER IN PRESCRIBING
FOR sIX.wEEKs OLD BABY
HELD FOX THE GRAND JURY.
n, rr,rbun w Clcaveland. n well-known phy-
,c,,n vbo lives =, No IS West Flft!cth-si. was
held IN $500 ball for tho Grand Jury by M'e''
tra,c Olmstod In the West side Police Cou''
,crdav morning on charge OF mansaushter' nv
complainant against DR. Cleaveland Is '""'s 10
Csrhar. OF No 365 I.exing:on-aVe
Y, HE coup.ain, Mr.. Cnrhart nlcge. that Ut
Cleveland was consulted by Mrs Catha't al,
the latter par, Of March, 1881 about the henith Vi
her infant daughter. Violet Irene. child ABOUT
six weeks Cd VINO appeared 10 be aa"crink i'o'"
somc slight aiin,ent. DR.. Cleveland wro'c ou' d
nrescripiIon which was nj cd nj the druS store OF
Swartz & Schweinfurth. at Sixth-ave. and Forty
ninth-., ani the medicine was administered 10
the child VITO soon afterward grew worse DT
Cleveland again summoned. The chiiu was
In sreat agony and DR.. Cleavelard administered
q brandy infection. which gave some relief He then
wrote oft another prescription. which he ordered
10 be given 10 the child. together with the FIRST pre-
scription
The child continued 70 grow worse. and DR.. W. IL
Thompson. OF No West Fitty-sixih-st.. was called
In. Or. Thompson. II alleged. declared In the
presence o. Mrs Carhart that b,undcr had been
committed Despite all efforts the child died IN
April. 1897. and the complainant says that he ne
lieves the chld's death was caused by the medicines
administered by DR. Clcaveand and he has asked
that Or. Ceavcland he dealt with according 70 law
WAIVED EXAMINATION.
The allegations were laid before Magistrate Ohm
sled on Friday. and re issued n warrant for Dr.
CleAvclands arrest. TIL" doctor was accordingly
arrested III his house yesterday morning by Court
Officer Broderiok md taken before the Magistrate.
Assistant District-Attorncy Townsend appeared 10
prosecute him. but Dr. Cleaveland unrepre-
scented by counsel. lie waived examination. and
Magistrate Olmstod held him for tria. lie was
placed in cell in tho prison attached to tho court.
and remained there until 10 o'clock last night.
when Re succeeded in finding a bondsman.
Mr. Schwein'urth. the druggist said yesterday
afternoon that he remembered filling the prescriP-
tions written by Dr. Cleaveland for Mrs Carharts
child For what they were intended" he said.
81 krew nothing so long know that pre-
scriptions compounded properly. that Is all tina:
know"
Or. Thompson. when Informed OF the arraignment
o. Or. Cleaveland 10y reporter. denied the Ian
guaee attributed 70 him in the complaint. Il
recoilect the case very well hc said. II
called in the night before the child died
positive the child did no; de from the effects o:
the medicines administered by DR.. Cleaveland. l
remember telling the mother that the child had
not long TO live There Is nothing IN H. quite
sure"
James l.. Carhart. the complainant. IS an actor.
and is at present out Of town. Mrs Carhart could
not be found yesterday nj her home.
THE Observation-Disclosures STATEMENT
statement in regard TO the case vas given out
by the Dstrct-Attorncy through his secretary,
yesterday In which II said that tho charge
against Or. cleveland 'manslaughtcr in the
second degree By culrabe negligence in the admin
istration Of certain doses of medicine 20 Violet
Irene Carhert six-weeks- OLD child Of James l.
ana rene carhar,. ct No. Sc5 LeH!ngton-avc, o.
the 10Th and l2h days Of April la3.. causing there
The statement goes onto on to say that the complain
ant. Mr. GaraoIt' for the last thirty years ha:
other parts OF the country quoting Mr. Carhar RS
complaint the statement says he alleges that on
% him Upon The ' doctor had
previously ATTENDED Mrs cathac; Of the birth 0,
about. he child's hcaltA' Mrs Carha-t stated that
me saa Sc aGe %' her 'nG tHS re-
Make !, yycry Light, and d2n.t give baby any
and INC dor,o- hanlcd to hcr a prescription which
called for fortyosht grains Of salol &c, ~ grains
opium cnmphor. and thro, ounNos OF "arnnNora'Hd
wafer. - be given In teaspoonfui Of water every
two hours
EFFECTS OF THE MEDI me.
The frs, dose Of this wns administered al
o'clock on tho evening Of April 10 according the
COMPLAIN and continued every two hours through
the night and Sunday NJ 10 Monday morning about
10 oclock--in ell about twenty doses Tho mother
noicel On Monday morning that The CHILD w, va;
in DR. { icaveHnd cgain
II viii give you somethiNr Csc" hc :. alleged to
prescrln,ion calling for ara one-hnlf drains of
resorcin with three ounces Of water. TO bc given
a ieaspoonful every two hours. dose being
three ana 'h,ecannrer Fr1ns OF resG1cn eySry
again warned the doctor % make the medicine
light. and he REPLIED:
Ak her ali r!sRt. Give then1 both ;oGsthor"
rte prescrir;.cn was ,rreror'd NJ the pharmacy
sx Swnr7 rs. r, %nsa Mas EVEN at ocoK
on me afternoon OF Apri p In abspt ten minutes
mouth .nd rrsped. and appeared abou, to die.
repeated IS and Dr cieayeand was again sum
mored. According - Cerharts statement h"
Nothing but your medicine. Mrs Carhart re-
The druggist mus, have n,oAc mistake in put
ting It un'' the doctor IS then enid 10 have
morkGd When dd You ely' h"r the e. FIRE IRE, LOSE
aawinis,crcd hvrodermic Injections of brandy
which the baby screamed and turned purple.
THE SECOND DOCTOR CALLED IN
81 wan; to send Ior another doctor" Mrs. Car
hart then demand ed. according to her husbands
statement
Il understand the case perfectly. and II YOU are
going to send for another physician, l think YOU
should allow me 10 sect my own physician" DR..
lions are rh s W- h If toa ny o P' rs yr
some one else, you would Lex me send for man
WIN whom | work WI Ge' MN whose wort
What Is IRIS doctor" Mr. Ca-har, saws his
court" N'' am" J."
Ir Thompson was finally Cane,: in. and DR.
Cieare!and is alleged 10 havo tod him that he
gave the baby camphorajed ,,ncture Of Opium and
Yesorcin. "
"Blunder this ume;" m Thomson is alleged
70 have replied In undcrtones This Is the heart
The heart valve is open"
EXPERT OPINION OBTAINED
The baby IS said by M carhart 10 have con.
tirued under Dy C!cavN!and's treatmcu, after this
until the day OF hcr death After this Mrs Car
hart is alleged. IN the Dsirct-AuOrncy's STAT 30
ment, 10 have insisted upon having an autopsy
made, ara Or. Cleveland consented. II he was
allowed TO perform 4
when objected "a hts doing II " Mrs Carhnr,
continued. he dissUGjcd ire by plcturinc how ter-
iib II would 3s for to think or my IL: &c IA 10y
as sll cut 10 pieces. ard | dissuaacd from
HAVING +, dore ~ boh,.s