Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-07-26
a PHYSICIAN
UNDER ARREST.
Chas. Mcdonald. a Mineral Point
Doctor Figures COnsDiCuOuslu in
a Sensational Affair at Milwaukee
HIS Wife also Implicated. Both Discharged
\ Later With Mysterious Death OF an In
I FAINT Still UnsOlV6d.

DIR. Chas. Mcdonald, well-known
physician of Mineral Point, and his
, wife, were confined in separate cells
0at the Milwaukee police station a
greater portion of the past week on
suspicion of being implicated in
crime. The story in detail CLEANED
from Milwaukee papers indicates that
some unlawful, inhuman, diabolical
work was done by some one, whether
it was the doctor or not.
In satchel, securely fastened, tossed
behind a counter in SpiegePs drug
store in Milwaukee on Wednesday OF
last week was found the dead body OF
an infant child. Foul odors, due to
decomposition, led to the discovery OF
the CHASTITY find by store clerks and
when the police were notified it was
but vague clue they possessed as to
the identity Of the party or parties
who deposited the little, innocent,
lifeless form in the dark recesses OF
the drug shop. Detectives were at
once detailed upon the case, however.
and it was the result of their indie
fatigable efforts that led to the arrest
of DIR. Mcdonald and his wife on Fri
day. A short time after their APP
prehension and arrest, the prisoners
made complete confession disclosed
in full the part they had taken in the
mysterious affair, and whether or not
the evidence will hold them for pun
ishment remains to be learned when
the inquest result is announced.
Mcdonald, when questioned. said
that he and his wife came to the city
a month ago with the baby, that was
of illegitimate parentage. He gave
the names of the parents, who reside
in Mineral Point, the mother being a
young lady of respectable family
her father a well-to-do farmer resid-
ing short distance from town. The
doctor was employed in professional
capacity at the the time of the birth
of the child and later was engaged to
remove the little one to Milwaukee
placed in an asylum. This is his
story and accordingly, with his wife
accompanying, the physician took the
train at Mineral Point a few days
after the baby's birth and proceeded
eastward. The exact date of their
departure has not been ascertained
but it was learned by detectives that
the couple were at GAINESVILLE on
June 29tb. The daughter of the pro-
prietor of the Railroad house in that
city says she heard the infants cries,
though the couple were not seen
taking the child into their room at
this hotel. On June 80 they depart
ed. Just prior to leaving Mrs. Nc
Donald was heard to eXclaim while
the two were in their room and had
the door closed, Put it in there
quick. you make me nervous!n
Shortly afterward they emerged and
a cham bermaid entered the room and
she says the smell of carbolic acid
was sitting. As the two walked
away from the hotel the doctor was
noticed carrying rather large pack
age beneath his arm. But there was
no baby. 1t must have died between
June 20 and the afternoon of June
30. 1t was dead when brought to
the Clipper house in Milwaukee where
they first engaged lodging, though
the doctor told the police upon his
arrest that it lived two days after
their arrival there.
Mcdonald and his wife tell iden-
ticallv the same stories, give dates
and places alike. and all in all there
are no discrepancies. Thus far the
only variance the police have dis
closed from the doctors version of
his actions in the city was given by
Mrs. May, the proprietress of the
Clipper house. She says that neither
she nor her help saw a baby in the
care of the doctor or his wife when
they arrived at the Clipper house, and
that they are certain if the baby had
been alive there for two days, as the
couple say, it would have been heard
even if not seen. She states further
that week ago she ordered Mcdonald
and his wife to leave the house. She
says that the peculiar odor emanating
from their room became % obnoxious
20 the other people Of the house that
thew demonstrated. They finally
promised to leave. 5but put it of
from dav Il day. until last Monday
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