The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-10
DUG Up THE PAST
SENSATION AT A MEETING OF THE
STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL
EXAMINERS
MAN FROM SUNNY TENNESSEE
DIR. c. b. HIEMARK DEMANDED TO
KNOW WHY AN EXAMINATION
WAS DENIED HIM

DIR. c. b. HIEMARK DEMANDED TO
KNOW WHY AN EXAMINATION
WAS DENIED HIM
BRIWHALL's WARM ANSWER
He Read Certified Transcript Of
the Records of the Court at Ruth
erford. Tenn, Wherein Htemark
Had Been Convicted and Served n
Jail Sentence for Grave Robbery
He Put on His Coat and Left.
AS a rule the meetings of the state
board of medical examiners are unevent-
full, but an exciting scene was enacted be-
fore that body at it's meeting yesterday
when DIR. C. B. Hiemark demanded to
know why the board refused to admit
him to the examination for license to
practice In Minnesota, and was told
bluntfy the cause was his conviction In
the courts of another state of the crime
of grave robbery, coupled with charges
of robbery and malicious persecution.
DR.. Hiemark was asked If he desired
to hear the charges read, and answered
In the affirmative. DR.. John B. Brim-
hall, secretary of the board, then read
the Introductory paragraphs of certi-
fed transcript Of the records Of the cir
cult court of Rutherford county, Ten
nessee, wherein the conviction Of the
doctor for the crime of grave robbery
was set forth, with the accompanying
statement of his confinement in the coun-
ty jail as punishment. accompanied by
fine of S150.
CAUSED A SENSATION.
Some of the members of the board were
not familiar with the detailed causes for
the refusal to admit DIR. Hiemark to eX-
animation, and when the proceedings
reached the stage of the reading Of the
transcript they opened their eyes,
DO you wish me to proceed further
with the reading of these charges?" ask
ed Dr.. Brimhall.
80, guess not. Not unless the board
desires to hear further" was the reply
of DR.. Hemark, as he grabbed his over
coat and hat and disappeared through
the door. After a few minutes of ex-
PLANTATION DR.. Drimhall gave the board
all of the information in his possession,
and the subject was not discussed fur
ther.
Acting in his official capacity as sec
retary of the state board Of medical eX-
aminers, DR.. Brimhall received great
mass of information concerning the
sprevious record Of DR.. Hiemark. The
board meeting yesterday was held in his
private office at Seven corners, and was
a regular business meeting for the pur-
pose of awarding licenses to those ply
sicians who had been successful in pass
ing the examination held two weeks ago.
The appearance of DR.. Hiemark was,
therefore, unexpected.
PRACTICED AT LEECH LAKE.
The doctor made his first appearance
before the state board last October, after
he had been warned to cease medical
practice at Battle Lake, on the Leech
lake Indian reservation, at which place
he had been but short time. He took
the state board examination at that time,
but failed to secure the Is per cent re-
| ouired of those to whom. licenses are Is
nothing about Dr. Hiemark's previous
record, but soon afterward letter was
| received from Battle Lake, which had
| been sent there from Eagleville, small
| town In Rutherford county, Tenn, of
which the following is copy Of the last
portion:
His next offense was to rob graves Of
their dead. For this last offense he plead
ed guilty and accepted a Jail sentence
with heavy fine attached. He served
| fourteen months of his time securing his
/ liberty by paying the remainder In cash.
Any statement other than this denying
| his guilt Is false.
The foregoing is subscribed and sworn
| to, with the attest of notary public, the
six subscribers being citizens and busi-
ness men of Eagleville.
BUNCH OF CLIPPINGS.
Among the other documents in possess
! sion of the state board which have bear
| ing on the case Of Dr. Hiemark are half
/ dozen clippings from local papers at
Murfreesboro and Eagleville, Tenn, In
| which the story Of the grave robberies
In which DR.. Hiemark was implicated are
told in full. The incidents narrated trans
| pired in the month Of February, 1898.
| From these clippings it appears the body
| OIL an OlU- WOIildI ldu USSl ulSCONeISQ III
| an unfrequented lane near the grave
! where interment had been made three
| months before. Detectives took the case
| in hand and within a short time it was
| learned that two bodies had been stolen
| from graves in Earlville cemetery. They
| were traced to Nashville, Tenn, and from
| there to Burlington, VT, from which
! place they were returned by order of the
| authorities and restored to relatives.
Evidence against Hiemark and an ac-
| cmplice was discovered and they were
placed under arrest, Hiemark's conviction
| following on plea Of guilty.
TALKED OF HEMP.
The concluding paragraph from the ac-
count printed by one of the local papers
! of Murfreesboro, relative to the feeling
toward DR.. Hiemark. is as follows:
Judging from expressions heard, IL
| Hiemark had returned to Earlville last
! week he would have received a cordial
| welcome and a pressing invitation to at
| tend banquet given in honor of his ar
| rival, the principal article in the menu of
| which would consist Of cold hemp highly
substantial citizens were heard to make
/ such expressions
| After DR.. Hfemark was warned to cease
/ the practice of medicine at Battle Lake
/ until such time as he should be examined
and properly licensed he removed to
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