Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-02
FAklR EXPOSED.

Last Wednesdays Evening Wisconsin
had the following to say in regard TO a
fake man of medicine who has been
'practicing' at RoEsllville in this
county for some time past. The fellow
was arrested week ago by a Milwau-
kee detective:
\ In the arrest of Henry Spencer, alias
sSDr." Charles A. Clark, of Rozelville,
Marathon county, for false representa-
tions in obtaining license TO practice
medicine and surgery 10 Wisconsin, the
Wisconsin Board of Medical Examiners
claim TO have exposed a remarKa BILE in
stance of double identity that even went
so far as deceiying ones own wife Sat
urday Or. FLIP Forsbeck of the board
swore out warrant for Spencer's arrest.
based on a long Complaint specifying
detailed charges of misrepresentation.
Detective Louis Waterman went TO
Marshfield and the little t9wn OF Rozell-
vile, ten miles distant, yesterday,
brought Spencer back to Marshfieid
and at midnight the party set out for
Milwaukee, arriving here this morning.
DR." Clark, as he had been known to
everybody, even his wife. was lodged
in the county Jail late this morning to
await his appearance in the district
court tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Spencer, who upon the arrest OF
her husband, learned for the first time
in her married life of two years that
she was Mrs. Henry Spencer and not
Mrs. Charles A. Clark, accompanied
him to Milwaukee and was with MIN
until be was placed behind the bars
this morning. Spencer is 50 years old
and was born in Cauada. He is small
with a sandy beard and has light blue
and shifting eyes.
The complaint against Charles A.
Clark, alias Henry Spencefs alleges
that on the llth day of April, 1900, he
appeared before the Wisconsin Board
of Medical Examiners in this county
and falsely pretended that he had grad
uated from the Cincinnati School Of
Medicine and Surgery at Louisville,
KY, and had practiced for seven years.
He had also pretended that he belonged
to the so-called regular school ol
medicine, had received a diploma from
the Louisville school March l3, 1894.
and had in general complied with the
requirements under the Wisconsin laws
emitting him to a license. This license
had therefore been issued TO Chas. A.
Clark by President II. B. Dale and Sec
retary H. Nj. Ludwig Of the board.
After denying all the assumptions that
Clark, alias Spencer, had made to the
board, the complaint further accuses
him OF representing himself as Charles
A. Clark of Center Lake, Antrim
county, Mich, and as a physician VIII,
had practiced for seven years and had
graduated from the Louisville school,
etc., whereas in fact his name was not
Clark, nor had he done any of the
things claimed.
At the county Jail this morning, Mrs.
Spencer, after seeing her husband
locked up, told the following story
II did not know that my husbands real
name was Spencer, and not Clark, until
yesterday. Neither did / know, until
yesterday, that toe diploma was not
his. He used to live in Michigan and
while in a town there for four weeks
two years ago met DR.. Charles A. Clark.
DR.. Clark had lived in the town all of
his life. My husband had attended a
medical school for six months and DR.. |
Clark told him one day that he would
fix him out, He said that his OWE
diploma had burned up, but that he
would send for another. He offered to
sell it for 500, but later came down to
$50. My husband bought it for that.
"My husband came to Wisconsin
about three years age. met him first
in Richland Center while was visiting
there We were married February 27,
1900. Mr.. Spencer was practicing at
the time as Dr. Clark in Birds Greek
near Richland Center.
"About year ago we moved to Ro-
zellville, where my husband has been
very successful. He has been a doctor
for sixteen years and his father was a
doctor before him. He passed the ex-
animation in Milwaukee two years ago
and was given license" and the wom-
ans tears dried up and her face bright
ened.
"We have been reasonably happy
she continued, ''Only he takes morphine
sometimes and then does not treat me
very well. That DR.. Clark in Michigan
has moved away from that town now"
Mrs. Spencer said that her home was
in Ohio. She declined to name the
place for fear that her plight would be
known to her acquaintance.
A member OF the state board OF ex-
aminers said this morning that the
w lcCOUSiu DOdIu Hs1u OGCStuC dDDtlcCQ
by the Michigan board of registration a
week ago OF the fraud ghich had been
practiced. Spencer had tried to work
the same fraud in that state, it is al
legged. Spencer was a veterina rian IL
Michigan, ii is claimed.
Mrs. Spencer appeared to be woman
of sincerity, good character and consid-
erable intelligence. She took her situ-
H,,f art.1d ,cf or
occasional tear when she thought OF
her Ohio home and of her trouble. She
said that her husband had a young boy
from a previous marriage.
Ii Clark, or Spencer, had been con-
tent to practice medicine IL. Wisconsin,
be probably would have been unmo-
Tested for all time. bus he grewram-
bilious and wanted permission TO prac-
tice in Michigan also, a I'd made appli-
cation for license to the board Of med
ical examiners in that state a,few weeks
ago The board in looking up the APP
plicatisn found that there was another
man by the same name whcrwas prac-
ticing now in Grand Rapids, Mich. and
tha. be, too. was a graduate OF the
same college and in the same year.
The second application explained this
by saving that be was nephew OF the
other Clark aud that both uncle and
nephew graduated at the same time
from the same institution. To prove
this assertion he showed a statement
from the institution which it is believed
he had changed to read two men named
Clark graduated instead of one man
named Clark had graduated from the
school.