The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-12-05
on a Serious Charge Preferred BY
Mrs. Van oeison, Tried and
Held For the Next Grand
Jury-eond Fixed at
$4,000.
Attempt Al Criminal
Assault is Charged
Alleged offense Said by Mrs, Van
oeison to Have been Commit
ted in Doctors Office
Where She was a Pa
tisnt for ooitre.

mr. Willard F. Bailey, one OF the
british doctors, who have been here
five or six weeks, was arrested at Fair
mont Tuesday night by Constable D.
Il, Mitchell, after he had been releas-
ed by the police there on detention
warrant. He was brought here by
the constable and given hearing
Wednesday forenoon by Squire M. >.
Riley on a warrant sworn out by Mrs
clara Belle Van Geison, wife Of Z. d.
Van Geison, in which she charged him
with an attempt to carnally know her
Mrs. Van Geison, according to her
testimony, had been for some days
nafIent Of DR.. w. L. Moore, another
British doctor, for goitre. She went
to Moore's office Friday afternoon 1or
examination byan advertised special
lists, who proved to be DR.. Bailey. DE
made an examination and mention was
made by him that further treatment
after that examination would cost her
AZ she did nothaye the money with
her She wenthome and returned to
the once about5 o'clock. he helped
her remove her furs. They went into
the nriyate office, where be made an
examination Of the goitre and then
went Ia another room and talked to
pr Moore. He then returned. She
was sitting on lounge. BE continued
tbe examination and pushed her over
on the lounge aud attempted an as
SAINT, She got up but made no outcry.
He asked her If she were afraid Of him.
Then he offered to 60 to her home on
Sunday and treat her. He assisted
her on with her wraps and she LEFT
in not a very good humor. The
reason she assigned for not milking an
outcry was self-respect. She told her
husband about the affair about 8
O'Clock that night. He did not have
any compromising talk with her, but
from his actions she believed his in
tention was to commit crime
AR, Bartlett testified as to the
nature OF the goitre and saia ne mao
treated her for that.
The defendant testified that he was
a graduate of the Medical department
q the university Of Tennessee and
had practiced medicine for s or9years,
his first practice being in Cleveland.
He claimed to have a state certificate.
!. IN regard to the Incident he denied
MIS-. Van Geisons charges and assert
ed that the examinations given her
bybim we're not ont Of the ordinary
and IN no sense with the intent Of
wronping her. lie claims that she
complained Hof certain diseases or
troubles aud that he made super
fetal examination for these, such rs
allother physicians do in such cases.
The magistrate announced that the
evidence of one was contradictory to
thu other in nearly every respect, but
that he thought best to let the grand
Jury and circuit court pass on It, lie
accordingly fixed Dt. Bailey's bond at
Attorney George Vincent, of Fair
mont represented DR.. Bailey and the
prosecuting attorney and NJ. N.
Thompson appeared for the prosecu-
tion.
The case drew d large crowd and
much interest was taken in the pro-
ceedings.
The records of thecouuty clerk show
that the names Of Moore and Bailey
are on the register Of physicians and
surgeons
Bailey failed to secure a bondsman
and was sent to jail.