The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-04-18
REFUSED MEDICINE.
TWELVE YEAR-OLD CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE BOY DID AND
DIED.
Queer Burglar Combine-Its OFF,
GERS Social Leaders-Woman's
Body Found in Barrel
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st. Louis, April 15.-"Refused
to take medicine is the entry on
the records of the city hospital OPP
posite the name of Henry Lemb Der.
ger, twelve years old, who died
from dropsy today
The boy was q son of Mrs. Rose
Lem berger, one of the teachers at
'.The Vanguard of Christian Sci
ence, a school conducted by Chris
tian Scientists. From March 27,
when the lad entered the hospital,
he refused medicine and fought the
attendants when they tried to nc AXE
him take it. At times he tried
to escape from the Institution.
4 want to go home and leave
These DOCTORS" he used to cry. His
disease progressed rapidly, but
neither threats ner persuasion
could induce him to submit to
treatment. Whenever the nurses
offered him medicine he would say:
"Crazy doctorsl There are no
real doctors here. The only one is
above
Dr. Glahan, who wrote a history
of the boys stay in the hospital,
said:
..sHe is wilfnlly obstinate and per-
sistently refuses medicine
Supt. Nietent states that no
amount of persuasion could induce
the boy to take medicine. Had he
done SO, the doctors say, his life
would have been prolonged.
Berlin, April 14A syndicate
sor the promotion and practice ol
burglary has been unearthed by
the police and the leaders of the
gang are under arrest.
| The syndicate was regularly or.
ganized and conducted. on the most
approved business principles. There
were financial directors who backed
the various enterprises of plundel
and took care of the proceeds
There were also technical directors
who developed and worked out the
details for the perpetration of the
crimes.
This gang, the most extraordina-
ry that ever operated in Europe
has been working in this part Of
lGermany for the past five years.
| At least fifty large burglaries
have been traced directly to this
aggregation of crooks who operated
| with the greatest boldless and by
a system SO perfect that they were
never heretofore suspected.
The directors Of the company
lived in elegant homes which were
furnished in the most luxurious
manner. They moved in fashion
able circles and invested large sums
of money in various industrial en-
terprises.
! New York, April 14.-Neu
York detectives are struggling
with another gruesome murder mys.
terry.
Early this morning the mutilat.
ed body of a woman was discovered
in a barrel on one of the principal
Idown-town business streets. The
body had been doub bled up and fore.
ed into the barrel, which had been
hauled to where it was found aud
left. &
The CHASTITY discovery was made
by some boys who were on their
way to work. They notified the
police and detectives at once COM
menced the task of learning the
| woman's identity. So far they
have been unsuccessful. The vic
tim of this latest murder was evi.
IDENTIFY an Italian, belonging to the
better class, and judging from the
hands she was not accustomed to
labor. The clothing was missing
entirely.
The startling method adopted by
the unknown assassin to get rid OF
his victims body puzzles the DO.
lice, for by carting the remains
around the streets he was in mo-
mentary danger Of discovery.
It is thought possible that the
woman may have been killed in
one esof tae buildings near where her
remains were fonnd A dilicent
search of the neighborhood was
made and resulted in no clue being
discovered.
New York, April 1.-THE opin-
ion is growing that the adverse de-