The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-26
MURDERS FOR SIOO Zach
Philadelphia Police Have Startling
Evidence Against a "Doctor."
MANY GRAVES TO BE SEARCHED
Mrs. w. G. DAME and Or" Hoossey
Held Fer Death of Woman's Hus.
band-Murder BY Poison Instead Of

Held Fer Death of Woman's Hus.
band-Murder BY Poison Instead Of
Divorce.
Philadelphia, March ii. - Charged
with having poisoned her husband, Will
liam G. Dame, who died IS months
ago, Mrs. Catherine Dame, of 2525
North Fourth street, was committed to
prison yesterday, without bail. and
George Hoossey, negro herb doctor"
and fortune teller, who, it is charged,
sold poison to the woman, was also
held without bail as an accessory to
the alleged crime.
The woman has been under arrest
several days, but pending further in
vestigation she was not arraigned until
yesterday afternoon. The principal
| witness against her was private de-
tective who was detailed to look into
the manner of the husbands death.
His Investigations led him to call on
"Dr." Hoossey, the detective feignins
illness. While he was being treated
for kidney trouble" the detective told
him he was having trouble with
woman, and after further conversation
the doctor" volunteered to sell him
powder that would kill the woman in
three days. The doctor" said he had
given a woman some powder more than
year ago to get rid of her husband
The woman promised the doctor"
500, but only gave him SOL.
A city detective then took up the
story and told of having found two
, boxes Of rough-on-rats in the negro's
, store. He also told of Mrs. Dances ar
rest, and testified that she admitted
having secured drug from Hoossey,
which she put in her husbands coffee
in order to cure him OF the drinking
habit: that he was hard drinker and
| abused her. She further admitted, the
detective said, that she paid Hoossey
l after she had collected $4,000 insurance
! that was on her husbands life.
. A chemist testified that the package
y. the negro intended to give the private
detective to kill the fictitious woman
s contained 100 grains of white arsenic.
n The body of the husband was ex-
( humed Thursday afternoon and the vi
,, tai organs were turned over to a
l. chemist for investigation. This will
i. take several weeks, and pending his
$ report no date will be set for the in
quest.
O mhn AanuhtDr
/, years OF age. and son Is, has always
a borne a good reputation. The physi
c clan who attended the husband in hi:
/ last illness assigned rheumatism Of the
s heart as the cause of death. The ply,
d siclan said he had been chronic suf
s ferer from this disease.
l. Well-known physicians in all sec
n tions of the city have reported cases tC
q the district attorney that will probabl.
e lead to the opening of many graves anC
e to the holding Of as many inquests b,
.e the coroner. In each of these cases tn
D. patient first appeared with a mino
II complaint, which grew progressivel,
I' worse and which, just before death
IL manifested what are now recalled a
Z the usual symptoms of arseniCal poi
IL soning. In each of these reported case
NJ there is a story OF insurance, disturbe
e domestic relations. or an affair of mex
d of kin. Ii is said Hoossey's home wa
visited frequently by many womer
vi most OF whom wore heavy wells, VIII
. bought his deadly potions.
'e A clean sweep was made Of all tn
~ physicians in the northeastern sectio
III OF the city who have signed death Ger
40 tificates within the past two years tina
81 specify heart LESSONS as the cause c
~. death, and seven OF these practitioner
were closeted with Assistant DistriC
-" Attorney Shoyer for several hours, du
ing which time they went over their OF
flee records in the mortality cases, an
- frankly stated their suspicious. neac
~ OF these thorough investigation wa
- ordered, and the local managers OF a
-, life insurance companies were aske
-" for information concerning the policie
y, paid upon the risks in the cases.
~ II is not believed, however, thu
-. Or" Hoossey was knowingly
=. party to any extensive plan to murdt
ho people for insurance money. This thu
o. ory is based upon his moderate mean
-, Being uncommonly shrewd, Hoosse
~ would have demanded a large share {
any proceeds derived from any polici'
issued on the lives OF his victims. II
-et specially seemed to be the clearing u
De- OF disturbed domestic relations by d.
I'm liberate murder, with the insuranc
ay feature as a secondary incident OF h
er work. His price, according to the men
I'm orandum found in his shop, was IL
es. yariably 800. Some of his patrons a,
irl only referred to by numbers, others |
in hieroglyphics that nobody but himse
as will ever be able to solve, but there ca
ne be no mistake about the entry "slOt
ne that appears after each Of "a eDtri
made on the same record with the s
entry which admittedly applies to MI
VS. Catharine Dame and the $40 entI
'es which identifies the case Of Detecti'
re Gavin whn saws he contracted tn ha'