The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
POOR MAN )
EAR ADORNS
CAPITALIST
Success Of Grating
Operation An
nOunced.
Rich Patient Is Elated
Over His $4,000
Acquisition.
Surgeon Refuses to Reveal
Names of Seller and
Purchaser.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

DFS~oA DASPoNSu 10 Inc Odls
NEW YORK. Dec. 2.-The announce
ment Of the successful accomplishment
Of the grating of the ear of one man
to the head of another was made by
DR.. Andrew L. Nelden tonight. The
patient upon whom Nelden grated an
ear is now being cared for in the ply
sician's home. He is overjoyed in the
physical possession of an ear which an
weeks ago.
The man who sold his ear for $4,000 is
now in a private sanitarium in Phila-
delphia. where the operation was per-
formed. He viii be released in two
days and will go Immediately to his
home near Pittsburg. where his wife
and children are awaiting him. He is
perfectly satisfied with his bargain.
Nelden says. and will use the $4,000 to
start life anew. The vlcher patient was
brought to this city to-day.
Wide attention has been attracted to
this case, around which great secrecy
has been thrown to prevent a revela-
NAbAA VI tic ldilAcS u either the IlCn pa
tient or the ear seller. This secrecy will
be maintained, but in the interests of
surgery Nelden decided to make public
all other facts in connection with the
case.
This is the. first time in the history
Of surgery, so far as the records go,
that the grating Of an ear has been
accomplished. DIR. Esmarch, the cele-
brated' German surgeon, has striven re-
peatedly to graft the whole or part of
an ear, but in no instance did the tis-
sues unite. Plenty of subjects were sup
piled him from among German stu
dents, whose ears are frequently
manned in saber contests. The failure
of so eminent a surgeon as Dr. Es-
march led surgeons the world over to
believe that ear-grafting was prac-
tically impossible.
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exact condition of the two banks to the
receivers.
Judge c. c. Kohlsaat, who Yesterday
appointed the receivers. entered an or
der to-day restraining the prosecution
or any suits against Dowie, pending
the results Of the recei~ership apnoint-
ed for Zion City.
BANKS CONDITION UNKNowN
The secrets Of the Dowie Bank have
been so closely guarded that not even
the State Auditor has been able 10 oh
tain a statement Of the condition OF the
institution. The Legislature. through
a committee, sought to probe into the
methods Of the bank three years ago
but was forced to acknowledge defeat
In Zion City all title to real estate is
vested in Dowie. The tract of land on
which Zion is built was bought on
five-year payment plan. Several nav
ments are due, the last one falling unon
September l, when Dowie paid up the
interest and asked for more time
Mortgages on the land are held by the
original owners. and foreclosure would
mean forfeiture Of the lots and houses
of the followers Of Dowie.
At the Zion City general store. where
Receiver Currier was introduced to Dea-
con Clendenen. the general manager of
the stores. the question arose as to
whether the trade checks in use in Zion
City were 10 be accepted at the store
under the receivers administration.
Clendenen said that many residents of
Zion had little or no ready money and
were depending on trade checks, which
were given as money. If these checks
were refused il would he said, work
great hardship.
After consulting with his attorneys
Receiver Currier said that the checks
would not be accepted. This decision
was made known also to the manager
of the Fresh Food SuppIv of Zion
which includes the butcher shop. In
a short time, when it had become
known throughout the city, it occa-
stoned panic among those of Dowie's
followers whose only assets are the
trade checks. How these persons are
TO live during the coming week, unless
they are assisted by their more we'll
to-do neighbors, is problematical.