The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-09-16
BOGUS DOCTORS PRANK
cdr. Calder's" Glee Over His
Skillful Swindling.
SAYS HIS PATIENTS WERE so EASY

att Was n shame Not to Take the
Money" Says the Man Who Applied
Porous Plaster Treatment to Rich
American Business Men-Made VIC
Tins Lie Face Downward.
Macmillan Mullera the bogus "Dr
Q. f. Calder" "who swindisa many rich
men by his porous plaster treatment,
admitted his guilt in the Grand street
court, Brooklyn, the other day, says
the New York American.
I'm guilty; there is no use in deny
Ing It," he said, and then laughed mer-
rily, but quietly, as he recalled the
predicaments in which he had left so
many of his victims.
Americans are so easy" he said.
that 1t is shame not to take their
money. %. u. Mark exists in other
places besides the funny pages of the
newspapers"
waving preliminary examination
Muller was held in bonds Of $1,000 on
a charge OF grand larceny. The officers
VINO made the arrest escorted him to
police headquarters, where he posed
for picture
"This Is where e. q. Mark triumphs," I"
he said.
In his free and easy way Muller told
the court how he swindled his victims
by the porous plaster treatment and
seemed to feel that 1t was all good
joke. His story was filed with maxims
concerning the gullibility Of the Ameri-
can business man.
Why" he said, "I was kept con-
stantly laughing Mt my own tricks.
When 1 came to this country from Ger
many l was an orderly at Bellevue,
and l then discovered the weak point
in the armor of the average man. Why
Is 1t that man is pointed out rs q
doctor! Because Of his air Of authority
and dignity. never was Il doctor,
only posed as one and then posed sue
cessfully.
HAll the time I was ut Bellevue I
studied men and women closely and
made it my business to find out their
business interests. Then l would ap-
proach man under pretense Of allow
Ing him to make great sum Of money
OH me. This would fiatter his pride
and he would think that I was the easy
mark
Having mastered my man thorough
ly In the presence Of the mans wife
would note few symptoms and with
grave alarm refer to his heart action.
The wife usually listening would step
forward and say. That's right, John,
you'd better have the matter attended
to by the doctor"
when I said, Take off your clothes,
my man. l felt like going out on the
porch and having n good hearty laugh.
Imagine for yourself the victim taking
OFT his clothing in a half hearted, re-
luctant way.
Then, when 1 said, Lie down on the
bed and put your face in the pillow
1t seemed too funny to see the way
even the shrewdest man would obey.
Then, with all his clothing in my
hands, had leisure to laugh as much
rs 1 wanted to and rifle the clothing.
My medicine case was usually deposit
ed on the dresser, and everything I
wanted could be packed into 1t nicely
Il often wondered why some Of the
victims didn't look up and catch me-
What would they have done? They
must chase me naked or busy them
selves dressing while was making q
safe retreat. But always worked the
game Of the bandages. The man must
lie with the plasters on his back and
his face In the pillows until went to
nearby drug store and bought band
ages. OF course never returned,
and an hour or perhaps two or three
hours after left tho victim became
suspicious, got up and dressed himself
and hied away to the police station.
forgetting all about his Illness"
And Muller smilingly went to his cell,