The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-06-08
HeGI'S DOCTORS PRANK
,vr,,,s" GLEE OVER HIS
' SKILLED swINOL'Nd'
u. Patients We're So Easy II Was a
'',' w.. Not to Take Their Money
aieb Men We're His Victims

.,,,o Muller, the bogus Dr.
MaAllnri!,'""rn who swindled many rlcn
c. F. % Ca'p his porous plaster trea tmen 0t
men .. ps his guilt in the Grand street s'
admitted n n1,,yn the other day, says
the Ne" roilty; there is no use In deny
"lni tn said and then laughed mer-
ing IT, t., ~ quietly, as he recalled tne
r nnrssditcaments in which he nau 'eA' %
p pauv of his victims. no said
"Aln ' 70 shame not to take their
r .'noev. E. T. Mark exists IN % 1'4 tpe
m lOnos besides the funny pages u 'ne
newspapers ,,o, examination
,, s% was held in bonds of Sl'ooo on
Mulie ano Of grand larceny. The. officers
Qua, n7odp the arrest escorted him 10
VINO A Soodouarters, where he posed
for picture ,,on,, .r,,,nnbs "
be said. NOV Muller told
+ba court how he swindled MS Victims
~ NV the porous plaster treatment ana
y! ,,a , 70 feel that 1t was all a good
&C., His story was filed with maxlms
J soncornipg the guIlibillty of the Amer1-
can business man. -. 80
"Vhy," he said, Il was kept con
,.or+Iv laughing at my own trlcKs'
Trr 7 came to this country from Ger
nonv was an orderly at Bellevue,
I'D then discovered the weak point
H. tbo ormor of the average man. why
is 4 that a man is pointed out as a
doo+or9 Because of his air of authority
and dignity. l never was a doctor,
orIv nosed as one and then posed sue
cessfuly.
AN the time was at Bellevue l
s+ndipd men and women closely and
made If nv business to find out their
bnsiness interests. Then l would ap-
nroacb man under pretense of allow
inc him to make a great sum of money
M me, This would f1atter his pride,
and he would think that l was the easy
mark
"Having mastered my man thorough
II in the presence of the mans wife l
would note a 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 | said, Take off your clothes,
my man. | felt like going out on the
porch and having a good hearty laugh.
Imagine for yourself the victim taking
off his clothing in a half hearted, re-
luctant way.
"Then, when | said, Lie down on the
bed and put your face in the pillow,
It 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
as | wanted to and rife the clothing.
Ny medicine case was usually deposit
ed on the dresser, and everything l
wanted could be packed into it nicely.
II 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 l was making a
safe retreat, But 1 always worked the
game Of the bandages. The man must
lie with the plasters on his back and
MS face in the pillows until l went to
nearby drug store and bought band
ages. OF course l never returned
and an hour or perhaps two or three
hours after left the victim became
suspicious, got up and dressed himself
ana hled away to the police station,
forgetting all about his Illness"
And Muller smiIingly went to his cell
w. b Hickey will make it to your