The San Francisco call., 1904-11-23
DOCTOR VICTIM
OF WEIRD JOKE
Woman Physician of Col
Iege Town Indignant at
Injury She Has Sustained
SHE SUSPECTS STUDENTS
Dir. Moore Complains of Be-
ing Called Out at Mid
night to Attend a case"
Berkeley Office San Francisco CALL
214S Center Street, Nov. ~.

Berkelev Office San Francisco GALL
214S Center Street, Nov. ~.
Detectives are at work for the tele-
phone company in an attempt to trace
the perpetrators of an extraordinary
practical joke upon Mrs. E. d. Moore
prominent woman physician OF
Berkeley, who recently was made the
victim of what she believed was the
attempt at humor of some university
student and now seeks to punish those
who made her suffer.
DR.. Moore lives at 2034 Shattuck
avenue. few nights ago the tele-
phone bell in her home rang and she
was then informed over the wire that
her professional services were required
instantly by the wife of the man who
stood at the other end of the line.
Come at once. doctor" said the
speaker, apparently very much ex-
cited.
The address given to DR.. Moore was
in a fashionable residence section Oh
Berkeley, but it was rather indefinite,
as she was told to call at the second
door from the corner on certain
street for Mr.. Martin" DR.. Moore,
however, donned her wraps and went
out into the night on her errand or
mercy, but upon reaching the mouse
described found 1t in total darkness.
She rang the bell, aroused the family
and said: II understand you require
my services for the lady of the house
I'VE certainly do not" replied the
astonished man at the door. There
must be a mistake somewhere"
Dr. Moore, believing that it was her
duty to sacrifice natural inclinations
and feelings, went to the next house,
thinking she might have made an
error, and there repeated her inquiry.
She was informed that physicians
services of the sort which DR.. Moore
proffered were not needed. Again did
the doctor make inquiry at still an
other house with similar result and
after that gave up the quest and re-
turned to her rooms in disgust.>
In few minutes she was called up
again by telephone and told that she
must hasten to the home of the
speaker who had originally summoned
her, as the patient was likely to ole
unless medical assistance was instantly
forthcoming. More definite directions
were obtained by DR.. Moore this time
and she sailed forth again, only to re-
peat the humiliating experiences she
had undergone before.
Returning again to her home the
telephone bell once more rang and then
she was informed that the wife of the
man who had spoke had been taken
care of by amateurs and that rolling
pms had been used in lieu of a sur
geon's instruments. The speaker ap-
parently was sincere.
She learned a few days later that
she had been made the victim of a
practical joke and was informed that
two university students were the Of
tenders She called them to her office
and asked them to pay the customary
fec in such cases or suffer prosecution.
They denied responsibility for the af-
fair. but DIR. Moore was convinced of
their guilt and is now planning to
prosecute them She said to-day:
have been shamefulIy treated, and believe
justice should be meted out to those response
ble. / preparing my evidence against
the yours man whom I suspect. and when IL is
complete / shall submit il TO Marshal Kerns of
Be- kelley and ask him to act. We are tracing
the origin OF ths telephone messages / received
on the night when | was duped and when that
origin is known our evidence will be complete.
l understand that the youth whom / believe
conducted this wretched practical joke Is a
senior in the university, and that he recently
Dragged of his joke to party On the campus
That evidence. too | hope to get, and l am
1 believe it is my duty to that an outrage
Of this sort should not be allowed to drop until
the offenders are punished suitable repara-
tion is made.