The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-30
LONG TRIP FOR NOTHING
ATTORNEY HALDERsON or NEW
MAN GROVE MAKES 1T.
TRIAL HAD BEEN POSTPONED.
Was 10 Have Appeared for Drs. Munk
and walker at Lincoln, Hut Found
Hearing Set for November 10, ON His
Arrival at the Capital city.

II. IIalderson OF Newmon Grove,
counsel for Drs. Munk and walker,
who are charged with announcement
of race suicide in their professional
practice and are awaiting a final hear
Ing before the state board OF health,
came In from his home at Newman |
Grove yesterday to attend the hearing |
which had been set some time since
for tomorrow. He did not learn until |
noon today, when he was advised by a
reporter for The News that the hearing
had been postponed until November 10.
1t was announced yesterday at the Of
fee of the state board of health that
the hearing had been postponed on
account of the inability of n part of
counsel to he present. Notice was sent
to Mr.. Halderson, but he appears to
have left home before he received 1t.
According to statements made by Mr.
ITalderson there is some politics and
| considerable professional jealousy be-
| hind the prosecution of his two clients
and the complications In the case have
stirred up the people of Madison and
| Platte counties to a considerable pitch
| of partisan fervor. He says that DR..
| Ed Munk came to Newman Grove some
| fifteen months ago from Sioux City.
1t is place of probably 500 inhabi-
| tants and there are four other doctors
located there. There was a feeling
| that Ave physicians were too many for
so limited a clientele, and II is hinted
that this prosecution is part of an ef-
fort to shave the number by one, es-
pecially In view OF the alleged fact
that DR.. Munk has built up practice
bigger than that of any of his contem-
porarles, About year ago DR.. Munk
was arrested upon n charge of abor-
tlon, but at the preliminary examina-
tlon at which he was represented by
Attorney Halderson and NJ f. Har-
rington of O'Neill he was discharged
for lack of evidence indicating prob
able cause to hold him for trial
DR.. ID. G.. Walker. his companion
in trouble at the pending hearing be-
fore the state board, has lived in
Lindsey, Platte county. for above
! seven years. He has taken an active
interest in the republican politics OF
, the county and in that way he came
into rivalry with Banker Ed Broad
=, we'll who also aspires to lead in the
republican politics of the county. DR.
Walker has been chairman of the towr
board. an office corresponding with the
mayoralty of larger towns, and has
r been active In county committee work
AT one time he defeated the banker IL
5 n spirited contest for the chairman
,. ship of the town board, at which tim,
I strenuous assaults were made upon hi
= professional record in a circular tina
was widely distributed
S Last May charges were preferred be
= fore the state board of health agains
DR.. Munk of Newman Grove and DI
e Walker of Lindsey. They were jointl
t. charged with completely in two case
of abortion. and DR., Munk was calle
n upon to face a third charge of tn
It same character in which DIR. Wake
was not associated with him. The
j. were cited to appear before the secre
y taries of the state board at hearin
II. set for June Is last. Banker Broadwe
r of Lindsey and Drs. McMahan, Erin
't and Kennedy of Newman Grove ar
W said by Halderson to be the activ
spirits in the preference of the charge
IN AS indicative of the spirit that
H. behind the prosecution Attorney Ha
he derson calls attention to the allege
fact that just as he and his client
tn were to leave home for Lincoln la!
at June to attend the hearing before II
d. state board on the charges still penC
ing, the two clients were arrested G
a charge of rape The hearing VIZ
III set for June Is. They expected
- leave Newman Grove the morning
the l4th in order to be here in amp
NV time 1t was the evening of the 49,
that the two clients were arrested. M
Halderson says that the attorney wi
" represented the prosecution secure
90 the warrants by declaring that he hi
been authorized to secure them by Il
county attorney. but that that offici
- when informed later of the procee
-, ings, declared that he knew nothil
" about them and had not authoriz
"' them. Mrs Munk and walker ga
~ bond for their appearance and ma
nv aged to get away in time to attend t
hearing before the board of secretari,
The result of that hearing was u
'e' favorable to them, as evidence was c
fered before the secretaries of t
board to the effect that they h
~" committed numerous breaches of pr
fessional practice. The patients I
whom they We're accused of perforI
~" ing unlawful operations were sever
married women, and the husbands
at least one of them appeared as
witness against them 1t was up
"' this evidence that the secretaries su
So mitted to the state board a report I
'' favorable to the accused.
In July last, after they had return
e" to their homes the charges, of ra
lodged against them the night bef,
10 they left for Lincoln came up for tr
~ and they were acquitted. Their
% legged victim was a Miss Mlle Thon
wv son, from whose testimony 1t appear
that she had been informed by
'"e mother that she would get a cons
cradle sum of money from the otl
81 doctors If she would testify agai
IN these two accused.
&c" ITO what date did you say the fl
1"e hearing has been postponed?" inqui
"a" Mr.. Halderson yesterday, 'Novem
10? That is after election, isn't
I'm All, ha! l see"
But he didn't undertake to say