Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-13
THE BISHOP OFFICES
Identified by lola Reed-PoIice Begin
Series Of Raid.

Boston. Nov. 12.-Twenty detectives,
headed by Police Captains Joseph Du-
gan and Lawrence Cain. made IL SEN
sational descent, Saturday afternoon.
upon five offices on fremont street.
where. it is alleged. illegal operations
have been performed on an extensive
scale, and although the raids did not
result in any arrests. the police found
considerable material which will aid
them in the future. In each place a
photograph was taken of the rooms
and of the instruments found. Hun
dreds Of people blocked traffic on Ire
mont street during the raids and four
hours afterWard.
The action of the police was the re-
suit of disclosures which have come to
light recently in connection with the
death of Susan Geary, the victim of
the suit case tragedy. whose death fol-
lowed an illegal operation at the office
of Mrs. Jane Bishop, and the more re-
cent operation performed on lola Reed.
15-year-old girl of West Newfield
Maine.
The raids were determined upon
early in the day and it was planned to
visit the establishments of Doctors
Butler. Ernmons, Williams. Ames and
bishop. the last three named being
women physicians. Twenty officers
received their instructions at Station I
and, accompanied by photographers
and police surgeons. they We're sent
away in squads of tours shortly before
2 O'Clock. The officers timed their ar
rivals so that each office would be en-
tered at exactly the same time. thereby
preventing any warning being teie-
phoned from one place to another.
M one was found at the Offices of
Mrs. DIR. AmeS and DR.. J. w. Enmons
at 1868 and 10 fremont street, respec-
lively. The Bishop office was also de-
serted. AT the Butler officer DR.. Lewis
Was found He is the husband of An
ME Brown. who was sentenced to five
years imprisonment recently for per-
forming a criminal operation at the
Bishop office. Three young women
were found at the Williams Office. They
explained their presence by the state
mcnt that they We're waiting for the
doctor.
An effort was made to prevent the
officers froIn entering DR.. Buffers
Office. but the policemen promptly
smashed in the doors and proceeded to
search the premises. The establish
ment which held the most interest for
| tn" raiders was that OF Mrs Jane Bish-
| on 1T IFS fremont street. 1t was here
| that greater part Of the evidence was
| gathered. and it was here also that the
officers learned the method of disguise
adopted by the persons performing OPP
eratiOns. The police broke in the glass
door after repeated raps on the door
had failed to bring any response.
There are five rooms connected with
| the place. The parlor. which looks out
on the common, is deliberately fur
nishcd in blue and gold The door of
the safe was open and papers We're
| strewn about the floor, Indicating the
| hasty departure of the persons con-
nected with the institution after Craw-
| ford and Howard made a confession to
| the police that Susan Geary had been
Il patient there. Books found in a desk
showed that an enormous business had
been done daily. There are three oper-
ating rooms in the place, all cleverly
arranged with the idea of hiding the
operator from the patient.
While the raids were in progress
| Captain Dugan. accompanied by lola
Reed and Deputy Sheriff Athorne of
| Eliot. Me, was visiting several Offices
in an effort to have the girl identify
the place where she went to submit to
an operation. When she was taken
into the Bishop offices. the young girl
unhesitatingly stated that it was there
| that sic was treated. She could not
describe the location of the house where
she was taken after the operation anC
the police have practically abandoned
hope of finding it.
The Bishop tablishment is said t.
be the largest of its kind in New Eng.
land and is the headquarters of a num-
Der of branch offices, many of which
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