The San Francisco call., 1905-04-18
PHYSICIAN is CHARGED With
FORGERY AND THREATS TO KILL
Charles A. Baxter Asserts That DR.. n. r.
Thornburgh Abducted His Wife.
Wronged Husband
in Angry Frame
of Mind.

Globe Medical Dispensary Company,
119 Market street, yesterday went be-
fore magistrate and formally
charged DR.. Herbert 7. Thornburgh,
formerly consulting physician of the
company, with the abduction of Mrs.
Baxter.
Baxter, accompanied by his pretty
wife, went before Police Judge Mogan
Yesterday morning and swore out two
warrants for the arrest of Thorn
burgh, one charging him with threats
against life, the other with forgery.
Baxter and his wife reside at 1434
Buchanan street, and Thornburgh had
lived with them. They have beauti-
full little fiat. handsomely furnished,
all the appointments denoting elegance
and taste.
For nine years Baxter and his wife
have enjoyed unalloyed bliss, and
they had been the happiest of couples,
says Baxter, until Thornburgh came
between them. and. as is charged, at
tempted to wreck their home.
Thornburgh, says Baxter, first at
tempted to win the love of Mrs. Bax-
ter by Establishments. Failing in this
he is said to have attempted to make
her husband believe she was false TO
him. Not succeeding in accomplish
ing his purpose he is accused OF nav
ing resorted to chloroforming her and
of having succeeded in abducting her
from her home and carrying ner away
to San Jose.
Mrs. Baxter is said to have returned
to her husband of her own accord,
and is now with him in their fiat.
BAXTER ENRAGED.
Although Baxter has sworn out
warrants for the arrest of Thornburgh
the warrants would never need TO be
put into execution should the injured
husband, in his present enraged state
of mind, happen to meet the man he
accuses of having wronged him.
Baxter made the following state
ment of the affair:
ITO protect my wife and myself
from the threats Of violence made
against us by DR.. Thornburgh / was
forced to take steps to have a war
rant issued for his arrest
He abducted my wife and caused
her to go away with him by threats
made to her that unless she went with
him he would kill her. For some time
he has been pouring into her ears the
statements that l was not true to her.
He has been continually telling her
alleged stories of my infidelity. AT the
same time he was telling her or MS
great love for her and coaxing her to
run away with him. I knew nothing
ing.
home / noticed a scratch on nv wires
nose. When | asked her how 1t came
there, she said that when she was fix
ing up her face, her finger slipped and
dug out a piece of the flesh.
4 was not satisfied with the explana-
ton. and after further questioning she
told me of the assault that DIR. Thorn
burgh had made on her. She said he
came into her room and tried to make
love to her. and that she Indignantly
repulsed him. He then left the house.
Shortly afterward he came back and
rushed into her room with. towel
saturated with chloroform. He threw
this ever her face. whereupon she
screamed and fought. but the chloro-
form caused her to lose consciousness.
When she recovered she found the doc
tor tanning her face. He had opened
all the windows to let out the odor of
the aneSthetic. She was In fearful
state of excitement.
ORDERED AWAY.
about o'clock that night Thorn
burgh came home. l ordered him out
of the house at once, and he went.
went to my Office early Friday morn
ing Evidently he was watching the
house, as / had barely left when he
rushed in. He grabbed hold of my
wife ana tOlQ QeI TO get READY anu 20
with him to San Jose, or he would
shoot her She was so terrified that
she did not know what to do. but he
was so violent she was afraid not to
aceede to his wishes and went with
him. Saturday afternoon she tele-
phoned to me from San Jose and said
she wanted to come back. I told her
to come at once. When she reached
my Office she was trembling with fear
and WAS as pale as death.
"She said she only got away from
Thornburg for the purpose of getting
some of her clothes. Thornburgh was
waiting for her in the street near by
He told her he would only give her an
hour and a half to return to him or
he would kill her. We Immediately
came out here. He also threatened to
shoot me on sight We remained in
| doors until this morning. when we went
before Judge Mogan and swore to the
warrants for his arrest. He forged my
name to the check he cashed on Thurs
day. He has also previously drawn
checks on banks in which he had no
funds, and these he has cashed at va
rious places.
HE cashed one of these for $50 on
the Merrill Chemical Company. another
one for $40 on T. NJ. Ferguson and
another for $40 on Radovich Bros"
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