New-York tribune., 1905-07-14
NELDEN FAILED OFTEN.
Many Complaining Letters Doc
tor Says Mrs. Ware Quit Too Soon.

Persons who went to the Tombs Police Court
yesterday expecting to hear testimony against
Dr. Andrew L. Nelden, the beauty doctor" Of
No. 13 East 2sth-st.. who was arrested Wednesday
night on the complaint OF Mrs. Josephine Ware
OF Denver were disappointed. Dr. NeIden was
arraigned, but his counsel obtained an adjourn
ment OF the examination until Monday. and the
prisoner was released in q 900 bail
Mrs. Ware, who made the larceny charge on
the ground that DR.. Nelden took her money, al
most 1900, on his promise to remove wrinkles
from her face and make her look young and
beautiful and Scared her face badly as to de-
stroy what beauty she had, was at the office Of
Charles Chadwick. deputy assistant district at
torney, with of her women friends but did
not appear in the police court She went away
disappointed when she informed Of the ad-
journment of the examination.
Mr. Chadwick had some letters from, natten+s
Of Dr. NeIden They had been found by Detective
Sergeant McConville in a suit case in Dr. Nelden's
ofhce. and had been confscated evidence at
the time Of DR.. Nelden's arrest. One woman ir
West 4th-st.. Manhattan. had written:
The treatment you gave me for the wrinkles has
done me no good. I very sorry to saw vOu told
me the wrinkles would be gone in six weeks but
think gave You SO for that treatment ana fbsf ef
it has done me no good Ny face is thin and 1
have hollow cheeks.
woman wrote from Brewster. N Y. as follows:
Your French ointment has been failure have
used almost the whole jar without the least i'm
pIoDefnent and it certainly has been great dis
away. Perhaps you will say l have not useS II
right. I read that you are very conscientious bbt
if your conscience win let you ask S. for somebn
that is not worth it, think there is big mistake
Regarding the same ointment. a woman wrote
from Amboy Ill:
II makes seSe my s face break out in Pmpes and makes
the freckles or wrinkles think it makes hair
grow on the face. Mine looks that way.
One letter evidently was in reply to Dr. Nelden's
advertisement for perfect human ear to graft on
q wealthy 1t from a nj in
waukee, partly follows:
/ am willing TO part with one of my ears in ez-
Saange en- TOT one not OF perfect shape and $500 or
while already.
DR.. Neden said at the police court yesterday that
he would be able on Monday to get the testimony
of patients who had been benefited by his treat
ment. He added:
Mrs. Ware did not take the full treatment 1r sbo
had she would have been all right And if she had
have made partial restitution That is! w0nId w0nId
have returned the money for that part of the
Fecommendaton rec can have from my patients is the
az No az fds recently opened
possible through the voluntary contributions Of nv
patients toward a charity the necessity for which
has been fully demonstrated in the few weeks the
hospital has been open
Mrs Ware has neglected TO state that remod-
t teed and Strengthened her nose with subcutaneous
80 per cent better looking than it was before She
came TO me In the case of wrinkles 1 strong
several days, but with the of my ointment heals
up absolutely smooth. II Mrs. Ware had been
willing to submit TO regular treatment her skin
would have healed smoothly, as il has done In the
cases of hundreds of others
After ts= start OF ST. Gregorys Hospital in Gold
ST. DR.. Nelden announced that he would apply TO
have police calls for ambulances sent it in the
downtown district of Manhattan. Apparently there
has been arrangement to let the hospital
know of calls TO other hospitals, for St Gregory's
ambulance has had some exciting races with the
ambulances from GouVerneur and Hudson Street
hospitals in accident