The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-11-07
A DOCTOR is CAUGHT
LEADING PHYSICIAN OF BOS-
TON INVOLVED DIN CRIME.
Performed Second Operation to
Save Girls Life and, Failing.
Cut Up Her Body and Cast
it Into Boston Harbor
Other News.

DOSGou, NuV. Or EoiloWiuB
brief conversation by officers over
the long distance teller hone, the
scene of developments in the fam.
ous suitcase mystery has shifted
from New York back to Boston.
DR.. D. Percy MCLEOD, a reputable
physician of the Back Bay district,
was arrested today on the charge of
performing an illegal operation on
Susan Geary, the Cambridge Choir
US girl whose remains were found
in two suit cases in the waters of
Boston harbor. Through the con-
fession of Lewis Crawford and Will
liam Howard, the two men arrested
in New York yesterday, the author
tiles received evidence, which in
their opinion, warranted the arrest.
1t ia alleged that DR.. Mcleod was
called into the case after the first
operation was performed in the Tre-
mont street Office, and that he per.
formed second operation of des-
perate nature in a vain attempt to
save the life of the young woman.
After Miss Geary failed to recover,
it is alleged, DR.. Mcleod in an effort
to conceal the crime dism embered
the body.
DR.. Mcleod will be arraigned in
court tomorrow. No sum has been
set to night as the amount of bis
bail bond, but District Attorney M.
J. Sughrue stated that, owing to
the gravity of the charge, it would
be large.
Morris Nathan, the lover of Miss
Geary, who was arrested in Pitts.
burg last Saturday night and
brought to this city in state of
collapse, Is gradually recovering at
the city hospital, where he was tax.
en- on his arrival here, and will
probably be arranged in court
Monday.
While at first the police were oi
the opinion that Nathan was moi
directly connected with the case
they now say that he conducted the
negotiations with the proprietors o.
the fremont street establishm ent
with which Crawford was connect
ed, and that he was fully aware o1
the result of the operation.
/ Following the arrest Of DR.. Nc
Leod, Captain Dugan sent out H.
specsors in search of woman who
according to the police, had beer
employed as a nurse at house ir
Roxbury, where Miss Geary wa:
sent to recover after the operation
1t is claimed that the nurse was
present at the second operation al
legged to have been performed by
DR.. Mcleod and knows the rela
tions the DR.. bore to the Office
where the dead girl underwent th'
original operation.
| On the strength of the ALLEGED
statement by Timothy Howard, on,
of the New York suspects, that tn
head OF the suitcase victim had beel
thrown from ferryboat into th'
Boston Harbor In a weighted hand
bag, the police today began dragging
the bottom of the harbor.
: Police Captain Dugan today oh
tanned warrants for the arrest o
Crawford and Howard on the charg
ofcommitting an illegal operation o.
Susan Geary. A warrant was aJs
issued against Howard, chargin
him with being an accessory to tn
fact.
New York, Nov. 3.-Supt. Pierc
a of the Boston police, and Chic
Watts, of the Massachusetts, sta,
police arrived today, accompanie
by the witness in the suitcase myl
terry. They lett Boston at midnigh
When the Boston party arrive
at police headquarters today, til
prisoners were brought out for il
spection. Chief Watts recognize
Watson and said:
II feel sure Crawford is the heat
man In this case. He was the prii
cipal at the house of DR.. Bisho]
and it was through him, I believ
that Howard, or Hunt, as he cal
himself, was brought into the case.
Chief Watts said that the Cal
against those who caused the deaf
of Miss Geary was practically con
plete now, utthere probably woul
,e be other arrests in a few days.
Crawford was dressed by order
I the New York police in gray clot
ing, which was first seen by Il