The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-14
LIVING CURED,
THE DEAD RAISED
Arrest of Officers of a Company
Formed to Dispose Of an Alleged
Liquid of Life"
CONSPIRACY is CHARGED
GENERAL o'BEIRNE MIXED UP IN
The AFFAIR.

New York, Jan. 13.-General James
r. O'Beirne, for years more or less
prominent in Republican politics in
this city, and who has held number
OF Offices under the United States gov
eminent, is given as president in the
literature of the Force of Life Chem
zeal company, the medical directors of
which. DR.. William Wallace Hadley
and Assistant Medical Director Mrs.
Laura M. Wilson, were yesterday ar
rested by federal authorities and held
in $500 bail each for examination a
week from today. General O'Beirne
has been a special agent of the treas
ury department, assistant commission
er OF immigration at the port Of New
York and commissioner or cnaritIes
in this city. He became president or
the concern in September last, when
r. Virgil Neal, its alleged organizer
and first president, resigned.
Refused to Make Statement.
General O'Beirne was seen follow
ing the arrests, but his counsel re-
fused to allow him to be interviewed.
The prisoners are charged with con-
spiracy to obtain money under false
pretenses by the use Of the United
States mails.
In the complaint lodged against
Life Chemical company are named
Jointly with them as parties to the
conspiracy. These two officials are
now out Of the city.
The Force of Life Chemical COM
pany for the last three or four years
has maintained elaborate Offices IN
this city. At present the company is
located at 2255 Broadway. 1t has
done an extensive mail business. An
official of the company told the postal
authorities that the concern had not
less than 100000 patients.
Long investigation.
The Investigation leading to the ar
rest had covered a period Of almost a
year and had been managed jointly
BY the postoffice authorities, Assistant
United States District Attorney Clar-
4nce S. Houghton. Champe S. Andrews
and John S. Cooper, the two latter as
counsel for the New York County
Medical society. The federal author
ties started on the trail OF the Force
Of Life concern on The personal initia
i've of President Roosevelt. Two
weeks go there is said to have been
q migration of the most prominent
Force of Liners to Syracuse, n. Y.
When the Two prisoners were ar
raIgned before Commissioner Ridgway,
Attorney John J. Vause appeared as
their counsel and furnished bonds to
insure their appearance at the exam
nation Mr. Vause said last night
hat the Force of Life company was
doing a perfectly legitimate business
and that the two prisoners were only
saIaried employees OF the concern. who
did what they were told and had moth
Ing whatever to do with its manage
ment.
The Liquid OF Life"
In the glare of a midnight light"
one of the advertisements of the COM
pany reads, bending over his cruel
BILE and retorts, DR.. William Wallace
Hadley cried triumphantly, I have it,
At last he had succeeded in making
q rare chemical combination Of con-
centrated extracts which might truly
be called Liquid Life There 1t was
glimmering IN it's sheen Of ruby red,
while the retort itself seemed to
culver and vibrate as if in the effort
OF restraining the tremendous dy-
manic force it held.
There was lecithin, the force of
life, the power that makes man live