Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-01-15
LIQUID OF LIFE"
Parties Connected With Alleged Fraud
ulent Concern Arrested.

ulenI OOnCGTn At GsNcu.
New York. Jan 15.-Gereral James
B. o'Beirne. for years more or less
prominent in Republican politics in
this city. and who has held a number
Of offices under the United States gov
eminent. Is given as president in the
literature of the Force of Life and
Chemical company. the medical di-
rector Of which DR. VIM Wallace Had
ley and assistant medical director. Mrs
Laura NJ. Wilson.
'In the glare of a midnight light"
one OF the advertisements reads. bend
ing over his crucible and retorts. DR.
William Wallace Hadley cried tri-
umphantly: I have it, At last he had
succeeded in making a rare chemical
combination of concentrated extracts
which might truly be called Liquid
Life There it was. glimmsring in its
sheen OF ruby red. while the retort it
self seemed to CULVER and vibrate as
II In the effort of restraining the ire
mendous dynamic force il held
For whole year since this announce
ment was sent broadcast. through the
mails as a preamble to pamphlet is
sued by the Force OF Life Chemical
company" on which extraordinary vir-
tues were claimed for its preparations
The power to raise the dead claimed,
1t Is alleged. by DIT. Hadley first chal-
lenged the attention OF the authorities
a little less than year ago when Post
master General Cortelyou received a
personal letter from President Roose-
welt. enclosing one OF the Force OF Life
company's circulars which had been
sent to the president by a woman in
Springfield. Mo.
Mr.. Cortelyou at once communicated
with Postmaster Wilcox in this city.
who detailed inspectors to investigate
the methods OF the concern. The con-
Germ is Delaware corporation. organ
lied in 1902 It's capital stock Is given
as 100000.
In the letter from the Springfield
woman to President Roosevelt there
was inclosed one OF the stock letters
from the Force OF Life concern. It
started off as follows:
by his mysterious control of dis
ease and death Dr. Wallace HadIey.
the eminent thaumaturgic panopathist
OF this city. has made the human heart
beat again In the body OF woman
rescued from the grave. AS result of
his successful experiment he makes the
startling statement that no disease
should cause death. He claims TO have
discovered the vital principle Of life It
self. the dynamic force that creates and
maintains existence. He seems to have
absolute control over human life and
the diseases that attarek it,
Evidence upon which the complaints
were based was secured through cor
respondence of fictitious patients. One
OF these. Lucille Hoffman" wrote that
she was young girl OF % and followed
this up with some Information Of an
intimate nature"
Several letters that followed were
printed circulars containing 4taple ad-
vice. received also. 1t is alleged. by
number OF other fictitious patients who
had written. giving other ailments.
Complaining that she had not Inn
proved. aLdcTffe frcEAsrsil was asked
to send sample OF her blood for analy-
sis. The correspondent obtained some
blood from a horse which he put into
a bottle and forwarded. A couple Of
days later he got letter which de-
elared that the analysis pointed to ply
steal conditions which the recipient
said made him sorry for the horse.
DR.. Hadley and the Wilson woman
were arrested. They are charged with
conspiracy to defraud by use OF the
mails. They gave bond In the sum OF
y 800 each By advice of counsel
General o'Beirne had nothing to say.