Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-19
FORCE OF LIFE"
PROMINENT POLITICIANS IN PAT
ENT MEDICINE SCHEME.
CLAIM TO RAISE THE DEAD
officers Arrested in New York City
Investigation Begun on Information
Furnished by President Roosevelt.


New York.-Gen. James II. O'Beirnc.
for years more or less prominent In
Republican politics in this city. and
who has held number Of oiiices
under the government. is given m
president In the literature of tho
Force of Life Chemical Company. tho
medical director OF which. DR. William
Wallace iladley. and assistant medical
director. Mrs. Laura NJ Wilson. We're
on Friday arrested by federal authori-
Ties and held in S2.5rO bail each FOR
examination.
The Force of i.Ie Chemical Com
pany for the last three or four years
has maintained elab0rat. oiiiCcs In
this city. Al present the company In
located at e255 Broadway. II mas done
an extensive mail business. An official
of the company told the postal au-
ihoritics that the concern had not less
than i.UOo.OJD patients.
The investigation leading to tn. ar
rest had covered II period Of almost a
year. and has been managed jointly
by the postoiiice authorities. Assistant
United States District Attorney q. $.
lioughton. Chnmpc y. Andrews and
John $. Cooper. the two latter nm
counsel for the New York County hed.
icai Society. Tn. federal authorities
started on the trail of the Force OF
Life concern ON the personal initia'
tive oi President Roosevelt.
The power To raise the dead claimed.
II Is alleged. by Dr. Hadl"y. hrst chal'
lonsad the attention of tine authorities
year ago. when PostmaBt-r General
coftclyon received u personal letter
from President Roosevelt, inciosing
one uf the Force nf Life circulars
which had been sent To the President
by woman In Springfield. Missouri.
In addition 10 Pr.Sidcnt James II.
OBSITnc. the literature issued by the
company and the latest corporation
directory. give the following oiiic"rS Of
tn. Force Of Life Chemical Company:
James a. T.diord. vice president:
Arthur II. Williams. treasurer, and
Frederick u. Wilson. secretary.
The directors ARE. boHid"a tho
above: Edwin q. Kccicr. William ,.
Acton. T., virEil Neal. Il. r. Bag!cy
and James =. Pierce.
Mr. Pierce was formerly aip"rin.
tcndcnt Of insurance of New York
state.
4. Virgil Neal. with DIR. Hndi"y and
Miss Wilson. II In alleged. furnished
the rcni brains Of the concern.
Arthur II. Williams. treasurer and
director. IE president Of the Bankers
Realty a security Company. irgs'c"
Of III. Washington Savings bank and "a
director of the Co Operative Building
bank In this city. He lives In Mount
Vernon.
Frederick II. Wilson IN snpcTin'cnd.
cnt OF the United States Indian ware
house In this city.
Mr.. Kcclcr Is said to he pr-Hi'icnt of
tn. Fairfield County National bank.
vice president of the South Sorwnlk
Trust Company and former lieutenant
governor Of the state of Connecticut.
William r. Acton Is described M
president Of the Norwaik Securities
CORPORATION and lat" secretary ana
treasurer and general manager Of III.
Norwaik Street Railway Company OF
Connecticut, and Il. r. Baslcy aS pr"si-
dent of the Consolidated Hoof Pad
Company of New York.
The concern In q Delaware corpora.
tion. organized In 1909. Its capital
stock is given as Sl.go0.o 900.
In the letter from the Springfield
woman to President Roosevelt there
was incioscd ono of the stock letters
from the Force of Life concern. II
started OF as follows:
by his mysterious control over dis
ease ard death DIR. Wallace Hadlcy.
the eminent taumn,urgic ranopathist
of this city. has made the human
heart beat again In the body OF n
woman rescued from the grave. And
as n result OF his successful expert.
mcrt he makes the startling state
mcnt that no disease should cause
death. lie claims to have discovered
the vital principle of life itself. the
dynamic force that creates and main.
tains existence. He seems tn have alb
soIutc control over human life and the
diseases that attack H."
Evidence upon which the com.
plants were based was secured
through correspondence with fictitious
patients.