New-York tribune., 1906-08-05
CLIMAX OF CAREER IN JAIL.

.erhe climax of his career came q year 80 -
January when he pleaded guilty 10 d oOIi -
brought bv a Mount VerpOn man WHOM no nao
s,r6Ied ont OF s1OOOo and began the service OF a
4o oe ;rnDrisonrnent for four months The
800 ybicI he worked on the Mount Vernon man
this: A. vrv.
Chester man received visit from man suppoSeu
70 he a life insurance agent. The latter persuaded
him TO apply for insurance He was eXaAnlheu' Du'
was NOT accepted according to the insurance agent
who was In league with the inventor OF the dy-
nostat, because of his physical condition
7 can introduce you to DOCTOR however VINO
can fix you up so that you can get in' said the
agent, Hes got a wonderful invention that can
tell Won inst what the trouble is The Mount
Vernon man accordingly met the doctor with the
6ynostat The doctor persuaded him to buy one OF
the machines and he gave him small doses Of
strvchnine Following the OF strychnine
che Mount Vernon man was dosed with morphine
This broke him up. Then the dynostat man said
that he would Introduce him to Dr. Hale. an
English specialist who happened to be in this
country. Perhaps, he said. 'Dr Hale Will under
take 70 diagnose your case, although he is a very
busy man.
''The Mount Vernon went TO see the cele-
brated specialist. On the first visit he waited in the
ohice a long time. and was obliged to go away
without seeing the alleged physician. They were
playing him and he was hanging onto the hook
we'll It was not until the third visit that he was
admitted 10 the presence OF the great man. AS he
entered he observed lying the desk in a con-
spicuous place a long, white cardboard box It
was open. On a bed Of cotton within it a vial
filed to within an inch of the top with a greenish
yellow fluid. AS you see' Che lawyer held up a
herneticaIly sealed bottle filled with liquid sug
gestive Of beautiful engine OLD, 'ft hermeti-
caily sealed when got it, he continued.
THE major part OF the diagnosis he went on,
consisted of a series OF questions intended to dis
close the sum the patient could pay for a
Then the learned Englishman announced that the
patient had Bright's disease. There was only
thing. he said that would the disease That
radium. AS he said this he took up the bottle
Of greenish-yelow liquid from its soft bed and
held IL up before the light
- DO you the shining particles floating in
that NquidT he said They particles of
radium The great man fingered the bottle low
ingly as he added: That bottle contains radium
valued at hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
could let you have little OF this If you had the
money. In order 20 help you TO a cure I will con-
tribute amount OF radium equal to that which
you afford TO buy
1.-The man did not know what to do He be-
Heved that he suffering from a disease which
could be cured only by the Of the expensive
compound. He thought Of the few thousands OF
dollars he had laid up against rainy day and for
the comfort of his son. The argument. What is
your money 20 be compared with your life? finally
brought him TO terms, and it was agreed that he
should have small bottle about the size of your
little finger, filled with the precious, life giving
fluid. for $lO,O0o his entire savings. The money
was paid and he began TO take the medicine. three
drops in a wine glass Of water three times a day.
The victim 70 the conclusion too late that he
was dupe. and he had the man who invented the
dynostat arrested. I have shown the bottle to
chemists and they say that Il contains mixture
OF copper.
CHARACTER OF VICTIMS.
The people who promise the most as victims are
those who are either hypochondriacs who are