Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-18
NO LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE
Mrs. Emily wordsworth >Bresee In
dieted by Grand Jury,

Mrs. Emily wordsworth >Bresee In
dicted by Grand Jury.
Among the indictments returned Wednes-
day by the district court grand jury was
one against Mrs. Emily Wordsworth
Bresee Of this city. on the charge of prac-
ticing medicine during the years 1895 and
1906 without lawful authority. She was
taken into custody yesterday and promptly
furnished a $3.50 cash bond, the amount
named by the court. The indictment
charges that Mrs. Bresee did wilfully and
unlawfully profess to be a physician and
did assume the duties Of such, prescribing
and furnishing medicine for the sick. Fur
Their, that she protested to cure and heal
diseases without a certificate or license
from the proper authorities.
| Patients who had been treated by Mrs
Bresee testified before the grand jury that
| she told them she had wonderful medi-
cine which she imported direct from Ger
many with which she could cure almost
| any ailment or disease. Her patients, the
| testimony showed, would be seated around
a table In her parlor and be served with
| little tablets upon small dishes.
| From the testimony before the grand
| jury IL appears that Mrs. Bresee Is a
disciple of what is known as "biochem-
she represented herself a 'biochemist. /"
She is said to have told them that the
human body was made up of a certain
number of elements aand that all these
elements except two had been discovered,
| that her medicine contained all of the ele-
| nents Of the human body except these two
and could cure almost any disease. Fur
| Their, that when the two missing elements
were discovered any and every disease
| could then be cured.
One of Mrs. Bresees patients, a we'll
known insurance agent OF this city. testi-
fed before the grand jury that she had
told him that she could get diploma or
certificate TO practice medicine, but did not
want one.
Mrs. Bresee and her husband, Albert E.
Bresee occupy apartments over S2 West
Broadway. In the city directory Mr..
Bresee Is described as dealer in. manu-.
facturer and repairer Of furs. while
Mrs. Bresee Is described as ''blochemst.'
Until a few days ago sign, Mrs. e. w
Bresee, Biochemlst," hung at the foot OF
the stairway, but has since been replaced
with "furrier' shngle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bresee have been residents
of Council Bluffs for about twenty years
coming here from Missouri Valley. UI
to two years ago Mrs, Bresee conducted
a cloak-making and millinery business In
the rooms over 421 West Broadway.
number OF years ago Mrs. Bresee created
somewhat OF a sensation by claiming tc
be a descendent of a member of the royal
family of England and that documents and
many valuable royal jewels, which would
have established her claim, had been stoler
from her. ''...'' '
Since hanging out her single as 4
olnas, taAN 49,.
era of financial prosperity and numbers o.
crippled and sick persons could be seer
daily at the foot of the stairs leading t
her apartments. 1t was not an unusua
sight to see three or four invalid chair
at time standing on Broadway In from
, OF her apartments. while the owners wer
being treated upstairs.
The litigation involving the ownership
OF what is known at the "Keeline place,
/ on East Broadway was brought to clos
yesterday in the district court by the film
r OF a stipulation in the suit of Augusta A
Keelne against A. A. Clark and others
The case had been sent back by the su
5 preme court. Under the stipulation Mrs
keeline gets the title to the property OIL
5 paying Crark something over 81, 800 and as
Stunning the two mortgages which Clarl
q had formerly assumed. w. c. Keeline an,
: Mrs. sautter are decreed to have no It'll
8 In the property.
5 The defendants indicted by the gram
jury and under arrest were arraigne
0 yesterday. Counsel were assigned by tn
a court to those having no means to emplo
attorneys as follows John Pruett. At
a ! torney r. ]. Organ; Hal Merriam, Attorne
Hazleton Charles Etherton. Attorney r
J. Organ; Frank Fishburn. Attorney II
5 L. Robertson; Fred Schiefer. Attorney r
g j. Organ.
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