The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
FRENcHMAN ACCUSED or DE-
FRAUDlNa DIR. JOHNSON,
AT BUTTE
Prominent Physician Of Copper Camp
Asserts Man Under Arrest stole
His Name and Practlced Medicine
Without Legal Right.
Thursdays Daily.

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Accused Of stealing the name of q
prominent Butte doctor, buncoing q
local physician, who befriended him
In time Of need, and OF nracticingy
medicine without legal right or nee
essary training and experience. .
Frenchman giving the name Of Dr.
Herbert Malliet was brought to Bill
ings yesterday by Chief Of Police
Talgo and lodged In the city jail
pending an investigation by the coun-
ty attorneys office. The man was
arrested at Butte as he stepped from
q Dillon train. He practiced medicine
at Huntley for q few weeks, and It is
said treated several Billings people.
The Frenchman, who maintains that
his name is DR.. Malliet. served Is
days in the county jail Of Silver Bow
county recently, for vagrancy, al
though the charge was a technical
one, according to the Butte authors
ties, who allege that he insulted q
Butte woman and when she resented
the insult by beating him up badly.
he complained to the sherin's ONCE
that he had been robbed and after an
Investigation was convicted Of Whag-
rancy.
DR.. Herbert Malliet Of Butte de-
clares that the Frenchman, who has
stolen his name, buncoed him ont OF
q large sum Nof money and declares
that the pseudo physician has mol legal
right to be p%racticing medicine. In
fact he asserts that the FrenGhman
is a fakir of the worst kind. The
Butte doctor signifled his Intention Of
coming to Billings to testify against
the Frenchman II necessary.
DR.. William H. Johnson Of, Butte
was victimized by the pseudo lphysi-
clan. The man called on DR.. johnson
several weeks ago and declared that
he was without funds or a place to
eat and sleep. When DR.. johnson
asked him why he called on MIN for
aid the Frenchman declared that he
was a physician. DR.. Johnson az.
ranged for room and board for the
man at n of the local Restaurants
and lodging houses and kept, him for
several days. Believing that the man
wa a physician and a graduate Of the
Paris, France, Medical institute, as he
claimed, DR.. Johnson gave HIM money.
guaranteed payment for furniture and
other things to equip a doctors Of
flee at Huntley. -
Eioped With Borrowed Instruments.
The Frenchman opened offices in
the Day block at Huntley, hung out
his single bearing the wo rds, 'Dr.
Herbert Malliet," and started practic-
ing medicine. The Billings physician
also loaned him Instruments, books
and other necessary paranhernalia.
besides buying him new clothes and
giving him quite a sum Of 1iloney to
defray his expenses until he DOT start
ed nicely.
The Frenchman apparently Ienjoyed
a fair practice but one day BIZ sudden
" took a train for the vel and It
was not until he had reach q Dillon
that DR.. Johnson and the peal OH
GERS discovered that he htl clipped
with the borrowed instrunlJnts and
books and left DR.. johnson to hold
the sack.
Learning that the man wis going to
Butte, Sheriff Herford klegraphed
Sheriff Henderson to arrest him for
grand larceny and this heidi as the
Frenchman stepped from fhe train.
Denies He Stole Mime.
The "doctor" denies hat he has
stolen the name of the lutte physi-
clan, asserts that he passed the ex-
animation IN this state md was ad-
mitted to practice three years ago.
His certificate he declaed was de-
stroyed In the San Frascisco earth
quake and. IRE as was hisdiploma and
other evidence that he qualified to
practice medicine.
He admits serving a Jail sentence
in Butte, but denies thafhe ever told
the real DR.. Malliet thatke had stolen
his name and was a dkir. He &C
counts for his taking '1trench leave"
by saying that a formf patient re-