The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-28
Jealousy Said to Be Cause
of Rash Act at St.
Louis.
FEMALE PHYSICIAN
DECLINES THE CASE
Victim Carried 10 Jefferson Hos
pital, Where Operation Is
Performed.

ST. LOUIS. AIo-. AUG. %-Physicians
called 10 the home Of Mrs. Margaret
Hardin Za2f Washington avenue. early
TODAY found John Raleich Nicholson,
a lawyer and former representative in
the State legislature from Cass county.
badly nauti4ated-
After MS removal 20 the jefferson Hos
pital. Nicholson accused Wilson Down
ing a contractor. wro boarded at the
Hardin residence
1T was a matter of Jealousy he told
the police
When hrsI discovered in his room SUI
feTinE from the mutiIation Nicholson
said he lid it himself After being uues-
tione0 he admitted thar smother man
cut him and later at tie EosDIIa1 le
named lhov1iIlrs as the man who did it.
Get DIV ming and YOU VIII have the
man who injured me because OF icdI-
ousv.' Nicholson informed the police
Physician Withdraws.
The 1rst physician summoned was DIT.
Sophia T. Eera- Is North Garrison ave
nue. she fmmediateFv declined TO handle
the case, saying it was a place for a
man only
DIT Harry GreensfeIder. NichoIsor-s
family Dhvsi-isu, was then summoned
and DIT William F. H GroJe. called IN
consultation
Judging from Information the police
gathered the MYSTERIOUS cutting occurred
during the night
This is case for the police DIT.
GrOte declared after visiting the injured
man and Immediately tele0honeJ police
he2dqUarteTs- To the physicians -SicboI-
son declared he had cut himself. but
after examining him the doctors t0II
him that was .mpos~I5le. Tie then ad-
mitted another iasn performed the mutt
latiOn-
When the police. under Lieutenant
Hoffman. arrived A. the house there
was IN evidence Of Inv stru-~ie fi8vinz
oC-frreq IN tEe room
NICHOLSON was sun tlin- CA d bed
IN mis- room IN the rear OF the house
on the third floor
According TO Mrs Tia rd7n. she was
called By Nicholson shouting for her
standing IL the hall on the third d0U-,
leaninE over the railing
send some one UP here I'm sick,
he told her
Found In Bed
She informed the police sne went
upstairs and found Nicholson in bed,
snd he asked for a surgeon without
telling her what waz his trouble
AccOrdinE 10 Mrs H--di1. nc one had
called 10 see Nicholson at the house
yesterday. She said he came home
about Z O'Clock and went directly 60
his room
a thorough search Of all rooms in
the house taileU 10 locate any clothes
with bIoOGSLaius or them TIE slash
in was don- with new razor
which is said to have befOn.sd 70
Nicholson. L was found on tie floor
IN the room where the cutting oc-
Cured
shortly before tile surgeons arrived
at the house DOW ming left. lie went
% the room uuOn request Of Mrs
Hardin after Nicholson had been
treated temporarily according to her
story he was in The house All a[-er-
Nocl- Airs Hardin said he changed
his clothing about 3 O'Clock
A soon as Nicholson arrived II she
hospital before the surgeons had
performed an operation on ai-n- ne
Implicated DOWNING PltrOIuaU r'a-
Gin teierhCued Lieutenant Hoffman,
VINO was at the Hardin house Pa
trOimsn Lahey was sent TO look for
Iownin-. lie was found al the cor
Ter. and taken TO the house. and
then 30 TIE station
There could be no jealousy on my
NichOlSou's charge simply be
not accuse me-. he added
When MS Hardin was tclI OF the
charges made by Nicholson against
positive no one had been upstairs To see
Nicholson IE her explanation Of the
fair. she said Nicholson was riCSUOu-
dent because his wife and ten year old
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