New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
TAKEN IN MEDICAL RAIDS
r.deraI Authorities, Aided by
Police, Get rs Prisoners.
oo,lNcE ON THREE PLACES
cal income of Alleged Cure
Al institutions Placed Above
$4,000 Each.

sasA vaged by the federal su-
me oe,ainst so-calle6 medical institu-
rhicb prey upon the ignorant through
rons .vdulent use of the mails led yester-
re ads by postofice inspectors upon
dn more places that had been thriving
nr's saIs Of mixtures as cure-ah medi-
o. - .,e, were said 10 be worthless.
one .,s5snce against these three places
i"' ..sared by Abel l. Smith. Assistant
va states Attorney. and Warren W.
,s.or ~ chief postofice inspector, ar
pa. The raids which LANDED the alleged
''ns.s e..,.o-s and managers OF these medical
FVtf..,,,ons' behind prison walls.
aids we're made by postofiice tn
90" -, assisted by the police. Inspectors
S,s and Noile raided TIC DR.. Hartmann
49,, Company. az No. Isl East 14th
W 0r f Hartmann and Francis DON
S .oSsther with eleven ether men and
n'-'. .-o,oen were placed under arrest. put
=" ..,~ol wagons and taken 10 Police
p" a.s.rs-,ers. Inspector Kincaid found
~. sour hundred letters which had ar
- 70 the mornings mail. and he said
~. .ccording 70 an ernploye OF the place
'A- -.,siots of the Yinstitute" amounted
/, 90 a week.
,-.,ec,ors Booth and McQuillan paid
:, the same time 10 the Vienna Medi-
- Electrical Institute, at No. 140 East
:, zoe, where Dr. Leonard Landes, the
- ,roprietor and four witnesses we're
- while Inspectors Reddy and Sharon
- the Universal Medical Institute. at
=. n west 29th street. arresting Dr. VIII
V. TAYLOR. said 70 0e the proprietor.
"a II. Albert Del Gaudio. described as
- manager Of the place. Three clerks
-. taken along as witnesses.
-.a Witnesses were discharged after their
..s,r-ses had been noted in Police Head
na-ts-s. but the principals were arraigned
,.4o-s John A. Shields. United States Com
-.ssioner. The specific charge IN each
As. was usag the mails in a scheme 10
as,,ue Dr. Hartmann. DR. Del GaUdio
,-s D. Ian6es we're held in $500 ball
,,,b while Donnellys bail was fixed a.
e ~ and that Of Or. Taylor or $3.50
r. was said tnat the Office Of the United
states Attorney is contemplating to proceed
s-sstcsny against the publications which
az ,s-rying the advertisements Of these
medical tnsiituuons guaranteeing the cure
~ What is generally known as incurable
diseases. or such ailments which 10 COM
-,ou knowlsdge cannot be helped by Inedi-
,-,ss ABEL z Smith. Assistant United
sstss Attornev. who prosecuted Or John
: Thompson last month for similar Of
,s,ess and secured his conviction and SEN
,srcs 70 four years Imprisonment IN At
,,-.a said yesterday that every means al
As disposal Of the federal authorities
you'd bs USED TO wips out fake medical IN
n,gtions
These Elsn secure patients among igno-
-s-, foreigners by advertising extensively
+ he publications appearing in foreign
rrr1ss Few people realize what danger
e II this fraudulent medical activity. A
,,.znpuvA will write about his case and
esy 7iu send him some innocent cough
-rt.re and advise him 10 continue this
ra,nsut for months. 80 that he viii con-
"a 70 purchase the useless stuff from
80 us case iH growing worse all the
=. he expsctoratss ard endangers the
| n,rzn.tv and finally when his break
osn cornes and he is taken 70 a hospital
{. disease has developed beyond cure by
a. human agent
The business done ny the three institu-
LIS vas described by Chief Inspector
o:kson as highly profitable. and he SAID
tst s-srv one Of them had an annual IN
c'ls o. a. least So 600. The business was
n1ductsd n about ftteen different foreign
znguages. but no English correspondence
Tas attempted