The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-25
WOMAN SPECIALIST
IN 'CXNN'RACT|C'
IS SENT TO TOMBS
MIS- Arnoli Is Remandel for
Sentence After Pleading
Guilty 10 Violating Law.

C1Hopractic. tho science which. Il is
naimed, puts you in normal condition
~ the remora' OF the cause OF disease
or ~ the adjustment of vertcbri ir.
,reguaarities. re- lived a blow before
Judge Malone IN General Sessions to.
day. when Mrs. Alma 6. Arnold, forty
az years old, leader OF the chsrvpr actic
practitioners in this country, pleaded
guaty to an Indictment charging her
with tho Illegal practice Of medicine.
MIA Arnold was re,uanded TO the
Ternbs until Wednesday for sentence.
NE maximum penalty for the ofrens. ia
one years Imprisonment and a fine of
$500
mrs. Arnold has for many years
practised chiropractic or nature ca,re''
IN luxurious. apartment in the Ne
vaoa, at Broadway and Seventlet /,
street she has large clientele and.
according to Lawyer John @. Dyer.
counsel for the County Medical Society,
derives an Income OF nearly $4,000 a
year from her practice. Mrs. Arnold at
one time was president of the Columbia
College of Chiropractic, at No. $50 Fiji
teenth street. y. w, Washington. D.
G. She was arrested April Is, 1911, af-
ter . visit to her apartment by Frances
Bsnzecry, detective for the County
Medical Society. who had an alleged
dislocated shOLider blade treated by
NM. Arnold.
James w. Osborne. who represented
Mrs. Arnold in the po.!ce court pro-
cssdangs. after she had been held for
tr3sa In the Court of Special Sessions.
had her case submitted to the Grand
Jury on the ground that chiropractic
was religion. AMI she was but prac-
tis1ng the tenets of her faith. Tae
Grand Jury, however, filed an indict-
ment against Mrs. Arnold. She has
since been at liberty under 500 ball.
There was large number of Mrs.
Arnold's followers in Judge Malone's
court to-day. Ernest c. Coulter, who
Informed Judge Malone he is now Mrs.
Arnold's attorney, said his client would
plead guilty.
'The defendant admits the technical
violation of the Public Health law"
Mr.. Coulter said. an the usual course
Of her business, however. she did not
violate the law. 1t was her custom to
work In conjunction with a regularly
licensed physician, and to do nothing
until he had diagnosed and prescribed
''On the day in question woman VINO
claimed to be In great pain from an
injured shoulder blade cafied on her
and she did try to relieve the pain by
massage. In that, as We are Obliged
to admit after a careful consideration
OF the sweeping provisions OF the
Public Health law, she did commit a
technical violation.
1.-THE great number of letters which ]
have here. however, many Of them
from men in high esteem In this coun-
try. addressed to Mrs. Arnold personal
". show she has been a great bene-
factor In her field
Judges. bankers, business men Of
high standing write here in expression
Of their esteem of this lady and in ap-
probation and gratitude for what she
had done for them. l find here letters
from fourteen members Of Congress
full of earnest praise for her. Surely
these distinguished personages cannot
10 accused OF encouraging a criminal
or be believed to have patronized a
char!atan."