New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-15
FORGERY CRIES STURM
Of HIS REPUTATION
LAWYER Gets Photograph OF
Statement Denying Knowl-
edge of Germ Cure.
SAYS HE'LL GO TO COURT
Going Ahead with Negotiations
with Hospitals, Declares
Former Friend of Ber-
lin "Discoverer.

D.. Maurice A. Sturm. deposed aid OF
DR.. Friedrich Franz Friedman, saw yes
terday Photographic copy of the state
ment Moritz Esner said he had maze
repudiatine his assertion that he knew
the secret Of the turtle germ cure. lie
denounced the photograph as forgery
| and his attorney. Jacob |. Wiener, said
that to-day or tomorrow the facts "ould
be laid before magistrate. with view
Of bringing the "culprits" TO justice.
ITS a bold piece Of forgery said Mr.
Wiener Il say it without fear OF con-
tradictlon.'
The entire statement purported to be
! in Or Sturms handwriting, but Di'
Siurm gave several samples Of his sigma
! ture. and some phrases from thc state
( mont for the purpose Of making compari-
sons. Or Sturm admitted that there was
much similarity. but said he would be
I able 10 prove not only that the writing
was not his. but that he knew who the
guilty party was.
| The statement" is dated on the day
on which the Eisner-M endeson deal went
! through. and Dr. Sturm pointed out that
he was then in the turtle germ cabinet,
taking Or. friedman around in his tour
/ ing car. and assisting him at hospital ex-
aminatons just previous TO his Montreal
| trip.
Sturm maintained that the Eisner-
/ Friedman camp was desperate. because
/ they knew he had the secret and was
! treating patients. To prove his conten-
tions DR. Sturm offered 10 submit samples
Of the cultures and vaccine in his posses
sion 10 any bacteriologist IL Eisner would
do tho same
Sturm said he was going right ahead
/ negotiating With hospitals. and that his
East side clinic would he ready in few
J DAYS n was learned Yesterday tina;
Sturm would trcst with friedman
germs" patients in Sydenham Hospital
/ and might also he invited to go TO the
/ Hospital for Determines and Joint DIS
eases Some ~ IN. Friedmanns pa
! rcuts now are there. Sydenham Hos
pital Is supported largely by Or
/ Sturms friends
pr friedman and his patron got into
"a dispute yesterday while they and the
/ rest " the Eisner friedman party were
I being interviewed ~ the Majestic.
! Some one asked about the arrangement
I 10 treat the poor. Eisncr said IT would
only excite the noghborhood to have a
I horde Of poor consumptives seeking treat
ment and thought the question ill-timcd.
! Not so. Dr Friedman.
1T is a question in which the public IL
vitality interested. and ! insist on having
Il known that the poor must be treated,
said the doctor
You don't know what you are taking
about" said Eisncr. YOU are foreigner.
The questions are not fair"
The turtle germ discoverer. very much
excited. tried to show the reporters the
clause iu the contract proviiing for poor
, patients
That's one part Of the contract" said
the doctor. savafcly turning 10 Eisnor.
but Eisner managed to keep the report
crs from seeing the contract.
Eisncr admitted he had no practical
plan whereby the poor" clause in the
contract could he enforced. Tho buildins
on West End avenue will he occupied by
four physicians. who will treat patients
under the turtle germ discoveries direc-
ton Tho matter OF whether or not a
patient pays or is treated free will be a
matter OF these four physicians dscre-
ton
Tho fact that the Eisncrs have an
uoun,cd that the West End house is not
10 he q hospital but AN Office building
for doctors" has not allayod the fears Of
ncighbors. who viii hold a meeting Of
protest o-uirht AT m, Marseille. Broad
way and lo5d street. Former Corpora
ton Counsel William Il. Ellison. who ad-
mittcd last night he would attend. said
/ h" understood that much Of the com
plant came from tho fact that children
playing i'm tho street would come into
contact with consumptives.