New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-04
FIND 20 GIRLS in
DIR. BAXTER'S CARE
BlackweII's New Physician
and Aids Send Healthy
Score to Work.
INQUIRY TO RESULT
IN GRAVER CHARGES
Deposed Head of Hospital, Ar
rested on Charge of Selling
Drugs, Must Explain.

Twenty women and girl prisoners on
Blackwelrs Island all apparently in good
health. we're held in the inhrmary while
DIR Charles r. Baxter. arrested Monday,
was IN charge. according TO report made
Yesterday 10 katherine 3. Davis, Com
missioner Of Correction. by Or. Elihu
Katz whom she had just appointed resi-
dent physician at the workhouse to sue
coed the accused physician. Dr.. Baxter
4 will be arraigned to-day, charged VIII"
selling drugs to prisoners
Or. Katz and his assistants yesterday
morning examined the inmates Of the IN
frmary. According to the report TO COM
missioner Davis each OF the twenty wom-
en-. on being asked how she came there
answered: ASK Or. Baxter"
The women were taken off the sick list
Immediately and set to work with the
other women prisoners. 1t is proDaple
thai a fun statement covering the CIR
cumstances Of their removal 10 the inhr-
mary will be demanded by Burdette u.
Lewis. Deputy Commissioner OF C9rrec-
ton.
DR. Baxter's arrest is regarded as ex'
trcmeIv important. II is said that the IN
formation he possesses OF the inside work
ings OF affairs in the workhouse is most
extensive. Commissioner Davis had hearn
nothing from him yesterday. and II IS
probable that she would refuse to confer
with him until after his case had been
finally disposed OF in court. Owing 10 re-
hox reached
missioner Davis. it is probable that the
MAGISTRATE before whom Baxter ls ar
raigncd this morning will be asked TO IN
crease his bail.
DEPUTY Commissioner Lewis will confer
to-day with William A. De Ford, Assist
ant District Attorney, In charge OF the
! prosecution of Baxter and will present TO
him all the evidence in the possession OF
the department Commissioner Davis re-
ceivcd no report yesterday from the de-
tectivcs who are inquirinS into DR.. BaX-
tcr's past. Two New York physicians
called her up. hOweyet. TO tell her where
such information might be found II BaN-
ter was tho man they thought him to be
Mrs Susan Daniels. through whose as
sistancc the evidence against Or. Baxter
was obtained, was released YESTERDAY
Mrs Emma Dyer, twenty four years
old. of ol9 West 10th street. was taken 10
Bellevue Hospital last evening, suffering
from heroin poisoning. Hire case bears
out Commissioner Katherine g. Davis s
contention that drugs find their way to
prisoners on Blackwelrs Island.
About a month ago the young woman
was sent TO the House Of Good Sheperh
Finding she was cocaine victim, the
Sisters sent her TO the city Hospital {.
t. Bacon, the Superintendent. discovered
that she was obtaining cocaine and heroin
and sent her back 10 the nuns Yesterday
Before the girl left Blackwells Island
her clothing was searched and bottle
OF heroin found i'm a secret pocket OF
her dress. While she was taking bath
AT the home, the nuns came across three
packages OF heroin in one OF her shoes
They then discovered the woman in the
bath, unconscious from large cose TO
end her life.
At Bellevue she told the police that a
girl named Ford in the City Hospital had
man visitor who brought them enough
Of the drugs TO last them till the next
visiting DAY. She added that il was IN
the city Hospital she first learned to take
heroin.