Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-29
WOULD WAKE UP
CONSERVATIVE OLD
VERMONT PEOPLE"
"OxypathOr" Man Was to Send
to Burlington Advertising
That Contained ''Dy-
Mantle"

portant criminal cases which has come
before the federal court In Vermont In
some time was placed on trial In this city
at $50 o'clock this afternoon when jury
was drawn to try the case of ElVard l..
Moses, general manager of the OXypathor
company of Buffalo, y. Y, who was in
dicted by the grand Jury at the May term
Of the United Stater district court on the
charge of using the mails for fraudulent
purposes. The counsel for the respondent
are Ray NJ. Stanley of Buffalo and wal
ter s. Fenton of this city. United States
District Attorney Alexander Dunnett Of
st. Johnshury prosecuting Harry ]. Pres
ton Of Burlington, the company's Yer
mont manager. Is under indictment on
a similar charge but his case will not
he taken up at the present time.
The Indictment alleges that Mr.. Moses
manufactured a device known as duplex
oXygenator or duplex oxypathor, adver-
tised to be a curative agent for all hui
man ills and, when rsed according to d.
rections, a natural Danacea for all diseases
In acute or far advanced chronic stages,
being positive IN its results. II is alleged
that he falsely represented that the device
would beget n supplementary breathing
through the skin ard membranes Of the
! body. producing incro ased vital combus-
ton and circulation; that the oxypathor
which was advertised for s35 by letters
circulars and advertisements gent through
the mails, was claimed to work electrical
~ when a cylinder which is one of its
parts Is placed in cold water while GER
tain appliances attached to the cylinder
are attached to the human body.
The indictment explains the oxypathor
az consisting of hollow metal cylinder,
inert and non-electric, to which are at
tached metal cords for connection to the
body and declares that the apparatus
would not generate electricity nor bring
about any of the cures claimed
The specific act on which the Indictment
is founded is lettor written by the re-
spondent at Buffalo on August 90 1911, 10
Miss NJ Agnes Wolcott Of Jamaica. VT
who is supposed to have made an attempt
to find customers for the oxypathor. In
the letter Mr.. Moses, who signs as gem
eral manager encourages Miss Wolco,t
in her canvass, saying that If she could
see the mountain Of correspondence the
home office daily received concerning the
oxypathor especially in South America.
where there was demand for n higher
priced machine. selling for $3.50. she
would receive an incentive to hustle. Ref
/ erencc is made In the letter to a case Of
sciatica which Miss Wolcott had mention
ed, the respondent saying that the oxy-
pathor should max n quick cleanup of
this case and that the patient would make
4 good walking advertisement for the
company.
The Jamaica woman is told in the let
( ter that Mr. Preston is to receive car
/ toons and advertisements "containine
/ DYNAMITE and that he Is to inaugurata
a whirlwind advertising campaign which
should make the conservative old Yer
mont people wake up
/ \ second letter from Mr.. Moses to Miss
/ Wolcott Is cited in which the woman IS
asked If she wishes to continue to receive
/ tn" sparks sent out by the Oxypathor
company and she Is told that they are for
"liv" ones, not dead ones"
/ Many witnesses have been examined
and the trial promise to be a long, hard
fought ono.
Tho governments first witness Of i'm
portance was Louis r. Allen. professor
Of chemistry at a normal school at
Nestiield, Mass. He testified that he
had examined the uxypathor with
delicate tests and found no evidences
| that it would transmit electric current
nor carry oxygen The cylinder con-
tanned among other things iron particles
an earthly substance and potassium The
witness had written an expose Of the
oXypathor for the Westfed board of
health Gratitutously. Attorney Stanley
said no claim was made In the COM
| pany's literature that the oxypathor
carries electricity or oxygen hut TINT
the parts taken as a whole cure disease
on ss-eXamnation Professor Allen
/ admitted that chemical analysis would
not determine the therapeutic action Of
drug when taken into the body, The
defense has dcpositions of 65 witnesses
and the trial will be long