New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-05


Or. Charles II. Baxter, and gave II as
his middle initial when arrested. lie was
appointed as an inferno at the workhouse
by Commissioner Patrick \. Whitney last
October. The investigation which led to
the proof that he is the formerly con-
victed physician was made by Inspector
FIurOt on the recommendation OF Dr
Katharine r. Davis, Commissioner OF the
Department of Correction.
1t was said Yesterday that further in
vestigation would he made to discover
how a physician whose license had been
revoked was appointed to the workhouSe'
At the time of his former conviction there
were nine other indictments against MN
which were never prosecuted.
Mr.. Whitney in his home, at 80 Sec
ond av.. denied last night that he ever
knew DR.. Baxter personally. lie de-
clared that the usual procedure OF the
,ledicaI Board had been employed in APP
pointing DR.. Baxter.
Mr.. Whitney, however said that &C
cording to his recollection, there was
shortage Of internes at the hospital at the
time Dr. Baxter obtained his post, ana
that he may have recommended his APP
pointment II he did. Mr.. Whitney said
a COPY of his letter would be filed In the
archives of the Department of CORRECTION
There we're reports of the distribution
Of drugs among the prisoners when heid
office AT the island. he said, but never
was able to find its source
The members OF the medical board at
d
DR.. w Travers Glib, Or. Frank c. Leo
man and Dr. Wallace.
Dr. Baxter appeared in Yorkville Court
Yesterday before Magistrate deuel. on the
drug selling charge. There were two
counts against him, one of selling drugs
without a label and the other OF having
them in his possession. The first is
mIsdcmeanor, the second felony, II IL
is shown that the possessOr is not a dulN
licensed druggist or physician. 1t IS eN-
pected that the revocation of DR.. Baxter :
license will be used against him in the
second charge.
The complaining witness Yesterday was
Mrs. Susan Daniels, who told how she en-
tered DR. Dayis's service as an invesu-
gator and allowed herself to be committed
to the workhouse on "A charge OF disor-
DERBY conduct to obtain evidence against
the physician.
Under cross-eXaminatiOn by Arthur D.
evine. who appeared as Bakers counsel
Mrs Daniels admitted she had served TWO
terms for larceny. one at Bedford Re
formatory. where she became friendly
with Or Davis. She said she was a
OIL fnr n
She said that she went to the work
house MAY 26 under the name OF Rose
Barry. and got assigned the next day 10
the hospital She sent note % Dr.
Baxter. she said, saying she wanted
some morphine, inclosng two 3 bills
and he sent some of the drug by nurse.
She saw him on several occasions. she
testified. after that, once giving him Two
81 bills and another time s. in all All
these bills were marked.
She said he came to her May y ana
threw some gauzc on her bed. containing
some OF the drug, saying that ne was
going away until June ], but that IL
would last her until he came back The
last time she saw him was Monday
the day she left the workhouse. she
told him, she said, she had been falsely
convicted and wanted a good lawyer
when she went out Baxter gave her
the name of Arthur J. Levine, the at
torney who appeared for hiN yesterday.
Other witnesses were the expert who
analyzcd the drugs and the detectives
who arrested Baxter. The latter testified
that they found the marked money on
him and bottles Of drugs in his room.
Baxter's attorney moved to have the