San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
GAY LOTHAR|O
FINDS WAY TO
ROUT WEEV|L
SCIENTIST, in Jail, Discovers
Germicide for Cotton
Pests.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Aug. 22.-Not
only did DR.. Leonard K. Hirschberg,
Rockville Center, n. Y, in his prison
cell at Atlanta, dream Of the girl he
left behind.
he also perfected a germicide that
viii rid the south of the boil weevil,
according to an announcement by Bal
timore friends of the internationally
known scientist convict.
The secret of the boil weevil cure,
it was said, was forwarded to Presi-
dent Coolidge, but it has been refer
red to the "steenth Secretary of Agri-
culture" Friends of the physician
hope the agricultural department
won't bury it.
The girl DIR. Hirschberg left behind
was Miss Elsie Yates, Richmond, Va,
orphan, former stenographer in his
Baltimore office, who was named as
correspondent when Mrs. HirSchberg
obtained a divorce.
They were married in Atlanta i'm
Aculdltle MS Itltdst. utN
are now at his home in Rockville Cen
ter.
Convicted in New York, where he
was a member of the firm of Win
throp Smith & Company, blind pool"
concern alleged to have swindled
thousands of fasteners of millions of
dollars, DR.. Hirschberg faces more
trouble in Baltimore. He was SEN
fenced to Atlanta for using the mails
TO defraud in connection with the
Winthrop Smith & Company opera
tons. His impending trial in Balti-
more Is an outgrowth Of the "blind
poop case. He had served about
half of four-year sentence.
WAS GAY LOTHARIO.
The Baltimore scientist, physician,
writer and. according TO his wife's Pc
tition for divorce, gay Lothario," was
paroled from Atlanta only after a
vigorous campaign on the part Of
prominent friends in New York and
Baltimore.
At about the time he was convicted
in New York be was indicted in Balti-
more for perjury after he had pledg-
ed as bail for Winthrop Smith, his
chauffeur and the titular head of the
blind pool a piece of property on Guy
street. Hirschberg swore it was his
own property, but the authorities say
IL belonged to the estate of his father.
When Hirschberg was imprisoned
the local authorities lodged a detainer
against him. Bail in the case, which
was not then Forthcoming, was fixed
at $1,000.
Herbert D. O'Connor, states attor-
ney, revealed that prior to DR.. Hirsch-
berg's release from Atlanta, a Balti-
more friend of the imprisoned physi-
clan came forward and put up the
5000, making it unnecessary to ar
rest Hirschberg as he stepped from
the prison.
Soon after his conviction, Hirsch-
berg's wife, Mrs. Edna d. Hirschberg,
member Of the prominent Dalseimer
family of Baltimore, sued him for d.
vorce. She named Miss Yates, Bal
timore girl, who was secretary to the
physician, as correspondent.
Miss Yates came to Baltimore from
a Richmond orphan asylum when she
was fifteen years old. That was
about ten years ago. The divorce
HEllOu was uOL COuAtENEA anu MIS-
Hir5chberg was permitted to resume
her maiden name and was given GUS
tody of their two children. Love nest
testimony" was introduced at the
hCaring.
Miss Yates and DR.. Hirschberg went
TO New York together in 1920, accord
ing to the complaint and lived together
thereafter. Miss Yates, made the
"trip with a suitcase and bandbox, but
COON blossomed forth with an extern
sive wardrobe, bodied her hair and be-
came known as a beauty.
ANOTHER GIRL
They had taken an apartment in
New York City, but soon another girl,
here by the physician, il was alleged,
and Miss Yates was moved to cot
tage at Long Beach on Long Island.
The housekeeper at the Long Island
Beach was Mrs. W. s. Smith OF Balti-
more, mother of Winthrop Smith,
Hirschberg's chauffeur, who was to
become putative head Of the financial
house Of Winthrop Smith & Co.
Miss Yates was introduced as Mrs.
Hirschberg, according to testimony Of
a man who kept a string Of fine sad
die horses.
Other girls were mentioned in the
suit. One, a Baltimoran, was said
10 have gone frequently TO Atlantic
City and 10 have received visits from
DIR. Hirschberg there until Elsie Yates
heard of it and made fOrcible objec.
ton.
Literature concerning the" versa.
tile DIR. Hirschberg," distributed in
connection with his blind pool ven.
ture described his bachelor Of arts and
medical degrees from Johns Hopkins
University and detailed remarkable
discoveries and mastery Of ancient
and modern languages.