Brooklyn Daily Eagle
New York, USA
10 May 1864
THE INDIAN DOCTOR IN COURT.--The case of the Indian Doctor, Francis
Tumblety, or as the Court spelled it, Tumbletoe, was called on
before Justice Perry yesterday afternoon. The Doctor appeared in
his usual resplendency, his mustache having a slight upward curl of
defiance. He was accompanied by his cane and friend Parmenter.
The "yaller dorg" was still missing. Fenton Scully, the asthmatic
complainant, being placed in the stand, swore that the Doctor
promised to cure him complete for $20; that he paid $14 on account
and received a liberal supply of medicine. He took the medicine
home and applied it internally, but got worse instead of better; he
then came to Brooklyn to see the Doctor again, and told him that
the medicine made him worse; that the Doctor refused to have
anything at all to say to him, and finally kicked him several times
in the ribs and knocked him down stairs. Per contra the Doctor
produced two witnesses, who magnanimously swore that the Doctor
never touched Scully, that the latter was disorderly in his
behavior, drove several patients out of the office, and that the
Doctor, after politely requesting him to leave, took him by the arm
and led him out. The balance of the evidence being in favor of
defendant, the Justice dismissed the case.