Doctors Forget Science Turn Primitive When They Murder
The piece surveys physicians who murder using medical knowledge. It cites Mrs. Rheta Wynekoop and Dr. Walter K. Wilkins of Long Beach New Jersey, who beat or poisoned spouses, with concealment attempts. It covers Dr. Charles M. McMillan, Dr. Netherton, and Dr. Waite, noting how professional training aided or failed to aid their crimes and their ultimate convictions or deaths in prison. It references Crippen as a famed medical killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Rheta Wynekoop
Chicago
Alice L. Wynekoop
Walter K. Wilkins
Long Beach
N. J
Mineola
Choies
Charles M. McMillan
Los Angeles
Amelia Appleby
San Fernando
Netherton
Sing Sing
Waite
New York
Clara Peck
J. E. Peck
Peck
Hawley Harvey Crippen
Belle Elmore
London
Hilldrop Crescent
Crippen
Crippen Trial Ends With Hanging Over Poison Cellar Evidence
The Crippen case unfolds as Dr. Crippen is captured on the Laurentic after the Montrose tip. The jury finds he poisoned Belle Elmore and dismembered the body in the Hilltop Crescent cellar, with rare poison traces and a druggist’s testimony sealing the verdict. Ecuador plans a 1935 floating exhibition tour of exportable products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel le Neve
Atlantic
Montrose
Antwerp
Dr. Crippen
Inspector Dew
Scotland Yard
Crippen
America
Belle Mimore
Ecuador
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Arthur Warren Waite
S. Oliver Netherton
North Carolina
Miles Nervine
Cardus
BLACK
Sinn
Soe
Russell McPhail
Maillard’s
Huyler
Hollingsworth’s
Nunnally's
U.S. A
Cutex
Prince Albert
Walter Raleigh
Grange
Ackage
Scooters
Gladstone
Kaywoodie
Mann’s
Turkeys
Clearbrook
London Layer
Ise
Camels Chesterfields
OLD Golds
Luckies
Brazil
Idc
Carton
California
CAMEL
Campbell’s
Libby
Baker’s
SUN Maid
Nel
Nationalood Stores
Ech