Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1897 — Our Injun Doctor Is Gobbled. [ARTICLE]

Our Injun Doctor Is Gobbled.

Warsaw, Ind., Nov. 27—Dr. J. H. Mendenhall, a traveling “Indian doctor,” known as “More-Gos-Yah,” who has been touring north-

era Indiana and southern Michigan for the past few years, was arrested here last night charged with bigamy by Mrs. Anna Mendenhall, of Jackson, Mich., who alleges that the doctor has two wives besides herself. The doctor was arrested at the home of Miss Cora Hatfield, of this city, who stated that she and the doctor had been keeping company for several months past were engaged to be married cn Christmas eve. Miss Hatfield is a young woman of excellent reputation and belongs to a prominent family. She congratulates herself on her lucky escape. Mendenhall, who is a fine appearing and well-educated man, is in jail awaiting the arrival of officers from Jackson.