Show malpractice ruins an entire family WAS AW ACT OF CHARITY how a swansea doctor tried to shield others and disgraced LONDON dec 31 special with the action bodai of the national medical council in striking from the roll of registered practitioners the of doe tor timothy Jone sand henry etch aids finis was written to a etory ol 01 one of the saddest tragedies inthe later history of the medical profession of great britain briefly told dr jones has been for years ono of the leading physicians and surgeons of wales he was a member of several learned societies and medical libraries have been enriched by numerous works of research and im bearing bis seal of authorship his practice was aristocratic and lucrative and he lived in magnificent stylo at swansea dr eichardt Eich ards his principal assistant waa a young ra duite ol 01 great promise A few months since dr jones was of a wealthy of which he was medical adviser cud who implored him to perform an illegal operation upon a beautiful young girl aimed lily challenger forewoman of a millinery emporium adf with v horn the doctors patron had been on intimate terms ailian evil hour dr J ones notwithstanding his high reputation consented then followed appalling ap palline series of tragedies the woman died under the surgeons knife and in his own office ble the police were notified and icae doctor and his assistant young eich ards were arrested as the body was being borne from the house to the morgue the coroners jury ordered them held for trial on a charge of willful murder they to betray the principal in the case but the latter overcome by remorse and apprehension committed icide on the night they were lodged in jail his wife a society queen aweau ny in her own right became a raving maniac and is now an inmate of an asylum near bristol drs jones and richards were placed on trial for their lives the prosecution being assumed by the crown almost efforts were made to send both men to the gallows but the previous bieh standing of dr jones had created strong sympathy in his the trial lasted a week and in the result the two prisoners were convicted of manslaughter the presiding judge was less disposed toward leniency and sentence was pronounced dr jones author lecturer humanitarian leader of hie profession scion and society leader was sent to penal servitude for life young richards his pupil found a brilliant career cut with a sentence of five years today the final words of the last chapter ware whitten and the names of the two unfortunates blotted irom the record of the droles eion |