Dr. Jento
Named in 3 stories. Back to all names
- Oct 21, 1891A Blind Herb Doctor and the Death of a 14-Year-OldAn Olympia coroner’s jury found that Clara M. Linton died from the botanical treatments of Dr. William T. Campbell, a blind patent-medicine practitioner who promised her father a cure.Olympia, WA
- Oct 27, 1891The Blind Doctor’s Lethal PrescriptionDr. William Campbell, a blind pioneer and one of Olympia’s oldest residents, was charged with manslaughter after a 14-year-old epileptic girl died under his lobelia-and-capsicum treatment. A justice set bail at $2,000 and sent the case to the January superior court term.Olympia, WA
- Dec 16, 1891A Chimney Sweep’s Fatal Fall—and the Hidden Injury That Killed HimJoseph Bauer fell from Judge Henry’s roof while sweeping a chimney. He seemed merely bruised—until a ruptured liver killed him days later, prompting a rare post-mortem watched by Olympia’s doctors.Olympia, WA