Cash-on-nail in Alabama
• N.Z Press Assn—Copyright» MONTGOMERY. A doctor in Montgomery’. Alabama, who is accused of pulling freshly sewn stitches from the arm of a boy who could not pay his bill will be investigated by the Medical Association of Alabama, the organisation’s president has said. Dr Vernon Stabler said the incident was very regrettable, but said he would not censure the physician, Dr Bobby Merkle of Uniontown, Alabama, "until we hear his side.” Dr Merkle was accused of removing fresh stitches from the arm of a 13-year-old, Melvin Armstrong, when the boy could not pay the SUS2S fee in July, 1974. The black youth’s father later sued the white doctor for SUSSO.OOO, and an all-white jury on Tuesday awarded him $2O. During the trial at Marion, in rural Alabama, Police Chief Robert Hester testified that Di Merkle said he had removed the stitches because he needed the fee immediately.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19760419.2.100
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34131, 19 April 1976, Page 13
Word Count
150Cash-on-nail in Alabama Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34131, 19 April 1976, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.