Woman Throws Acid In Doctor’s Face

Doctor Charles B. Smith was nearly blinded by a patient who threw acid in his face.

Washington, N. J, - Dr. Charles B Smith, mayor of the city, who has held office for nine years and considered the most popular man in this place was nearly blinded by woman patient who through carbolic acid in the doctors eyes after trying to kill him with a revolver. The woman was Mrs. Alice Castner a wealthy widow living in the country a mile from Washington, who, Dr. Smith says is suffering from paranoia. Dr. Smith has long been the Physician for the family of John Bowers a wealthy farmer living in Washington who is Mrs. Castner’s father. Mrs. Castner’s husband died 10 years ago and she has four children.

“Woman Throws Acid In Doctor’s Face,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed April 24, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1843.