e.j. edwards. he was a new york correspondent for the philadelphia press. that was great time for news, i forget how many daily papers new york had. philadelphia had 50 daily newspapers in the 1890s, and everything was very competitive. e.j. edwards heard this story, this rumor going around, and he found the out the name of one of the doctors, the source of this rumor. it was actually the dentist who had administered the anesthesia. so he went to the dentist and play add little trick, i think within the fair bounds of journalism of the time. he kind of let on that edwards knew more about the story than he did, and he said i understand that an operation was performed on the president, that he had a cancerous tumor removed, and this was performed on benedict's yacht, and the dentist said, well, somebody on the boat must have told you all that and went on to spill the beans and confirmed the operation and named a couple of doctors. and on august 29th, now about two months after the operate, edwards published the story in the philadelphia press under the headli

e.j. edwards heard the story, the river and found out one of the name of the doctors of the source of the rumor was the dentist to a minister the amnesty share. played well little trick within a fair balance of journalism and the lead on to the dentist that edwards' new more of the story and he did and said they understand and operation was performed on the presence of a cancerous tumor removed and performed on they ought and he figured somebody on the boat must have told you and he went on to spill the beans and named a couple of doctors and on august 29, two months later he published the story in the philadelphia press under the headline the president is a very sick man. nobody believed him because cleveland had developed a reputation for honesty and his spokesperson said this was a live minnow operation had been performed or no tumor removed. he had merely had a bad tooth extracted which technically was true. he did not mention and the other 44 the pilot or the jawbone. [laughter] the public at this time lettuce building days beating cleveland known as rihanna's president and it almost