New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-10
SCPPOSED FOUL PLAY.
,svrsrie,IIOS BEFORE CORONER H,NFoRD AND
A JURY

Abbe Z. Pease or, as she was lattery known, Mrs
Dunbar. who died under mysterious circumstances al
The house of Dr. Ou2ret, alias Sweet, No. l55 south
sscoto street Eastern District Brooklyn, on Sunday
mo,ni1g OF last week The deceased was thirty three
,sar. of aoe was cat destibely married to Roger NJ.
Pease In 1910 and had several children. They last
lived toee.her in the family of Dr. Dupret Tor Sweet
in Reeord avenue w1ere they separated, add subse-
~rertIx pease procured divorce. She continued 10
I've IN the house Of Dr. 'DupTet until her dscease,
yH n from the meC ical testimony adduces, appears
10 have been caused by abortion, malpractice after
;yng hi7h 10 an infant S,acc her death Ddpret has
been missiDg and the examination was conducted in
secret In the hope Of securing him before the matter
was mace public Tos tailed however, and be 10 still
at srse. 1he following is The main portion of the tes
limoDt;
c. Ii. Sclapps, N. d., swon-Have this day, 10
connecu with Dr. John Ssdy made post 'moem exanlns.
the body eucssed g coffin which tbs Able =.
Dunbar the BODY tppesred % be hat Of healthy
found evidence Of her having be recently de-
h uteu. AID IL Of this tiers had problby
ttfue which undoubtedly the tf her
death; rom appearances sooud loge her to have been
PREGNANCY about six mons discovered 'ignS
q violence about uterus the s.aeh contained ~
Of ds eooed hoid have ~ aoayzsd IT, but presume il to be
from kid Il vegetable isf1sicn.
john Is Bra6y, NJ. d., sworp-Msde postnno tenn
sesPP Fly DT' ID. opaon e1pfe.d Bin in re-
thereto ~ came squsin Win deceased last Winters she
let with calling hiDs of d. Dupre who ia roducsd
9 to ss a h 1 ssoa 'iS d az
the 1t TST Dr. pasie RS1 S;i ba s' 81 o
the b. Mrs DOpe'. who ni1n.d ms that
sss 'S . no tie p"Io I'D se It'd me hat for the
yss Il, We ks she Lad .u,sie.d Sf1.e Ihsse
40 not ions,er 1lnedss d.ug-r until previous
Friday Hh7p ,he rad IN si,irqt hsnoIbags IRON the
nec,itn with Dr. DuPeti thought che died on Sun
sbss .Tepsnss and found ;ir GlbsI. R,y and Brown
tbcrs Dr. Dupt there; they merely csed s's;qaain
aIcts milling u them ag'l unu Iex day. tfues5ay
twelve ek Dr. DupIet' son cIlsd a. my office and .ad
Lis fotoeI 70 see hB wsst to the house stars
the oon Dr. Dupel bis wife aGd ge1t and ady were
pIe,eat Aied why he lad sept In N ne 1,d me tansrs
10 certificate snf he'd not ye come he eed deay Of the
,.ft tot him W. did give him which would
.vve bis purpose unit he could see Dr. Dexter wh2 was *
VIC handed il to MI Bennett and said he would eoics i:
by ON Dr. Dexter as soon as be came m giving him to
DR. Dexter who attended the .omani suppose from the
~ Of he dte,a have not seen the do:or or hi.
~ife since nor DR.. Dexter fully coToeae the te,tnony
Dr. shspps in relation TO the appearance Of ths boy had
no bp0wleose Of her preEnscy I'll t'dsy'
Granvi e Slack sworo-Am father of deceased; board
the FrsIk House biHes at No p Quay street A.
i South second street he in jreenwood wa. thirty
man named Roger S. Pesse; clandene marriage;
lived Alb at the time; they last lived tos 'thsr In Bed
house with Sweet ed Dr. Dupret; they ceased
i've ye0rs ego at August he moved % Lit hfed
place sLe refused with hmi don't think no has
Der ties she assigned no reson why sac would not go With
VII eh woad eventually Ill her e9d she preferred sy
her movsd thai wOad call in another physic
called in Dr. Masoni he aid that there nothing o. the
kind the with bor aud she be removed within
OF three seeks ,he had confined but few pre-
yiou the lat of August and she remned
times seIwsd tried to prevail her to her
able to be with safety MI Peases mother down
tale the edTeu the children were taken 10 bany and the
furniture 10 Connecticut
Darius + Gilbert sworr-R' side at No. 1879 South
Fifth T. D. knew Abby L. Dunbir she resided 4. no.
hequtu visitor there. but do remember 90 have her
within the last three m2nths had no suspicion Of her being
called house about cok said he had be ard that the
had oeen held, and h.t portion Of the
Pseen. was uDd IN tn u,eus a9sed me II that was
codl VIM s1S coadasted him "a his room and left him
D & CO. VIM SoS on h an Son pd 0q hea S
hesd ha' fiom ay party tbs. Mrs Daabsr was pregnant;
iIew hel by 20 other anne.
John W Van Busldrs sworn-Live a, No. 27i
S,uh Eastern D.sIic' have kno vn Dr. Dupre
fti, between seven sud esh years. have known Mrs
With ID Duptt about scar l1sssr snsw nothos u her
except that Af ZANE wa Peee to sla ,ntI NJ. nl
It>sa ss Mia d. wlea visited tie house, saw her
.ud stpca ia rsiet hea ms di not notice any ap
ssnc Of g1sncy did no bear ofh5t sekn ass At ai after
her desih that she hso en- Tor some tnree
Dr. Dupet and wife said she mad bssn un TO- tnrss
ouIN we
had lad he hain fever and ihoo trouble aooat The
om.cb when Inflammation set H. aud she dedj saw D.
Dupt AL on Thurdsy evening" abnus eleven O'clock in Jer
sey Cty be sen word BY his III h, wanted to .es
he dcc,t1 wife w hin when came TO them they
aiie lad previous conversation vi him about the case
he looked yey esncho " b had wo ca VITO him
lid VII he nteo ed and did not asa hini he
in the Fay House jersey City:
O. b, Jnror-Dd you know him TO go 1y the name OF Dr.
sweet A. did At the time he lived In hoEt1n ne mt
~ hat psHe and a'o .heo be moved - Brooklyn e2a,aeI
him The 6rts physicians 10 the country he chnged
s Dup'et because there we're great many qasck
by The q Sweet and ao on account CT child he had
sdopted.
DIR Brady. recalled a. toe request of uror-In my
sSs1S s.p cay S1tI 6SS3n eIcd BY D. ssbspes
wsh TO qualify that by SAYING; EAssp. IN Iesd 70 the
aunot DO fully stled until test applied wicl IL int'
ponssele posi- i've fnowese thst sss' IS the sxsms
rcscope 60 determine positively whether al plaeent- or
ohe mtss and again 70 examine the mucous me nosne
and fna the mucous enb of the uterus gone, can be
be able TO positively IS 70 the pfeenAney WI nave
b. alton and be prepaed to testify fully on Monday
Austin 5. Armstrong, policeman, sworn-Testifed
40 bps with Dupfe snd wife and Mrs. DunbHi
he called ~ the frequently books TO resd never
noticed at deceased presnsn neVe anew OF any ne
upu her death; went Village the reue. of Dupret
IN scousn M Pease OF tie fact get the children
dow soSOeAC with ner wish witness retaineo wfhJu
the chdrsn when be returned Dapre appesed asid snd
then hrst tune suspected s9mstning wrong had
rot teen DuPrtt OF whs since
Bridget Head servant in Duprc,'s family, testified
that deceased had been confined her bed ssoq week pre-
which led suppose that child had been o0En ssd che
wa. aiieted viii a cold.
servant teiiihed TO the same effect
The investigation continued yesterday, and Officer
Henry C. Minor yves examined but nothing important
WAS elected Tbs case wss then adjourned over until
Thursday next in order to procure the testimony OF
Dr. Chiffon as TO the contents of the stomach OF Me