New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-23

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tbtm 81 ny hose COCO efteret- hey had net soc,-
dtu'aly 81 my boue the 6ffeot VI ~ cso nei "hon
! orCeuo for Ma. LswsOn suuid b 81 = tsrsuVe; II
J had head that Mr.. Lawson tcd hht "a op-r-ion
performed uIOb her. | sb"uld sUp9o'e mat c:''net
would have D Gu tho thing +" hasten ABORTION sup
pose that The vtDao vss pregoah, WI a n5'' e1S'-
med her; ! did nOt think bat she wA under ltDof
pairs: have MT so4p Mersefeau within month
The handwriting q tho note "hioo cihea me ~ MRS.
IaS,on rescDbled The hahd"Ttlng s1oTn ne on
Snturdav called 20 see Mrs Lssson when The wom.n
rresA,t showed tie DE- &C nf6It with he card ssd
AZ erbi4b they asked hOs old tue child was said
" At thoug hat !. was four or i've nltids Old
said that was sorry that MeFseres1 had oeeo ihvo-
duc4d 10 Mrs. LswsoD At my hOuee dd not merton
The name OF Merseresu IN any other connection. have
awsys uIserstood that MerssseGu was married IN An
By a Juror. Dii you make Any private examination
O. Did Mrs. Lawson give you any infcrnsdon Of
her cor dition A. NO. suppose when | msde the
abdominal examination OF Ms. Lawson tia! she Wa
enCieDte.
Ann Lru,to2e being recalled, testified as fG,oss:
Last Saturday night when / was t Hunts be told
me that he had tod Mrs. Lawson that if the child she
wos about to give binh to was three months growth
he wanted her to preserve it for him, but that If il
was that growth and had hair its head, he did
not want it, but that she should give it to me- that
could take il ard drop il In the rver as was coming
to the forJ | said 10 him / would Ike 10 90 and
DCT; ne tdlC Ne ndQ rStnef WCuIQ not 10 Sd u3
again; vH 10 have gone to Hunt on MONDAY but aid
rot 20: the first time j went with Mrs. LsEson 10
Hunt che asked bin if he thought chs would be III bed
10 require doctor he sad he thought not bet
il tbe did, he the doctor would doctor her for nt9m
nation of the bowels, which would be 10 her favor;
there something said about her flooding; he ssld
that she had had children before, che you'd know
what TO 90; the instrument shown me looks so ne.
thing Ike the one used by Hunt 10 operating Ms
Lawson; Hunt told me that Mrs. Lawson was the
hardest case he had ever operated upOn.
HIN. X. Donogh<, a. d., resdes at No. lO2 Fourth
aveLue said have made post-mortem examination
of the body Of Mrs. Lawson the deceased; l found
distinct evidences Of recent delivery and marks Of
puerpera peritouits which believe was the cause Of
DEATH Jaw evdc1ces Of violence about the mouth
of the womb; | examined all the vital organs Of the
body which presented healthy appearance sho1ld
say Il at the instrument shown ne was well adaped
for the purpose of procuring abortions; l saw the
f0us TO winch IT, deceased gave birth; should say
that it was one Of about five Elk months growth.
The testimony here closed, when the Coroner briefly
reviewed the evidence to the Jury, after which they
retired to deliberate on their verdict
After only few minutes absence the Jury returned
with the following
"That Harriet Lawson, the deceased, came to her
death by pueperal perOnitis the result OF abortion
produced by Elijah Hunt, by the use Of instruments
and incidence
By order Of Coroner Perry, HUT was committed to
the Tombs to await the action of the Grand Jury.
The two females Anna Dalton and Anna Armltsge
as also John Mersereau the reputed father Of the child
and George II. Cromwell, were required 10 give bail in
the sum of 81 600 each to insure their future appear
ance as witnesses when the case s brought TO trial.