Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-08-13
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, Ang. 3.
ABORTION, AND DEATH
SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
The scducer and Physician Arrested.

The Scducer and Physician Arrested.
From the Coroner and Police officers we
obtain the following account of one of the
most shocking and infamous crimes ever
perpetrated in our city. The persons i'm
! plicated are well-known citizens of this
State, and men of wealth and education,
making the crime with which they are char
ged only the more and venal.
Some days previous to the 22d of July
last, young woman named Rcgnat Law
son, but who gave the name of Regnat Pc
terson, was brought to this city, by James
II. Temple, who resides on farm near
lChillicothc, Peoria county, in this State, and
by a doctor Swansey residing some four
miles from Bureau Junction in Bureau
county. The woman was brought here
| against her will, and several times attempt
ed to escape from the men (if such they
can be called, but they pretended she
was insane, and told the passengers in the
cars not to heed her statements. She was
taken to the American House in this city,
and an abortion procured upon her against
her will by, as it is believed, DIR. Swansey,
with the knowledge and procurance of Tenn
pie.
On July ODD the woman was removed
from the American House to the house of
Mrs. Fallbush, midwife, No 376 State
street. and left there against Mrs. Falbush's S
wish, her house being very small, and
| Temple left So as part compensation for
taking care of the girl. At this time Mrs
Falbush did not know the cause of the
girls sickness. Temple and Swansey both
promised to visit the girl and provide her
with necessaries, but at the expiration of
two days neither had been there, and the
girl being very dangerously i'll Mrs. Fal-
bush went to Coroner Hanson, supposing
he still held the office of Health Officer and
wanted to have the girl taken to the Hos
pital. Mr. Hansen told her to employ a
physician, and DR.. Loevenstein was called
who at once discovered that an abortion
had been committed. DR.. Bevans was
subsequently called in by an American lady
to whom Mrs. Falbush had applied!for ad-
vice. DIR. Bevans obtained from the un-
fortunate girl a history of the affair, the
name of Temple being concealed. as the
girl refused to give the name of her sedu-
Ger. After telling her story, the lady re-
ferred to, at the girls request wrote let
ter to DIR. Swansey which was deposited
in the post office at Bureau Junction by a
Detective Officer, and who watched until
Swansey called for it, and then 'shadowed'
him to this city. During this time no trace
was found of Temple, whom the Officer
supposed to be Mr.. Lawson.
DIR. Bevans' continued to attend the wo-
man keeping the coroner informed of her
condition, and Of such facts as came un-
der his observation, likely to aid in discov-
cry of the criminals Meantime Dr. Swan
sey was closely shadowed, in the hope that
he would meet with Temple, and thus dis
cover him to the ofiieers-but this he did not
do. On last Thursday Temple came to
this city, and finding DR.. Bevans in atten-
dance upon the girl, became afraid that the
Police would get wind of the affair, and on
Thursday night last, after the girl had been
at Mrs. Falbush's home eight days without
his coming near her, or indeed paying the
slightest attention to his victims-he pro-
cured a carriage and took her to the Bulbs
Head Hotel, where she died on Friday
morning about four o'clock. This move
ment on the part of Temple did not escape
the notice of the Police, or of DR.. Bevans.--
After the girl died. Temple applied to see
DIR. Bevans, for physicians certificate as
to the cause of her death, in order that he
] might procure coffin and have the girl
buried. Under the direction Of the cor
oner the doctor gave certificate stating
that the girl died of inflammation of the womb;
but not abiding to the cause ofth infama-
tion-and directed Temple to Mr.. Jour
dams coffin warehouse on Clark street
l Up to this time Temple had not been seen
by the Police, although they had descrip-
ton of his person from Mrs. Falbush.-
When Temple came for the coffin the cor
oner and Mr.. Jourdan were in the ware
house, and according to arrangements, Mr..
Jourdan went with Temple to the Bull s
Head to place her in the coffin, while the
Coroner, Marshall Donnelly and Officer
/ Douglas proceeded them in hack. As
soon as Temple entered the hotel he was
arrested by the officers, and taken to the
/ Central Station, and locked up. The body
i Of the girl was placed in the coffin, and ta-
ken charge of BY the coroner. This was on
Friday forenoon, and on Saturday Or.
i Swansey was arrested and also locked up,
! On Saturday afternoon Temple went before
! Justice Milliken. of the Police Court, waiy-
j ed an examination, and was committed fol
trial upon charge Of murder.
i Coroner Hansen empanneled the follow;
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