The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-22


CONCLUSION OF THE INVESTIGATION BEFORE CoRo-
NER coLLIN-yERDICT or THE JURY, ETC.
Coroner Collin concluded tho Investigation yesterday In
tho Of Rosa Ahnar OF No 1874 Stanton street. who
died from the effects OF abortion, previously
ported The testimony, although Interesting in its
nature afforded clue 10 the person who procured
miscarriage.
Henry Ahnar. being duly sworn, dcposed follows
Deceased Is my brothers wife, my brother a member
of the Seventh regiment Now York Volunteers now at
the war; called on deceased Saturday night had
not seen her for throo weeks Previous when called
found her sick but sitting up asked her what the
matter, when she said she enceine, and said she
Thought she going to die and that sho might well
tell me the TRUTH did ask her who her sedacer
to Williamsburg, and there DOCTOR she showed
me box OF pills she got from him. the box Of pills pro-
duccd Is the one she showed me- found them on tho
mantcpiece after her DEATH tho and residence OF
the Williamsburg doctor found la her trunk Monday
night won't 70 visit her again. when one Of the women in
the house told me she dead then went TO the
on house and gave information OF the affair TO the
police the sergeant sent me back TO the house TO
could ind anything In the which would lead TO tho
discovery OF tho DOCTOR found the box Of pills aud tho
Doctors direction now Produced do not know Of my
sister keeping company with any man my brother has
been away about eighteen months no always wrote to
her and sent home his money
Caroline Hug deposed that she lived AZ No 1874 Stanton
street. deceased occupied the back room the
floor with Witness on saturday last deceased commenced
days before that she holding the table a STOPPING
position, unable TO with the pain she asked 70
30 for DOCTOR and went for Dr. Uh asked the doctor
what WAS the matter and he said deceased had cold
aud prescribed medicine for her visited deceased
two throe times saturday evening and she she
was no better on Sunday morning took her cup Of
colce during sunday she continued TO grow worse and
In the evening she INTO my aid sat upon the
lounge; she vomiied very hard and asked 90 for
doctor again; brought Dr. Naege there he asked her
she was ~ the family way, when she denied It; the
doctor said size suffering from inflammation; on
sunday night called in some OF the neighbors, and
succeeded In getting deceased TO bod; stopped
with deceased all night, until she died deceased
IN great pan all Sunday night screaming "Oh my
she replied IN London asked her II she had any rela-
here and she sad she Ind only brother this
country and lac at tho she In great agony,
and would lot lei leave her she gave her canary
bird 10 remember hcr by short tno before her death
my husband asked her If she believed In God she
piled that she dd ana claspcd bsr hands prayer my
husband prayed with her and while she was pray sho
died.
lamsburg. deposed tina, he did not know deceased
IN tho habit OF seeing patients at MS Office every day.
and sometimes never them again the box q pills
produced not his; he homeopathic physician
aid did not prescribe medicine o that kind the writing
the box was not witness the address on thu slip
o. paper his, but not in bis handwriting
tho paper before and could not IDENTIFY the writing; tho
pills produced aiopathic; witness had not prescribed
any ailopah medicine for ten years received notice
20 attend the inquest In witness opinion m abortion
could seldom bs uroAuced by medicine. nm operation
must be performed 10 produce u.
Thomas r. Robinson, NJ. D.. dsposed that he made
post mortem examination of the b. dy, In company with
Drs. pelden, Hcrgols and Naegeh, and gave " his
opinion that death caused by metro peritonits
pervenng abortion.
Coroner Collin announced that he had number % other
witnesses hand, but he regretted 70 say thor rst
rsony was all bearsay aud utterly useless He was I'M
able, after careful Investigation 10 md any clue 70 the
perperntor o the abortion and forced to submit tho
case TO the jury upon what evidence was presented
The jury, after due delibsration rendered verdict Of
Death from metro peritonitls caused by abortion
bit from the evidence adduced unable ~ say BY
whom tho abortion produced.n