The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-29
the MYSTERIOUS As0RTIom CASE.

The Body or the Deceased, Accompanied
by Hor Husband, Brought - this City
by Captain Mills-C0roner's Inquest.
An inquest held last evening BY Coroner wiIdey,
at tho Eighth precinct station house. tho body Of Mrs.
Lucinda n Hicks nss sagendor whose death alleged
TO have been caused by abortion ct
the hands Of DR.. Grinde, Of No. Ami,y
place, . full account Of which hes been
already published in the HsRALD As already sisted,
the body had left tho city before Information Of tho
affair reached the Eighth precinct station house. and
Captain Mills at once started In pursuit He succeeded
in tracing It 70 Tivoli and from thence tcssugeries.
where he found tho object Of his Search ana in the
house the reputed husband Of the deceased Both
brought TO this city, arriving late yesterday and Coroner
Wildey at once empanelsd . jury Tho following 10
tho testimony
James j. Hicks, residing at Aiddletown, NJ Y, test
aed:-peceassd was my wife, have been acquainted
with her about eighteen months two months after max
ing her acquaintance visited her with the intention Of
making her my wife, last fall made engagement Of
marriage with her. and some time thereafter became
very intimate after two months found that she
e'cente sho made no proposition to have the child re-
moved, and had no idea that she intended Il;
pectd to be married in about one month"; and had made
all tho necessary preparations two weeks from last We'd
nesay sho left board ng place with the intention
ing to saugercs by the way Of New York she spoke Of
getting rid OF the child she could without harming
herself; on the Wednesday following the day she left
received pote from DR.. Grndle saying that deceased
quite sick. and he wanted me TO come down mme-
diacly II did not intimate what allied her. telegraphed
at that would be down II it positively ncces.
say but that was almost impossible for me to leave at
the time; the next day received telegram that she
was better, and need not come; the following Saturday
came to the city and saw deceased at DR. Grinde's
house; she told that she had o miscarriage, and
It had been brought by riding in Broadway STAGE
that had not been brought by instruments med
her statement left for home on sunday On Tuesday
last received telegrammarked c." requesting me
to come down Immediately; on arriving at Dr. Grndles
house Mrs. G told me that deceased had been removed
TO No 100 laurens street; went there, and found de-
ceased IN bed she seemed very low but rallied upon
seeing me; she repeated her former statement
about the miscarriage during the conversation she said
con, my poor mother, II had only been married
would not mind DYING" Immediately for minis
ter and we were married in the presence Of two wit
nesses made ARRANGEMENTS with an undertaken to
have the body taken to Woodstock to be buried did not
think II necessary to have coroner called.
Fannie GRAY, of No. lao Thompson street. testified
On Tuesday night last Mrs. Rolf and wanted to
go TO her house. there woman there very sick
went with her and deceased physician came and
said she suffering from Inflammation of the bowels
/ deceased married to Mr. Hicks; when deceased
dying she requested to stand by her husband in
his trouble; went with the body to Sangerties
Wooster Beach, NJ. D., testihed:-I have made post.
morem examination of the body Of deceased and found
II in advanced state Of decompostion on opening the
body evidences of peritonitis we're plainly visible more
particularly confined the lower part of the abdomen
the scarcely redder than usual its internal
surface showed marks Of placental attachment whore
there was considerable the rest that surface
of congestion and redncss; there were evidences Of
violence to the part tho uterus had contained f1us Of
about three months growth and had been recently de-
lverd Of its contents the peronitis, in my opinion,
in consequence OF the irritation OF the uterus a0d
was in my opinion, the cause OF death.
The two female servants Of Dr. Grndle were examined
but their evidence contained nothing Of Importance
The was then submitted to the jury who rendered
verdict shat tho deceased to her death by peri
tonitis the result Of miscarriage, but whether from
any surgical operation from medicines other
there positive evidence to show Inasmuch as the
deceased is admitted to have been led TO the house OF
Dr. Grindc BY advertisement In the newspapers, we
denounce the publication Of such advertisements as lead
ing to increase Of crime. We censurc DR.. Edward
Fields stating the indirect Of death IN giving
a certificate for burial the undertaken according to
| the requirements Of the law"
Deceased native Of this State nged twenty years
For the past years she has been employed In
pet mandatory in Middeown, where also Hicks was
superintendent Of the Ogden House She possessed
OF great personal beauty All OF the parties concerned
in the affair discharged by Coroner Wdey, he at
the time remarking that both the jury and himself
believed him guilty OF the charge but unfortunately
| there was no means TO prove 1t.