New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-31
THE AMrrY,pLACE ABoRTIos MURDERS

On Saturday Coroner Rollins commenced an
investigation at the Mercerst Police Station into the cir
cumstances attendant on the death OF susannah Latin
who died on Friday morning At Noe Amity place. the
lyingin asylum of DR.. H. d. Grindle. The testimony
corroborated In full the account already published In the
TRIBUNE Henry Latin. the father Of snsannsh testified
CoveL L. and be had heard OF her until June when
his informed him that she had been st his house Dut
had left he had heard that Susanah had boen staying IN
NewYork and somebody had been paying her board but
that she two weeks in debt and her sndAdy threat
ened turn her OUT had also learned that she was teg
nant caused by young man IN . shoe store IN Fulton
at, Brooklyn Thursday last received letter from
Il b. would see hs asashtss a1si cae on Friday
ssa.s sas 9s wife @
George Latin the brothes q snsannAh q Van Buren,
ter he searched tor her but without avail June
eeved letter from bis sister, In which abe detailed her
duced sbrothcr4n-aw Of the witness then went after
her. and brought her TO wness house where che stated
that her condition caused by clerk In shoe store
in Fulton st. Brooklyn; she then narrated all that
CURED from her first acquaintance with the clerk
ss 'ss ess go % SS hase ana
after that seduced by % he sent her go worth Of
the med:ne sd Produce the desired
informed the clerk by letter when be immedlaey wrots
10 her and requested her to come TO New-forh t1at
something should be done abe accordingly came to this
city, and two doctors visited her with the ntsna on
Anything for her. was then that wrote 70 witness
she remained in witnesses house but abort une now
ever when she said she d 10 back TO hevfork thai
she expected the clerk would marry her a. soon As enc
got rid Of this troubles witness procured an express
wagon and sent her TO No. III Beeekerst with request
\ to write often: have seen her since alive -
Edward Damn student, In the employ OF Dr Gnudic,
testified that SusaDush there on the sfh n ano
was delivered the following Hght OF i've infant th
was afterward with the consent OF the mother adopted
10 strange lady, there Eve lady patients In the
house waiting to be confined at thai time; have nsyer
known OF any females having applied there TO have sn
abortion procured upon then Dr. Grndle attended su
sannsh after her confinement and pronounced hsr CON
don 70 very satisfactory he Lett Instructions with
witness on the occasion of h several days SINCE
10 call in Dr. Dorne, OF Blecckerst necessary when
deceased became seriously III Dr. D0rne was called ne
aaid deceased "a fever and diarrheg understood hm
afterwar TO say that she had typhoid fever; she grew
gradually worse, and another physician Dr. Ftnnel OF
West Houston-st, called In, when she was grown
weak she told witness TO tel her parents 70 come
and her, and gave him the address Of man In Fulton
Market could tell him the way % her home: reecg
nized this the same person who called upoa So
sannah three or four times during her Illness.
Mrs. Mary Powell Of Mount Vernon, VINO attended
upon deceased during her ness corroboratcd much OF
the testimony Of the preceding witness susannah told
her that she had given birth to chid that nat
ural birth. and the child quito wen when last she
saw Ii; Is had been adopted by lady; vtness WA OF
the opinion that susannah died from typhoid fever abe
had al the symptoms 6usannaA Waited often during
her illness by Mr. George Powell. hsr brothern-lAw
Busauna had told witness he vas not the father of hes
child. Ths was adjourned uptl Thursday next, m
order to procure the attendance OF important Witnesses