The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-22
MEDICAL MURDER.
Another Abortion Case-Death Of the Victim
Arrest of the Murderer.

Arrest of the Murderer.
The st. Louis Republican Of Saturday gives the
particulars Of another of the horrible medical MUIR
ders which for weeks past have been outraglng
society," - ,-.. ,,,,.,
street yesterday morning on the remains OF Jennie
SterChel, q young woman VINO came tuere 10 seek
employment in the capacity Oh nlner ne irOm n MIS- MIS-
granted on Friday evening" two weeks ago. ana sle
died very suddenly at o'clock on lhursday nOrn-
ing from the effects Of an abortion produced on her
by Dr. MacRae
The following is the evidence:-
Mrs. Eliza Ray, beng sworn testified as follOws:-
On Friday two weeks ago to-day, Jennie Sterchel
came to my house q keep dressmaker's store and
asked me il would take her to work for her board;
] told her thought she would not be able TO work;
she looked very badly; this conversation took place
on Thursday evenings: then said she might come
on FRIDAY, and would see my son meantime, ana
would then let her know whether would take her;
she came on Friday morning, aud then told her
that i had concluded not TO take her; she said
"Dont say SO, do take me; will sleep on the hoor
anything If you will only take mel she pleaded
with so hard that finally told her that IL she
would give me good references she might come for
a week. and if she liked me, and did her, she could
stay longer; she appeared thankful and went away;
in short time she returned with her satchel shortly
after she came, she sail she Ielt badly, and laid
down; on Saturday she said she felt better, and
gave her some light work to DO; Sunday she was up
most Of the time; on Monday worked all day; on
Tuesday she asked me if she might go down town
and see her doctor; ! told her yes she went
between and 10 A. NJ, and came back about p
NJ, and noticed she had been vomiting; asked her
what was the matter; she said, 81 wisa was dead
or out OF the world some way, cannot live, am so
sick;" told her to lie down; she did so and then
called me to her, and said that the doctor had put
her in o warm bath and had given her an electric
shock; in the morning she attempted to work. but
saw she was too i'll to work, and told her to go and
lie down, which she did, she then said, If any one
came to the house not to let them know who she
was, but to tell them she was girl that worked for
me ; on Wednesday evening she asked me to send
for DR.. NacRae, whose office was on South Clark
street, he did not till Thursday; told the doc
tor she was dangerous; he said no. she was not |
asked him what was the matter with her. and he
said that her t0nsils were affected; l sat
up with her on Wednesday night; about 12 or
l O'Clock on Thursday morning she called me
to her and asked if there was any one in the ROOM
said there was; she said, "Can't they go home?
want to tell you something's told her they could
not, as could not manage her alone; about or
O'Clock in the morning they all left but Miss Ella
and told her yes she then said 1 have deceived
you and have something to tell you, and now wish
to tell you the truth she said, "Now, you are sure,
Mrs. Ray, that there is no one here, for If / live
don't want any one to know what am going to tell
you, and if die do;" told her there was no one
Dr. MacRae and paid him $50 to perform an abortion
on her; she then said something about second
not to, and told her to tell me il she felt happy and
was willing to die; she said, "You must hear this,
Mrs Ray; she said so two or three times; she then
said that on Tuesday when she came home sick, she
went down to DR.. MacRae's Office, and he had
operated on her. and that he had murdered her. that
she suffered thousand deaths while in his olflce;
asked her if she paid him any money, and she
said yes, that she paid him &c. ana agreed him
$40 more when she got Well ! then asked her If he
had performed upon her before, and she said yes;
she died about O'Clock A. NJ. Thursday; few
minutes after she died, DR.. Mac Rae came in and
some one said, "DOctOr, you have come in too ate"
he said, SIS that so? when did she pass away?" and
then started to go out and | called him into the
kitchen and asked him what was going to he done
with her body he said that he would see that the
city buried her, and said, 'That won't do did not
ask the city to help take care of her, and from her
confession about you think you are in duty bound
to see her decently buried - he said, 'What do you
mean?" told him that when she was dying she
told me all his transactions with her. he said again,
"What do you mean?" and | said, "You doctOred
her, didn't you?" and he said eyes" said, "She
says that you attempted to commit an abortion on
her, but that there was nothing the matter with
her. he said, 81 will swear before God that never
did" said, "Ihe evidence is too plain, doctor;" he
turned very pale, but did not answer; he then said
coffin to-day; she shan't be buried by the city,"
coffin would beup at noon, and that he had made
arrangements for her to lie in vault for week, until
some young man came from the East and then he
would prove that nothing of the kind had been DONE
THE VERDICT.
The jury then retired, and, after short delibera
ton, brought in the following verdict
That the said Jennie Sterchel came to her death
al No. 2TT West Randolph street, in the city of Chi
cagO, November 15 1863, from the effects of an
abortion an attempted abortion produced on her
by Denton MacRae, at his onlce No. 149 South
Clark street
ARREST or THE DOCTOR
After the inquest Coroner Cleayes issued war;
rant for DR.. Maclaes arrest. lie was Immediately
taken into CUSTODY aud placed in the county Jail.