The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-24

Dr. Charles Earl, of Chicago, is being prose.
cnted by his divorced wife, Jeanette, on charges
that are shocking in the extreme. The trial u IN
progress. Mrs. Earls testimony was given as fol-
lows:
the doctor about FIVE years ago; was divorced
about two years ago. We haa onc cniu, poy'
whose custody was left unsettled py .ne court;
in the same house with the doctor since our sepa.
ration. Somewhere about the middle OF ,ass
June was in the Doctors ohice, wnicn was snoa
at rooms and 4 Berlin Block. was Ia inc 70
cepton room, and he called me INTO 'ne P.' .Ss,,
office, after which be locked the door. he then
said Come here and look, and with that ne tooS
something from drawer, wrapped IA "Ito
cloth, and, unwindi1g it. revealed the Dody oI
grown boy infant. he remarked aSs - az IN
me, and told me to be careful; you were AFRAID l
would kill somebody; now you see. aont
know whether Lobdell or his wife heard II
did cry once, but did not allow II 70 cry again;
Then be showed me how NO had strang,eu :
around the neck and saw the finger marks.
said. Greet God it makes my blood run cola
and turned away. looked once more after saI '
Knowing what profession he was IN, assoc a a,%
what he did with them. You came in one day.
| he said when had q hot fire; had purpose
| In that The child saw looked as II II had been
| alive. have retained the doctors name ior my
| BOYS sake"
| REORGANIZATION have known the doctor
| five wears; have been his wife; obtained q Oh
| vorce from him two years ago; have cnilo Dy
| him / have lived in the same house with him
again since the LIST of October he has severely
| abused me on several occasions. told him he
| was abusing and losing his best friend; that
| had hitherto been held to him out OF fear. He
| threatened my life if ever revealed any OF his
business. He has done so q number OF tunes.
told him ] was not justified In keeping II secret.
1 He wanted me to keep house for him last spring
/ for certain patients, which refused. He mace
threats to ME about revealing bis business before
| he showed me the tody at the ONCE, because i
| knew things about him that wanted to reveal.
| He also showed the body to Mrs. :, who re-
| sided at No. = sedgwick street. whom he had
| doctored for the same purpose. She told me SO,
| and described the child to me that saw. did
| not see the abortion produced upon Mrs. :, but
| the doctor and she both told me so. We lived
| with Mrs. -. in October. We now reside at No.
| l66 South Jefferson street. About two weeks ago
| he brought q lady patient to the house. pro-
tested, but he said he was under his own roof.
This lady told me that he had made three opera
tions, and she would not be able to stand another.
| was with Mrs. when she was sick, and saw
| him bring his instruments. Mrs. Lobdel was en-
ciente before her marriage, and operations had
been commenced upon her. have seen her and
her husband go to the Doctors office together.
The doctor once sent me 20 Mr.. Lobdeli to collect
some money. 1t was on last Fourth OF July.
told Lobdell he had had nice locking boy, CIV
ing him 10 understand that knew about the mat.
ter. asked her cousin, q Mr.. Baldwin, living on
Madison street, regarding her health shortly after
the abortion. and he told me that she was getting
better. l was then seeking information. some
months ago | spoke of these matters TO Mr.. A. ID.
Ellsworth and Attorney NJ. d. Brown. This was
before the doctor abused me. They advised me
not to live in the same house with him.