The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-13

turusd 10 Mm Dlckenson on Wednesday; have beer
s hD ss1 o. sSs e tne aSd w,S Dr.
Dickcnson; In all have seen about three or four;
mover saw any ladies ut the country house, neard
that Mrs. DICKINSON owned the house In Chatham
street, the day In question DR. Evans sent ME for
adOcJor; no told me 10 bring the first doctor could
MIRA DIoKEssoy DEoIaNEs TO TESTIFY.
Mrs- Dickenson, "the nurse,u WIS the next wit
ness, but as Mr. Howe advised her not to TESTIFY as
hcr scat and did not give any evidence.
THh PRISONERS TESTIMONY.
coiisI 10 Loo os l Esans was the next witness
cvldence La low ventrlloqula style.
uSxa mo Eoa swear your name Is EvansP a. Thomas
Q What Is your occupations A. A physician.
* Mnerc did you graduateS A. AT the Royal Col.
iege ana also ut the University OF EdinDurg
ID WHAT year did you graduate A. lS4o
g Where did you attend lecturesS A. From Sir
James simpson, oiesaor, and others: have two
SpaoAsEohe rom the College Of Surgeons and one
g Where are your diplomas' A. AT home, re-
corded In the books OF the University
U How long have you been Ia this country A.
IMeny years In the city OF New York.
" low long nave yon been IN Chatham street |?
A. About two years at No. %; before that / carried
on business at No. ll6 for about ten months; kent
lyingin hospital.
Q. How many ladies' do you have in your institu.
HOn A. ABOUT nifty In the year: there are about
egnt beds III the Institution devoted to the purpose
Mr.. H0We-one Ia Fifth avenue and one Ia Chat
nam street.
q. Tell tho jury what you know about the de-
ceased. A. saw the unfortunate deceased girl
aDOu. Lnree weeks before her death for the 6rst
Time; sne ASKED me II she could not have her con-
nnement ut the place; she said she was alarmed for
ncrscii, Us near relative OF hers had died in the
Doa Wnm cnhu Ia commissions; replied that she
cOulu not pave her confinement there; she pre-
eensed very bl0ated appearance ana was the
latest giri ever did see; she said she had had
on Saturday, the 10Th ult. went into the country
wmen came nome on sunday night, at ten O'Clock,
was s aw,uny smokes 70 md that she had procured
!Odgement in the house; told Mrs. Dlckenson to
Tell her to go home 10 her own place.
q What occupation IL that Of Mrs. Dickcnsonp
A. Midwife for several years.
Examination continued Mrs. Dickinson said 1t
was too late, and that the deceased would 90 the
70 s her ne ag MI, M ne
me In the morning tnat the deceased had been
laboring under ITS during the night; she was
she told Mrs. Dckenson III my presence to take 1t
to the Sisters OF Charity; about twenty minutes
iits; found the case hopeless; she had stupor and
heavy breathing together with convulsve spasms
over the whole body; there was dreadful smell
nom her breathe The pupils OF the eyes were cou-
tracted; inquired her name and / was told
1t was Lzzie;' called her to awake ana sent many
messengers for doctor; her skin was hot and
cammy; she was suffering from q variety of aiiec.
tionsj she was perfectly helpless and exhausted,
which at ributed 10 morbid state OF the blood aud
nervousness; she was suffering from lOckjaw;
never saw case like II before the disease took her
suddenly; she told me she had had fits three weeks
head her labor was not healthy, for 1t was up IN
her head instead OF her womb. (At this there was
some laughter, especially on the part Of the Jury,
VINO were all medical men. The 'd8ctor'' was
evidently In middle, and was put through his p's
and ga at considerable length. The "doctor' made
mess OF it.) He cOntnned--I understand puerpe-
raj commissions to be irghtiu disease, It Is pro-
0uced by morbid STATE OF the BLOOD the remedy
Tor 1t IL TO try and prevent 1t; do not know whe-
her there could be puerperal commissions independ-
ent OF pregnancy; her whole frame was shaking ana
sne was lrothing at the moutn got the twenty five
dollars from Augusta Lambe for my services: Mrs.
DICKINSON IL my nurse; she paid for her services
as wen As myself she owns the place In Chatham
street; directed that water should be poured on
The head Of the deceased and a mustard plaster on
her feet; never administered anything TO her that
would produce an abortion
This brought the testimony to a close.
Mr.. Howe wished To Call The attention OF the
coroner before be charged the jury rs to the legal
question In the case.
Coroner Flynn said he did not intend to charge the
Jury, as he had selected medical men in the matter
which ne would leave entirely IN their hands
MT. Howe desired merely to observe that the
prisoners ignorance did not ct all affect the case
AZ neither did the affidavit OF the girl O'Nel which
had been read.
The Coroner said IL was question whether the
OeceaSeo nae uaen treated properly by the prisoner
II not 1t was tho duty OF the jury Mold him. on the
Other nand II she had been properly treated he was
entitled to be discharged.
The jury then retired and after an absence or forty
minutes returned The following verdict:--"We find
that Mary Elizabeth Geary came 70 her death from
puerperal commissions, which death might have been
censure the prisoner, Dr. Lookup Evans and con.
slider him guilty Of malpractice In assuming the
medical treatment OF the deceased while falling 10
adopt any proper means OF treatment
The prisoner was then removed In custody to an
swer the charge