Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-02-10
ADORABLE Crime
Death of Susan Beaver T!
Prominent Citizens Of
Plymouth Implicated ian
the Cause of her Death!
PARTICULARS OF THE RE.
VOTING CRIME
cORoNER'S VERDICT.

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before we were Startled by another
and q still more horrible and loath-
full crime. We think it time to
break the silence that gives consent.
We discharge this unpleasant duty
with no other iptention than that of
acting the part of a faithful journal
list. If we fail to. point out the
guilty for the just condemnation of
public sentiment, and to shield and
strengthen the innocent--our town
must stand committed to the cow
ardly aud ruinous policy of sustain
ing vice and crushing virtue. Last
week we passed over the tragic af-
fair because we were not in posses
sion of the details as brought out
in the post norton examination, and
the testimony before the Coroner's
inquest. We preferred to wait and
speak truthfully, rather than be the
medium for the circulation of ru-
mors. We regret the necessity of
adding single additional pang to
the suffering Of hearts broken with
shame, and enter upon our unpleas-
ant duty with falling tear in men,
DRY Of the pure and lovely ones Of
the respective families who must
keenly feel the disgrace of those
who ought 10 be the pride and glory
of home.
The ties tim ony below is given as
presented in the Northern Lndianian
of Warsaw. Aud we here express
the thanks of large proportion of
our citizens for the candid, impair
tial and fearless course Of the In
dianian in the presentation of the
subject. We rejoice that Warsaw
has one paper that money and social
position cannot buy.
Eally on Monday morning of last
week, Benjamin Richhart of Warsaw,
received telegram dated at Plym-
outh, informing him that the corpse
of Susan Beaver would arrive in
that place on the 1905 train, and
requesting him to be at the depot to
receive the remains. Miss Beaver
had been living With niece Of Mr..
Richhart and near his own family
residence. Startled at the news of
the sudden death, lie went with q
number Of others to the depot. The
remains were in the charge of the
undertaken, Mr.. Alleman, Of this
place, and the corpse was taken to
the residence of Mr.. Richhart. The
suspicious of Henry Logan, our
Marshal, had been aroused by the
manner in which the girl had died,
and the mystery surrounding the
affair, and he went to Warsaw on
the noon train. Upon his staten ent
a post norton examination was made
of tie deceased, by Drs. j. x. Lee
dy, S. c. Sapp, S. France and A.
Woolley, which revealed the fact
that her death has been brought
about by procuring an abortion upon
her person. A Cor0ner's inquest
was Immediately convened-a jury
of fifteen Of the best and most re-
spectacle citizens of Warsaw was
summoned-and Constable Elijah
Blackford Was despatched to Plym-
outh for the purpose of procuring
the presence OF the attending physi-
ciah, as well as the woman at whose
house she died. He returned on the
9:43 D. m. train with DR.. j. j. Vinall
and Mrs. Hannah Hopkins. The for
mer went willingly but the latter was
not disposed to go-but after some
persuasion consented.
To sum up briefly the testim ony
presented before the jury-Dr. j. j.
Vinall states in his testimony that he
was called to see the patient on
Tuesday of week before last; that
he attended her every day; that she
daily grew worse, that he noticed
nothing the matter with her in the
family way during the entire time,
that she was suffering from a COM
plication of diseases that she took
large dose of morphine, from the
effects CT which he found it impossi-
BILE to rouse her, and the constirpa-
ton in the bowels, produced by the
morphine, caused her death, which
took place a week ago last Saturday
night at IL o'clock Vinall also sta
ted that during the entire time there
was no other person present, save
Mrs. Hopkins, the patient and him.
self, and on one occasion boy be-
longing to the house. He likewise
testified that Mrs. Hopkins was O
woman possessing a good character
and that the house was arespectable
house. He also stated that the de-
ceased had friends in Plymouth, hut
failed to give any satisfactory reason
why none of them were called to see
Der. After her death another wo.
man was called in, and the Doctol
IA IL r. l. l..