The New York herald., 1871-09-08
THE CLINTON STREET CRIME.
A Night with Mrs. Burns
"Patients."
Scenes at the House and in the Polio Station
How the Prisoners Were Trsatad-A True
Hearted Girl-Intervie vs with the
ol. "Dcctor's Customers Funeral s4fV
Of Mary Russell

1ooK OIt-AutoFVl0 VI Win tu0
ga. "Dcetor's'' Custonars- Funeral AfN
of. Mary Russell
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am over the Rhine now, In tho heart OF the
famous Thirteenth ward The streets are narrow,
the houses arc nigh, ana the iron trucks of the
horse railroad companies bisect cross streets III
puzzng and bewildering way.
Here The hum Of human life Is more compact and
more discordant than elsewhere In the great city.
The houses are Of brick, towering up with nlthy
children leaning out OF window-sls and tumbllng
down dark stalrways
Lager beer shops abound here, and the smell OF
s,ceitzer kase prevails on the nosls OF passersby
from the rising to the setting OF tho sun. There
are shabby butcher shops, with narrow doorways
and low ceilings on which the flies tester and crawl
over the Launches Of beef in languid, lazy way,
Ike men who have done hard days work and are
deslrous OF Iest
occasionally from one of those deep. dark lager
beer saloons heard, az passed, the cnorus OF o
song telling in ITS burden OF ''Wmc, woman and
song" and Favored with memories Of the Rhine
land. Ftf eeaa tfbar
In all these crowded streets swarms OF German
artisans may be met enjoying the beer sc'si,kt n
and Kase which the sury walters set before them.
And In the thickly populated beehives OF rene
ments, where six, ten. fourteen, twenty, and in
some instances, Rs many as mady as thirty.six fault
lies have shelter, there ID all day revelry and good
cheer. Sauer kraut ana suppfeisot the ordinary
dinner dishes in the Thirteenth ward and "noodle
soup'' has thousands OF patrons. M ammo ,.,.- ~.
ON Tuesday evening Clinton street. near DEAN.
cey, was the scene Of event which perhaps never
occurred before In the neighborhood. Hall dozen
men and women Of dillerenr ages AMI seemingly
respectable were arrested In the den OF The now
well known abortionist Mrs. Brundage-Burns.
They were questioned and cross.examined closely
Ia the house OF misery and shame by Sergeant
Brooks who performed the part Of the female devil
and procuress TO perfection. An officer named
Post, who represented the assistant OF Dr. Brooks,
had sat In the front parlor OF 1i8 Clinton street
during the entire evening. aud having compelled
Miss Brice, maiden lady, who has the lease Of 11e
and l1s Clinton street. to act as q decoy, the men
and women who called for an unlawful purpose
were CAPTURED In detail.
Two young men, one OF whom had very red hair
and measured about i've feet nine inches, and the
other, VINO was tall aud OF dark compile xion, were
among the nrst Victims. The retl-narel young man
and his friend, VINO are at large under $4,000 bail
each, suffered terribly While sitting the long night
out IN the station house at the corner OF Delaney
street and Attorney. a. so s,.... ~ ~
The red.headed individual had only been married
room or tho station house, with bis face buried In
his hands, while his tall friend, for whom he had
sacrificed HIMSELF contemplated him with great
sd,0 Jfoid. 1t was evident that the tail young man
felt himself safe from all dangers OF the law attend
ing his visit to ne house OF Mrs. Burns. Erundage.
Mrs. Hamblln, wItO Ia company win the late un-
fortunate MISS Mary Russell, went TO Mrs. Burns
house was confined In CELL and spent the night OF
her arrest very uneasiy. This woman is Is cool az
an icicle IN all her questions and answers.
When the two girls, Margaret Corbctt and Mary
Rice, were arrested by Oncer Post and Sergeant
Brooks who has all the manner OF the old Greek
philosophers about HIM, there was
FIERCE TUssLE. ef
Mary Rice Is maid servant at No. 81 Morton
street and her friend Margaret Corbett is also en-
ployed as servant at IS Nacdougal street as q do
nestle. Margaret Is a brunette and very spirited in
her temper Onleer Post ans; Dr. Brooks it seems,
had gone too lar In their cndeavors TO make case
against each pcrsoa who visited Mrs. Burns DON'T.
Gle II Tuesday night
II face ct he taken as an indication Of Character
advised POST, thc oh.cer, TO pat mis- hand on hef
month OF Mary Rice, who screamed violently wnen
attacked IN tuis manner, and Margaret COrbett
from the back room to personate Dr. Ascrer and
was inclined 10 IOrce her 10 go toward The ed-
room TO perform an abortion. Margaret Corpett
STATES That her Trend resisted, thinking thas Brooks
vast quack d. ctor, and that alter hall an hours
persuasion Brooks aid not succeed Ill forcing her on
10 the bed " ncflorm tie operation.
In a conversation With the HERALD reporter Mary
Rice asserted that violence had used Oh her by
Sergeant BROOKS and Olfcer Posi- to make ner sub
nit 10 an abortion, she also admitted thai she was
twenty weeks epctente and tnat she had not iclt
pains until tuesday night, when the v
TROUBLE AND EXCIrEasNT
Of her arrest brought on the pangs OF maternity.
she also stated that she came TO Mrs. Burns house
believing that she used no instruments. Margaret
Corbct her friend, corroborated the statement made
by Mary kice. inc latter showed mark on her
Ia In
her and Margaret Corbett showed = mark OF the In.
cision Of mans nail in the fore Joint OF her finger.
back room OF the station house and were not given
anv bed to sleep in. Mary Rice. who ID pleasant
ing SUIT was compelled to sleep on circular table
not moro Than three iect IN diameter. There sne
Ssins at that time in The most interesting condsicn
IN which woman can DC placed.
Margaret Corbsts sat IN a chair. vainiy seeking
..t1 r.rl. HOwLS AND WELLS
Of the confined prisoners. rne Two younu men who
sat In the front room N chairs, with their heads
bowed down and communing with each other on
The night wore away. ana charitable doorman
brought up some pieces OF carpet and placed them
rhe two girls transferred their quarters to tho
floor and slept unti morning unea,iiy. They feared
10 - e many srsnge snss eb bnS cerr
this IN the cells OF tho station houses OF New York.
sergeant Quinn made every cndeavor to help rue
girls aud mako the COiRfUrtabio. ,h.t 3-l 'tH,tt
Four or I'VE times during the night the HERALD
reporter attempted 10 ascertain frofi Mary Rice the
name OF the man who had seduced her. TO every
question she masie the one reply, ~ ciNi -l NV
la =. sT WOULD NOT TELL MS NAME --.t-
for all the money III America. He Is decent youn4
man, and last Sunday nioht he asked me 70 marry
him; but refused. he has often asked me 70
marry hin since my trouble came; but hc has q
mother and would not go into her house In the
state thaJ wls" ifNF :, - tfal FDa ff-'l|7 n
Margaret Corbett stated to the reporter that she
had nothing to 10 with the case with
the exception OF accompanying her frcnd,
Mary Rice, 10 Mrs. Burns Den. When tho
morning OF Wednesday came the two young men
HaniIton and huner were each puiied at $6 COO 10
answer by Coroner Young. Coroner Young has |
peen remarkably sk u and ulicions in the mpnlIer
winch lI0S n Ia raad Jt1lr rhs,