The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-08
OUTER CAUGHT.
Newark's Latest Sensation Doctor Cutter
Arrested in This city-He Says He Had
No Notion Of Running Away. but
Was Looking After Bail-Full
History Of the Case

For the last forty eight hours the all-absorbing
theme OF discussion among all classes OF society IN
Newark, N. j., has been The case OF Dr. James b.
Cutter, Of that city, against whom the Grand Jury
of Essex county found true bill OF indictment
few days ago to answer the charge, as alleged, OF
producing an abortion on the person OF younss
English girl, named Maria Clark, whose moral ruin
mad been effected py a Newark jeweller named
Leroy A. Wright himself married man and the
father of q family.
THE FACTS OF THE CASE
aprear to be as iollows:-Mara came to this coun-
try q few years since ana went to live in the family
of q clergyman at Bloomfield. While tcere she c.n.
tracted the acquaintance Of Wright The latter, she
alleges, represented himself as a single man ana
said hts name was Albert Smith. 1t was, she says,
under q promise Of marriage that he effected her
ruin. She was young, pretty and gddy, and Is now
about in her twentieth year. Some time IN the
early part OF February. finding that she was
ver1ing on maternity ere yet she had become
BRIDE HAD become greatly agitated and in dread
OF the exposure consequent on her misdOings. Sho
desired to up her shame and In her extremity
applied to Dr. Cutter. At first the Doctor, as no
claims, tined to dissuade her from taking any course
aniagonistic TO nature; but her impetuousness Q.
vailed and he was induced 10 take charge OF her
case. Meanwhile she was stopping with
named Miss Conpiin, who kept q boarding house on
Mulberry street. Here she was watched and at
tended carefully by Cutter. Finally t was nearing
the LIST OF April the yearly moving day In Jersey,
and Miss Conplin desired to move, BIT could not
very well long the girl Clark was sick: There
win. THIS gentleman referred tho matter to the
regular district physician DR.. George s. Nord, aad
this gentleman Ia turn notified the county physician,
DIR. DOdd, and the two notified the Coroner, repre-
senting that the case was dangerous one, and the
this moment Gutter, the recognized physician Of tie
jail, was ignored. The doors were locked on him
ana the the s a ses % Tns w
also justice OF the peace, was ordered 10 take tho
girls
In this she set forth tho foregoing facts as well as
that the Doctor had c0unseed her to go to certain
physician In New York; that she did so and that
there an operation was performed on her. Her
statement all the way through was disjointcd and go
Dodd felt warranted IN causing tho arrest OF DIR.
Culter, though they had in the case OF Leroy
Lying on what she supposed TO be hcr deathbed and
cOunsecd and urged 10y the Coroner, she made
another statement III this she deulcd her former
story and charged the Doctor with the whole crime.
For all the Doctors services all
THE CONVERSATION
he received was promise OF thirty dollars. After
great deal Of hesitation on the part OF the author
tiles tho Doctor length arrested and promptly
baied In 81 600 to answer the summons OF the Grand
Jury. In the formation OF the latter II is
SINGULAR FACT
that the foreman was physician, one who Is known
TO have regarded the accused with considerations
the very opposite OF generous. and also has
since been the regular attendant OF the
girl Clark, besides being most important
witness for the prosecution. In tho Grand Jury
room when the question was under consideration
At took three ballots to positively discover whether
Cutter was declared indctable or not, so close was
the vote on the matter. This alone demonstrated
that very great diversity OF opinion existed on the
subject.
HB WAS INDICTED
however, and on Wednesday last the Grand Jury
came into court. That day. as soon as II WIS inu-
mated That the accused was indicted hls counsel,
Knowing that lie could not find bail In Newark, but
could IN New YORK, advised him To 70 at once and
LOOK after tho matter. He accordingly did so. Ills
jathcr, well known Washington street merchant
down town, happened To be Ia Boston, aud others OF
Ills friends wcrc non comc-at-aoe. Necessarily the
DOCTORS absence was prolonged, ana this gave rise
10 a storJ III Newark that
CUrrRR HAD COT
AMI run. This. as the HERALD minated on Satur-
dav, was disUccved by the Doctors trends and sab.
seluent events discovered that they were rig a IN so
dsDeTevig. The Doctor mad not the remotcst idea
OF clearing out, though 1t IL true That naturally
I've disliked gong 10 jan SO long as
there was any chance OF getting pal II q
former bondsmcn. Mr. Durand got skittish, and,
KNOWING by Telegram received from Gutter that
the latter was stopping mt the Hoffman House in
New YORK, he set The Deputy Sheriff and i consta-
bic after him. ~ -
The Doctor was arrested on Friday evening nc This
hotel aud then with the utmost Willingness went
win them to Newark. on Saturday he was taken
before the Court and pleaded mot guiity.n His bail