Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-16
r,om tho N Y Herald. Of "Wednesday.
MALPRACTICE AND DEATH.
a ,.,aalthv widow 8utchered and
Mar House-1he Butcher Ar.
rested by Captain 6rynes
TYulY Horrible Gaze.

ATruly Horrible Case.
,.., evening the details of u horrible case Of
al.,r.c,ice, resulting in the death Of the victim,
"sra brought to light through the untirIIg v.gi,
,,nce Of Captain Byrnes, OF the Fifteenth pre-
a; ,;"c, and deputy Coroner E. +. 7. Marsh.
M,s Mary Ann Lowden, u widow lady, forty |
&c.. ,ear ars Of age, Of hitherto unblenished repu-
w., Nv and who has moved in the iest society,
h". t lived for many years at 52S Thompson ST,
whici, property she owned. She has gr.wn NJ
I,,,yh,srs. one Of whom is married and lives It.
". Ho,.e with her. For some time Is,st Mr..
7 widen ha. been receiving the attentions of
well.known uptown livery stable Keeper, WIN
,hnn, she was in the habit Of riding ont to Cen
,,ai PARK and imduging in dinners at hotels Oh
,,, rad. The relatives and friends Of Mrs.
Inu,ieu. however, did not suspect Er moment
hat there was any improper intimacy existing
~. w.eu her aud the stable keeper, u in this,
~ .n,xars. they were sadly mistaken. In an
sv;i hour she was betrayed and ruined, and the
ns,t thing FOR her To do, tf possible, was
IN hide her shame from The world. To do tni-,
Mr. Lowden secured the services oi George X.
Gylea, styling himself u doctor, who kyris
dru. store at liz Ninth avenue, and lives at
447 West Twenty third street.
A. two O'clock ON Monday afternoon Gyles
r.ny ,he bell Of Mrs. L,wLen's house. and was
udni ted by Miss Kate Otto, young lady hving
in the family. Gy.es instantly proceeded To the
wid,w'a r,v,n and after remaining just two
hours took his departure, ,bu'lnot till after lea> ing
his ottce address, minus his name, on Il slip oi
n,,,er jus, an hour later Mrs. Lowden wa.
i,nnd dead in bed and the matter was .ubse-
ousnlly reported To the Mercer street police std
ton as Il sudden death.
Late that night, or at an early hour Yesterday
moruing, Coroner Young received information
ts,l, I.,.l i'm fl.s t,.ct
t,at The death vi Mrs. Lowden resulted from
other than natural Causes, and communicated
his suspicious 10 Captain Byrnes, with the re-
ones, tina. he would make an effort 10 learn
some further particulars concerning 1t.
While the captain was thus engaged Dr.
Marsh held pos,-nortem examination on the
BODY Of deceased, which showed fearful and
fatal case Of bu,chery. he uterus was enlarged
and filled with blood. There vas laceration Of
the posteriur portion of the uterus The
placenta was torn away at Its lower attach
meat, and the uterus contained +ioe!ls o. about
the third month utero-geststion. Death was
due 10 exhaustion from i0ternal hemorrphase
from attempted abortion and medicine, while,
in the doctors opinion, instruments had been
freely and reckleSssly used.
The cause OF death having been fully sstab.
lished, the next thing in order was 10 secure
the doctor. BY dint Of earnest inquiries Captain
Byrnes learned that the sO-calied doctor was
named Childs or Giles, whereupon the captain
aud DR.. Marsh started out and secured the city
visiting nearly all the persons named IA above
to be found in the city, but their mission wa
frullles.. Captain Byrnes again visited the res
,dence of deceased and their learned from ons
Of the minutes that the so-calied doctor who hac
been attending deceased gave his address as II:
Ninth avenue, but the paper on which he hae
written it could not be found Calling to hi
aid Detective. Henderson Captain Byrnes starlet
for Ninth avenue, and at the number indicated
found the man Gyles. Addressing him bv nam
the Captain ssd, doctor, that lady in Thomp
son street you called on yesterday afternoon
quite sick and wants to see you. Some Of he
friends believe Mrs. Lowden has been operated
upon, and want you to go down and see ho'
she is" "Oh, yes" replied Gyles; l don't be
lieve In any such business, and will 20 with yo
at once"
On the way down town Gyles confessed ,ha
Mrs. Lowden had requested him To perform Al
operation, but said he declined to d" 1t.
On reaching the Mercer street police static
Gyles learned for the first time that he was
prisoner and after being searched vas sent bt
low. Miss Otto being sent for called ut the sta
lion house and positively identified the prisone
as the man she hadle into the house OF decease
on Monday afternoon, and Miss Mary LOUIS
L0wden, daughter Of deceased, also recognize
Gyles US being in her mothers room Oh Mon
day afternoon. All this time the accused wa
in ignorance Of his victims death, and on bein
informed Of il by the captain sank back In h
seat and came near fainling. Recovering hin
seIfslighlly, Gyles exclaimed, captain ! didn
do it,"
Dr. Marsh states that the bed Of deceased ha
been s,udiously prepared for the OCCASION, al
there remains no doubt whatever but that Cyl,
called at the house by appointment and for til
business specified.
Az soon a. Coroner Young returns from ii
country arrangements will be made for hodin
the inquest, and in the meantime the prl.one
remains in close confinement. Gyles is fort,
six years Of age, born in ireland, aud has
family.