, 1874-04-11
ABORTlO!N."
Inquest on the Body Of Louisa
Talfrey.
1t Ia Shown That She Died nc
the Hands of M Abor-
Zionist.
The Examination Continued.

Mo body OF Louisa Talfrcy "bose ocath' uuoer
msnicious circumstances, at No. AGA West Lake
,treot. last Monday, was mentioned In The
rn1puNE Of tho following day. Tho inveatiga-
Non was conducted In aocrot tho Coroner assnrl-
Ing that tho ends Of Justice would DO bottor
,oryei by preventing, at this tlme, tho rublica-
lion of tho facts which might be ocitod. AS
usuel, however, In all such casos, tho effort to
enforce secrecy WIS failure, which was not re-
narkable In tliia instance, aa thoro wore several
porsons IN tho room who woro undor no obliga-
tiops to preserve secrecy, md who did not Share
In tho Coroner'B fcars Of tho rosult Of publicity.
Tho inquest WAS hold at tho Second Precinct
PoIlco.atation, on West Madison street, and be-
gan at about half-paHt 10 o'clock IN Lie forenoon,
continuing Until nearly Bp. m.
pN. NENNoTiN,
County Physician, who haa made post norton
examination Of tho body Of Mrs. Ialfroy, teBtt-
fed to having, found the heart lTnge ,1 ,n nySr,
tion. No signs of abrasion Were noticed in tue
outer portions Of tho genital organs, but the
rolyls, utcrus, and poritoueum wero greatly in
famed, coatcd with p'1s. and eaton away by gan
CREME On zach sido Of tho uterus was pune
tnro which must hayo beon produced BY probing
with All instrument, Tho peritoneum Waa I'LL
flamod aud coatea with pus No placonta Was
found in tho womb. but there was an apiaaoo
moved. DR.. Henrotin had no doubt that
DEATH WAS THE RESULT.
of theso injuries, which wero inflicted by m In
strnmont unquestonably used Tor tue , purpose Pose
tho work OF . physician, or Of some person other
than tho doceascd, aH 1t would have beon almost
Impossible for her to hnyo produced the effects
noticod IN this case, for It would bo o1ecedlngly
difficult for hor to uao tho instrument. Women
sometimes attempted to produce an abortion on
themselves by means Of Instruments, but in SUCH
FaBeB the outer organs wore bruised anti abradcd,
which was not found to botire In this cnso. These
ment must havo bocn In tho hands Of some ono
slso. Gangrene did not sot In from an ordinary
miscarriage, nor from any ordinary wound. 1t
muat bo 9 severe bruiso or 1acoration. The
holes In tho uterus indicated that tho party
using tho instrument, having roachod tho mouth
Of the womb with tllo probo. supposed, foeing
lome resistance, TINT tho fmsus was reached,
md pressed upon, tho instrument, to effect it's
death. The womb waH enlarged about na much
as TINT Of woman throo month gone In prog
nancy. From Appearances he should Judge that
Eho abortion took place from ten days to swo
weeks boforo tho wo1nan's death, though 1t
the direct causo Of doath VAS tho violence usod
In producing M abortion.
In reply to question by. tho Coroner, DR..
did not think it possible for the woman to have
produced the effects which 1ed to her death.
nns. FnANC1BCo.
A sister OF tho deceased Mrs. III. Francisco,
was tho next Witness. Sho testified that sho
last SAW hor sister alivo Monday morning; TINT
tho Inst conversation she had with hor was throo
or four Wooks ago. when ehc said she was not
feeling we'll. but did not toll what was
vas prognant. She had boon Separated
from hsr husband about two years,
.Md he had not supported hor for tho past year.
Witness did not know what WAS tho cause Of tho
pros: cd by the Coronor declaring that hor aister
oover told 1er tho causo OF tho trouble. She
had not aeen her much during tho past nino
Sseks bnt ast Saturday nisht aa learning that that
:ondition, aho told the witnoss thnt, II medicine
failed to do her any good, ehoo, would
resort to m abortion. slio said somo-
ono used Previous to separating from 1ler h,.a-
. taa she had q 1niHcarriago, but it was not The
result Of abortion. She novor had any children.
She did not say who sho would omploy to use
father OF tho child. She had two or throo nalo
lrionds,-l1r. Gates, who WAS III tho lumber busi-
nose; Mr. Lawrence, a travelling agent for New
York jewolry house; and man named Fergu-
son. Mr.. Lawrence WAS in Chicago last Mon
5ny, and wont to milwaukee,. After her sister
dnd, the Witness was told that DR.. Earle had
three rings belonging to hor, aud went to him to
get them. Tho first question he l,2 asked, was:
IT'S sHE DEAD?"
Witness told him she waB dead, and three or
.our times asked lin for tllo rings. Ho finally
mid that, inaumuch as ho had Lost tho case, no
tupposed he must give them up, and did 80. Ho
lald TINT il another doctor Ind not been called
in, ho {12arlo) could have brought her around all
right. Carrie Byrno. a friond Of tho deceased,
Told tho witness that Mr.. Gates calloa the
doctor.I
OTHER WITNESSES.
The testimony Of Carrle DyrneB and Mrs.
Nary Durns, at whose house Mrs. Talfrey died,
did not throw much additional light upon the
caac, but waa corroborativo OF the preceding owl
dcncc. They seemed unwilling to tell all they
know about the matter, AMI it WIS only by sharp
1ho facts ascortanod were such a. to prove, bo-
yond question, TINT Mrs. Ta1frey and her un-
born Child wero murdered by an aboftionlst, and
The Coroner is confident that tho porpetrator Of
Tho crime, US we'll AZ the man at wnoso inRtiga~
tion or with whoso assent it was committed, will
be brought to juBtice The fact that two or
khroe important Witnesses were not available,
ono Of them boing out Of tho city, rendered It
necessary 70 adjourn tho inquest subject to the
call Of the Coroner.