, 1874-12-26
Two Remarkable Gases Of Abortion
Of Recent Occurrence.
a Terrible Butchcry iii Iowa, tho
Victim a Lady in High
Standing.
Belle Werts' Sin, and It's Awful
Consequences.


THE IOWA BuTcHERY.
From The Dubuque Times, Dr.. e5.
Hampton. thriving village Of between seven
and eight hundred inhabitants, tho coun.y-Heat
Of franklin County, located about lao miles west
Of this placo. is III condition Of fronzol excite
mont over tho most barharous aud brutal mur-
der over heard Of, Tho victim was Mrs. N. 4.
lvos. ono OF the loading and most respected la
dica OF the town and county. Sho was q nen-
her in good standing of tho Baptist Church, aud
hor husband at tho Inst election was chosen
ClorA Of tho District Court for Franklin County.
AIRS. 1ycs wns found to DO in tho condition il,
which. according to byron, "all ladioa loYo to bo
WHO loyo tho4r lords" Whether this was satiH-
factory to tho lady or not, cau now probably
never be known. Tho past borne by tue husband
in connection with tho affair IL In dispute. The
Hampton Recorder Baya plainly that Tho pro-
cured plyHic'nn to produce nil abortion on Ills
wife." His own sworn statement boioro tho
Coronor's jury was: II did not know that MI
abortion would DO produced when ,Hurd was
called, or that thnt was tho ntoutton."
The physician involved Ia DR.. J. s. Hurd, for
many years d resident Of Chaplin. Franklin
County. practitioner Of much moro thai ordi-
uary medical knowledge and surgical Hki but
matte tho husband tho primo iustiEator In the
affair IL, that on Tuesday evening last, about u
o'clock. Mr.. Iyea went III search OF DR.. HUrtl,
and found him in q SALOON In Hampton, 90 ueoply
ullder tho influence Of liquor ns scarcely to
know what ho WAS doing, Of courso utterly unfit
tor anY duty connected with MS profession aud
% ou % ~ re, ~. r,,at ~ ~ n ,;''
Hftnr cachiro lin iuusn Iyna rnt,,rncd to tia
hotel whcre Dr. Hurd was stopping, aud pro-
purod n surgical instrument to DO llsot In pro-
daeig IN apornon; 10 hses. ao"Ssot b"e"ts ~ ~
IT, na' ;ost ny y,rnant w .p ""teA 't4A' 1@' "s
at tho Co1oncr'a inoues.. DR., J, 3, Gatcr tcsti-
fed as follows; II hAyo seen the deceased; saw
her last evening; my first visit was yesterday
afteruoon DIr. Ives refused to have an exa1ninn-
ton OF tho BODY, but wished mo to examine tho
conteuts of tho pail; l found them intcstircs,
nearly all the intestines In the human body,
nearly % feet In length, together With child or
lotus; tue child WAS somewhat mu,iinled; child
was about five months along. Tho next time I
saw The body was Inst oYenjng about IL O'clock;
! found I'LL tho inteBti1scs Ind boon removed from
tho body except about feet of the larger ill.,
tcstiuos, also the poaterior portion Of the vagina
WAS removed; the loft arm Of tho fotus WIS
taken OF, and there wero other laceratlone; the
evidence wouid indicnte un abortion"
Tho jury brought iu verdict .stbat Mrs. a.
Ives came to hor death on tho 10th day Of De-
cem5cr, 1874, from the effects Of provoked
abortion, committed on her peraon by Dr. J. s.
Hurd, hor huspaud,- III. A. Ives, being present
and having knowledge Of tho intoudod abortion.'
THE BELLE WEHTs CASE
Gretnaour0, lad. tDtc. 2a) Correspondence If the
C'''es''nast GasttE-
Tho nello Werts caso is peculiar. Tho
further it progresses the moro it gets mixed.
-" - o'.AeD ~ ,.as" ~ r1v r1 w. ,%,-'."
phhHee IL '"o o'neient otase'' Auo aa!"intto"n
jury IN thor Inquest on tho nody OF bel!e Werss
found that sho had been murdered by an abor-
ZIONIST, and itnplicated ccrtain parties In the
crime. 1T WAS, moreover tho opinion Of