, 1874-03-31
Death from Henorrhago.

not without somo curious and perple1ing |
peculiaritiea. Tho reporters obtained
their information almost exclusively from |
Tie police-olllcors, who, as il customary with
them, did not ecruplo to giyo tho thing the worst
possible ooloring. Thoy undoubtedly beloved |
thoy Ind forreted out an awful crln1o, with
out Some ssht founastio1 t J. sppeaIsmana
they ran short Of faots, they aocm to havc in-
dulged plentifully In Ingenious spoculationH
which thoy gayo as facts. Tho evidence brought
out at tho Ooronors inquest. yesterday, conclu-
tho offects Of m abortion that mono was per-
formed i; and that hor condition was auoh as to
rendor this orimo not only unnecessary, but I'M
possible. It is true that tho physician who ut.
that bho WIS tho victim Of abortion. aud in draw
ing up tho certificate Of death ho did not hesitate
to doclare that bottef III plain terms.
TIE CERTIFICATE,
dated March 20, was given by DR.. ]. B. Talcott,
ns follows:
Cause Of death, houaorrlnge, uterine, the result,
I fear, from abortion by Boino means produced i'm
known to mo. Duration Of sickness, rs UNDER
Ian sSs os.wo0n two aa hfeo anaSF { gDF'
No other certificate was giyou, the report as to
DR.. Pitcher being entirely untruu. BY some
error, tho pormit for removing THO body, granted
by tho Board Of Health, aAcribed the cause Of
death Dc as !" homorrhago Of tue lunga."
Tho testimony ut tho Coronor'B inquest showed
curious atato Of thingn-a young woman, firmly
believing herself to bo in o state Of pregnancy,
aud taking tho most violent and dangerous moans n,
shame and disgrace Of exposure; stubbornly
concealing her fanclod condition from her sister
mud hor attending physician, but finally revealing
to the latter her "socret, md finally dying from
tho ofYoots Of hor own noedloHs not, together
with neglect to tako proper and timely moas,R to
prevent . fatal result. The evidence, as given
below, will be found Of IN exceedingly intorest-
ing character. presenting, as 1t docs, faots Which
havo soroly puzzled several phyBlciaiis OF nc
THE 1sQuEsr
waa hold at No. 1l8 Elghteonth street. post
norton examination vas made f1y Drs. Ho1lro-
til, Emmons, and simon, and in tho mcantlme
jury Of moro than usual intelligence was a'a1n-
moned consisting Of tho following named per
aons: T. s. Mitchell, III. J. Cunningham. L. P.
Dodge. J: D. Honghton, ]. s. Jenkins George
.. Alloy, Cephas T. HYDE, Q. a: Wustrum, Horny
Honnn, Trunk Garland, David Jowaski, Frank
LOWS. Tho first "ltnoss examined Wa6
DIR. \. Il. a1EoaAM, .....
VINO, PONG swolh, teseineo tnas ~ ~ "as sum-
1notea 70 - seo tne ueceasea on tne i!th OF Aiafca
Eighteenth street; found the young lady sitting
up II cnair. ovidontly IN tainslng condition,
ncd partialy returned to consoiousnoss; she
looKed s Ra!o nna planchea' hes hpa being per-
fectly whlto orueroa Nor to 20 iala upon tho 33
that she vas bleeding; eho recovered sufficiently
to say so Aorsclt she aaid sho had boon 10 1or
Two wcoks; that aho hau taken to her 6ed On the
previous fEaay ~hen askoa II sng ,!a nau naa
previous physician, Hhe said DR.. Pitcher was
summoned SUNDAY, ana "rote prescription:
out eho o1a nos hhye II put up Eng balo eho dld
NOT want TO hapo Dr. fltcnor, DUE wanted W.T.
neae to treat nor case.
4ls opinion was 9 at that time that an abortion
lad been performed upon hef, ahd no "roto
prescription tor medicines used IN huch cases;
insisted TINT there must bo Hono unusual cause
Tor tho hemorrhase ~hlch haa 30 completely
drained nor eSatem OF blood; ahe saio sue was
rhago should sot u. Ho called again that oven-
nE, and found ler CONDITION improved, Aor
palso, being about 12o, and moderately fu!l;
questioned heF ann a. to tho o. the
aweri proposed an examination, but sho de-
clhrod sao would not have IL; she had had no
abdo1ainal pains nor labor, but complained OF
headache In the region Of tho cerebral vor-
there were no evidonces Of lemorrhage having
roourrcd since the first visit; no evidences OF q
placonaa pt were . uncovered 1raaaonty yag urgea nor
fuHed, antl ho Threatened to give. up tho case.
bho had sayoro panH III the load md buck of
tho neck, continuous thirst, aud occasional nau-
sea !. theae woro her daily symptoms for tho on-
Bulng eogon days, up TO tue 2ath OF MARCH.
On the 2lst witness got her consent to make
an examination. and dld 80 found somo clotted
the examination she confessed to boing preg-
nant, Or that she foarcd It. Ho asked II sho
had takon any drug or thing to- bring Oh her
monscB. sho stated that she hnd not. sho OK
acted q PROMISE that tho WitnesH should mover To-
veal what sllo Ind told him to my living porson,
not oven to hor aister,. threatening to commit
suicide il he should tell anyone Of her supposed
pregnancy, 4lo statod tLat she had beon to 10
physician about it, and had taken no steps in
reference to it. sho refused to glyo the name
Of tho person who was tho causo OF tho difficulty.
saying that hc waa out Of tue city; She was per-
fectly rational aud conscious until the Inst day
Of witness' attendance upon her, whom her
sister statod hor mind had wandered Homowhat
This was "Wednesday night, March 25.
Question by Ds. Henrohu-" Did you 500 any
signs OF pregnancy when you examined hor 7"
Answer: 4" did not" ,..-. z........
Q.-hlight not tue hamorrhago have occurred
without pregnancy? A;-sueh a case mover
camo under my observation: l 9houla add that
sho Stated that when sue found that 5 sho was 3
pregnant. sho Watfcd tho city Tor miles and
lnilep i'll order to bring, on her monthty periods.
judge that sho must Aaye walked very thor