, 1874-06-21

THE MURDER OF ROSE JACKSON.
8 The recent death Of Rose Jackson calls for
. justihes an appeal to the public conscience n
! | specting the trade or profession By which 81
, was killed. Rose Jackson was comelv, pleasap
aud industrious girl under 20 years Of age. ST.
WAS one OF three sisters, married in this cit
to man named Flagg, and the other marie
aud living in Now York. Flagg kept barber
. shop on Lake street, near Western avenue. an
this girl lived in the family, doing the domesti
work, for which she was paid wages. TIL
family attended the neighboring Methods
Church, and she appears to have been known t.
the members, at least by sight, from her regu1a
attendance. So far as the neighbors are aware
she had no male companions or associates, e1
cept her brother-in-law Flagg, who seems to hag.
exercised q careful supervision Of her acquaint
ance. When sho was attended to church ol
elsewhere, it was invariably BY Elagg. Sudden
", and seemingly without cause, she abandoned
her place with her e;s.e;, and the next that il
heard Of her is that she is at house On Jeffer-
son street kept By Mrs. Heiland, and is sick
From that place she wrote to Flagg, asking him
| to call. He did 80, and from herself he first
heard OF her condition. Ho protests that he ad-
vised her to resort to no unnatural proceedings
but she avowed her purpose to do 80, even if she
| died. From her, he says. he heard that ahe had
already, at the Office Of DR.. Earl, submitted to
| an operation to destroy an unborn child. Nine
| days after it she died, having in the meantime
apparently got we'll enough to walk about the
| house, She WIS attended at the house OF Hei-
laud By Earll, who bore messages to and from
her and Flagg. The Coroner's jury found
verdict that Earll had committed an abortion,
that Flagg was an accessory before the fact, and
the woman Heand an accessory after the fact.
The law Of this State makes tho offence where
the pe1Hon dies, murder.
It is notorious that in every large city there
are number OF personB Who nre known to the
public as professional abortionists. There are
also q number Of lodging-houses where persons
desiring the services OF such professionals may
find temporary homes. Notwithstanding the
statutory penalties for such ofrenseB, and the
public odium which attaches to the trade, these
villains evidently do an extensive and profitable
business. Men and women do not follow unre-
muneratiVe trades; and the scores who practice
this trade or profession attest By their numbers
aud their profits that they have plenty Of Gus
toners. This custom is not only drawn from the
population OF the city, but from all parts Of the
Northwest.
Attempts hare been made in various places to
break up this infamous and murderous traffic in
human life. but they have failed. That there are
hundreds of women thus murdered annually. of
whose fate no one ever hears, is unquestionably
true. Those whose cases are brought to light
are exceptional, aud their discovery is generally
due to accident: In this caae the body Of this
unfortunate girl had been sent to Wisconsin to
be buried, when an accident led to the iuvesti- |
CATION, which has disclosed case Of cruel houi-
eide. There is difficulty in prosecuting crimes |
Of this kind, because the victim, who alone |
could tell the facts, is in her grave The
crime ie committed in secret, and the |
grave closes over the only Witness who
could have furniehed the whole evidence. The
fact that these operations are frequently per-
formed without fatal consequences removes
from the minds Of the victims much Of the an
prehension that would otherwise deter them
from risking such death. Instances have &C.
CURED where persons have submitted to this
torture on several occasions, and have at Inst
perished. Prosecutions have failed here, as they
have failed elsewhere, because Courts and iurics |
have hesitated to convict IN cases where the
evidence was indirect, though the guilt has been
notorious. We do not wish to prejudso this
:aHe. It is assumed, perhaps unjustly, that tile
nan Flagg was the father Of the child, though
he evidence is weak Tho murdered girl, even
n her last moments, declined to give any infor-
nation on that point.
OF the man Earll, however. there is more to |
'e said. This is by no means the first fatal case
II which he has appeared as operator. Indirect
:, he has been extensively advertised for years
8 q professional abortionist, and the time las
ONE, We think, that tho fact whether he is or is
lot should be judicially tested. II be is really
'uilty, and this murder Of Rose Jackson can {
% traced to him by sufficient Testimony. he I
hould be sent to the Penitentiary for the longest
eIm that the law allows. I
Thoscenes at these dens Of infamy are shocking. /
ho victims are generally females who live by their
1bor, and who cannot command the money to ena- '
le them to 60 elsewhere and become mothera. t
hey flock to the Offices Of these brutes and t
aging them all their hard-ea.ned savings. risk I
oeir lives upon the success ct fearful opera i
on. How many 60 to their homes and die t a
ithout disclosing the fact that they hsve been t
lurdered, no one can tell, and the abortionist. Q
'aping golden harvest cares nothing. Dead a
omen tell no tales, and this Days horror in C
FePt from the public mind BY that Of to-mor- II
m. Let the authorities try al these parties. a
i'd punish them according to their several de- 4
'ees Of guilt. lw
John S. Campbell. an eccentric farmer of 17is- N
NIB County, Mich, recently deceased, made = T
iii in which In 1off 81 ~ ho no,,u. .::,, |