Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-10
THE HORRIBLE DKGrH or BRooKLYS

Girl.
Another case OF malpractice resulting in
the death OF n handsome young woman. WAS
brought 10 light In Brooklyn YESTERDAY
afternoon. As I'm most important criminal
cases the police are very reticent, but enough
has been developed 10 prove that the victim
met her death in the same shocking manner
as the unfortunate Alice Augusta Bowlsby
The facts OF this latest Brooklyn horror are
Substantially these; On Sunday. the 2Sth
ult, Drs. Ford and Skene were called %
attend young woman named Antoinette
Eenner, the only daughter OF Charles
story brick house at No. 6 President street.
brooklyn. They found that she was suffer
ing from the effects of malpractice and that
she would probably die. Everything that
medical aid could devise was done 10 relieve
her, but with no other effect than prolonginR
her existence for one week. The unfortunatc
creature died early last Sunday mornisg in
Coroner Simms was notified OF the case,
but he declined last evening TO state whether
il was before or after the death OF Miss Fen
ner, or whether he had visited her 10 take her
te-mOrtem statement. Yesterday after
noon the coroner made post-mortefn exam
nation OF the remains, and found that death
resulted from medical malpractice. II was
also discovered that The operation was OF n
cruel and bungilng nature, and that the
woman must have suffered intensely.
The police were at once notified, and the
entire central Office detective squad were 20
once placed nj work upon the case. One of
the detectives stated that they were In pos
that they would probably be arrested during
the night. Capt. Ferry, an whose precinct
the deceased resided; Immediately dispatched
Detective Roach and a number OF officers in
citizens clothes I'm pursuit Of the murderer
or murderers. The police stated also that
Miss Fenner was engaged 10 the proprietor
OF hotel I'm New Iork.-A " Herd'd, stt.
LIFE AND DEATH ON AN IcE-BoUND
FLEET.-On the train yesterday 20 Boston
from Sandwich came number OF fishermefl
nj tn a han nm hair n
representing the crews of the Arrow, which
sunk on Sunday afternoon; the Fenian, Eva
q: and Levanter. For three weeks these ves-
sells, with the Crystal Wave and the Hattie
n. Reed, have been ice-bound, and drifted
with the great flow OF ice from the Truro and
Wellfieet shore 10 Sandwich. Fishermen
express great solicitude for the safety Of the
Hattie n. Reed and the Crystal Wave. As
the latter was suddenly lost sight OF a. il
feared by them that she went down, when
last seen, i'm five fathoms. The men
in every case remained i'm their vessels,
using the bulkhead, hunks, spars, &c.,
10 keep their fires going, and living for
the Crystal Wave were three men, aud as
none of them have been seen IL is feared
they went down with their craft The Hattie
n; Reed had two men ON board when last
of the schooner Addie Blaisdell, report "a
wrecked on Handkerchief Shoal.
TIE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROADS
EAST ALEXANDRIA AND Potomac ROUTE
TO THE SoUTH.-About the first OF April the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad will make a
change in its connections at Washington and
Alexandria, resuming their connections with
the Virginia Midland railroad At Alexandra,
via Shepherds, the terminus OF the East Al
exandria branch OF the Baltimore and Ohio
road. From that point a barge will be used
to transport the cars across the Potomac. Ar
rangements will be made also with the Alex
andria and Washington ferry boats 20 trans
port passengers at the same point BY this
arrangement the use Of the Baltimore and
Potomac road will be avoided aud also the
long bridge. Passengers and freight under
this arrangement will be carried directly
through from Camden Station, connecting at
Shepherds with the Potomac river boats
Ball. Sun, 10Th