The New York herald., 1877-09-12
THE ALLEGED MALPRACTICE.
Examination at the Tombs-An
Unhappy Father.
:" WANTED TO FIND MY CHILD
The Name Of the Seducer Not
Revealed.


The veil Of mystery with which the arrest of Dr.
Leo T. Meyer and wife alleged malpractice has beer
covered was yesterday partially iited ana glimpse
lns principal actors alordca The naae oJ ths upor
tuuatc young indy shown to be Eiieu p Reeve tho
daughter Isaac Reeve. of Grespport, Long Island,
gentleman of social standing In that town.
Tie name OF the villain Of the plot who
causea her ruin, however, still remains in
the =! background, although tho hints grow
stronger that he member of tho best society aud
that bis identity will before long DO made public
Fortunately for tho parties concerned in the crime. the
condition of the girl is improving, aud according to
the statement Of her attendant physician the danger
is pnst. She stin remains an inmate Of Dr. Meyers
house prisoner as well as patient
but hopes are entertained that inside Of two
weeks she will appear in court and be able
to testify. In accordance with the writ of habeas
corpus granted motion OF Counsellor, William f.
Howe who appeared for the prisoners the latter were
yesterday morning arra,gncd before Judge WesbrooS,
IN Supreme Court, Chambers When H. became known
who they they very naturally attracted the gen.
eraI notice OF the crowd la the court room
Thoy withstood however, the scru,inzing gaze With
mary eous nonchaance Mr. Howe recited briefly
the circumstances OF their arrcst-a charge as be
stated. abortion by nnuendo having been preferred
against them but no sworn complaint having thus tar
been made IN the case About all ho had boeu able to
learn was that servant girl brought In to the female
prisoner some hot water but whether TO be
used for washing hor feet, likc tho scrptural
Magdalcu. or for making whskoy toidy, ho
did not know. He simply would ask to havc the
hearing upon the postponed until tod,y, and that
In tho meantime His Honor would direct the OK.
animation proceed before the police magistrate
Assistant District Attorney Leary said the principal
witness was dangerously ILL., the result OF abortion
induced, as is claimed, by the prisoners
Mr. Howe insisted that somo definite charge should
be forthwith against the prisoners or that they
should be discharged
Judge Westbrook then said that the magistrate must
proceed with the examination, and that some
plaint must be made against tho prisoners, without
Which there was no authority in law detain them,
and he would, therefore, adjourn tho court, re.
qpcstcd and direct that the examination take place
that at ern00n.
Upon tn.s appounccmous lha parties Withdrew from
The court roopl. .t-a
PoIIcN COURT rniBusrERISG
Although the time Tor the examination IN The onbs
Police Court had peen set down ~ three O'Clock u
was long after tive before the proceedings began Az
tho tme appointed tho PRISONERS we're brought into
court by Detectives Field and O'Connor. Following
closely oame Counselior Howe, and within len min
utes The room was well hed by persons "a.
were noticeable, Dr.. Phelps and the father Of
the young woman, the latter . man about iorsy-
i've. years OF age He maintained strict silence
declining to converse the subject with any person.
An hour passed aud still Justice Flammcr ala not ap-
pear The counsel became impatient soon the re-
away from the examination until after dark,
with view to 'reeze OUT the public
,tS tho counsel s ahas the public shall have the acts Of
this Illegal arrest and these strange proceedings" AZ
FIVE O'Clock Justice Flammer sent messenger to Mr.
Howe with u request lor private interview. Mr..
Howe answered, Il want nothing private IN this inves.
tigation, but Will him."
Phe counsel then went behind the Jadges desk, aud
private consultation took place. Justice Fianmer
held IN his hand bundle OF papers which he handed
loud enough TO be heard by tho spectators SAID mo
Judge, cannot dolt Either thcse ahdavlts must be
given mo unc0nd ti0naly or shall not take them.
win not promise to keep them from the public. For
my ciont's sake demand an open investigation. |
therefore must refuse the ailiavits" saying thi:
Mr. Howe returned the papers 70 the magistrate aud
left tho bench Ten minutes later Judge Fiammer on.
tered the private examination room, which was filled
with spectators, and directed Dr. Phelps, Isaac
Eeeyes, Detective Kin. aud John Ham, the
witnesses TO place thcr hands the Bible and swear
to 0i their adavts which latter the Justice
kept folded Ia his hands The witnesses complied,
after which the magistrate speaking o the prisoners
t is nv desire that these afidavits and the names
OF the parles mentioned the same be kept from the
puo!ic 10. the present You, counsel are of course
entitled TO sec them, and you have tho liberty o
adoptns my suggestion about secrecy or not.
II most certainly Will insist upon an open invest
CATION - replied Mr.. Howa ''hero higny respoct
ablo physician 10 whom suspicion never before at
tachcd arrested without legal process and confined in
Jail Ior days. Conscious OF MS innocence hc do
mands fu;I and public examination. lie wants TO
know who his accusers are and what charge IS
against him Is ,nsd man 10 S be ina arrested rested
and all to be covered up by secret oxnminatunp lie
has nothing TO fear Two girls came to his residence
suffering from the effects oil malpractice brought about
by themselves In the name OF humanity was he
hyscian, to turn thom outs He merely tried to save
them the result OF their own rashness, but he
was not instrumental In their criminal conduct
The counsel then read the affidavits which are as
folows:--
Isaac Reeve. Of Greenport !. l. being sworn; says-on
s M s Of sSds
III No. 4s second in said city. She is i'll to
iRDips sp has sST' sa Ellen him that she is from tbs
sa a' ssa hsa.e as ssona Sssa sysrSHs dSpS
tho front said house Is tin sign having the words Dr.
Ghsfsa Phelps NO. IN East Nineteenth street being
duly on the oh day ,s pSa.
M is sscod avenue IN said city who're dsponsnt found
% n' Hssys ,Sa s had d. lsp sissa
sser s ss os;or s'' ws been s.sSs % s
hss i sign the s % said lsr hS' sss Son'anS s saS s
. ss @ & oass ss on s a sSs
oye.ioa was per""rmea BY said Amsi on % said day anu
took ace Deponcnt still attending to said Ellen pro-
Richard field. heing duly sworn says that on sunday
shl la, aepsnsnt are,GS ss @ Messf nnn Anss &
nj said limo he informed dcponent that he was the Dr.
Meyer IN said hons, und tat said Amelia was
his wife; since said Ellen J.. Reeve identified
said Amelia the woman who had performed an abortion
up u her person,
says sunday night last deponcnt ut the house
No. 34s Ellen y. Reeve and Amelia Meyer
present. in said and also other persons;
that said Ellen pointed said Ameua to deponcnt as tho
lady the house, aud having performed abortion
upon her person Leg Meyer nc said house ON said even
Ing told dcponent that e had anything TO 10 with
IL. wife attends to t; also that IL would ruin him,
Ellen inorned deponcnt that said Amelia had not
then received all OF the money due her Tor said
abortion; that there had been about xJo paid.
A FATHEn's SAD STORY.
The aifdayits concluded the counsel askod Mr..
Reeve u he was tho person who hnd instigatcd the
arrest Mr. Reeve preserved a spiinx-like sience,
but when directed by tho magistrate 10 answer, he
said ~ wanted ud my child" Tho brief sentence
was uttered In tonchingv pathetic tone and elected
much sympathy from all present Ia answer tu
lurtber questions Mr.. Reeve stated that his daughter
di.unnenred from her home n few weeks gco and ba