, 1877-10-21
D0IJBLE MURDER.
A Mother and Child Slaughtered ny
the Unborn Babe Killer.

After the ncfarlous Dr.. Brooks and bis orotner
Rosso, had been sent to the Penltcntiafy 1or
terms Of six and two years respectively ano
pfter DR., Earl had been entrapped IN case
that will doubtless send him back to the REM
tcutiary whcncc lie was only recently liberated
II was dcyoutly to be wished that the
business in this CITY
had been SO badly scotchcd' thai
no one would dare attempt 10
step into the shoes of these devilish quaeks.
But, with grief it must be said, aoortlonlsts
greatly resemble a "grayback, '-"klll one, anu
n thousand will come to the funeral" so 1t has
been in this city; for no sooner were BROOKS,
Rosso and Earl Gagged up in Jail, than there be-
gan to bc suspicious in various quarters that
certain practitioners were only too anxious to
step into the business left off by their disgraced
contemporaries. But, one by one, they vii! be
gathered into the fold OF the authorities; ior,
So surely will abortionists come to grief. It is
said Americans are addicted to this most tn
human of ;ll crimes to greater extent than
any other nation save the French. ihls may oc
true, and probably is, for there are 1eW couu-
tries that DO not punish aggravated crimes Of
this nature with death, but in America q
Roscnzwcig is allowed to go free after spending
a few ycnrs in Jail, in expation ot crime which
i'll any other country III the world would nave
sent him to the guo5'ne toa mpcb or tue sent ss
mentality iu the makeup Of our great
Amcric.1n jurists Thcyarc paid homage by the
public, and arc feed from the public exchequer
to protect society, but i'll too many cases they
sacrifice the public Tor tite Individual. uc
abortionist, when trapped, like the murderer,
takes advantage OF this condition OF our laws,
aud after planning plausible story, completes
lis defense by claborately appeals
for clencncy and sympathy. 4, Irauttnan,
Dilloir, or an Albert, whose crimes hoEriIed
ali France, and who were beheaded, might
iu this country have escaped with 1e"
wears Imprisonment, provided they pursued the
humble, pitiful coursc tal1cu by American criln-
iuals. These facts arc mentioned simply as
preliminary to the story that follows
In this case poor girl lies dead, with her
sorrowiug parents about her, aud no one 70
Look upon lIer features, beautiful even in death,
would permit 4 single sympathetic thought tor
tile butcher who caused her death. The sym,
pathv" tiua9e will Of course be tried, and
therefore all should guard against It.
Shortly before II o'clock yesterday forenoon,
DR.. D. G. Sti,lians, physician well llown In
the West Division, and residing ut No. @5J vest
Indiana street, called into the Madison Street
Station anu asked for few moments couversa-
ton with Lieut.. Simmons, the officer IN charge
The request was conferred, and Dr. Stillians re-
lated briefly the details Of a case to which he
wished to call the attention Of the Coroner u
been called in to attend the patient, he thought
it no more than justice to himself to demand
a,, Investigation. Then, if affairs were as they
seemed, no blame could attach to him.
Detectives Gallagher and Lansing we're put
upon the case, and By the Doctors directions
they went to No. iU2 Sangamon street, where
they found the cOrDsc. Thence they hurried 10
the house and office Of Doctress Emclje SporE.
who lad attended her up to the time ". Still
inns was called in. The house, No. 2lS Indiana
r1f ,~o1 1,31f az fHtA \ H..
30l West Madison street, Dcte tive Lansing
succeeded i'll finding the woman at about
o'clock in the afternoon. She was scarcncu,
taken to the West Madison Street station,
und placed III confinement. In her otiice' Which
Is quite neatly furnished. the detective found
case OF homeopathic medicines. and, i'll search
ins in a small closet under the wasll-bo"l, he
found secrcted an abortionst's entire lay out
The reporter happened to be IN the station
when Nine. Spork arrived, and lnmeoIu:el1y SCI
ut work investigating ttle affair. Dr. otllaps
had learned from the girls own lips that she
had had miscarriage, and there were every
| symptom that an abortion had been performed:
II the front rooms on the first floor OF No. lts
and partially occupied by 4. L. Forrest, was
found the body Of the abort'onlst's victim. ShG
lay lust as she died, save that damp cloth hlu
been thrown carelessly over the face to Keep the
| features moist. Thc bcd-cl thing was s1ilea,
| and FELLOWSHIP at the foot Of the bed was
| found Tiled with soiled clothin" and other
cntton cloths After viewing this not very pleas
| inc sight, the reporter sat down III an adjoining
| room to hear
| MRS. FoRREsT's STORY.
| Nellie RYAN, the tieceased came to this house
| inst three weeks ago yesterday. 4 young man
accompanied her, aud said he wished to procure
| n nice room for her. rs she was Ills halt-sster,
| and had been forced from home through cruel
treatment by her paren&. Mr.. Forrcst had
| rone away for his health, and, having =
| SPARE ruom, Mrs. Forrest offered to rent
it tor IS per month. He accepted, and Nellle
| came there that evening. Dou2hcEty, 1or sucu
uff and on until the Saturday following, when
| hr left TO 20 to work, he being employed as a
brakeslnan ou the Northwestern Hnlroaa. Ae
| Was absent nine days, until last Monday,
when he returned looking qune paie, ana sts.1lE
| he had been down sick at some station gu tue
road with severe cold and some bronchial a1tec-
tiou. In the meantime Nellie was also i'll.
The SUNDAY after Dougherty's departure she
complained greatly, but during ,he week t sie
managed to take care Of herself pretty we'll
Montlay, When Uou@hcrty returued. she was
| n,,i,r I'll. That AFTERNOON Mrs. Forrest saw
uovtress Spork visit the room; she did not stay
long, and bciure going spoke to Airs. FORREST,
| ,s tucy had known zach other for some time.
Vntnlur Respecting the patient was sad by
either Mrs. Forrest says she ulu not Know
| Mrs, Spurk was Ioctress until then, She
made daily visits thereafter. but the patient
seemed to grow worse Friday morning hcf
visit was !: protracted one, and The patient
seemed never to rally from whatever transpiFed
during the visit. At 7 O'Clock she was very i'll,
u1ll Mrs. Forrest sent Tor her family ph1sica
Dr. Stillians. ue CAME anu prescribed, aud at !.
O'Clock he was again called This time be
reached the house Just III time to see the girl
expire. In all her Conversations Mrs. Forrest
saws she told the same story Of herself as dd
Doughcrty. Never word was spoken by the
glrl that would in anS way tend to clear up tht
RARBARA HAHN