New-York tribune., 1878-11-25
Story or ATROCIOUS CRIME.
CHARGES SOON TO BE BROUGHT AGAINST A WELL
KNOWN PHYSICIAN.

CHARGES SOON TO BE BROUGHT AGAINST A WELL
KNOWN PHYSICIAN.
Another murder by criminal malpractice has
been brought to hight in this city. and the manner s
discovery furnishes striking illustration of the
crime may he the means OF Two boys who
were playing III some woods Silver Lake. s. L. on
September Is found the mutilated body Of woman
who had been the victim OF malpractice. Tho
body had been buried in barrel aud was
so much dccOmpOscd that it could not be
recognized. The crime remained mystery, but
1t brought public notice the dsappcaIauce OF young
woman OF Saugcrties, ~ Y, who believed have
sought medical aid to conceal her shame. Her name
was ANNE Hommc. Her father visited Staten Island,
bat he could not identify the body found IN the barrel
that his daughter The girl believed 10 he dead
however. and much indignation was expressed in
Laugerties AGAINST wealthy merchant In whose family
Annie had lived Il servant. Some weeks ago James
NJ. Fuller, the superintendent Of the detective agency
at No. Si1 Broadway, learned that Hrl.
whose description resemblcd that Of Annie Hominell
had died in childbirth at uptown lyngin establish
hope OF finding an pauati0n OF Annie Homnels disap
pearance He was disappointed, ns the girl who
whom he sought. but be made discoveries which have
complaint when Is expected to duplicate well-known
physician in the crime of malpractice.
lady. said 70 be in good society IN this city, we'll
connected, and engaged to be married Is the complain
ant and the chief witness Betrayed last Spring, she
consulted uptown physician OF social and professional
standing. and at hIs house she submitted to criminal
opeIatiOn last month. Afterward she driven 10 a
lYng-iD hospital conducted Dy woman I'D league WIN
the physician. There she remained during October.
There, she states III her affidavit she learned 10 know
one Miss Bush, formerly servant girl In fam
lily residing in FOrty-eghth-st., between Eighth
and Ninth-aves. Upon her. too, an operation
had been performed the effects OF which she died
on October 81 Immediately after her death the marOn
Of the hospital brought two men u MISS Bushs room,
which was directly opposite that Of the complainant.
Through the halfOpen door she OF theIn Int
Of the corpse while In his right hand he held
bright stee instrument She did not more, the
tron at that moment returning and closing the door, but
when with what she had Witnessed upon her mind she
asked what had been done with the body Of Miss Bush,
the matron answered that it had been taken away the
night before AL this appears Ia her affidavit.
G. w. Fuller, manager OF Fuler's Detective Agency,
said last ngt that IL would be highly improper al the
present stage OF the 10 give too many facts 10 the
public. He believed that when the persons were ar
rested most startling discovery would be made OF the
criminal malpractice which has existed In this city In
yesgaon has revealed the fact that the ply scan con-
Quoted two establishments conjunction with woman
for nearly years. but that he has recently abandoned
them knowing that he was watched. The house In
which tue physician lived was private dwelling In
fashionable part OF the oty and there nothing on
the exterior the residence 70 indicate the business
II 10 believed that the bodies OF the persons who have
died there have been cut as to occupy very
little space before they were carried on and buried