The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-17
TnE LYNN rRuNK MYsrERY.
The solution Of Terrible crIme-The
Parties Connected with the Death OF
the Girl Arrested.

The solution OF Terrible Crime-Th
Parties Connected with the Death 0
the Girl Arrested.
BosroN, July le.-The mystery that ha
long shrouded the death OF Jennie P
Clark, whose body was found in a trunl
at Lynn, Mass, is now said to be solved
Late last evening those implicated were
arrested and lodged in the Tombs. The
parties arrested were Nine. @. E. Good
rich, a female physician at No. q La
grange street, and who Is an alleged abor
ZIONIST, DR.. Kimball, who lives in the
same house with that woman Is charged
with being one Of the principal accesso.
ries. Mr.. Allen, residing on North Adams
street, Highlands, at whose house Jennie
last worked, and two women, mother and
daughter, living at Someryille, at whose
house Jennie Is said TO have died were
also arrested.
The two ladies, however, whose names
are Just now suppressed for obvious
reasons, but who In this narrative will be
referred to as Smith, are held principally
as witnesses In the case. They have
always borne good reputation in Somer.
vile and are supposed to have been guilt
less otany criminal intention in share they
took in the transaction, though their
names are included in the complaint
against the parties arrested charging
completely in procuring an abortion upon
the body OF Jennie Clark. They, It ap.
pears, were nurses OF Jennie at house In
Someryille.
The facts Of the case, as they are related
by them and corrobated by the other tes.
timony, are that on the 18th OF February
last when the Clark girl left her home in
Highlands she went direct to the house OF
Nine. Goodrich and there the abortion
was performed and she remained for few
days, and on the Is OF February left Bos.
ton for Somerville going TO the house OF
Smiths. After her arrival she was deliy.
cred Of fGtus, and for a while exhibited
symptoms OF getting well. Soon, however,
her illness took an unfayorable turn, and
on the 25th inst. she died. DR.. Kimball
and the Madame had previously been no.
lifted OF the turn matters were taking, and
the Doctor went to Somerville, arriving
LucIe buOTtlH dlteT Jeuule ueutD anu as
sisting in packing up the body, first with
a pair OF dentists forCeps cutting off the
nose Of the dead girl.
The body Of Miss Clark was then put
in u trunk, and on the following evening
kimball carried 1t in buggy in the direc.
ion Of Lynn. He was unable to sink 1t,
IS he desired, as most OF the streams were
rozen, but on reaching the Foxville
bridge, on Saugus river, he put it over.
board through the rails. This is the sub.
stance OF the story OF the two nurses OF
Lennie Clark, as told this morning to the |
detectives, Many Of the details are vet
unknown, and the principals refuse to |
livulge anything, claiming their entire in |
locence, but their denial will be met by
Itrong evidence In the hands OF the Of |
iCers. An indictment OF all the parties
~ the Grand Jury at its next session will |
follow.
LDr. James T.. Simons, the so.called
lentist who owns the building, 81 La.
;range street, where the abortion was per. |
ormed, was also arrested. He IS notori. |
Jus Us the proprietor Of several other dens |
II similar character.