Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-16
Second Edition.
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BOSTON,.
The Mystery That So Long shrouded
the Death of Jennie Clarke at
Last Solved.

BosToN, July 16.-The mystery
that has so long shrouded the death of
Jennie P. Clark, whose body was
found in a trunk at Lynn, is now said
to be solved, Late last night those
implicated were arrested and lodged
in the Tombs. The parties arrested
we're Nine G. G. Goodrich, female
physician, No. 2l LaGrange street,
and who is the alleged abortionist in
the case, DR.. Kimball, who lived in
the same house with that woman aud
who is charged with being one of the
principal accessories, Mr.. Allen N.
Adams, at Highlands, at whose house
Jennie Clarke last worked, and
two women, mother and daugh
ter, living in Someryille, at
whose house in the south part of that
town Jennie Clarke is said to have
died The two ladies, however, whose
names are just now suppressed for
obvious reasons, but who, in this mar
rative, will be referred to as Smith,
are held principally as witnesses in the
case. They have always borne a good
reputation in Someryille, and are sup
posed to have been guiltless of any
criminal intent. In the share they
took in the transaction, and although
their names are included in the COM
plant against the parties arrested,
charging them with completely in
procuring an abortion upon the
the body of Jennie Clarke.
they, it appears, were nurses of
Jennie atthe house in Somerville. The
facts Of the case, as they are related
by them and corroborated by other
testimony, are that on the 18th of
February last, when the Clarke girl
left her home in Highland she went
direct to the house of Nine. Good
rich, and there the abortion was per-
formed. She remained for a few
days, and on February 10Th left Bos-
ton for Somerville, going to the house
Of the Smiths. Shortly after her
arrival she was delivered of a fetus,
and for while she exhibited symp-
toms Of getting well. Soon, however,
her illness took an unfavorable turn.
and on the 25th instant she died. DR..
kimball and the madame had previ-
ously been notified of the turn matters
were taking, and the doctor went to
Somerville, arriving there shortly
after Jennie's death, and assisting in
packing up the body, first, with a
pair of dentists forceps, cutting
off the nose of the dead girl.
The body of Miss Clarke was then put
into trunk, and, on the following
evening, Kimball carried it in a buggy
in the direction of Lynn. He was
unable to sink it as desired, as most
OF the streams we're frozen, but, on
reaching Fox Hill bridge, ON the
Sangus river, he put it overheard
through the rails. This is the sub
stance Of the story of the two nurses
of Jennie Clarke, as told this
morning to the detectives. Many
of the details are yet un-
known, and the principals refuse to
divulge anything, claiming their
entire innocence, but their denial will
be met by strong evidence in the hands
Of the officers. An indictment Of all
the parties by the grand jury at its
next session will probably follow.
DR.. James i. Simonds, the so-called
dentist, who owns building No. q
LaGrange street, where the abortion
was performed, was also arrested. He
is notorious as proprietor of several
other dens of similar character.