Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-17
From Yesterdays Second Edition.
BOSTON.
The Mystery That sOLong Shrouded
the Death of Jennie Clarke at
Last Solved.

BosTeN, 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 nov said
to be solved. Late last night those
implicated were arrested and lodged
in the Tombs. The parties arrested
we're Nine c. C. Goodrich, female
physician, No. q LaGrange street,
and who is the alleged abortionist in
the case, DR.. Kimball, who lived in
the same house with hal woman and
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 ~Somcrville, 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
ratiye, will be referred to as Smith.
are held principally as witnesses in the
case. They have always borne a good
reputation in Somerville, 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 Someryille The
facts of the case, as they are related
By them and c%Orroborated 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 fGtus
and for a while she exhibited symp
toms of getting well. Soon, however,
her illness took an unfavorable turn
and on the 18th instant she died. DR.
Kimball aud the madame had preyi
Ously been notified of the turn matter,
were taking, and the doctor went t
Somerville, arriving there shortl!
after Jennie's death, and assisting il
packing up the body, first, with
pair Of dentists %forceps, cutting
OF the nose Of the dead girl
The body Of Miss Clarke was then pu
into a trunk, and, on the following
evening, Kimball carried it in a bugg,
in the direction of Lynn. He wa
unable to sink it as desired, as mos
Of the streams were frozen, but, OF
reaching Fox Hill bridge, on tn.
Sangus river, he put it ovorboar,
through the rails, This is the sub
stance of the story of the two nurse
of Jennie Clarke, as told thi
morning to the detectives. Man.
Of the details are yet un
known, and the principals refuse t
divulge anything, claiming thei
entire innocence, but their denial viii
be metby strong evidence in the hind.
Of the officers. An indictment of al
the parties by the grand jury at it
next session will probably follow.
DR.. James J.. SimondS, the so-calle,
dentist, who owns building No. 2
LaGrange street, where the abortion
was performed, was also arrested. H.
is notorious as proprietor Of severa
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