The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1883-11-24

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she were married. He told me she was
not. | then had talk with him and he
acknowledged he has been sleeping with
her, but denied any acknowledge of her
having taken anything. Told the women
vt the house what thought and wanted
to make an examination. But the priest
came and the woman stopped further
proceedings. told the priest what l
suspected. At the first visit on this day
l left 4 Covers powders. I did not pres
cribe the powders with the expectation
of preventing the threatened abortion. l
was satisfied nothing could prevent it.
Two of the powders were taken and l saw
two of them lying on the table l picked
them up and either destroyed them there
or some time afterwards. Garcia gave
me no clue rs to her condition except ac-
knowledgisg that he had been sleeping
with ,her. | think that much was
brought out by my telling him such pro-
cecdings were dangerous. l think this
information"-was given because he was
frightened. and not to assist me in treat
ing the case. Judged the girl had been
pregnant about mouths. At the second
visit on that tme day l found the abdo-
men and womb much decreased in size
| asked if there had been any hemor-
rhace, They said yes. asked if anything
had been passed but blood. They said
no. / did not see her again after the
second visit, on the 18th. because during
the day had made som" inquiries as to
the character of the girl: hut principally
because the young man did not come to
my Office as arranged between us. This
failure caused me to think that they
wished my connection to the case to ter
inmate, for which l was thankful for two
reasons: first, the parties were somewhat
disre uuta0Ie; md. second. there vas no
mo eY in it.
On Monday morning a post-mortem
examina ton was made upon the body by
Dr. A. E. DeCorse, assisted by DR.. j. H.
Taggart, and in the presence OF DIR. NJ.
F. Price and George MartiA, Esq. On
Tuesday the report of the autopsy was
placed before the coroner's jury. Di-
vested of technical verbiage it revealed
the fact that an abortion had been per-
formed. The uterus was of size and in
a condition. indicating that it had been
very recently occupied by fetus of
nearly full term. 1t was in a state of in
tense inflammation, as were also all parts
in immediate contact with it. The report
concluded that the deceased had been
taking some powerful drug for the pur-
pose of procuring an abortion and which
finally caused such grade of inflammation
Of the uterus that it induced premat ure
labor; that the drug through its marco 10
effect on the brain. reinforced by the lrri-
tation OF the unnatural labor, caused the
commissions, the coma, and finally death;
that during the period of coma, as Is
usual In such cases. all septic matter in
"a Oh Of tin absorhelltS was taken into
she circulation, and caused blood-poi-
coming; that while blood poisonin.. made
the fatal result inevitable, it would still
have occurred without it."
The jury returned verdict that Beat
rice Hosoro had come to her death from
an abortion induced by some person or
persons unknown to the jury.
Upon this verdict warrant was issued
for the arrest of Rafael Garcia, as Access
sorry, ard he is under examination as we
go to press.
While this report is necessarily con-
fined only to the salient points, it never
theless is a distinct statement of the
case. The jury was composed of fair
minded men, who did their work consci-
entiously and with perfect justice to all,
and while there have been many ungen-
erous criticisms made and accusations of
persecution, we are satisfied that the
public approves both the course of action