The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04
IN THE TOLLS.
A Physician Arrested OH a Charge OF
Malpractice.
The Victim, n Young Girl, In MOs'
Critical Condition.
A Sad Airair-Other Local News


Gordon by City Marshal Arnold sAturuay
nipht on the charge of having periofmeu
an abortion on woman that evening, "ho
gave her name as Nellie Boyd, brief ac-
count of which was given in Sundays HER
AID. caused great deal Of excitement ana
speculation as to who the woman anu tne
large man who visited her were. Dr. uor-
don came here some two weeks ago. pnr.
chased him buggy and NICE span ol
hIack monies and spoke OF making Dallas MS
bome and nractic,ng here. lie LETT Mlneola
rsther suddenly on account OF dl1hculty
he had with a Mr.. S. Mnnsenheimer, n
wealthy citizen of that place, with "n0se
wife il is said he became 200 intimate. Iue
outraged husband fired several sno.s Nv
him which he subsequently, returned
leaving there, he came 10 this CITY, whlch
he has since made his headquarters. oatur-
dav night Mr.. Hill who lives near the
house of AL Hall, colored, where the al,
legged abortion was committed, lniofneu
Police Officers She han and Maddox mat DIS !
little daughter, while playing near al
HALLS, heard the tcreams Oh u
woman, and peeping tniougu
crack in the house saw O white woman
Che Thought ted in bed. The officers no,
titled Marshal Arnold and accompanied
him IN the place. On their arrival tney
fnnnd AL Hall lying on the grass in the
ward and DR.. Gordon sitting out in front OF
The house in chair taking a. atters easy
When the marshal told Han tha1 ne oe'
sired to search the house ne was very niuon
discomfitted and insisted that lhere was
nothing wrong about his premises, ana was
so vehement in his talk that ne
BETRAYED the secret. On entering
the house they found the woman lying
On the bed sick and completely
exhausted. at this juncture DR.. Gordoh
Scanned up and protested, saying that they
were intruding where they mad no p ms
ness. as that was private place.; lne
marshal took Halls wife to one sue anu
succeeded in making her squeal. She sslo
that the woman had come there about TWO
weeks ago, and that evening had gwen
birth to child which was in the WOOD
shed in a basin. After getting such lnlor-
nation as he wanted from ner ne APP
proached DR.. Gordon and asked him lor an
EXPLANATION. He was considerably asi'
tated and said that the woman was VI q
highly respectable family ana that ne h mas
her nbysician. and stated that ehe nau
not given birth, and that any physician
wno .von,d examine her would bear MIN
ont in his assertion. He acted as though
he was very indignant that the ofhcers
shonId intrude upon the privacy OF MS
patient. and started to walk OIL when the
marshal lold him to consider hlnseii un-
der arrest. He was inclined TO reoei, put
finding that it was useless ne supmitted,
and officer Maddox took charge OF him
and carried him to the marshaPs office, as
he had instructed him to do. and await MS
arrival. AS they walked off, DR.. Gordon
remarked: "Why don't they come
on: am afraid those negroes
will tell them all they know" Al HAL
would say but little and appeared 10 De
woefully ignorant OF what mad occurred.
DR.. Allen was then summoned ana aftel an
examination pronounced II case % aool-
tion. but stated that instruments were gen.
orally used in such cases. Again the mar
shal interviewed Halls wife, when she con-
fessed that the doctor did have an instru
ment Init that since their arrival the
Woman had secreted it. Marshal Arnold
asked her for it, but she, after hrst Denying
that she had any, declined TO surrender IL,
saving that 1t was her personal
nronerty. but finding that the officer was
Sa,armined TO have il, she reached her hand
betweep the mattresses and gave II to MIN;
0fficer Maddox was left to guard her, and
she has be en- guarded by an officer ever
since. Sunday morning Drs, Newsom an q
Pace called to see her, and are attending
her now. The fGtus which the physicians
pronounce to be about three months oiu,
has been preserved in alcohol 10 De useu on
the trial Of the case. ~ IN. A,
Hail Yesterday, who, after equiyocat'
INC great deal, told in
substance the following story: Saturday
two weeks or so ago, DR.. GORDON ana a
man who said his name was Boyd, called
on him and stated that they were LOOKING
for some quiet and outoi-the-way place
where woman in delcate c9huitiou
could be properly cared for. He told them
that his prother-in-law, jackson, who
lived some two miles and half from the
civ had such a place, but they said that
w. Zoo far out. He then told them be
he had n snare room. To make long
story short they made trade and the iol'
IoWfnC day Boyd brought Dr. Cor
don out and leaving him there
he and Boyd went to the country aiter DIS
TaII,s wife and brought her home to at
,snd 10 the women. "You must think lots
of the lady you are gwiue to FETCH said
Hall 10 Boyd who replied: YES indeed
do. hut don't Won never talk about IL, De
care,uI about that [" In the meantime Dr.
Gordon told him TO keep quiet about tue
ttersnd suggested thai he had peter
stop up the cracks 10 the house, and pro
curing a lot OF lumber ne uld 30. ne
asked them where the woman was then
ard thew SAID at the st. George hotel. That
evening Boyd brought her out
H. ~ lures were concealed by a
t,saxv green veil. Boyd told him thst
,icht that he was going away and that he
had eome money for him. After BOYD
left DR.. Gordon slept nearly every night
with the woman, saying inst she neeaeo
close attention. The doctor told him thai
he was The girls uncle and handed him
mat he said was so bill, saying inst Mr..
Rovd had left II for him. Last Friday
,,iobt The woman screamed and went on
fssrfnliv. and the next morning be asked
So U she had suffered much and she
ssid ves that she had a severe
headache. His vile told MIN
not 10 talk 20 her that way, that sbe alo not
wan him 10 know what was the mater
M re- yeporter called at the JAIL TO see Dr.
Gordon. who was rather reticent. lie SAD
80 he erusci ed % regain bis liberty Son.
80 ,hso - would make a full statement
I'D al ~ knew concerning the matter be
bad erraeed MeEsrs : NTH and treNiora
40 deisrd him. The doctor stated thet
he had never VISITED Tie woman ~ We coz
s,rrd man. house IN company Win any
80 $50 He hsd pf0mifsd 10 cal OCCASION
eilv and sc hoT she vas getting aiong'
80 wss frrt her advnr ced than theDby sicisns
st.s.,h - When asked who bad engaged
~ ~ attend TIE woman be declined %
So be had been attending the Nomsn
a. her regular physician; be SAID be would
have been there e. The birth. II en- sD1i-
ton had been practice1 u Sss ~ son,s -
Tri,-.,,. f-ont'ies - be remarked The dep
= ,r,s~.l.I has letter. Of mine nov IN his
. :. frorn trends Of mine, v.rning
- ~ 10 return 70 hineola. end he'd
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-, 81 General J. B. Gordon
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