Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-26
AYoUNG LADY's DEATH.
4 LIVELY Puelusnc ENCOUNTER
10 a Sunday School Room-The Witness to
~ klmira Wedding in Danger
Strange Grounds f~
Divorce.

CLEvrLA,ss, O., May ss-The oofooer be.
gan his exaraiBation int0the death OF Ju-
lia Benachere, the beautiful French eirt
Who died LAST Saturday fven the effects OF
an abortion. Seymour, he young man
Who married the girl day ~ two before
she died, refused 10 testify. Mn. Webstsrr
the midwife whs is alleesdte have per.
formed the abortion, swore that Seymour
brought the girl 10 her house for treat
ment; that the girl acknowledged that abe
had taken drugs to produce . r,iscarriAgs,
and that she gave birth to maiS child d.
rectly after coming to her house. Ars.~
Webster denied doing
Anything Criminal.
and said she faithfully ministcred TO the
girls wants and endeavored to prevent Q
miscarriage, symptoms OF which condition
she evinced when she first came to her. J.
c. Wiseman, the dead girls brother ihlaw,
testified that Julia left his house month
since TO visit friends in the country. lie
got no werd Of her until last week, when
he heard through Seymour, whom he met
in the street that she was i'll at house Tn
Garden street He Immediately went 3?
the house, and found Julia very Ill. Being
khe Confessed
that she had been encsinte, and that Mrs.
Webster had performed an operation upon
her. She raised her hands to heaven and
swore that such were the facts. Seymour.
she said. induced her 10 20 TO Mrs. Web.
ster's place, and when he saw she could
no, recover procured license and married
her Dr. Holiday, who made the post
mortem examination, testified that the
girl had died from the effects Of an abor.
tion. Coroner Isom returned the follow.
ing verdict: IL ind that Julia Seymour
came To her death from the result OF an
abortion, caused and produced by the
agency OF Sylvia l. Webster and Charles
W, Seymour.
A PuEiIistic Pastor.
New YORK, May ?5-Considerable cN.
element prevails in the village OF Goshen
over a light which took place last sunday
at the ST. James Episcopal Church. I'm
which .he pastor and one OF his sunday
school teachers were the principals. IL APP
pears that the former, the Rev. Mylton
Maury, u. D., had accused his assailant.
VIM. 7. Matthew's. OF being disrespectful TO
him, and accordingly took from him his
Gloss in the Sunday School. When the
pastor attempted TO carry out his ARRANGE
ment,, Matthews resisted forcibly. lie
caught the minister by the throat, and In
the melee that followed the
CLERGY man was Chokeh.
his whiskers pulled an his face scratched.
Mrs. Aaury rushed 10 her husbands -.
sisance, and in the struggle was violently
hustled to one side. The doctor at length
rot hold OF Matthews, and prevented fur.
iher violence to himself and wife. Loud
and angry talk followed, after which DIR.
Maury got what vas left Of the school 10 20
into the main church ediiice, where the
exercises were continued. Most Of the
scholars bad run home with fright Mr..
Matthews and his friends say that DR..
Maury was not legally called to the rector
shin. They aeset that the Bishop coun-
spled him 10 decline the call. Mr.. Matthews
has been arrested. and held for disturbing
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