The daily gazette., 1883-06-25
HATaAwAY's GUILT.
Wholesale Slaughter of New-BOrn limo
cents-B athaway Committed TO Await
the Grand Jury's Action

cents-B Rthaway Committed to Await
the Grand Jury's Action.
PHILADELPHIA, June 90. = Coroner
Janney's Office, on Seventh street, below
Chestnut, presented an animated scene to
day by the recital of the facts developed in
connection with the infamous transactions
Of DIR, Hathaway, the abortionist The hor-
rible details Of the Wholesale slaughter OF
unborn infants was sufficient to draw q
great many persons from maudlin curiosity,
and In this coterie were included several
women who manifested the greatest interest
In all that took place. Hathaway was
brought up from Moyamensing Prison, and
heard the story Of his illegitimate practices.
His appearance and gait rather bellies the
story of his brutal treatment Of his family
His form is bent and shabby, and he don't
appear to have the physical grit requisite to
knock flea out. Hathaway is S3 years old.
II is hair and large whiskers are dyed and
he don't look more than SO. He wathed the
woman he calls his wife and her son with
cat-like curiosity. They sat good distance
away from him and never returned his
glances. There were Two or three other
persons at the hearing who are known to be
members of the same profession of which
Hathaway is a shining mark. The prisoner
was represented by Edmuud Randall, who
has been his counsel In previous suits. As
sistaut District Attorneys Breezy and War
wick appeared for the Commonwealth.
E 8. irwin Giyin, Chief of Police of the city
Of Philadelphia, was the first witness
called. He narrated the events which
caused him to order the investigation OF Dr.
Isaac Hathaway's former residence, at No
2243 North Fifth street, and repeated to
Coroner Janney the substance OF the con-
fession made to him by Hannah Emery,
Hathaway's reputed wife. From her story,
the Chief said, he judged the prisoner had
kept lying in establishment.
Hannah Emery, as the woman who has
lived as Mrs. Hathaway for fifteen years
now insists on calling herself, was then
brought before the jury. She repeated the
statement that fifteen years ago she became
Hathway's partner for life after mock
marriage, and followed with a disgusting
recital of the mans treatment of her in the
marriage relation. Her story was so agree
able to the mixed audience rs to draw a
large group close around the woman. She
said DIR. Hathaway had operated with women
as long as she knew him. He had been a
practitioner before she married him,
and had told her that he had
learned the infamous art when he
was twenty one years OF age She never as
sisted him any more than being IN the room
with him when he WIS at work. His charges
for poor people were $40, $l5 and $25; rich
people he charged more. She always took
care of the ladies while they were in her
house, but she never knew wnat the DOC
tor" did with the little infants. He always
took them away from their mothers aud she
supposed he buried them in the cellar. They
were generally born alive. There would be
sometimes as many as twenty-five or thirty
patients day. He did not doamuch work
on Sunday She had seen him throw dead
children into the fire.
The next witness was Benjamin Hatha-
way, the doctors son by his first wife. He
lived at home with his father until he was
about eighteen years of age. His fathers
business was Zone thing and another" and
his patients were chiefly women. he had
seen his father take down into the cellar as
many as 25 children ard bury them there
They kept one large dog In the house, but
the young man never saw 1t 10 the cellar.
He never told the Chief of Police that his |
father kept large Spitz dog In the cellar.
Magistrate Krickbaum was called to give |
the particulars of suit which DR.. Hatha- |
way had against the woman he lived with, |
last May. The Magistrate testified that on |
the of that month Hathaway swore out a 1
warrant against Hannah Emery, whom he
called Hannah Ritcher, his housekeeper
At the hearing the doctor" persisted tnat
the woman was not his wife, and she was
equally persistent in declaring that she was
his lawful wife, and that they were married
III the pbEbOudRe Vi buo DaptAeb 0nuVCu ~
Fifth and Buttonwood streets. The couple
became reeonciled soon after this, and the
Magistrate was then unable to get any
further information from either.
Edward Richter, Mrs. Hathaway's own
son, was called, but he threw no additional
light upon the affair. Detectives Miller and
Wolf, and Court Officer Pugh went over the
facts already familiar to the public. The
detectives eorroborated Chief Givin In his
statement that the woman and DR.. Hath
away's son had confessed that the abor-
ZIONIST kept dogs In the cellar of his Fifth
street house. This closed the testimony.
The coroner, In presenting the case to the
jury, said that he knew that Hathaway's
trade was that of abortion He had himself
caused the arrest OF Hathaway for mall
practice with girl named Mary Butler. He
took Hathaway to the girls bedside and she
identified him positively as the man who
injured her. 81 am satisfied, /" he concluded,
"that this man has killed hundreds and
thousands of infants In the city and posi-
bly, mothers too"
The jury's verdict was that Doctor Isaac
Hathaway was guilty of abortion in
numerous cases. Hathaway was CO mmitted
TO await the action of the grand jury. His
wife was also committed to be used as wit