Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-19

Btuos's Hearing in Ph,iaao,phia -rhe Rc-
suit OF the Joronor's Inquest.

Dr. IL, DuIiNal Bruce, the nal. pracu
tionor uf Philadelphia, implicated In tho
death oi Miss Halle SchOll II now
appears has been fugitive from Justice
since May, 1873. llo was yesterday given
"a hearing before Magistrate ladnor, on
| tho charge of having performed Grim
inal operation which resulted III the
death oG tho young lady in QuoS-
| tiou. Daring tho hearing tho pris.
ouer sat in tho dock apparently uu.
| concerned, and his wife, small woman
with her face veilod, was present in tho
space reserved for spectators. When tie
magistrate called out the namo of tho
defendant the latter arose aud said {:
That is my name, SIR
Your business H' inquired the court.
practice medicine" was tho answer.
Chief OF Police John +. Drchlur, Of
| this city, testified that ho had received
| Information that the defendant had pnr
| formcd au operation upon Mlss Schull at
| his house, lil6-Bruwu street, which 10
sultedtn her death On Wednesday llst,
| and prior To her death the victim had
made u statement to her relatives impH.
| eating the prisoner. Tho witness requested
that tho prisoner b6 rcmaudcd until Tues .
| day next when he expected that important
witnesses would bo present.
Detective Miller, who with Detective
| Wolf, made the arrost, detailed the cir
| cuInstaucos Connected with tho wife's
| attempt To aid her husband in escaping,
aud the prisoners subsequent bold dash
Tor liberty on tho street ~ already related.
Have you anything To say ?" asked the
| magistrate Of tho defendant.
have no counsel" was the repIy =.
but deny the charge in full. There was
| no criminal operation nor any attempt to
perform ono Tho woman came to my
house suffering from chills aud inhamma.
ton. When she was ablo to leave she
went home
There IL true bill against you since
the May term, 1873, for u similar uilonsc, "
remarked tho magistrate
That may be SO, oooly answered the
prisoner.
Bruce was then romandod, as requested
by Chief DeichIor. The defendant was
arrested in April, 1876 for criminal nal
practice on young COlored woman named
Julia Boyer, residing At sig Oxford street,
aud again IN 1877, with DR.. Lobb aud a
! street contractor, for conspiracy to pro-
cure an operation on a young woman
residing at Eighteenth street aud Girard
| avenue. Both of these cases we're settled
| before they reached court. lie has been "A
fugitive since the bill of indictment WAS
found against him in May, 1878, for caus
ing the death OF the young cOiOred woman.
Rachael Jackson, 622 Barclay street. A
detainer has been lodged against the
prisoner on the latter charge.
Tue Coroner's Inquest
In the cOroner's inquest in the matter
ot the death OF Harriet SohOll, the jury
assembled at / o'clock yesterday afternoon
IN the county commissioners office. Dis
trict Attorney A. j. Eberly represented
the commonwealth, assisted by J. Hay
Brown aud A. J. Kaufman, esqs.
DIR. NJ. l.. Herr was called aud testified
that he made post mortem examination
of the body, assisted by DR.. VIM. Comp
ton, between and 3 O'Clock, and found
that death had been caused by au abor.
tion procured by the use of Instruments.
Dr. Compton was called and testified
that an abortion had been procured by
instruments the upper inside of the
womb was much iuiilmed aud hal been
punctured with something.
DIR. Henry IeaGley testified that he was
called on Monday, the 18th found Miss
Scholl suffering from severe rigor; there
was great hsat, quick pulse and quick
breathing, and suffered much from in
tiammatiOn OF the womb caused by an
abortion. On Sunday last no informed
her that she was IN \ very pTocariOus con
ditlou she was perfectly conscious aud
fully understood all he told her she died
"Wednesday evening at o'clock.
Henry SohOll brother of deceased, /,
testified that while he was with
her last Sunday, she said she went
to Philadelphia by herself and call
ed on DR.. Bruce lilG Brown street.
On Friday Jan 4th, witness had conver.
sation with J X. Strickler who told him
in answer to u question that he knew
where Halle was that she vas well aud
would be home in day or two that they
had made a mistake in not letting her par
ents know that they were going away.
Witness asked Strickler iG he had married
his sister, and no answered that he had
not
John B. Long testified that after Hallie's 8
return from Philadelphia she had grown
worse, and DR.. Yeagley said she would
not likely recover he asked her in pres
ence of DR.. Yoagley and her brother
Frank, who the doctor was that had at.
tended her in Philadelphia and she said
Dr.. Bruce, 14l6 Brown street witness
asked her who took her there aud she
answered that she went there by herself
by direction Of Joe StriCklor that Strick
ler was there tho day tho operation was
performed, called again on day she
cOuld not nA ana a8dlh on the day nc
brought her home.
The testimony here closed, counsel for
the commonwealth saying that they be-
lieved that they had offered sufficient owl.
dence TO enable tho jury TO find a proper
verdict.
The jury retired to tho cOrOner's room
and in a short time announced the follow.
ing veOdict
Halle Scholl came To her death on
Wednesday evening, January 10, 1884, at
her parents residence in Lancaster city,
by an abortion produced on her body by
DR.. Bruce of No. l4l6 Brown street, Phil
adelphia, Pa, and Joseph StriCkler Of
Mount JOY, Lancaster county, Pa.
MIss sohoIIs Funeral.
The funeral OF Miss Halle SchOll, the
particulars of whose death have already
been made public, took place from the
residence of her parents, No. 2l4 West
Chestnut street, this morning, and was
largely attended, though snow storm
was prevailing at the time. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. j, L.
Satchell, of the Duke street NJ. Il. church,
who preached an able sermon, avoiding
all allusion to the circumstances attending
Miss Scholps death. Roy. Ephraim
Nissley, OF Mount Joy, followed with an
address in German, during which he
forcbly cOntrasted tho " false friend !"
with Christ the "true friend" AT the
close of the service the funeral train Of a