Daily Republican., 1885-11-10
A SAB STORY.
Tho End ofaD EiOpemons shaf Took
Place Eleven Years Ago A
YOung Girl's Fall.

Twenty.seven years ago Thomas
Russell, n well to do miller,
and his family resided at Kennel c
Square, Chester county, Penna. II 10
was one Of the leading men of that sec
tion, and the happy father Of Il girl baby
named Elizabeth. She grew up " be a
girl of lovely face and figure, and when
she was about IS years Of age became
very intimate with the wife Of William
Thompson, q neighbor, who had been
married bnt short time.
Ia 1873 or '7s Thompson became the
agent for q Be. ing machine company
and removed To this CITY, aud just
about the time their frst c!ild WIS
born, they were Visited by Lizzie, who
assisted In taking care Of Mrs Thomp
son. Thompson had never seemed to
pay the girl more than ordinary attsn-
tion, and when one morning She an
nounced that she had suddenly been
called home, Mrs. Thompson requested
her husband TO accompany her to the
station ara see her safe of on her
journey. Mrs. Thompson WAS at the
time confined to her bed, and her hus-
band nodded her a smiling good. bye
and went out, never to return.
NOtnlnh wan huOWn Vi php hoiO-
abouts OF the runaway pair until two
years ago, wnen the girl appeared In
Philadelphia, with little boy 4 years
old and girl Oft She wrote to her
parents saying that Thompson had
married her In Richmond, Virginia, to
which city they had fed when they left
Wilmington, and had there taken up
his old business of sewing machine
agent. Two years ago he died, leaving
her destitute.
The letter was not answered, for, as
she afterwards learned, her father and
mother were both dead. Tae children
| were then placed in an ay lum in
Phi adel phia. snd their mother secured
| employment at the Central avenue
hotel, on Market street above Eighth.
She was very pretty, with large dark
eyes, and complexion like cream and
roses Here she remained until the
20th Of last Septem Der, when she sud
denly left her situation. A few days
later she WAS engaged as cham bsrmaid
at the St. Elmo Hotel. on Arch street.
The housek eeper. Mrs. Tracy, was at
tracted by the girls physical condition,
and mentioned It. She claimed TO be
suffering from dropsy. Ou tho night Cf
| October 10, she asked permission to go
! to the DOCTORS, where she said she was
to undergo an operation for that COM
plant. She returned two hours
afterward, au1 tainted on reschin her
| room.
| Two days later she became 30 i'll that
she rbsgged that DR.. Fisher be sent for.
| He called at once, and three times day
afterws for a week, when the woman
| died In great agony. All that day,
| fro,r, sh flx, a hraalxfast nnfi1 fhR
hour Of her death in the evening, DIR.
Fisher was at her bedside doing every
thing In his power 10 save her life, but
his efforts were without avail. He gave
q certificate OF death, which stated that
she had succumbed to an attack OF
peritonitis. The body was sent To an
undertaker's, and her relatives inform
ed OF her death.
The next day her uncle, William
Russell, q wealthy dealer In furs, who
resides at Kenuett Square, arrived In
Philadelphia and took charge OF her re-
mains.
He met DIR. Fisher at the undertaken 4
| and the physician requested that post.
! mortem examination be held. The
tuacle declined. There is something
wrong about the case" argued the Doc
tor, " and I'll make the post for $25. ,
His offer vas refused, and the matter
dropped. Had 1t taken place, the e1'
summation would have given an oppor
Itunity to remove all criminating owl
dence. The asxt day the body wal
sent TO Kennett Square 10 rougl
looffin, where the local undetaker met 4
ut the station and drove 80 the cemetery
where 1t was at once buried without
lceremony. No one had followed n,
4 3 l,a .xyQ M Il n q
fellow chambsrmaid at the ST. Elm,
Hotel.
Here the story would have ended and
been hushed forever b ad not postal.
|, card, signed with no name, been re-
ceived at the Oorouer's Office, calling
attention to the suspicious nature of thu
i, woman's death. Deputy Coroner Ash
bridge st once proceeded TO investigate
a the case, and had not proceeded fal
!. when he felt certain there had been fdu
a kplay. On Friday, In comp any will
+ Coroner's physician Formal, ha wen
to Keunett Square, where Deputy Coro
lner Marshal, OF Chester County, had the
body taken up A very short tim,
lsufiiced 10 prove that tho unfortunate
;. woman had been subjected 10 a crue
. and merciess operation, which hat
a caused her death. On returning tC
: Philadelphia the Deputy Coroner bnt
. q warrant issued for the arrest OF DR.
u Fisher, aud he was taken in custody a.
i a lata hour on Saturday night.
The Inquest was held yesterday, whel
: several witnesses were examined
s among them being DR.. Willard z, New
:, lin, VINO testified that he had boel
loalled by DR.. Fieher in consultation
lover the case, and was told that drops,
WAS the trouble He was INTRODUCES,
20 to the patient aad found her palse beat
II ing very fast, and he thought he detec
70 ted symptoms OF peritonitis. He aske'
the patient few questions, and ST,
y said she had been suffering great pain
" .or over week snd she complained o
!" having dropsy, with which she al,
. her mother had suffered before her
y, The doctor then explained that ht
u jenspicions we're sroused as to the col
rectness OF her story, and lie gave in de
y tail the questions he a.hed and tht
= answers she gave. Sna told yer
U, straight forward story, and he diagnos
cd her case as peritonitis, bur there wa
:, nevertheless doubt in HIS mind. Di
;" Fisher wanted n post.inortem exAmipG
y tion after the woman d.sd, but her II
latives would not allow 1t.
Ie The statement Of Dr. Formal, VIII
made an autopsy st KrpnetC Square
WAS resd. The main puIport OF II wnl
u that q criminal operation had b,
re performed, aud tha: yhi5 was tue cats
he OF her death.
al The jrry after a short consultatio
sy returned verdict tina. the girl came
ls lher death from peritonltiS, tho result {
criminal malpractice, Rud Df. Fishe
was committed to jail to await the a
tion of the District Attorney. The q
:. fair has created considerable excit
'e' | r,ant in pn;iaJ lnhia - here the apnu