The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-10-11
Who Have Been Performing Grim
mal Operations Upon
Young Women
Be BROUGHT TO JUSTICE
Information 70 Prosecute And Assistance
offered by the Nsws'pemoerat
-..A system Of the
Horrible Practice
Exposed.

element throughout llln pl9' ilV
physicians whohaye betl pushing these
cases against tho6e who have been
guilty of performing on nal abortion,
aud the citizens at lm crying
aloud for Justice The growing
more earnest In force, apC 10. not i'm
probable that its atrenph NJ. soon be
40 great that the courts ca %. do0ther'
wise than take hold OF III natter aud
have these charges sifted 'ulhe bottom
In the speeches made NJ mo meeting
OF the medical society thc eport given
IN the NEWS, DEMooRAT dralt only Of
the matter IN o general way, The
charges against physlclana have been
made directly, The whol' facts In the
case could not be given In public print
by reason of their rey0ltln nature but
with what has recently been given In
the Ngws' DEMOonAT and with some
experience In reading between the lines
the average reader should gain slight
idea Of the status Of aiiaiR This olllee
has been given information Of such
q character aa 10 show That certain
medical vampires have been plying
their nefarIous business 70 such an ex'
tent that II calls for halt, In the In
tereats OF Justice morality and the
safety OF society and the aanctlty OF the
lfesIde this paper stands ready 10 furn'
lAh the information NJ hand 10 the proper
officials for prosecution; and " Will
gladly lend all the assistance In the
power OF u newspaper IN having tlllt
revolving state OF Affairs fully inyestl'
gated,
Is freely charged by physicians
% day that a prominent physician
against whom one doctor has twenty
cases, has house In this city expressly
for the purpose Of plying the
vocation OF which ho rs charged,
IL IA said he had an elderly
woman In charge and when cNll
cd upOn he gives the person seeking
his services the information 10 have the
Victims Of u crime upon whom he IN to
operate visit the house and inform the
woman In charge by whom SHE was
sent Later on the physician calls ana
performs the operation which blasts u
iiie forever aud by which work no holds
rod of iron for life over the head OF
his Victim and her family, The medi'
cal fraternity Is not backward IN
making these charges openly. The
ctlZens call for Justice
The reputable physicians Of the com
munlty should be known, The home
circle cannot afford 10 have its most
sacred adviser rest under the cloud OF
suspicion caused by the Developments
of the past few days. We learn OF the
case of one OF the most hon0red phys
icians Of Canton being charged by the
parents and friends OF on unfortunate
girl with having performed the opera
ton. when In fact II was the work Of
one of these monsters ls II any Won
der Dr, Portmann and the other honor.
able members of the profession should
sound the protest In the emphatic Ian
puaqe they did at the meeting OF the
Medical Society. We learn now
of threats being made by
the scoundrels against the physicians
who denounced the crimes but there
must be no backward step In the matter
either on the part of the press or the
profession. ~ Is n crime against God
and man and society Tie threats
OF the guilty ones shall not deter the
NEws.DEMoCRAT from presenting u
true aud complete record of these abom-
Unable crimes. Too much of the hor.
rlble practice has already been INDUCED.
Let the monsters who have been thirty
ing not only by the practice but by the
eXaction Of exhorbitant fees, we say let
them be prosecuted TO the fun measure
of the law. The NEws.DEMoCRAT IL
engaged now In an investigation, and
when complete, the names Of the human
phouls who are digni0ed only by the
profession they disgrace shall oe forth
coming.
A new turn has taken place In the
charges Of criminal practices made
against certain physicians In this city
m Ia In the story of young lady upon
whom an operation had been performed
She denies the first story told by herself
shortly after the operation had been
performed, stating chat the physician
whom she charged with the affair had
no hand In IL, put that II was another
physician. She says she told the story
To keep the identity of her physician
unknown. This change of base
In her charge has created q furry
In medical circles and II cannot be
fathomed. There are many surmises,
however
These two young ladies who have
been referred to In connection with
this case are doing rs nicely as could
he expected. They and their friends
are greatly alarmed over the recent de.
velopments. An effort is being made
In certain quarters to have the matter
aouashed. II cannot AT this time be
fold how well this effort will succeed.
The interest In the developments he.
fore the medical society on Tuesday
continues unabated and there Is loud
demand for the names Of the profes.
sional scoundrels who, under the guise
and with the reputation OF being mem
hers of the profession, have been plying
their utrocious work. The names Of
some Of these outragers OF an honored
nrofession. and the destroyers OF so.
ciety and morality, for with their mul.
tiplication the standard Of society and
mould of morality must decliLe,, are
known to this paper, they have not tbeen
published for satisfactory reasons, but
80 soon as Investigations are comp ete
the public may rest assured the NEWS
DEMocgAT will shield nor suppress
them for no consideration whatever,
with Dr. Poltman we say they should
he denounced and exposed, not only
thew but their companions in crime,
the men who employ and compensate
their service In the nefarious
practice. should be held In the
electric glare Of public censure
ard scorn. Il matters not who they may
be. prominent or remote, they should
be exposed.
Weieurn tbat the Critical case Of q
pDor Girl HOW Ia the care Of Doctor