Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-31
Another Young Woman Who Loved
Not Wisely But Too Well.
A MYTHICAL CASE OF oaopsY
Something for Doctors to Investigate
and Gossips pry Into-was
N There an Attempt at
an Abortion?



Ella is not the only person who is dis
tressed, or VINO win be distressed, for her
trouble involves several other people, among
whom are two medical men, whose actions in
the matter are strange, to say the least.
1t is a long story, but it must be told.
Elias mother-in fact, the entire family
are hard working people. Mrs, Morgan, in
order to fatten up her income, few
months ago decided to take in boarders.
She hung out her sign and soon had healthy,
hungry crowd around her. Among the crew
OF husky laborers who polished off PIE and
devoured corned beef at her table dhote was
Al Squires, young man of good address and
easy habits, who makes living rolling salt
barrels and other like work that he can Sc.
cure. AL saw Ella and Ella gazed upon AL,
and both were smitten. The ice of formality
was soon broken, and in short time the two
were more than friends. Ella loved him, but
alas. not wisely but too well. She sue
cumbed to his entreaties and this morning
bewails her fate.
1t was about eight months since that Elias
sister, who is young woman OF more than
average intelligence. noticed that Ella was
not in as good health as was her won't. She
communicated her suspicious to her mother,
who ridiculed the idea at first, and said
nothing was the matter. But one bright
morning the young woman was taken deathly
sick and a terrible commOtiou ensued in the
Morgan family in which AL took part. He
was sent for doctor and in "A short time re-
turned with one, Mr.. Solomon, who is well
known to the residents of Omaha and
vicinity.
The eminent disciple of Esculapius looked
at the girl, felt her pulse, looked at her
tongue and pronounced her suffering from
'dropsy." He left a prescription, and after
saying she would be all right in few days,
went on his way searching for new cases.
But Ella did not improve. On the con-
trary, she grew worse, and this mornings
sun is looking down upon pale girl hover
ing between the bright gladness of earth and
the dark unexplored future-the mother of
an illegitimate babe.
The ''dropsy" grew worse and Solomon
nothing of the matter, and
second physician was called in, in
the person of DR.. Belllnger, of Council
Bluffs. He gave her powders, lotions, mix
lures and elixirs, but the disease still clung
with its tenacious grip until nature asserted
herself and a bouncing boy has been added
to the population of this great and growing
city
The child was born on Thursday morning
It's papa was on hand in a short time and ac.
knowledged the paternity of the in
fant. With u fathers characteristic
feelings on the subject, he at
once decided that he would take care of it,
and turned it over to his sister, Mrs. Kate
Stannard, who, with her husband, William,
lives on South Twentieth for care. That
estimable lady kissed her nephew and took
him home.
Yesterday she brought it back, and after
fliuging 1t on the bed announced that she had
enough children to take care of and that she
didn't want the kid around. Then she
fiirted out and Papa Suuires took the child
and began a series Of promenades around the
block with it. In the meantime little
wordy war sprang up between the women,
which ended in the patrol wagon
calling, with Sergeant Haze in charge,
armed with warrant for somebody's arrest
on charge he knew nothing about After
looking around for time and seeing nothing
suspicious he left in disgust and the reporter
tock up the trail.
If the story of the Morgan family be true,
the medical gentlemen, assisted by Mr..
Squires have been acting IN the case in n
manner somewhat unusual IN accouchement
matters.
A sister of the girl said last night: 'When
DIR. Solomon called he informed US that Ella
was suffering from dropsical trouble, and
that she would sooo be over it. / had my
suspicious all the time, for am not fool,
but said nothing. AS time wore on Elias
condition became more apparent to me,
but mother, experienced as she is, did not
suspect anything Then DR.. Bellinger was
called in, and he also said the trouble was
dropsy. He said the case was serious and
left lots of medicine. But it did no good and
yesterday the baby was born"
"Let me see some of the medicine" was
asked
"Well, here are some powders" replied
Miss Morgan, handing over two. 1.-The ones
in the white paper were given first, but they
failed to be of any service, and he gave these
in the yellow paper. He said at the time that
the last were very dangerous. and should be
kept away out of reach and be very carefully
handled and taken"
The powders are now in the hands OF an
analytical chemist.
Continuing, Miss Morgan said: "That was
not all the medicine we had. Why, the house
looked like drug store. Here are some of
the.bottles'
The bottles are first large one, holding
about a half pint 'Prescription 9,579,
marked for Miss M, obtained at Dell G..
Morgan & Co.'s drug store, 742 Lower Broad
way, Council Bluffs. DR.. Bellinger." This
bottle was empty.
The second is nearly the same size, and
bears no prescription, but according to the
woman, s. statement was obtained about three
store, on Earnam street This was also Bell
niger medicine. The third is prescription
3724, Paris Tenth street pharmacy,
by DR.. Bellinger. The prescription
Is; Fluid ex. dandelion, l o.; vuchu, 9 drs.;
preara Drada, fluid ex., o.. stone root, fluid
ex., enough TO make 3 OF. The last bottle
which t 9yer frem BY Bsget day
Council Bluffs and is from DIR. Bellinger,
| prescription 1922
| A"Dr., Bellinger told us, SAID Miss Morgan,
| 'that Ella would have to be where he could
| see her all the time, and that he would have
| TO take her to Council Bluffs. He said that
| he had rented a room and hired nurse. but
mother would not let her go and she stayed
| here"
| "But where is the baby9" was the next
| question.
'Oh, it's out to Stannard's, on Twentieth
| and Centre street." was the reply. "Al said
| he would take it there"
| Then the reporter went to Twentieth and
| Centre, but no one in the neighborhood
| knew Stannard. When he returned the
| woman said that perhaps he had taken il to
| his mothers house, on the B. g. M. track,
between South Omaha and Bellevue.
| There is evidently something very myste-
| rious about the matter. When the girl was first
| put Under treatment she is said to have re-
ccived Instructions not To let the family see all
| the medicine she was taking, but keep IL
| concealed How well she did so is evi-
denced by the fact that not only the drugs
but the spoon from which she took them was
| carefully hidden, the latter being tied up in
| her dress The medicine must have been a
strong acid, as it ate the nickel plate OF the
spoon. 1t was not until the time for confine-
| ment approached so near that concealment
was no longer possible that all medicine was
made public.
The GIRLS mother Is nearly heartbrokeD
| over the matter, and to add TO her grief, her