Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-30
INTO STILL DEEPER WATER.
Mslody's Death Was Nothing Compared to
Miss Beavers Taking OFF,
MOTHER AND BABE BOTH KILLED.
Story of Crime Now Charged Against
the Faculty of the Omaha Med
ical Institute by Coroner
Harrigan.


gets 10 the cad he will nave tho staff Of the
Omaha medical institute in mighty tight
place, or else he will have proved there is
nothing In appearances.
There is much THAI is dramatic in the dos
tors pursuit Of the alleged physicians aud
surgeons who have conducted, since DR. Nc
Menamy's death, the institute 1t includes a
wild ride at night on an engine to Platts-
mouth, a humid trip with Il patrol wagon
after o'clock in the morning the rOustng
OF she faculty aforesaid from its several beds
and incarccrating the three principals in Jail,
and then hurried drive in tie early morn.
Ing amid the soft light of coming day, the
mist and quiet of morning, TO disturb the
stiffness Of the tomb with the shrill noise Of
policeman's whistle.
In February last Miss isabella Beaver of
Plattsmouth came TO Omaha and went TO the
medical institute, ostensiblv to be treated for
troublesome tumor, but really to die. 1t Is
claimed she died as the result of criminal
operation performed on February s. 1t was
represented to her that the operation was
necessary TO save her life Her death was
reported as being occasioned by blood clot
forming in a vein. She was sent home and
buried.
On Thursday Coroner Harrigan came into
possession of facts that would warrant an in
vestigation of the death of Miss Beaver So
that evening he and Detective Haze boarded
Burlington engine and went to Platts-
mouth. There the grave was found and the
body exhumed.
What he saw convinced the doctor he had
case and back TO Omaha flew the engine
The patrol wagon was called into requisition,
aud soon DR. j. A Williams. was enroute to
Jail, charged with murder. After Williams
had been arrested az his home at 9O4 South
Twentieth street, President A. T. McLaugh-
lin and DR. Isaac Sinclair were taken from
the institute and lodged in Jail.
McLaughli when arrested was all ready
to leave the institute. He had his trunks
and boxes packed and was urprised when
SergeanO Ormsby knocked on his door The
officer asked admittapce which vas granted.
Once inside Ormsby, accom- panied by DR..
Harrigan, placed McLaugllr under arrest
The president of the institute was sur
prised, yet his rooms looked as if he was pre-
pared for almost anything. His boxes end
trunks were all packed. At the police station
when searched Mclaughlin had some $500
on his person, besides his watch and other
jewelry.
At DR.. Sinciair's residence on Pacific
street. the officers had a hard time. Sinclair
raised q window and asked what was wanted
When the object of the visit was stated Sin
clair said ne had mislaid the key to his door,
Ormsby and Haze crawled in through a win
COW and placed the head of the surgical de-
partment under arrest.
At the station all of the prisoners wanted
to give bail, but were politely informed by
Captain Mostyn that the charge ag ainst them
was murder and they could not give bail.
At3:l5 o'clock Coroner Harrgau accom-
panied by Detective Haze, Sergeant Orm SPY
and Bee reporter started for
to t0FeSe Obtain Lawn the ce%9ssy M Intending Ing
child. On the way out stop was mad at
the residence of W. G. Gring, on North
Twenty-sixth street, the undertaken who
buried the child.
The early morning ride was anything but
pleasant, the dew was falling heavily and the
air was chilly. Arriving at the cem-
etery a few sharp blasts from
Detective HaZe's police whistle awakened
the gate-keeper and an entrance was effected
Athorough search of the records was made
by the coroner and Detective Haze. Moth
ing indicating such burial could be found
Undertaken Gring said the remains We're
buried under the name of BABY JoaeS.n
After telephoning to the city for the re-
cords at the undertakers Office and waiting
some time for u reply the party decided to re
turn The drive in was a rapid one for all in
the party were cold and hungry. An imme-
diate investigation was made of the records
at Gring ~, q Hartley,s 99fllces i9 llO9
the childs body had been buried in
Springwell cemetery and the coroner slgn-
fled his intention of visiting the grave and
exhuming the body. long wait was made
at Gring'S undertaking rooms and then the
coroner and Detective Haze went to the in
btitute to examine the records OF the institu-
tion to ascertain when Miss Beaver died
At 9 O'CLOCK Detective Haze, Sergeant
Crfnsby and the coroner and Undertaken
G ring visited County Attorney Mahoney in
IDS office in the Paxton block and laid before
aim statement of the facts in the case. On
Che showing made Mr.. Mahoney decided to
file an information against the three doctors
charging them with murder
The party then made another visit to
Forest Lawn cemetery in a search for the
body of the dead child. The secretary of
the cemetery association gave the description
of the grave as north half of section A.
lot Al. This the searchers found was IN the
potter's field. The sexton in locating the
grave counted twelve graves fromt section
line and designated grave which was sup
posed TO contain the 0ody of the dead baby,
which, Mr., Gring stated, had been buried
under the namo OF "Baby" Beaver and not
"Baby" Jones as at first reported.
The grave was opened.and a box unearthed
containing the body of a child about year
old. THAT amt the child saidsUndertaker
GrinR as soon as the remains We're brought to
light The soarchers then went on with the
work, examining other graves in tho vicinity.
At 2:30 O'Clock yesterday afternoon the
party at Forest Lawn cemetery found the
body of the Beaver baby in one of the graves
in the potters field.
The body was in a cheap pine box,
wrapped in sheet marked ''McM,n evil
IDENTITY the property of the medical institute.
The skull of the infant was crushed ct the
this was done during or after birth.
Miss lieavers baby, according to the COM
plant against the physicians, died on Febru-
(. ary 10, although the records of sthe cemetery
show that the interment did guot take place
until February u, eleven days after death.
The funeral expenses, too, IL is claimed. were
paid by brother of Miss Beaver so the IN.
terment in the potter's field and the delay in
the funeral are points to be explained.
The tnree prisoners were kept in jail over
night, and were not taken up to the court
room when the regular grist went up.
When seen by THR BEE they were not in
clined To be communicative, explaining that
they had been grossly misrepresented aud
msquotcd, Mclaughlin said that he knew
very little about the Beaver case, although
he know that Sinclair attended the
woman. ito was OF The opinion that she was
at the institute about two months, although
he could not state definitely without consult
ing his books. Miss Beaver was a single
woman, and came to the institute to remain
until after the birth of her child
Mclaughlin denied that any criminal opera
tion was performed. AS to the report tnat
he was preparingJo skip out, he denied il IN
toto hut admitted that he was packing up
his things, Sand no, "if you go down TO the
institute you will find them still packing up
We are going TO move to other quarters, but
not outside the city. The property belongs
sn hn MnM aNa ft