New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-28
MGONEGALA AGAIN ARRESTED
TIE SANE OLD CRIME CHARGED.
TWO ALLEGED AcCoMPnCEs-His VICTIM DEAD
WHY uF WAS NOT IN JAIL LONG AGO.

| AITEfiED NiSAAh Dr@ND-
WHY nE WAS NOT ~ JAIL LONG AGO.
II G. NcGonccal. who became notorious In con.
noction with The death OF Annie Goodwin. Of New
York three wears ago. Is again In trouble having been
o,r,od yesterday morning by the Long Island City
pollce. charged with completely in the death Of Mrs.
Ioul,a Webb Of No. 400 lIamiltonst.. Raven'wooi.
+ / Miss Marion a. Dale. midwife who lived
With NcGou.ral at No psi West one undrod-and
twenty second ST., Ncw-York and FRANK webb nus
band Of the dead woman, we're also arrested. Mrs.
vehb died at :, n m. on Monday. on Friday last
Dr. r. J. strong Of Long Island CITY, was called In
70 attend Mrs Webb but seeing that she was suffering
from an attempted criminal operation he declined to
nrcscrlbc alone 80 Dr. W. J. Harnett was called in
and specialist from New York was also sent for
They learned that DR.. McGoncsal ana MISS Dale had
been visiting the woman about midnight lot several
nights. and giving her medicine MIS- "ebp grew
worse and died and Dr. strong Informed Coroner
Meners who issued warrants for the arrest OF 'ic-
CONCEAL and Miss Dale and the dead woman's husband.
Frank Webb Coroner Mclners committed them to the
Queens County jail await the result OF the inquest
McGOnega has changed little since the time OF tho
Annie Goodwin affair Miss Dale is well formed
blond woman Of middle and says she Is graduate
OF the Womans Medical College BON ADMIT Vhiuhg
Mrs Webb. but deny that any illegal operation was
attempted Webb denies knowing anything about
the operation although he nursed his wife ali tho
mo Mrs. Webb was about twenty seven years Of
age. and leaves n child four years Old She was
daughter Of the late Justice Parsels. Of Long Island
City. and was well connected. Webb Is about thirty
years old. OF the men sent to Homestead
10y the Iinkcrtons, two weeks ago The Coroner VIII
have the contents Of bottle Of medicine left for sirs
Webb by Mrioncyal. annlvzed.
II IS said that McGoncGa, has for some time been
travelling between New-YOrk and Chicago under an
assumed name and disguised to carry on MS Ola
business reporter attempted 10 nave MI ih''r'c"
with McGoncgal after his arrest. but ne was III hh
ugly mood. ard refused TO talk TO any extent lie
finally blurtcd out I'm fit Of anger; IhS Is non"
Of the pubc's business. ] don't what the press
saw about me. There Is no freedom In TINS country
for Il man when he is arrested for doing what Is
right.
The coroner who Is ply stefan. with the assistance
of another doctor held IN autopsy on the bod! 81
Mrs Webb and found that her death was due TO NAL
practlce II (, believed that Webb employed the
other prisoners to attend his wife. He admitted that
McGoncga and the midwife had attended his wife. and
had given white powders. some Of thcN" p"Wh"rS
were found in bis house at Ravcnswood, and are now
in the possession Of the police. lie also admitted
that the body OF tho stlhorn child had been secretly
buried In the backy ard Of his housc.
We're # not for what Di,trlc-AttOrney Nicoll
has called pcrvcrSion Of justice, Mc''on'Sal
would not have been frr" 10 commit another
crime lie Wis convicted Of manslaughtcr, aud
sentenced 10 fourteen NfN~ imprisonment "'"
n he had not been able obtain stay
from an out Of town Judge after 1t had been refused
IN this city. he would have begun 10 serve his term
~ imprisonment year ago last october.
Dr. McGoneca conv cicd OF causing the death
Of Annie Goodwin a cigarette ~, Her parents
lived nj No 80 Goorckst.. but she went to No 221
East one hundred and twenty .siXth.,t the home Of
John Tfaphagan. 50 that she could receive the at
ieutlon, Of "A young named Harrison. whom
lar Cat .r An Ike doctor
performed the OPERATION which caused her death.
The grl had been taken To NJ. 10 East one hundred
and thrty Scyrnthst. where liv'f Mrs fanni" shaw
al accomplcc ~ DR.. McGOnceal. Annie Goodwin
died on Juy g. and that night her body WIS taken
awny by I)r. MoGoncgal Ia cs. and buried In
suburban cemetery.
The physician was Indicted on August =. and hs
trial was begun on September ~. un october ,.
the Jury found IA verdict II mansiaueht"r IN The
first degree. ON october - Judg" Fitzgerald sen.
t-uc,d the prisone- 10 fourteen years imprisonment
on January ]. 1891. his counsel served notice Of
the appeal of the case 10 the General Term Efforts
10 hive tho prI-onc- released bail were unsuc
c,.sSful here but the lnwy er-. usual. lad no dh
guilty ia getting Judge IN another part II TIE STATE
10 prevent the carrying out Of sentence o, the court
Jndcc Pratt. IN BVohyn granted a ''ay OF u"
by David f. cox Of No. 33j Fat one hundred aud
nineteenth ST. IN the police court and GENERAL -
,lOt, ball had been fixed al s2OOOO.
The C-scrh rrrm refused 10 interfere with IN
conviction nrd McGOu"cal was re,rrrst ted An ap
neal wns talon To- the court Of Appeals and Il second
,tay Wns obtained. ths time from Judge D>knnn. ia
Whit. Plnius. lie too fixed bail nj 5000. ana Tie
man WIS ngau rrt-,d. Ills cnsr should have ben
argued H., June. but his lawyer, DID not have the
printed book ready and the argument was b'-tpouci
uuiU October. 10 has been SOrr point WITH the
District Attorney. that outOi-tOWn judges u The
supreme court shOuld pa~, upon The decisions ~
Judrr, Of that court in tins dt,, and grant freedom
T. convicted aud sentenced criminals.
Tn. Coroner has refused = accept BAL " any
,r,.rn, fr any one ~ the pri~ nos. william +
Bird a. lawyer. ~ No. go broadway. Ne" ORR
a, well "A, a brother ~ MC'uucsal. tried - -'~nrr h~
fera,e on hail. bat b.th i"lu'ots NJ" r''ufl.
The Coroner and Dcicctlv" kAvanagh ti"n turnti
their attention 10 finding The body 81 III" emo.
Detective kavanagh dug mp srv"raf fresh ,ppls 81
earth In the ward. but the search proved irnllir-,
Finally he went over to a." jail and brought Nrlb
ia IN. scene. The latter nt once pointed ont the
spot. and The body WAS unearthcd II WAS wrapped