The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-08-11
bo malinv q, the dress paid my bill. Th

he making OF the dress paid my bill. The
ioctor was "runk when took the dress
down, but when he operated upon IN hs |
WAa as soSer as he ever is | thiuk Dr. A
g. Walker crushed tn chiid's he0d Wuen
he tried 10 help me out wheu l was sicN.
DIR. A. B. Walker used no instruments anu
simply done his duty as doctor; Tue
child was all right excepting the SKI on
line ton OF the head seemed to be broken. |
Tho face was natural, but the child oitni |
cpeu its eyes. The cut IN the top OF the |
head vas clean ont, and there was 10 !
blood. | cannot Just exactly tell VINO u
the father OF the child, but think tits my
husband, as Ne mace up some time ago
aud lived together short nme. uoH
know whether he was jealous OF Mr.
Upgprsnick. Martin ShaDks and William
TTnvarshick took the child away. Mr.
Snauks told Unpershtck ali he had 10 90
was to 90 With him. MIR. Shanks went
with hitn and buried the baby. Wnen
they came back l asked II II was heIu 10
dig th- ground, and Shanks said no,
Ungershck dldn't pay my bills, and
don't know whether my husband tried 10
shoot him. DR.. A. B, Walker said that the
cltld would not live, and thtre was no
use Of wrapping II up. The chtld was a
boy. DR.. L l.. Wsk"r taV' me some piiis
and med cine which hg sali would fix me
| all tipht, HsRave TOO tuis before ne used
| the it,trumtut. think the medicine was
tansy | never aid anything To mysef
until after DR.. Il, Walker operated upon
me, | have heard Mrs. Shanks sad l
| smoth.red the chi'd, but this ls not true
/ as never saw IL uUiil she came TO me the
next morning and said IL was dead.
| Before they left the houso TO bury tue cbiln
/ Mr.. Shanks said ne knew where to put H."
rhe widow referred tu in the above ies-
nmony is Mrs. Flora Brockets who Keeps
L house for 6lr. Allen At No. l4O Prospect
/ avenue. Marshal Gentry attempted 10
| srbpoeua her but could not fiud her Satur.
| DIR, E, L. Walker was examined Saturday
i evening by Coroner Openhimer and tesu-
| led in substance as follows: live at lO9
i East Fourth street have practiced
i medicine for thirty years, and have been
in Canton for twenty years. know Mrs.
| Amanda Lohr. She first came to my house
| about three months ago. She has been
| there several times since, but on
the last Two visits did not see her. She
| made a dress for my wife. The last time
| saw her was three or four weeks ago.
Ii was three months ago when she wanted
me 10 help her out. l gave her some
| simple medicine and examined her with q
sound. | never prescribed anything for
her except some simple medicine.
| never gave her auy oil of tansy and never
| operated upon her. She wanted me TO
| Operate upon her but l refused. The
doctor denied the statements made by
Mrs. Lohr.
THE MOTHERS TESTIMONY.
The first witness examined was Mrs.
1 Sarah Bordner, mother OF Mrs. Amanda
Lohr. She testified in substance az FOL
| lows: | reside near Navarro, Mrs. Lohr
will be thirty four years OF age next sep
tembor. She was married thirteen years
ago, living with her husband for ten
years. About four weeks ago l was con-
| vinced that my daughter was in delicate
condition. She came down To see us and
the next Saturday, July 16, came to Can
ton TO bee her. She admitted to me at thts
time that she was in an interesting coudi-
ton, and had been taking medicine.
| wanted her TO come home, telling her no
doctor, unless il was one like Maxwell,
would do anything for her. She agreed to
/ come bono and live with her HUSBAND,
saying she would write to him. On the
following Tuesday came up again with
| toe team ~ take her home. She would
| not go with me, saying she had not col
/ lected In her money for two weeks. She
promised to come home soon: She claimed
| to me that the child belonged TO her hus-
band. Last Tuesday night she came
l home but would say very little TO me. Sue
gave me to understand the child was
l buried near "a swamp. She said sEe
| would tell all at the proper time.
| Through Mrs. John Allen telling an aunt
| that DR.. L L. Walker bad operated on
| Amanda, | first learned the true facts
] Amanda also showed Mr.. Allen the in
gtrument which the grass widow gave to
| her. Last fall Amanda and her husband
made up and lived together short time
| when she wrote 10 him that she didnot
care TO live with him any longer.
| MRS BRoCKETT's TESTIMONY.
| Mrs. Flora Brockett was the second
! witness examined and testified MS follows:
| live at $40 Prospect avenue and anI
slightly acquainted with Mrs. Amanda
| Lohr. first saw her the last day of April
| at Mr.. Aliens house. / saw her month
/ or so later and twice since then at her
| house. She never spoke OF her condi-
| tion. saw her the Saturday night be-
| fore her child was born and she admitted
| to me that she had performed an opera
| ton upon herself. She also told me that
| one physician gave her medicine and that
| she had been 10 several others, but none
| of them would do her any good. She said
| she had sooner die than have child. /
| saw her again Sunday evening and was
| there when the child was born. William
| Unaershick and Mrs. Shanks we're also
| preseut. The child's head was badly torn
| and il WAS black in the face when 1t was
| born. II was alive and seemed TO grad
| ually grow stronger, as IL cried louder.
| When the doctor came he told US to take
| rood care of il, saying II could not live but
might last until morning. The jaw was
| not broken. Invent home about ten O'Clock
and came again Monday evening. l did
not see the child then and asked how long
| IL lived, Mrs. Lohr said the last
| she heard of it was about l O'clock. She
didn't know il IL died then or just stopped
making noise. She said sne wanted
will TO look at 1t, but he would uot do 1t,
so no one saw it, until Mrs. Shanks came
down in the morning. Before DR.. A. b.
Walker left, at his request, Mrs. Lohr said
no one was TO blame except herself and
| that she did the work with a lead pencil.
He explained that he made the request SO
no reflection could be cast on him. He
said that on account of the lady, he hoped
no one would make any mention OF the
4 affair. | never nad any conversation
with Mrs. Lohr about abortions, and
never gave her an instrument as have
none in my possession.
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