Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-22
AGAIN I'm THE TOLLS.

Degree-Unable to Secure Thirty |
Five Hundred Dollars Bonds He
Spent the Night In the Lookup
Will be Sent to Jail To-Day Unless
Bonds Are Secured-He Protests
That He is Absolutely Innocent of |
the Crime Charged and Claims to /
be Able TO Prove His Innocence
His Case Will Come Up by Conttn.
uance December IS. |
DR.. J. Edward Lee of 1890 Chapel |
street, who obtained such notoriesy in
connection with the death of Maggie |
Schloss of Ansonis, ia again in the tolls
and last night for the second time occu-
pied cell at police headquarters, charged
with murder in the second degree. This
time the crime he is charged with having
committed is that of causing the death by
criminal malpractice of Mrs. Issbells
Miller, wife of George Miller of Water
street.
The warrant, which was issued by AS
sistant City Attorney Matthewman, charges
DR.. Lee with murder in the second degree
and further alleges that the accused did
feloniously, wiIfully and of his own malice
sforethought make violent assault and
did violently bruise, wound and Ill treat
the said Isabella Miller with a certain in
strument and did then and there violently,
wickedly and inhumanly force, thrust,
stab and penetrate, ipHicting an oblique
upward wound, ragged, lacerated and
mortal, about one-hslf An inch and of the
breadth of three eixteenths of an inch and
that from the effects of this wound the
said Isabella Miller died at 5:40 a. m. on De-
oember Is.
This warrant was turned over to Dstec-
tive Cowles, az announced in yesterdays
COURIER. but owing to the fact that Lee
could not be located was not served until
yesterday morning when the detective
found DR.. Lee in his Office on Chapel street,
served the warrant and escorted him to po-
lice headquarters accompanied by George
W. Perry, foreman of the National Rivet
works at % African street, who was ready
to furnish bonds for the doctor.
Upon the arrival of the trio at police
headquarters the name of J. Edward Lee
was entered upon the slate and the charge,
murder, affixed to it. After the prelimiua-
ries had been gone through with, DR.. Lee
was taken upstairs to the city court room
| and arrsigned before Judge Gable who was
| by any attorney.
The hearing in the court room was ex-
| ceedingly brief and occupied but few
| minutes. Lee was arraigned and when the
| complaint had been read Assistant City
| Attorney Matthewman asked that the bonds
be fixed at 5000 DR.. Lee objected to the
fixing of the bonds at such large amount,
stating that he had no intention of leaving
the city and claimed that he could have
left the city long ago II he had had any
reason for 80 doing. He then requested
that the bonds be fixed at 81, 900, which he
thought would be sufficient.
Mr.. Matthewman said he would willing
ly consent to the fixing of the continuance
bond at So 600, but Judge Gable finally de-
cided to fix the bonds at $500 and con-
tinued the case to December % in order to
give DIR. Lee an opportunity to be ready
for trial on that date.
| After the amount of the bonds had been
fixed, George W. Perry came forward and
offered to qualify as bondsmsn in the case
When the usual inquiries were put to him
1t was ascertained that he did not own the
property in his own name but that It was
owned jointly by himself and wife. In
| consequence of this fact his bonds were re-
fused and Dr.. Lee after having requested
| him to go in search of another bendsman
l was taken down stairs to the lookup anC
placed in a cell. Up to a late hour las
| evening DR.. Lee had not been able to secure
| bondsman and remained in confinement
| He will be taken to Jail this morning IN
less previously liberated on bonds.
DR.. LEE TALKS.
DR.. Lee was visited In his cell on thu
upper tier of the police lookup by (
COURIER reporter last evening. Here h
was apparently as comfortable as could b.
expected under the circumstances and die
not appear very much disturbed over hi,
arrest. He was waiting patiently for I
bondsman, but up to midnight no one hat
appeared to go on his bond.
In con versing in reference to the case h
| said substantially that he was absolutel,
| innocent of any crime and that he wa
under arrest charged with such
serious crime simply becsuse he refused t.
aid doctor in criminal operation SOM
| time ago and this whole affair was precipi
tated by him. Il am entirely innocent o
any crime or even the thought of such
3 | as follows: Mrs. Miller called at my ofio
about December and told me she though
she was in delicate condition. She ais
asked me If it was not necessary some
times to perform an operation ii
} | order to save a woman's life an,
I told her it was sometimes, bu
f very seldom. She then told me sgsil
| that she believed che was In
delicate condition and that the birth o
} another child would kill her. A few day
. later she sent for me and went to he
house at 281 Water street. I made an ex
animation of her at that time and foun.
her aborting, but whether this condition
had been brought about by herself, by al
= accident or by some one else do no
know. I administered medicines to he
but used no instruments. While in tn
room with her locked the door, but near
3 ! ~ every physician does that She was als
| suffering from varicose veins. Like nearl,
all Germans she was hard worker snt
, baked and cooked for from 90 to 100 men
boarders at the restaurant, every day
besides waiting on the table, and also die
, | the family washing. Her condition ma!
; have been due to protrscted overwork, t.
a sudden strain; it may have been owing
to an operation by some other physician O.
, to her own secret act. I know nothing
about any cut. That fact had to be dis
closed by the autopsy. certainly am no
responsible for her condition. 1 shall
prove my innocence In court, and I'll sta!
| in this city no matter If I have to spenc
half of each year in Jail and the other hal
; in practicing my profession"