The morning call., 1894-03-31
Murder Charged Against
a DOCtress.
MRS. e. HIM THE VICTIM.
Mrs. DR.. Dale in the Clutches of
the Law.
HE DENIES THE ACCUSATION.
Damaging Statements Made by Sew
eral Relatives of the Dead
Woman.

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Dale, at 1928 Grove street. last night, and
the visitors announcement of himself was
decidedly dramatic.
The caller was Detective Hogan, and
the doorbell was answered by no less a
parsonage than DR.. Dale herself, elegantly
! attired in black silk. with large genuine
diamonds at her throat and dangling from
her ears. She is short, stout woman of
60 years of age, eminently successful in
her practice and prosperous beyond the
measure of any of her neighbors.
Mrs. Dale looked inQuisitively at the de-
tective. who said gTavely: MADAM, am
Detective Hogan; and in view of tue cir
cumstances which L have been investigat-
ing am constrained 10 tell you that you
are under arres: on a charge of murder"
| Mrs. DR.. Dale's astonishment knew no
| bounds. She eagerly demanded the de-
tails, and the officer Informed her that she
would be held responsible for the death
| of Mrs. Emma Hinz of sos O'Farrell
street, who had expired at O'Clock on
| Thursday afternoon from the effects of a
criminal operation.
| Mrs. DR.. Dale declared that she had
never attended Mrs. HinZ, had never been
into the house al 805 O'Farrell street and
had no knowledge of the case whatever.
IL was With great I6luCLauco lUdt sue
QonDed her wraps and accompanied Hogan
to the new City Hall Prison, where a
charge of murder was entered against her
on the big register. AS :he charge was Of
such a serious character bail was out of
the question, and the arstocratlc- Ooking
prisoner had to content herself with such
accommodations as the prison afforded.
Mrs. Emma HinZ, the alleged victim Of
Mrs. Dale's surgery, is the wife of Joseph
HIM. wealthy baker. whose place of
business is 727 Larkln street. The family
| is quite prominent among the Germans of
| the city. There are three small children
| in the household. and Miss Maggie Loeber
a sister of Mrs. HnZ, is also an inmate of
| the comfortable O'Farreli-Street residence.
The death was reported tn Captain Lees
yesterday afternoon, and Detective Hogan
soon learned that Mrs. HinZ had not died
| of natural causes.
When she was taken dangerously sick
| DR.. Mahoney was called, and he sent for
DIR. Robert O'Connell. The two physi-
| Clans agreed that Mrs. HIM was suffering
from the effects of malpractice. and as
| Dr. OConnell was convinced that she
| would die he wrote out a dying statement
| at her dictation. The statement was to
the effect that Mrs. HinZ had undergone
an operation at the hands of Mrs. Dale at
the latter's residence on the 10TH OF March.
and had been sick ever since. Mrs. HlnZ
did not sign the statement, however, as
her husband stated that he would have her
do so at another time.
The statement of Miss Loeber, however.
fills the gep in the evidence which this
omission would have occaSioned
She told Detective Hogan that she ac-
companied her sister, Mrs. HiDZ. 10 the
residence of Mrs. Dale on the 18th inst,
and heard Mrs. Dale agree to perform the
operation, which, according to Miss Loeber,
was done In q room adjoining the one In
which she sat- Mrs. DR.. Dale called on
Mrs. HIM the next day and again Oh the
day following. Then Mrs. Dale's husband
called and said that his wife could not
come.
Mrs. Hinz continued to grow worse, and
as Mrs. Dale had apparently concluded To
drop the case DR.. Mahoney was called in.
Subsequently DIR. Leonard. DR.. Roseu-
stirn ana DR.. Peary were summoned. but
the physicians disagreed among themselves
and one alter the other hey ceased to call.
| Joseph HIDZ, the husband of the de-
ceased. states that his wife had spoken TO
him about calling Oil Mrs. Dale, but that
he had offered no advice on the subject
and did not know that she had decided to
do so until after the visit.
Mrs. Richter, mother of Mrs. HIM, will
also be an important witness in the prose-
cutiOn OF the doctresS, as she knows the
facts as stated by Miss Loeber.
| MIS- DIR. Dale, when questioned at the
prison, persisted in denying that she per-
formed the operation.
| L s.
| HlnZ physician, was notified on Friday,
the 23d, that she wanted to see him. Her
/ mother, Mrs. Loeber, called for me-" he
said, land / went to the house, sos O'Far-
rell street. The family occupy a cozy fiat.
Mrs. Loeber did not tell me what was the
matter with Mrs. HinZ, but at the house l
was told that criminal operation had
been performed on the patient by Mrs.
! Dale. Mrs. Hinz admitted that such was
the case and so did her sister, who was
present when the operation was performed.
Mrs. HinZ was in an extremely danger
Gus condition. She had high fever and
was suffering aeutely from peritonitis.
believed that she would die. l prescribed
for her and called several days later with
DR.. Robert 0CoDnell. They told him,
also, that criminal operation had been
performed, and he indorsed my opinion as
10 the woman's condition. Wa drew up a
statement of the case. but Mrs. Him. rela-
tives would not have her sign 1t, be-
cause they thought she would live.
l learned that Mrs. Hinz' husband
and also learned that a Mrs. Dr..
Smith, who lives in the Mission, gave her
pills and that they had no effect. That
was about a week before the operation
was performed.
"Hiuz was dissatisfied with my treatment
of The case and called in DR.. A. 7. Leon
ard of st. Mary'S Hospital, to whom l re-
signed it,"
Mics Maggie Loeber, sister OF the de-
ceased woman. said that she went with
her sister to Mrs. Dale's house one week
ago and the operation was then performed.
Mrs. Hinz began to suffer Immediately
afterward and on the day following Mrs.
Dale gave her some medicine, taking care
to remove the bottle. When Mrs. Dale
! called again she said that she was going
to the country to take test.
Mrs. HIM died at 5 o'clock Thursday
afternoon.
DR.. Rosenstirn was called in a few hours
before her death, and was subsequently
asked to sign the death certificate, but re-
! fused. An undertaken was sent for, who
not only failed to notify the Coroner oil
the death but injected embalming fluid into
the body. thereby rendering the work OF
the surgeon who will make the autopsy
J very difficult. The Coroner thinks it is
time an ordinance was passed forbiddinG
, the use of embalming fluids when the
, cause of death is unknown. The under
|, taker in this case SAID that he was told
that Mrs. Hnz had died of inflammation oi
, the bowels. He reported the case TO the
Coroner last night, and the remains were
taken to the Morgue.