The Portland daily press., 1895-02-08

operation upon her and administered no
medicine TO her. Leaving his office she
| returned to the Preble House; and soon
after sent Monahan out too find DIR. John
| B. Hughes. He soon returned, having
found DR.. Hughes. and having communl-
| Gated with Miss Dunn, she set out for
| Dr. Hughes's Office. This respondent has
| admitted to the officers OF the police de-
partment of this city that the young
woman came to his Office. When she
went away from his office she bore the
poison which was 20 cause her death.
After supper Saturday Monahan and
the eirl left the Preble and got board
ing nIace on Brown street. The girl had
a room in the house, and MonahaH got a
room across the street, but was to take
his meals with her. On the next day,
which was Sunday, they went to the
Catholic church togetner, ana later "ent
to the Union Station to get her trunk.
Sunday evening, Monahan having been
down town alone, in returning saw Mary
Dunn crossing the street,
COMING FROM DR.. HUGHES'S OF
FICE.
Monday morning Monahan called at
the boarding house and found her sick
and unable to come down to breakfast.
He builds a fire for her, and in other
ways sees to her comfort. Later the
condition of the girl being worse, Mona
han goes to this respondents office and
tells him that Miss Dunn is in pain. The
respondent tells him that he had told
her that she would have those pains I'M
til she got over her difficulty. Manohan
then returnsd, and at Miss Dunn's sug-
gestion, made preparation to return TO
| Lancaster.
Nothing more is heard from Miss
Dunn until Tuesday morning, when q
servant tells Miss Pinkham. who keeps
the boarding house that the new boarder
is very sick. Even the inexperienced
Miss Pinkham realizes that the guest is
very ill, and wishes to have physician
called. But Miss Dunn objects, and 1T
is not until noon that a physician vino
happens to be boarder in the family, is
called in. He sees at once how serious
is the case, and summons brother phy-,
stefan. Their experience tells them that
THE CASE is FATAL.
Miss Pinkham, informed of the APP
preaching death of Mary Dunn, informs
the latter. The dying girl receives this
information with sobbings and wailings,
and asks that priest be sent for. This
is the situation when, late on Tuesday
afternoon the city physician arrives.
Then the patient states That criminal
operation has been performed, and gives
the name of the one who has performed
it.
AT object" ipterjected Judge Symonds.
what the County Attorney says is not
sustained by evidence"
1--WE claim that it u.s." said Mr.. True.
"We reserve an exception to the County
Attorneys statement" replied Judge
Symonds MIR. True then went on to tell
of the death of the victim and the pro-
ceedings of the city physician. Monahan
was telegraphed for and arrived; and
after tine death OF this girl on Wednes-
day and ON Thursday went to the office
of this respondent and there had with
| him a
DIRECT AND IMPORTANT CONVEX
SATION
which shows with terrible force the guilt
of this respondent.
An autopay was performed on the body
of the girl, and it was found that she
died from septic peritonitis,s induced, as
we claim, by criminal operation. Then
Friday morning came, and on instruc-
tions issued by myself, an effort was
made to arrest this respondent. His
house as visited and searched and he
could not be found. The whole police
force of Portland were put on his track,
and still he could not be found until
| Sunday evening following, when he
walked into the police station and gave
himself up. And that evening, in the
station, he admitted to the city marsh al
that this girl was in his Office twice,
Saturday night and Sunday night, and
that he administered to her cafhartlc
pills for constipation. We kiow about
those pills. They were not cathartics;
| but they were the pills used by abortion
lists, and contained the drug ergot.
/ In conclusion Mr.. True painted viv1dly
| and eloqtently the terrib ole nature of
the crime which he alleged to have been
committed. Other crimes might be
But for murder like this, which sacrl-
feed two lives at once, there was no
reparation posi- BILE on this side OF the
grave.
On the second of last November Mary
Dunn, twenty-six years of age. leaves
Lancaster, N. H.. and comes to Portland.
In less than a, week she lies dead. There
are but two questions that we shall ask
| you. Did Mary B. Dnnn come to her
death by murder? And is that respon-
dent guilty of that murder? We shall
show you by testimony which we believe
conclusive that Mary B. Dunn was muir
derd, and that John B. Hughes is her
murderer.
Immediately after Mr.. True had con-
cIuded his singuIarly clear and spirited
| statement of the governments case, the
testimony began.
THE FIRST WITNESS
was Edward W.Fisk, station agent of
| the Maine Central railroad. He had
known Mary B. Dunn for year, and
remem bered that she was in the Maine
Central station there on the afternoon of
the first of last November. She bought
ticket for Portland. TIE train for
Portland left about three O'Clock in the
| afternoon.
The cross examination of this witness
was brief. He said he had fixed the day
by the fact that he had so soon read of
Miss Dunn's death. he had never seen
Monahan with her in Lancaster. Judge
Symonds asked particularly whether the
general complexion of Miss Dunn WIS
pale or rudy Witness thought she had
ordinary color.
Mr. Charles P. Costello, clerk at the
Pre- BILE House, was on duty at that house
Oh Thursday, the first day oflast Novem-