The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-21


when it was reported to you that there
| was dead child there?"
Yes; was there In 1894"
State what you were there for"
Il would rather not; it was on pri-
vate matter"
WAS 1t anything about the birth of
| a child at Mrs. Vaughan's house?"
mo, sir"
"She then invited you to.look through
| her house, and you did SO, didn't you?"
YES"
| Coroner Mix then said that a physi-
clan had told him that Mrs. Vaughan
| was caring for cases Of abortion, and
| that he knew of certain doctors who
sent cases of abortion there.
Mr.. Goodhart-"Did he state where
the abortions were committed?"
| mo; he said that the abortions were
committed by the doctors who sent the
cases there"
| The coroner also told of three other
infants whose bodies had been found
In and about New Haven-one on June
", 1888, on the beach at West Haven;
one on July II, 1894, on the bank Of
I West river, between Edgewood avenue
and Chapel street. and one on Septem-
Der 8, 1894, on the Savin Rock shore.
He said that he would have the reports
Of Investigations into these cases for
| the next session of the board.
Charles H. Webb was the next wit
ness called. He said that he had charge
of property on Mansfield street near No
8 Prospect place.
Mr.. MISUNDERSTANDING, Mr.. Webb,
that lying-in place is to be located at
| No. Prospect place, what in your
opinion will be the effect on the adja-
cent property?"
Mr.. Goodhart objected to the ques-
| ton.
Mr.. Alling-"I am undertaking to
| show that the location of the lying-in
hospital there will damage property adj
1acent $35, 900 worth; that 1t will render
| the property unstable. 1t would be d
damage to any locality. The supreme
court has said that the question of To-
cation did enter in
Mr.. Goodhart-"It is not for the board
to discuss the private convenience of
the parties next door; this is a public
matter He says that wherever this
hospital is located it will depreciate the
value of property. If this is so, what
is to become Of the statute law which
permits licenses of this sort to be
| granted? Where there is a question
between the good Of the individual and
the good of the state the rule is always
the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der. The question is not is the location
an agreeable one. but it is suitable
one"
DIR. Fleischner said that the opposi-
ton would be given all possible latitude
in asking questions and that the board
would later decide upon the value of
the evidence.
Mr. Webb then answered the question
put by Mr.. Alling, saying: at would
depreciate the value of adjacent prop
erty 1t would practically make it I'M
salable. 1t would change the character
of the vicinity because of the obiec-
tionable house and Objectionable bust
ness. 1t would cause a decrease of %
to so per cent for the property at least
a block-about everything below Sach-
EN- street."
DIR. Francis Bacon was next called.
He said that he had done what he
could to suppress abortion in this
neighborhood and had been interested
in number of prosecutions. His at
tention had been called to No. As Stew
ems street and for a number of years
he had heard of 1t as a place of Hire
pute. Asked further as to what he
had heard concerning the reputation of
the place. he said: TT was resorted to
by pregnant women DESTROYS of irreg-
ular and unlawful termination of their
connection" He had never heard of
the place except in that way, and had
heard this from members of the medi-
cal profession, police officers and citi-
zens at large. He had heard of no def
mite facts.
Mr.. Alling-"As connected with the
state hospital, will you state the pro-
cess in dealing with illegitimate
births?"
Question objected to and ruled out.
Mr.. Alling-"Give US your opinion as
to the need of a lying-in hospital In
|, New Haven"
Collected to, but admitted).
!; Il shall be obliged to answer that in
detail by saying that there are a. good
many patients Of that sort received at
the New Haven hospital without diff
ly and humanely, and protected as the
. necessity of their cases require. think
that a woman who enters the establish
ment under these circumstances will
receive all the care and attention that
i is possible for her to receive anywhere.
The hospital makes no question about
receiving cases Of that sort" He said
that it made no difference if fictitious
names were given, so long as it reflect
ed no discredit on any one else. He
: said that there was no refusal to ac-
cept cases where abortion had been
, committed, but that such cases were
: repeatedly received at the state hospi-
tai.
Mr.. Alling-"What Is the danger in a
, private 1ying-in hospital?"
DR.. Bacon-"They are numerous
One is the extreme facility offered for
) infanticide, which Is very frequent ir
! establishments of this kind They are
/ dangerous unless the persons carrying
: them on are above suspicion and con-
: stantly inspected by officers of the law
/ and tend to give over in the future the
, mothers to lives of infamy, while in
/ we'll conducted establishments all pro-
lection is put around them" In the
; course of his testimony DR.. Bacon said
that he thought that New Haven was
a. focal center for the crime of a bor.