The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-07

bly, we'll acquainted there. think I
would know Ira Hammond if would
see him. / have never seen him but
twice and learned his name by inquir.
ing. The first time saw him was either
a week ago Wednesday or Thursday.
He came to Lamont on horseback and
stayed all night and left the next fore.
noon. He rode a bay horse which q
should judge weighed about 100
pounds. Night before last when ifcane
home this same horse and a gray were
standing in a stall. / asked my; partner
who drove them, and he said the same
man that was here last week that slept
in the Office. l know positively that
the same horse was there on two occa-
sions. The last time the horse didn't
stay all night. During the night this
young man came and woke me up and
SAID, Clarence, want to get saddle. !"
/ told him he could find one in the of
flee, and said, "What are you going to
rides:' and he said, II am going to ride
my own horse" When came upi In
the morning, Mother stones team was
there, He took the gray horse away
yesterday. think l would know this
man if would see him. He was about
as tall as am, rather heavy set, smooth
faced and was a little on the reddiAh
complexion. could pick him out all
right. make the trains generally. < l
know Maud Stone. did not see her
there at any time. was not at the
train the day understand she came.
On Tuesday morning there was lady
got of the train and acted suspicious. |
asked her if she wanted hotel and
took her to the Barr Hotel. think
this was the Tuesday morning train,
although it might have been as late
as Wednesday; it wasn't Monday.
| carried her grip to the hotel and Crof-
ford sent for it. 1t was a canvas teles.
cope grip. The woman was light and
rather slim. 1t wasn't Maud Stone.. l
have not talked with Crofford about the
cause of this girls DEATH"
DIR. r. A. BOWMAN.
l am 90 years old, live in Leon and
have been regular practicing physician
and surgeon for nine years. helped
to conduct the post mortem examine
ton on the body of the deceased, Maud
Stone, on the 30th day of January, 1901,
at the Stone residence in Decatur town.
ship. DIR. Layton and DR.. McAllaster
of Leon, DIR. Duff of Davis City and DR..
Eiker of Decatur were present, beside
other gentlemen. We made careful
and thorough examination of the alb.
dominal cavity. An incision was made
from the umbillicus down to the pubic
clear through to the cavity of the pelvis
and also an incision about twelve inches
right across on line with the umbilli-
Gus. This was all drawn back and held
ther examination Of the bowels. On
first opening the abdominal cavity,
there was yellow, very offensive fluid
poured forth from the opening, and
that was taken up with sponges with
considerable difficulty. because Of the
large amount Of it. The bowels were
then carefully examined and seemed to
be all right. The small intestines were
examined and no openings found in
them. The appendix was then brought
to view and carefully examined by each
physician present. 1t was perfectly
sound. After examining the appendix,
the bowels were elevated from their pos
ition as they lay oyer the uterus OF
womb and the left ovary was first
brought to view and examined, as also
the right ovary. Owing to the condi-
ton of the womb, it was hard to bring
it to view. 1t was short and we could
just bring the top Of it to view. The
ovares were diseased, affected from pus,
what IS commonly called septicemia OF
blood poisoning. 1t was something
that could have been caused within the
last week or so and was not chronic.
We examined the whole uterus, which
was abnormal in size, or larger than ii
should be, considerably, indicating that
there had been pregnancy. We exam.
ined the inside and found evidence of 9
placenta or afterbirth having been at
tached at one time. At the neck of the
womb or cervix there were some abra.
sions, showing the effect of blunt in
strument being used. That part of the
womb appeared to have been lacerated
in an attempt ats criminal operation.
In my opinion, after making the exam
ination and knowing what do about
the case, think her death was due to 9
criminal operation produced by a blunt
instrument or something of that kind.
do not think it reasonable that tina,
operation was done in the interest Of
saving her life. From her appearance
| think it would have been possible fol
her to have carried the child the term
and given birth to it. From the midi
cations, should think the septicemia
had been of short duration, it was acute
not chronic. 1t was such an infiama-
ton as would likely be produced from
an attempt at criminal operation. We
found evidence OF conveyance of the
septicemia from the womb to the alb.
dominal cavity. On opening the fall
opian tubes, which run from the upper
part of the womb out into the abdomi-
nal cavity, it showed pus all along the
inner side Of the tubes, proving this te
be the mode of infection out into the
abdominal cavity. This would very
likely occur in producing an abortion
being the result of infection from the
instruments or some other means I'M
known, either unclean instruments OF
too much force. Not so much the lat.
ter, as unclean instruments. 1t would
be pretty hard to state definitely how
far pregnancy had progressed, but com.
pairing the normal virgin womb with
what that womb was, 1 should judge il
was two and half months, but we can.
not be positive about these things, un'
less we see the foetus itself and there
was none there. In the upper left por
ton of the womb there showed evidence
of the placenta having been attached
some small remnants there. We saw