Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-21
officers Propose to Enquire Into
Death Of the Young Lady,
MALPRACTICE IS ALLEGED.
II IL Thought that a san Francisco
Doctor was Responsible for
Hier Death.


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young lady VINO dled VI thlS WY oh t"e
Sth Of this month The one. concerning
tho oauso or whose death the doubts
MISREPRESENTATION. ,r,,. /, u,ront.
are entertainer ~ +" ,'' ''"'' 80 .' 49,
ing 1t Is believed mat she Is inc we
Tim of MALPRACTICE and her remains
,,au Il. ovbur,sd and an autopsy VIII
wv ~,
DE helu lo ueie''I'no "n''"O' NV
there Is any ground for the suspicious
The matter has been taken up ny lhe
county attorney here ana other 0nlclAls
ut the special instance OF the mcther OF
the girl who II Is said ascertained GER
tain facts while on recent VISIT 70
this city that, she says lmpell her TO
sft the matter to the bottom
When seen In ogden this morning
Mrs. Branting told the story of her
daughters sickness and death, as muCh
az she knew, ana her oyerWrouBht ieel-
ings would permit She stated mat
about two months ago her daughter
who was IN the employ OF the scott
strevell Hardware company left Tor
Calif0fnlh. she however stopped OH
at Ogden on her way and told her
mother that she had been i for some
time and the lirm had klndly granted
nor vacation 20 go 10 CNlll0rilla'
Her daughter went 10 the coast ana
after Few days had elapsed MIS-
Brantlng received letter from her
stating that the climate ala not agree
WIN her as she had been SICK nearly
all the time, was then IN hospital ana
was preparing TO come nome. Ihe next
MIS- Granting heard from her daughter
was after the latter had reached san
Lake, she wrote to her mother then
that she was sick, but not seriously ana
Would be prepared TO help her IMAM
cially IN Few days. Within week
Mrs Branting received telephone
message conveying the news Of her
daughters death ana that the body was
az Watsons Undertaking establish
ment being prepared Tor shipment To
ogden IL was heartbreaklng news Tor
her but she never suspected anything
wrong only she feit hurt a the lack Of
confidence which her daughtcreNhlblt-
ed' When the remains were taken to
ogden the family. physician Or ~ i.
Forbes was called IN and she explained
10 MN the peculiar circumstances of
htl uehNl
Dr. Forbes Inquired the cause of de-
mise ana When tod mat the death GER
tlfcate imputed II to reflex vomiting
ne al once Informed the mother that
suoh conditions followed malpractice
put the undertaken who received the
Dody at Ogden said i was In such a
condition that It would be necessary
70 bury 1t at once, SO that DR., Forbes
ulu NOT nave the opportunity OF making
an investigation But he wrote to
county Attorney christensen, stating
nus suspicious and the grounds on
Whieh they rested, and last wednesday
NJ christensen went 70 Ogden talSng
oherlll MAYOR with him and after
lnahins INQUIRIES and finding out as
IhuCh as ne could ne decided 10 have
11ne pody eNhHmed and an autopsy held
ne sruGsome work VIII be done as
sVoll az ne returns IRON Bntteriield
"mere ne was called on urgent business
Ihe suspicious OF me malpractice rest
on San francisco physician, and are
enlei talheu Dy an me local doctors who
Jaw the young woman before and after
ueath' Nhen llr KING came TO sign
lhe eertlhcate OF death and saw that
telleN vomiting was assigned as the
cause OF the demise. his suspicious were