Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-07
TROTTER INDICTED
oes Moline. Doctor Held for Causing
the Death of Cora Lacey Of MITCHELL
vi'Ie-Physicians' Autopsy Shows
Criminal Operation.

viIIe-Physicians' Autopsy Shows
Criminal Operation.
Des Moines. Nov. DIR. w. r. Trot-
ter was indicted on the charge of muir
der in the second degree yesterday by
the Polk county grand jury. In the in
oictment. which was returned just be-
fore noon, he is charged with causing
the death OF Miss Cora Lacey at his
home in this city. Monday October %.
criminal operation. The bond of the
accused was fixed at 100000 He has
been in Jail since arrested on suspicion,
and 1t is not expected that he will fur
nish the required surety.
Ray Gregg. who was engaged to the
young Mitchellville girl, has not been
indicted. Since he gave himself up
to the authorities few days after the
death Of Miss Lacey, he has remained
brooding in his cell. refusing to speak
OF his low @ntil bra..-..,lt before
the grand jury. Then he told his story
as follows:
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81 have known Cora Lacey two years
In April and have been keeping COM
pany with her about that length of
time and was engaged to her and we
were to be married. l think she left
home on Monday, two weeks ago ana
stopped over night at her cousins place
near the capitol. She came down there
on Tuesday on the morning train to
Pleasantville, and met her at the sta
ton and went down to Knoxville with
her. We were there until Friday, she
stopped at my uncle's and also went
up to my guardians too. We tried to
get the marriage license but could not
get it because there was no one there
who could swear to her age.
We came to Des Moines with the In
tentlon of getting married. left Knox
vile Friday morning about 10 o'clock.
l wanted her to go home and she would
not do 1t, just wanted to stay with me.
/ asked her II she wanted TO go to the
Benedict Home. but she said she did
not want to go out there: she did not
want to do anything but come with me.
We went up to the hotel, the Sabin
house. l wanted to get license and
get married and she said no. it was bad
luck to get married on Friday. I want
ed her to go home and stay until the
first of the week, but she would not
do that.
Some time before, she asked me
about DR.. Trotter, said his daughter
married a cousin of hers She asked
me to find out about him and found
out as much as could and he seemed
10 be all right. but afterwards found
out differently. She went over to see
Trotter and went away Sunday morn
ing to her room at 500 Seventh street.
where Trotter lives. l did not see her
then until Tuesday. l went up to Trot-
ter's Office on Fifth street, Fifth and
Walnut. I asked him about the girl
and he said she was getting along all
right
The young man testified that there
was conversation with Trofter con-
strued to refer to the alleged operation,
later about DR.. Trotter's fee. He tes-
titled that he went to Trotter's home to
see the girl and she cried while she
insisted she was all right. Thursday
and Friday night, he testified, she took
worse; thought she was going to die.
she had such pains across the abdo-
men. She told me there would be
trouble il did not get the money for
him On Thursday she seemed bad
when I went there. but got better She
said, Il feel better since you came"
Saturday she was worse. Sunday he
testified that Trotter told him the girl
would die, but 1t was not due to the
operation.
The five physicians who held the au-
topsy over the remains of Cora Lacey
also testified before the grand jury
They were DR.. Charles II. Hoffman,
Coroner j. w. Beck, DR.. j. r. Ryan, Dr.
G. N. Ryan and Dr. G.. r. Hibbs of
Mitchellville. They testified that death
was caused by criminal operation.
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