The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-13
HUSBAND Tells
WITNESSING Grin
stage TEsTIFIEs BEFORE
CORONER As TO TINE: DEATx hi
OF HIS WIFE.
BLAME NEGRO DOCTCT
CoRonER.s yERplcT cAuHEA -
TO DE HELD-POL1CE Ex1GC9NS
TO LAY OTHER CRIMES
AT HIS DOOR

Following a diligent search ~ -
tective Wiltshire into the life 81 AM&S
tonic Freadricie. the negro undeF -
rest and held by g. coroner's fury -
terday for tbs death of Mrs. Rosa -
Stage. of IL Government road. w11ne
followed a criminal operation psF9oss
ed on her Friday. the detective 3M&k{Ns
ed that Fresdricie under thu nasa~ AeS
Antonio Friedrich. was arrested In H.
for an attack upon a young c0D64o4
girl. and in the following year WMM2
sent to the panitentiary from the Hu1e~
ings Court to serve fve-year term
The detective secured a photograph 0&s
the negro taken while he was iyseAR
cerated In the .,enitentiaFy. which TN
an excellent likeness Of the man un6n9s
arrest. Freadricie was arrested ~
that time by Policemen L. d. Sann61NG
now dead. and G. l.. Butler. who -
since resigned and is now employees
in the gas department.
1t 10 said that at least two Whit4s
women have met death AZ tho rAou1ks
OF the practice of the s0-called hAE6t
doctor. The police are investixat1mnS
several deaths OF women that occurfo4s
under what Is now shown to have beem#
suspicious circumstances. and 49,
identify OF TWO OF these are knQWW> 8EsSs
Husband Tells Story.
Sohbing conyulsiyely, his face tAnoos
and white, J. Tilden Stagg, patAta
and husband of the dead woman 81
self confessed witness to tho operntlum
that ended her life. ON the stand ~
the coronsr's inquest yesterday mQeDSs
Ing told Of what transpired In No.
bed room and her death. foliowtne ~
piteous appeal for glass Of wataeSs
refused her because the herb doeto
had denied It. Stage attempted IL ~
fend his part OF the affair by atax1nl3
that his wife and two other wCsa3 S
had dream few days prior % VI
operation In which she drean0d
FIRE (regarded by the superstitions TT
sure sign of DEATH, and think
that she would die. permitted
operation. Stagg stated that. hta n
had engaged the herb doctor witn
his know ledge or consent and Tn
ened to kill herself unless the q
alton was permitted. saying that uiiI1
he sanctioned the operation ne wop{
return home some day and ana 2
gone sS sNxx saa}a
Stagg also testified that this
the second operation his wife haaa
dersone at the hands of FreAdrz0
the other taking place ten months y
at the herb doctors home.
Another Cas- In hespital.
so bill was the payment -
operation, made to the negro, wto
the StasE home fifteen minut06
fore Mrs. StaEg died. after eAyin1k
would be all right In short tit,Sx
pr. r. /. Taltaferro.. az a0Ia
Broad street, who attended ~
now In the Memorial Hospital aa
result of an operation perforna0n
Freadricie. and whose life d. III
ANnNor al al
was excused when II was f0ur
the facts which he knew coa64
the case. could be esta bltaaa6
others, Mary Thomas. negro
OF Dickerson street, who dYenoAX
Stages body also testified. s2x
The jury went into executive
At O'Clock. and Within i've
returned verdict holding EkS1
responsible for Mrs. SeAgg'U
Freadricie was repreeentsd
attorney. H. N. Smith. u. TaSx
/. doctor In held in the Henrico 1o
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