Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-16
DIS. ANNA LoNGSHoRE-mo
HELD ON SECOND CHARGE OF
OPERATING cRlMiNALLY.
ACCUSED OF CAUSING DEATH
OF YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN
Physician Whose Case Supreme Court
Recently Reversed Not Awaiting
Trial on Two Similar Charges
Black Hawk County Grand jury

Waterloo. oct. l6.-Dr. Anna Long
shore-Moon OF Waterloo now OUT IN
der a $4,000 bond awaiting her second
trial for the murder o: Miss Reoecca
shade. who died as me result Of what
is claimed 10 have pesn 3 criminal op-
GRAFTON. was a=ala indicted Tor muir
der by the grand jury whica mas 5Qsl
concluded is work here. The in6ict-
men, was the result Of the death o.
Mrs. Verne Ballard 8, ae- home in
Tripol. May q last, followins Grim
in2i operation alleged q have been
performed by the accused woman
physician. According 10 the testimony
given before the grand jury
MIS- Ballard made . dying Statement,
il which she said mat Dr.. Lcngshcre
Moon performed The operation upon
ae- at The doctors home II this cl;y
on May -. nine days before her dean
ozaer evidence submitted 10 the grand
jay was very Ga1aas.pg.
Mrs. Ballard. whose maiden name
was Miss Minnie Hatiendorf Of IT,
poll was Cor a while employed as
clerk in the store OF the James Black
dry goods company IN this city. She
and Nj Ballard were married 81 Fort
Dodge last February and had been re
siding with the young Tites mother n
T-ipol..
According 10 evidence given before
the grand jury, Mrs. Ballard dlscov-
cred early II April that she Vas with
child. on Thursday. MAY q, M and
MIS-. Ballard came 70 Waterloo and
spen. The nigh, with friends. On the
following morning Mr.. Ballard wen,
10 Wave-ly with the understandings
that MS wife would meet hin. there
in The afternoon ard they would re-
turn 70 Tripol!. Il was after ,he hus-
band lett this city and sometime DIR
!1s The afternoon OF MAY - accord
ing 10 the evidence, that Dr.. Long
shore Moon IS charged with having
performed the operation.
Woman Becomes III.
Mrs. Ballard took the afternoon car
for Waverly where she Joined her
husband and they returned 10 Tr;poA-
They arrived al their home about
O'Clock IN the evening.
Nj Ballard testified that ne al that
time knew nothing regarding the
opera ton. as his wife had told hin, she
wished 10 remain in Waterloo part OF
that day 10 do some shopping. That
evening. her husband testified. she
seemed TO be in fairly good health. and
they spent the evening with friends in
Tripol. About 10 O'Clock that night,
while they were on their way from
their friends Mrs. Ballard testified
the husband, complained OF feeling
sick. About IL or o'clock she be-
came considerably worse
Her condition continued 10 grow
more serious. according 10 the nus
band and eetwee- and 3 o'clock in tn.
morning Of MAY IS she became so sick
that DR.. Jungblut OF Tripoh was
called
Testifying before the grand jury, DR..
Jungblut stated that when ne reached
the house, Mrs. Ballard complained OF
a headache but refused TO let him ex-
anime her. He did, however make a
very casual examination and asked her
= she had been performing any opera
ton upon herself. She denied having
done so and the physician told Mr..
Ballard that ne suspected MS wife had
been operated upon.
Mrs. Ballard. according 70 the tes
tirnony before the grand jury later told
her husband that DR.. Longshore- Moon
had performed criminal operation
upon her, using instruments.