The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-12

~. Goeth, of this city. and Baxter,
! were said to have clinched that por-
ton OF the affidavit made by DR.. II.
r. Lutz, chief informant against Mere
dith, regarding Mrs. Allison. Lutz
said that it was at / o'clock on the
morning of March 1S, 1918, that he
turned Mrs. Allison over to Mere
dith at his (LItz's) office in the busi-
ness section of Pittsburgh. few
days later Lutz said he met Meredith,
asked him how Mrs Allison's case
OF septic poisoning was progressing
and was informed that Mrs. Allison
was gone" The poisoning of Mrs.
Allison, I-utz set forth, resulted from
Ia criminal operation performed by
Meredith.
On March 20, two days following,
Miss Orr went to Dr. Welch and ask
ed him for permit to bury Mrs.
Daisy Davis" who, she was said to
have informed Welch, died of '.lobar
pneumonia after an Illness Of eight
days" at Meredith's institute. Welch
granted the permit. Undertaken
Goeth was called. embalmed the wom-
an named in the certificate as Mrs.
Davis, and shortly afterward oversaw
the burial in the United cemetery.
Goeth today led the party of inyes-
tigators to the unmarked grave and
stated after viewing the remains that
he was sure they were those of the
woman he took there from the "house
of mystery
The two things imm mediately before
jackson was the rapport OF the nurse
who declared she knew another ease
almost parallel to that of Mrs. ALI
son and the report of another inform
ant who told him that Meredith was
arrested once before for NAL practice.
1T was eighteen years ago and in
this county, according to the party
who told me about IT," said the dis
trict attorney. Meredith was ar,
ystgned IA Oakland police station. \
Vas tdfd, but what dispcsitioM as
made, my informant could not state
Developments Of the day. 1t was
said, may result In the bringing OF
additional charges against Meredith
and increase OF bail, now 1900. The
original charges were that hs per-.
formed an illegal operation upon Mrs.
Allison and committed larceny by
taking her jewels and retaining ap-
parel which she wore. The state
makes distinction between the mere
performance of such an operation and
the performance Of such operation
resulting in death, which Jackson eX-
pected to take advantage of. 1t is
admitted, however, that Meredith
probably faced no more than imfs-
onment of not more than seven yeors,
although it is predicted that Lutz's
confession that many women. pos
sibly a score. met the same fate In
the great drab house overlooking the
Ohio. was not xaggarated.
Following lengthy secret confer
ence tonight between District Attor-
ney Jackson Chief Of Detectives f. E.
Clark and their assistants in tnvest1-
eating the "house Of mystery MISS
Lucy D. Orr, head nurse at DR.. c. &.
maternity institution, was
charged with murder and
placed in the county Jail without bail.
The information did not state any
specific case, but it was understood to
have been in connection with the
death of Mrs. Myrtle Allison.
More than fifty women from all
parts of the city were called into the
conference and questioned as to their
of the Bellevue hospital. !
A number were said to have admitted
that they underwent operations there
and to have given the officials in ,
which led to the new charge
against Miss Orr.
Dorothy Not at Home. |
NEW YORK, April l1.-Dorothy !
Arnold, missing New York hefress' +
wherever she may be. Is not dying IN
he home OF her faith II. F. r. Arnold
here This was established this after
noon after District Attorney Jackson
" Pittsburgh declared he knew the