Alleged Malpractice by an Accoucheuse.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 169, 11 September 1886, Page 3

Alleged Malpractice by an Accoucheuse.

AKODHEB young g|ij^haB died a shock id a death, Tft y Joi 3 1 professed accoucheuse,' pi No 1, Waxman'sj Co^eS^id^S^^l^WtSon^iSSinJcasl WWi!|)l!^ffi in 8 been guilty of! ■malpractice 5 by/Nvhich the .tirl's death was ■*4ul<jDdise-ioajburi73.«go>riito oh mm UjpjtOj^hpj^in: who died m^he accused's cottage a couple of mind. '^Nbt^'ttftV^S^H'a^^a^/VbWt' irfth*} jfcasea afrHfche girir.Gele&fciaa JFsost^an&^an-j they hart sufficient proof, agaipet Matgar^ti Taylor ; but she escaped 'cbiivict'ionT' The v *gP&dttfc^S ' at ''least* < se*cond d jy.aung* feinaleilßhe')iu radoused"; pf nhavingj years of age. Her name wa% Julia Gecrgum' Percival Warburtpn, a daughter ofitne' late, AMf^PeYcival' >fyVar button; 1 v theatrical' man-; :«kgec,j'W©ll-know^iip the city,, of, .JAelbjoujcgei for many years, whoeejß.uddea ( domiBevfhjilßt| he was dressing to'come'into' town one morn-! me was recently reported. She was, those Mb k'u'ew hef^S^^^W^eS'Bialiirl,! an,d,sbe.had been engaged- at Beveral of the 1 prlnc!parpia~C6d' < of 'amusement in the cityj j *&ier ' Ia?t" -ap'pearan'c'e (I "was H tit ■ St. * Geome'3 1-Miit' Hero'wn, mother, ile 'dead,, but Iler S.tJppmo^ljer is, living ?l and^the la^eij^uppn' th*e decease, of Mr War burton, accepted the, poeilion'^of* housekeeper to "Mr ' Mills, ' of, Sunny Sfde/'iieir thfeßoyal Patk, Mt Milla's; witebeWg Sri invalid.- l There also deceased found a home for s6me I<J timei |! bu't^ on Monday ■ last (her condition having made her removal. < imperative, H it, is assumed) hired tjft' room ,froni) young- woman knoyvn aa.Mra Hamilton, in a very, small ,and ancient -cottage,, 25, Young-street, Fitzroy, only a , short' distance from > the Parade. That her mother knew of her destination ia'known'; "and 'the police believe they have ample proof that the whole matter was pre-arranged 1 , and that the girl had been previously treated byMralaylor, who had- known* "-JSlra Hamilton in Richmond." About Mrs Hamilton there is some mystery, inasmuch as there is no male person in authority at her cot! age. It is under -t;cod, however, that she has made a confession implicating both Mrs Taylor* and the girl's mother. (That Mrs Taylor was at 25, . Young-Street, there is no doubt ; t in fact, she admits being there, but say a, she was only called in, in the .ordinary way tonuree the girl.. The direct malpractice is believed to have been committed on Tuesday, last. It . waa on Wednesday that, the girl became seriously ill, and on Thursday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, she .expired with , startling - auddennea without having been seen by any , medical man., Of course no certificate of death could be obtained, and the report of her death to the police was compulsory The case was suspicious at first sight, and the detective Y police *at once began to inrestigate it. The developments followed one another so quickly that Mrs Taylor was in the city watch-house by> 1 o'clock yesterday, but during the afternoon was bailed out, Mr Gillot, solicitor, acting for her, as he has done on previous occasions. •' Professor Allan 1 made a post-mortem examination of the body of the girl yesterday afternoen. As is usual in such case?} the body was becoming black, but the professor was able to conduct a minute examination, and there is little doubt his verdict will 'be that death was caused by blood-poisoning, consequent upon the alleged criminal operation. The keeper of 25, Young-street, who is a mere girl herself, and has a little child, shed many tears yesterday, and seemed much' afraid. It was about two hours after the deceased died that her mother communicated' with the police. Mrs Hamilton told some of the neighbours of the death, and was heard to cay, "I'm innocent : I knew of nothing wrong." The police are pretty confident also that they "know the betrayer of the deceased. At all events, suspicion points to an individual not unknown in the theatrical world ; but, of course, the case will be thoroughly ventilated at the inquest. — " Melbourne Telegraph."