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Show A VICTIM OF MALl'RACTK'E. The Death of Seveiitm,n-Yer-014 Cora Booth of -lIlKhlund. Poughkeepsie, May 5. Special. Cora Booth, the seventeen-year-old daughter of Mrs. Solomon Booth, died in Highland one week ago Sunday. After she was buried it was reported that sho was a victim of malpractice. Saturday Sat-urday Coroner Ryan, of Marlborough, Marlbor-ough, had the body disinterred and directed Drs. Lamoro of Highland and Tut hill of Poughkeepsie to examine it. They found evidence enough to show that a criminal operation had been performed, per-formed, and so stated before the coroner's inquest. Tho jury , rendered ren-dered a verdict that death was caused by abortion. When the inquest adjourned the Coronor issued a warrant for tho arrest of the mother of the girl, Sarah K. Booth, whose resi-tencu resi-tencu is at 4 Laurel street, this city. Mrs. Booth was arrested at midnight and taken to police headquarters, where she made a statement which caused other arrests. She said that Cora camo to the liou.se of another daughter on April 15, at 2 South Clover street, and on April 10, in company with her mother, she went to the house of Mrs. Abby Cable Townsend, where the mother told Mrs. Townsend to ascertain if there was anything the matter with her daughter. Mrs. Town-send Town-send and Cora then went into a room together and remained there alono for fitleen minutes, and when they camo out Cora handed Mrs. Townsend three or four dollars, and then mother and daughter went homo. Tho daughter died four days afterward. Cora told her mother that her father had given her the money to help her out of her trouble. After tho above statement was made, Recorder Morsch.uiser issued wai rants for the arrest of Solomon Booth, Cors's father, and Mrs. Townsend, and both were arrested today and taken to no-lice no-lice headquarters. There the father broke down and tho authorities, lie-lieving lie-lieving that he had no hand in the matter, mat-ter, released him on nominal bail. Mrs. Townsend stoutlv proclaimed her innocence. inno-cence. She was "held in the sum of &0Q for a hearing tomorrow |