| Show A DOUBLE ordle ordie A CASE OF SEDUCTION AND ABORTION our readers are already informed of some of the facts id relation to an abortion committed at the house of nir air milando pratt seventeenth ward and discovered by that gentleman and his wife last saturday night or sunday morning mornin and brought to the attention of the civil authorities in our former notice of the revolting occurrence we purposely suppressed names and details the former from motives of fairness and consideration the latter because too soul soui sickening and indecent for the columns of any newspaper having the shadow of df a claim to respectability events have transpired since then which have rendered it an imperative duty disa disagreeable I 1 beable as it is to make the facts public and tell the whole truth so far as it can be done without shocking the sensibilities of our readers the young man accused of producing the abortion is john johnw W irons paying payin teller in mccornick co s bank figuly highly connected and hitherto supposed to be himself respectable his suspected accomplice through pi whose instrumentality the deed is a alleged I 1 to have been perpetrated pet et is dr allen alien fowler a well cnown known physician of salt lake me city the victim upon whom they are c charged ila lla ansot ansof re with V ith operating is miss lizzle lizzie E evans evang of brigham cilcy city daughter of a widow in that place the facts as lurnis furnished hed by mr milando pratt in justice to whom as well as the general public they are now made known are as follows last spring or summer miss evans came down from city with several other young and middle middie aeed aced women to study obstetrics under mrs dr E S barney the class breaking u up t they e sea scattered tere from rom nom mrs barneys barneis Bar w where ere t they ey had ad also boarded and took roo rooms s in different I 1 erent parts of the city miss wiss evans and two companions lived for a while in the eleventh ward but afterwards moved to mrs ma mary ann pratts landos Mi mother in the seventeenth ward and continued taking lessons in obstetrics but mrs dr shipp it was while miss evans was here that mr milando pratt and his wife became acquainted with her mr irons it seems had ormed her acquaintance some time before she went to live at mrs Mr pratts and visited her frequently while there mr pratt our informant first saw mr nir irons to know who he was at his mothers mother ls house mr irons iron frequently took miss evans out riding and to the Lake lakeson iron fron night excursions sundays and other days daya aswell as well weli and appeared to be very devoted to her the result was he completely won her affections it had been whispered around that he was engaged ga g ed t qa a young lady back east and MIS miss s E evansa yan van s laly lady ialy fr friends ends and roommates getting to hear of it informed her ilar of the report and mrs nelson of brigham city who felt a motherly interest in the young firla girl giri advised her that the intimacy nah which eh was springing up between her and mr irons boded her no good that he was engaged to marry another girl and that ze she ought to notify him to cea cease se his visits this miss evans who seemed to believe her friend promised to do and did but on being told that he must give her up mr irons exclaimed lizzle lizzie 1 cant give glye you up I 1 love ilove you better than any other girl and ill write back and get honorably released from my engagement and then ill mar marry you on this protestation miss ev evans al who was thoroughly in love wi with th h him in permitted him to continue his visits she received from him presents of money and he helped to kee xee keep her in clothes etc this went on tm till the class blass having angshed finished their studies were given certificates and released to return home all but lizzle lizzie evans returned to brigham city she for some reason stayed in town and kept the room at mrs pratts for several days after an and d here it is said her lover love r visited her and passed the night with her she shortly afterwards went home to brigham city mr pratt relates the following as her own account to him of events that ensued she came back to salt lake lako a against dinst the ithe wishes of her mother an and frd ird friends nois the latter part of depte september ber because she suspected that s she he was a S regnant pregnant mr irons had written tt en t to 0 ter her while she was away but hi his s letters were ere so noncommittal non committal t that hat she be began bean an to f fear ear ean for his bis constancy ag and feeling that her condition justified his care and attention and that he should now keep his pro mise to marry her she resolved to return to where he was his reply was on her reminding him of his promises that he was engaged to a girl kirl in the east and that while arille he did not intend to marry her she had threatened to sue him hi m 11 for breach of promise and he could not fulfill his word to lizzie while that was hanging over his head she pleaded her condition and that he was the cause he led her to believe that if such was the case he would marry her anyhow be wanted to be satisfied of it beforehand hethery he therefore sent her to ogden to dr callahan bolind to undergo ereo ergo an exam examination nation and that physician after ask asking ng her certain questions and receive receiving ng her answers her with the assurance that it was all right that nothing was the matter ana and her apprehensions were groundless round roand less she sha she then came back to halt hait sait salt lake to her rooms in the house hous e of mr john miller seventeenth ward where she had been stopping since her return returns from brigham C caty ty the miller family not liking the appearance pe arance of things became till tili unwilling WIlling lt that she should remain there andAll andrii and miss ss evans then a applied laiq to mrs pratt for the privilege P of staying at her house over one night or until she could get a to board mrs pratt consented and let her share a bed with her little daughter in the apartment where she lier iler herself if slept siept slept siept this was about the loth or a little before the middle of october mr irons continued to visit her at mr pratts but they never went 0 out ut together he always preserved strict decorum and with the ille exception of talks and farewells at the gate their conversations were had in the presence of the family fam tam ly mr pratt had bad a number of boarders from the university and the reputation of his house was dear to him for various reas reasons bus he had sometimes heard lizzle lizzie on taking leave of her lover at the gate crying c softly and the two conversing in in undertones under tones but he did not suspect that anything wron wrong was the matter or beyond the ordinary disagreements which happen between young people in love from f rom jealousy or other causes on saturday last mr pratt relates miss evans went to dr fowlers office according to previous arrangements made by mr irons to have another examination this time an instrument was used which hurt her internally and from that time she commenced tobe to be ill lil she home about 8 in the evening mr irons came but stayed only half an horror our or so excusing his bis early departure ure by saying his cash balance alance an expression common with him lim when taking an early leave he said baldg however that he lie would be down in the morning and take her out riding ridin or for a long walk miss evans told mrs pratt after he had gone that it was at her request he be had left so soon as she jhb was feeling very unwell and wanted to go to bed beio she went up stairs and retired but in a little while mrs pratus prates little little daughter with whom miss evans slept came down and told her mother that lizzle lizzie was groaning and had cramps in her stomach and wanted her to make her some cayenne tea mrs pratt immediately did so and took the drink up herself the sick girl irl lri I 1 drank it but continued to groan at fl intervals till towards morning she was repeatedly asked if ff she did not want a doctor but objected until finally persuaded by mr pratt that she must have one she then said I 1 wake up jones ja a boy from brigham city boarding from the university and sen send L him up to mr irons and tell teli him to get a doctor he is more able to pay for one thala thaia I 1 am I 1 the boy we went nt at once to mr irons lodgings and was told by him to go and anz wake fae up dr fowler he did so but the doctor was angry at being disturbed in the night and refused fo to go went back to mr pratts and reported soon after mr irons arrived with dr fowler the latter still complaining of the cold and of being waked up so unseasonably this was between 3 and 4 sunday mornin morning both the visitors went up to tizzies Liz room and mrs pratt who was there in another bed overheard them talking it lizzle lizzie you are very sick is said mr I 1 irons rons yes johnnie I 1 have suffered very night the doctor then drew up to the bedside and mr irons went down stairs the doctor gave the patient ss hypodermic Inject injection lonin ionin in the side to ease her pain i and then he left the room and after talking a while with those th s e downstairs downstairs aown stairs went up acain again and returned saying she was easier easler ile he soon after went civay away leaving mr irons in eh charge arge mr pratt went up a little before this and the girl was still in pain and said she did not believe the doctor had given her enough morphine dr fowler on being told this said lie he would rather give too little than too in much uch ucb and said she must keep in bed several severa days the doctor having hagim gone gon C mr dir irons went up to fizzles Lizz Liz les ge beasi asi band e and remained there whispering whisper ipg till daylight 11 ht in n the Pratt who had bad lain down in another room to s snatch natch a few hours sleep was waked up by mr irons who said brother pratt lizzle lizzie wants you to come and administer to her the one addressed responded spon ded e but on mr irons placing his bis hands an s u upon on the girls head and offering to help heip el him im he inquired mr irons are you a member odthe of the C church u hpe 11 yes ilyes sir I 1 have been baptized said he I 1 and do you hold the priesthood gyes yes sir I 1 I 1 66 have you been through the house hou S e of the lord no sir but I 1 hold the priesthood mr pratt GA did not administer to her in due form feeling an influence against it but simply prayed over the girl mr irons said salo there lizzle lizzie be better now ill go up town and get breakfast and bring you some and be back in an hour Y he e went away and mrs pratt seized t the b e opportunity of getting up I 1 mr N ar pratt was now in the room below lizzle lizzie asked mrs pratt for some somo cloths claths and on their being furnished her she made some in movement avem ent IW in bed as if if seized with son sor some no terrible pain and fell upon her pillow pillow exhausted let me assist you said mrs pratt rushing to the bed horrible sight I 1 what did she there behold A tiny infant perfectly formed but we turn from the sickening subject with pain and disgust mrs airs pratts horror can only 30 e imagined but she did not lose her presence of mind wrapping up the tead dead lead infant la in the cloths claths she said with af fectea ignorance of th the truth lizzle lizzie ill just remove these cloths claths out ol of the way she then went down stairs and notified her husband ile he too was thunderstruck thunder struck at 11 a in mr nir irons came dame and shot upstairs past the owners of the house without saying scarcely a word mrs pratt followed intending to eater cater liz room and denounce him in her presence she hesitated on the threshold and heard this conversation on the interior the transom over the door being open has anything happened lizzie lizzle yes 0 johnnie you dont know what I 1 have guttel suffered ed I 1 at this point mrs pratt beckoned to her husband below and he be joined J her are yes iou ron you sure it is all over what did it look like about that ion lon long iong where is itt it mrs pratt took it away good god why didiot louiak you take e care of it yourself ssi 1 could tnt I 1 was too weak 97 do you think silo sile suspects no I 1 told her I 1 had taken cold et etc c and she believed it did you bou take those pills yes I 1 I 1 they work like a charm dont t they hey several other expressions such inch luch as caa capital ital itai and other remarks fro from I 1 mr yr I 1 irons as to how hov he hie might have prevented the trouble 11 too filthy to repeat follow followed ed and the tile pratts m in indignation and disgust retired down the stairs mr nir pratt now telephoned to the city hall for f an n of officer fleer and having met him on the way down took him into mrs richs riches his mother in law to consult as to what was best to be done mrs pratt arrived and told them mr irons had gone but was coming back at t night nhat nicer flaer Of clayton for it was he I 1 reined re relna reina ined ned at richs until he should be further notified ile he stayed there till towards evening and was then summoned to mr nir pratts home as mr lir irons had returned and was there dr fowler it appear shaa been there a little before irons came and on finding what had occurred was very angry at for going away when he had bad left him in charge of the patient the doctor had gone before th the policeman arrived at the house the officer waited and took supper and said he did not wish to take his man through the streets by daylight As dusk came on linding that mr hir irons who was upstairs at the cirta cirla bedside was not likely to come down they sent a girl up to tell teli him that u gentleman below wanted xo to speak to him mr irons came down and mr nir pratt said mr irons I 1 hanc hand you over to the lav foi fol fo procuring an abortion at my house on the person of miss lizzle lizzie evans 91 irons reached for his pistol but the officer was too quick for him and the next moment the weapon was wrested him and ills his wrists were in handcuffs hand cuffs tile the officer and mr pratt conducted him to the city hall where he was searched and then put in jail habad ho had bad pleaded earnestly to have the haud handcuffs cuffs taken off but the officer did aid not f feel eel that it was safe to release him after his lis attempted assault at the hall he begged egged to be admitted to bail and not imprisoned but there being no justice present the police were unauthorized cl to 0 act in the premises promises he therefore spent the night in jail next morning he was released on ball bail theland the bond be being ng drawn up by assistant united states attorney C U 8 varian and the sureties furnished f the examination was set for wednesday at 10 a in before justice adam spiers later in the day dr fowler was arrested and al also aiso 0 o released on bail ball in the same amount the affidavit charging these two parties with the crime crim e has been made by lizzle lizzie evans herself herse if they were to be arraigned before the justice this morning but uhe the examination we learn has been postponed postpone in the meantime the house of mr milando pratt has haa been besieged besle led by persons in the interest of mr irons ron s who have sought access to the victim of the cruye and also to her mother This was very properly denied mr pratts course in the tho matter has been commendable because in the interest of law and morality ile he has been actuated by the feeling that if he failed to expose the infamy that has bee bec been n perpetrated he would be justly de serving gerving of censure |
