Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1916 — Fowler Grand Jury Investigating Death of Mrs. Dora Jones. [ARTICLE]

Fowler Grand Jury Investigating Death of Mrs. Dora Jones.

In a special session the Fowler grand jury is investigating the death of Mrs. Dora E. Jones, of Lochiel. The Jones’ are very poor people and live in a cottage meagerly furnished. Mr. Jones is a section foreman. The mother took sick on the 3 1 st of May, and was without medical aid until June sth, when Dr. Clayton, of Fowler, was called. He found her in a critical condition and gave but little or no hope for her recovery. The following Thursday Dr. Kinneman, of Goodland, was called in consultation. Mrs. Jones was told that there was no hope of her recovery and in the presence of the two physicians and a number of other witnesses made a statement and written confession as to the cause of her illness. In the statement she alleges that a criminal abortion operation was the cause of her illness and had been performed by Dr. Nellie Green, a practicing physician of Fowler, in her office on Decoration Day, May 30th. The coroner and county health officer went to the home Friday evening, where an autopsy on the body was performed. It is said that the lower part of the body was in a frightful condition caused by blood poisoning and the statement of the deceased as to the cause of the death was verified by the autopsy. The following day Coroner LeSage returned a verdict that the cause of death was a criminal abortion, duration of e ; ght days, contributing .peritonitis. Dr. Green states that she welcomes a grand jury investigation and is certain that she will be exonerated. She is positive that death resulted ftom typhoid fever which she was coming down with at the time she called at her office, and that the alleged confession was secured by Dr. Clayton for the purpose of discrediting her b- • fore the people.