Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1901 — More About the Hammond Abortion Case. [ARTICLE]

More About the Hammond Abortion Case.

An officer from Lake county was here Sunday and took back with him Miss Mary Nagel, the young woman alleged to be the mother of the dead infant recently found on the river bank at Hammond, mention of which was made in these columns. The Hammond Tribune had connected Dr. Mary E. Jackson, a woman physician of that city who is well known in Rensselaer, ns being implicated in the affair. Mrs. Jackson denied all knowledge of the case, but said she had attended a Mrs. Mason of Lafayette, who with her husband was returning from attending the funeral of a relative in Wisconsin, and on arriving at Hammond Mrs. Mason became so ill that her husband removed her from the train to a hotel and Dr. Jackson was summoned, and this lady, she alleged, gave premature birth to twin fetuses of about*three months old. In support of this story the Dr. claimed to have an affidavit of “Mr. Mason” who, hearing that the she had been mentioned in connection with the finding of the infant aforesaid, came to Hammond voluntarilly and made the affidavit for the purpose of clearing Dr. Jackson of any suspicion. Now the Tribune claims that the Nagel girl has made affidavit that she and Earl Mann of Rensselaer, whom she charges with being the father of the child, went to Hammond and put up at a house as Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Mason of Lafayette; that Dr. Jackson was summoned and did perform an abortion on the affiant. Young Maun left Rensselaer when the rumor of trouble over the finding of the infant first became noised about. He has not been apprehended as yet, we understand, nor is his whereabouts known. If the story, as told by the Tribune is correct, tho case looks pretty dark for all parties connected therein, as it is understood the Lake county officials propose to push the prosecution to the end.

The case was taken up by the Lake county grand jury Wednesday and Miss Nagel was examined. Her story, according to the Tribune, clears up the last cloud in the. state’s case. She claimed to have been forced to accompany Mann to Hammond, and that she objected to the operation being performed after Dr. Jackson had been summoned, but her objections were overruled by the doctor. “Michael Nagel, the girl’s father,” says Wednesday's Tribune, “came to Hammond this morning and brought some important documentary evidence with him together with the assurance of the leading residents of Rensselaer that he could have all the backing he needed in the efforts to bring the guilty ones to justice.” The Democrat wants a regular correspondent in every village and hamlet in Jasper county, not already represented. I have private funds to loan on real estate at low rates for any length of time. Funds are always on hands and there .is no delay—no examination of land, no sending papers east—absolutely no red tape. Why do you wait on insurance companies for 6 months for your money? I also loan money for short times at current bank rates Funds always on hand.

W. B. AUSTIN.

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