THE AUCKLAND SENSATION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10999, 31 December 1897, Page 2

THE AUCKLAND SENSATION.

(Per United Pbess Association.)

Auckland, December 30,

At the adjourned iuqaest on the young woman M'Callum Drs Bakewell and Scott deUiled the results of their post mortem en the body. Fcom the nature of the injuries, they i were of the belief that instruments had been ! ussd to bring about the condition they deectibed'.' Dr B»kewel! added that local medical meo were being constantly pestered by women to perform illegal operations. Ouly last week , he bad to turn out of his houss two women who . resisted in worrying him with such a request. ' luspeetor Hicksou iofortned the coroner that he had evidence that Dr Orpen had left the colony, having tiken passage by the outgoing San l?raociirco steamer. Thomas Henderson, representative of the Union Steam Ship Company, give coafu-ma-tory evidence. Orpoa, bookiog as Arthur Herbert, sailed a? a steerage pnssenger in the. Al&meda. Witness saw him leave.—Little, the i undertaker, snid that he did >io6 know of any- j thing till Suoday, when he sent to DrOrpea for a | certificate of death, and found that he had left j the colony.—At this stage the inquest was j adjourned till to-morrow. ■■ Tbe followicg is the test of the dying depositions of the youug woman M'Oa'lnm :—" The deposition of Snsf.n Havrieb Campbell M'Callum, taken afc n private hospital in Hepburn street, Aucklaud, when deponent is lying dan- I l-gerously , ill, December 24, 1397. Thi3 deponent being duly nworn, saith as follows: ■My name is Susan Harriet Campbell M'Callum. lam a stcgie wjiiiiu. lam known here as Mrs Sparks. My birthplace is Porb Chalmers. It U absV/ 12 mouths since I want to live with Mm Steale at Reomera. After that I was at Smith's, of Avondale. ' Latterly I have been living at Me Baste«'s, in Vincent' street, Auckland. Then I weufc to liva with Mrs Allworthy, housekeeper to Mr Reid, of Motutapu. I have keen lodging with Mrs Metcalfe, in Haydu street, Auckland, for about the last three mouths. I siw Dr Orpen about two months ago. He gave me some pill?. I took them twice » day for about a weir. They had no <ff c ct. [Witness here stated she then went to Dr Orpen again, and he performed an operation.] After this I felt an if I were going to faint. I walked home. This operation was performed by Dr Orpen at his office, Cjombes's Arcade, Quten streeS. The Saturday before lss!; I bad » miscarriage. That would bs on the 11th December. The operation was performed on the previous Thursday (9ib Decesiba-). I was vary ill on the 11th December. Dr Orpen came to see me at Haydn street on the following Monday (13th December), and his been to see me every day since—sometimes twice a day. I was admitted here on Wednesday last (22nd December) at 8 p.m. Dr OrpeH cams to see me ijere yes'erday twice. He ctme at 10 in the morning and in the afternoon. Ha met. Dr Purchas here.. Dr Orpen has beeu to see me here tbte3 times to-day; Dr Purchas has also been to sue me to-day. If anything happens to ms, will you communicite with my father, who is the harbourmaster at Danedin. I wouid iike my body to be sent home. lam making this statement because I think it probable that I may die soon. I have some money in the Auckland Savings Bank, and Mrs Metcalfe baa my book. My father will settle my exp;ns?.s.— Sdsax Harriet Campbell M'Cat-lum (her X mark)." A footnote to the deposition fitted that deceased 77.1s too weak to sign her name, so could only make her mark. Me Allom attested the statement.