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FUNERAL TODAY OF DR JANE E. BISHOPIn Court Many Times on Illegal Surgery CasesIr Jane E. Bishop, a widely knownwoman from her connection with police jcases, t ehrnost sensational of which jwas the Susan E. Geary suit-case mys* ttery of 16 years ago, who died Mondayat her residence at 325 Long wood av, jRoxbury, was buried today. She was 83 jyears of age.The service was simple and private.and was held at 2 p m at her residence, and only relatives and intimate friends attended.Born in Brandon, Vt, in 1839. she wras married, but was divorced from her husband, and came to Boston more than 50 j years ago. Subsequently she married James Bishop, a patrolman of the Boston police force, who was later sentenced to a term of 25 years in the Charlestown State Prison upon being convicted of illegal surgery. He was released before his sentence expired, and shortly after his release, a few years ago, he committed suicide.Dr Jane E. Bishop’s patients were always said to include some of the wealthy and leading women socially in the vicinity and while she was involved in numerous criminal cases, suggestive of illegal surgery, she escaped conviction and it was common report that lavish expenditures of money and the influence of her patients saved her.It was commonly reported she expended $*30,000 in the Geary case alone and although she was held for a long time as a witness, she was never arraigned in court in connection with this murder.In October. 1920, she was taken into custody for the last time and because she was too ill to go into the Roxbury Court, she was arraigned later on a charge of illegal surgery, while seated in her automobile in the street in front of the Courthouse.For years she had offices at 17SA Tre-mont st, Boston, and she had a handsome town house at 96 St Botolph. corner of West Newton sts, She also had a mansion in Newton a tone time, but in recent years resided at 325 Longwood av, Roxbury. where she died.It is reputed she left a large fortune although she gave thousands of dollars to charity in her day and spent tremendous sums of money in litigation and court proceedings. Through all the years of her practice her private residences, private hospitals, and professional offices were repeatidly raided by the police and she was many times arrested and tried but never convicted. One famous case was when she was | tried on an indictment having 42 counts i and she was acquitted and a memorable i demonstration in court resulted.it was claimed she legally adopted during her life at least 25 young men ; who she educated and started out in i fe with excellent chances and who are today scattered about the country.Her son-in-law Louis W. Crawfordwas sent to State Prison for a long term after he confessed complicity in the Geary case.
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Boston Evening Globe
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Wed, Apr 12, 1922
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