The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-24
Mysterious Deaths.
TWO YOUNG GIRLS FOUND DEAD IN BED.
Ltiom the Me-. hnrx nnrt Herald lec 10

TWO YOUNG GIRLS FOUND DEAD IN BED.
tiom the Nswbury port HERALD Dec 1911
Two gr, who tocS !odspgs Friday night tho Msr
nAc House, re'e fond dead in their beds Saturday
morning They were girls OF good address and appear
ance, ard were unksown Mr. Drake TIE landlord 81
his clerk On isquiy, ths found to be Elizabeth
sur.h.n, alias Bradley aged twenty yesr and Annsttss
Sanpisr aged nnetsts. Thsy girls # bad isputa.
ton md have been recently residing 10 SsIbreok The
facts II the case We learn are as follows
On ednesdsy evening the girls called at the office OF
the clerk aad stated that they intended attend the
dance at II enx Ban that night wished to secure
lodging Tbs, were accordingly directed to room, and
IN the morning stacd that they going away for the
dsy, but should probably want return at night ast
wished TO take TIE ley Of the rooa which graz
5hey old return Thursday night And Friday morn
Ing, tho mother OF tie Sampler girl called for
them, ano they came down, paid their BILL and leaving
the ley, departed On this occasion NJ trake the land
lord them >or the rst time did like
of the woman, ana about to give directions
to ha clerk IN the mater but GAZING they had settled
tn -r bill and we're about leaving refrainsd
On Friday pishs At ha past O'Clock the bell OF
the room rang and the cerx, not that the
wa occupied answered the summons. To his surprise
the door opened by Of the girls who occupsd the
room the night before end who he did not know had
turned TO the house she statsd that they cold
and much chilled, and wished some hot peppermint.
This rent up, and nothing was heard from
them during the night except by odger In the house.
who heard some Grosns from the room between two and
On enterrg tho In the morning the Sampler girl
wss found in bed the pillow apparently having died
10 have attempted to rse and to have fsan ia the act
with her head the foot Of the bsd and her hands
spread Gu, ovr Ine SIDE, DIT In an position. The
tumblar was found in the room, empty not smelling
strongly cf ths peppermint Two pairs OF new thr es
which they had purchased the d.y before, the
table 1t also Sppears that they had Purchased
articles Of dry goods the cay before but whether tsy
in the room not have learned Thsre was
also sore money found them but nothing which gaye
any err oisnatien of The matter
The bodies taken to ths Almshouse and Coroner
Cook called en- inquest upon them. Tas stomachs
taken and sealed UP for chemical examination aud
the verdict will NOT probably be rendered TIL after this
has taser pace.
We learn that thsre Is trace OF scison apparent
upon super fetal xamuation Of tho stcmRehs, which
would have besn tee easel IL any the ordi
nary pcsops hsd beea used There no svdsres that
they have either Of them OF any tins tempered with
edic2 al drugs and that they moved in any circle
of socisrv where it osc for any to put them
out Of rhe is i'm preston st this stage OF the
evidence that they both died natural deaths which cou
sdspg their feeble hssth exposure unchasts habits
and ssprassed sprs, uu,d not have been at all re-
variable If only OF them had died at the time the
ony thing Of the of being ths
coincidence that they should both have expired the
came nght
The Newbsryport Herald states that the mother OF the
gil Bradley alias Burnham, one Of the two who
tocnt dead bed 1t hotel in that CITY, arrived Mon
day nigh. At Great Fas where the girl born in the
year 1898 She was from highly respectable family Of
abundant pecuniary ability Burnnam was her trre
name, and she called herself Bradley claiming to have
been married promised marriage with person o.
reputable character until she fell into evil hands 1t s
stated that analysis CT the contents of the somachs
cssnct be had until the close Of the week. if so soon.