Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-02-22
TIE EVENING NEWS
Monday Evenlns.---.February ~, 1858
sad Termination OF a Ch,cl.ercd Life,

and died, at the intersection oil ana
Smith streets, Virginia, about 10 o'clock
last Saturday evening. From the cir
cums,ancc of her coming to Virginia at
at u very carly date, when what was
known AS "Washoe" was compara-
lively a mere sage-brush wilderness, and
living nearly or quite alone on a small
track of land she located on the Divide,
she acquired the nickname of the Usage
Hsn," by which she has been Familiarity
known ever since. The body was re-
moved from Justice Liyingston's, Office,
near by where she died, TO Wilson's un-
dertakiug establishment, on B street,
from which place she was taken and
buried in the public cemetery yesterday
afternoon. Yesterday forenoon, Coro-
ner Symons held an inquest in the mat
ter, from which We condeusc the fol-
lowing
DR.. C. C.. Green, sworn-Am a prac-
Using physician about three weeks ago
| was called to see deceased, and found
that she was afflicted with "~hydrotho-
rax," or water In the chest aud iu"ss.
II is q dropsical complaint OF a very
dangerous nature, in which water con-
stantly accumulates in the lungs and
chest until breathing is finally checked /;
have not seen her since until last night;
she might have lived longer had she re-
manned quiet and avoided exposure and
exertion ; have no doubt that hydrotho-
rax was the cause OF her death ; | have
known deceased about three years.
NJ. l.. Wylie, sworn-l live at the
Orleans Restaurant, g street, kept by
my mother; deceased came into tbs
restaurant yesterday, between 2 aud }
o'clock p. NJ, and staid till about 6 P.
NJ, when she started to so to Mrs. Har-
rington's residence on u street, IN
company with Mrs. Harrington at the
corner Of Z and Taylor streets she sat
down on q porch and refused to go any
further; Mrs. Harrington could not
persuade her, but after n while she
came back to the restaurant when she
got inside she staggered aud fell to the
floor she was helped to II chair, and
mother, being afraid the woman was
going to die there, sent tor Chief OF 20
lice Hall when Mr.. Hall came lie asked
Mrs. Bell what was the matter with her;
s%he>replied "They have nearly killed
me they took me away down there and
then changed their mind about my
going to Mrs. HHrrington's she also
stated that she had walked up from q
street, but she had not Mr.. Hall then
gave her q little brandy mother then
gave a colored man, Joe Richardson, who
worked ut the restaurant, II dollar, and
told him to take Mrs. Bell to some good
lodgings and pay for her bed, and also
to state wherever he LETT her that sue
Mrs. Wylie-would be responsible for
all Mrs. Bells costs while stopping
there ; Richardson then left in company
with deceased. Mrs. Bell has q son re-
siding in San Francisco ; / have heard
that he was stopping around Mcguire
OPERA House, and is sometimes engaged
in painting scenery for that theater.
Before Mrs. Bell came to our house she
had been stopping Mt Mrs. Days, on Is
street ; Mrs. DAILY sent George Wells, n
week g last Wednesday, to my moth
err, saying that she would like to have
Mrs. Bell removed from her house, rs
she was coughing considerably n
would sometimes cry out with pain /
knew Of u public woman down ut the
corner of d street and Sutton Avenue,
who says that some weeks ago h
found Mrs. Bell in II little house on the
Divide, destitute and alone, sleeping o2
the floor, and she provided her with
blankets and other neccssaries; she also
told her that if she would so the Inter
national Hotel and board, she would
pay all expenses. God bless that wo-
man.-RaP.); l. do not know that the
authorities were notified regarding Mrs.
Bell, except that mother spoke to Alder
man Adams, about n week ago, about
her, but he said that he didn't know
that he could DO anything in the matter.
Joseph Richardson (colored), sworn
live no place in particular have been
here six years in March didn't know
deceased, but have seen her abont town
frequently ; I was cooking at Mrs. Wy
lies restaurant-the 0rleans-for the
last ,hrse days, up to last night, but am
doing nothing at present; when got
through work last night, deceased was
sitting in the saloon Of the restaurant
Mrs Wylie had sen, for Mr.. Hall to
come and take her away Mr.. Hall
c,ms he looked Mt deceased and said
he could send her to the Hospital de-
ceased said she didn't wish to go there ;
Mrs. Wylie then gave me money and
sem me with deceased TO find lodgings
for her. and said she would be response
BILE for all expenses wherever | got a
room for her: wa went frs, TO Mrs.
O'Copnor's lodging house, mex, door to
P;per's Opera House; Mrs. O'Couuor
objected to this woman stopping there /;
didn', state her objections deceased
then asked if | would 90 up on South C
street with her =; she said she was getting
weak and didn't think she conid get
mmcb further. | went with her: coming
aionr nm smith stree, she comnlained
"on.idarabIe of being sick and c~etting
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