, 1875-03-22

On Tuesaay Eight Coroner Crokcr and hts as
eihtant. and Benjamin GFcgorT, atooa BY tho
bedside Of Annie Josepht'.o Curtis, whose APP
proaehng doat!i 1nH the result OF voluntarily
procured abortion. The story that Bhs told IL
substantially as 'o,,ows:
y week rgo yesterday vent TO tec pnct5ces Ill.
shs lived At ThirI asente and rerty: y:aht' 'trect:
THE WOMAN here present Il tho uouEan we',s 10. /
me, sIs husbands mans il T5sr Curtis. H. IL in
wcnt Ut ny own accord 10 Doetress IhI. ,nrt Mr..
Gregory III tie Church 2! tbe Atone1ntn He l!d not
my God ihis nument wonll say tho rs.nc. l 81
years OF aCe, aua was hof1i In California.
Two o.hor questions woro asked: Who is
tho father Of your child :" and sho pointed to
Bcpjamtn Gregory "Tho performed tho
sross. ugly picture Of Sarey Camp. who sat iu
the cntnor between two policemen.
Faur hor,rs cf.erwarl Mrs. Curtis wa1 dead.
The victim wns tl,s wifc Of Tvice Curtis, Of
date for Mayor Of that city, and haH frequently
been 1hot.,ber Of iss governing co.ntnibsioas.
She whs born In Han Francisco sTouty-
fonr yoars ago. Of an American father
and Baudwich 1s1nnd mothor. Her father
vns notary. whoae ciscumstaEces wcre
baroly comfortable. The daurhsor early gnrs
evidence OF very e1cop.ons! musical &si!.ty. and
eycry advantage that the slender mea.a Of tho
father afforded wcts given to its cultivation.
She grew to 10 very pretty t:irl, and wllo still
Young accepted In marriage a Mr. Erst!Hhaw.
wilone chief attraction HceH.a to hnye beoa h:s
wealth. The marriage waa vezy unhapry. Thcv
lived together, honcyer. until after tbs BIRTH OF
4 daughter, when tue husbands cruelty became
no inso'erablo thst a divorce was obtained
Mrs. Bradshaw, after her re!enHe, resumed her
musical atldles, xtnl parformed several Hucceab-
fnl oporatic engagements OH tie San FEauc'sco
stage. 1t war lieu that rlle first attracted aIr.
d +r;dnwcr trith FbiItfTf,n fI.>
was wealthy, aud very popular az d politician,
and these considerations 60 far ovcrbose lis
faliy iucumbrances and freo-iying rropouktties
that slio aecopted h5s ot1oT Of marriage. Very
1oan after thoy we're wcd4ed Curtis took Lis
wife to Europe to give hor the benefit OF tile
ishest musical education. They spent seye1nl
months abroad. she studying Italian mud musc,
nnd lie. NJ she has since avarrct1 do1otlng him
self almost exclusIyely to drinking. Deforc she
had fnisllel her proposed musical eou.ac. TO-
yerfcn Of fortune compelled its tlscohtinttauce,
mud they returned to this country. They landed
in Now York iu Strengthened circumstances.
months at tho fnrshcst, tho husband left Lin
wife and daughters 10 lndgings here, Rnd went
! to San Francisco alone.
Sufficient fnnds for tho famlly's maintenance
wore rensitte1 at first, aud tho cotroapoadenca
was regular. Mrs. Curtis meanwhile WAS dill
| Gont fn hor musical studies. Blk months passed.
| mud relnlttaucsa from San Francisco calno too
| infreqnently to ss1pport tho vile mud her step-
daughters The husbands neglect grew 10 mark
cd tint a1,o mentioned 1t tn correspondence with
her father and begged him to ascertain It's
ra.,se. THO answcr came thai Tyler Curtin was
throwing hinasclf away 80 persistently that she
| lad better forget hlm altogether. Thrown thus
upon lcs own resources sla tried to makA her
musical talents available. Every effort in her
powcr was made to sccnre operatic engagements,
Tho only SUCCESS aLe attntped was to attract tho
interest Of Max St1nkoHrh. who recognized her
| voice "a Que which With cultivation could bc
I proff1itb 11n y1IArtnnfk tim HfFneftof III
| lcr 1rutical studies, and secured 1sani for her
teael.er
Mrs, Curtis was reserved on the subtect Of her
necessities. Hl.o pressed forward bor studies
inai1.toi,auco Of horsc!f and les two stsp-dauyl.
| tors. Mr. Sttakoseh discouraged my local lnsi-
cal engagements, although several sucll we1o Of
ferod. It seom,nely was MIA intention to Oh.
ecro his musical star nlltii he could ntattio Nov
York with the added glory Of foreign HAND aud
| reputation. Eueaga1nonta In .tAhmcd" and
other performances were lccl1ncd. although shs
mud her atep-dausAtors zero breaktasting ou
attic apartments. Sir. Sttakorcl, It ia said,
promised 70 take hor to Europe thus month. aud.
| ctoutlleut OF 4 euccesafui doput thore, she wat
to souppesr IN Nov York as star Of greater
magnitude evon tiau Nilsson and Albani. Il
| was this hope that cheerea Aor in her bite,
| uoycrty,
In laer intercourse with musical ppople Mrs
Curtis came in contact With licnjatnn Gregory
| or Hx& Ncbt lNHltY-tnltG fefett. q son OF tux
Ists Dudley 5. Gregory. Of jersey CITY, uo Is
mau Of great Inherited xoa!tl. 1Iis ruling pas
sIo,, il nuuic, Although slrn, CurtIs' wouderfu
vJ's voira - attsscted htu greatly i,o wss ays,
| moro atrl,ck by her p1ouaut nat1uery, Hho con
tIiyed to ciyo even to her poverty tho attruc
tivo,,ern ~ iio},c1niat, ways. and 1rcrory souch
hes eonna,,y f1cnueutly. Ascarta;nin1r ran
rta,,co Tan'arls how destitute tho was ho CO..,
trivcd n ,niicats ways to fur,,lsb her viii fund.-
fnr ,nma'fiote seeds. Who, nnar,monts Il No
Il 1Jnion sluaro wcro advertised. ho pasd arr car
- sor qn,t,,er fo',"iI,rs mn, mil tha rant nf H.,
~" J., ..c1, sI,a eJ ia ,n.tro = rs"ancv IN
' hsr ,n u ,!'a u caoir Of the chu,ch Of tko Atone
mont. Of slsicL lo IL orgauat aud 10 l.ehsonot
~ iasd ~ nnra1,v 1or I,or .in thcir smt|s"
tn~ nM.nt nt"r aoJnnanon:hin Mr. curtu scnusint"i
IT, nrernry ssith har hiasnrv 1hcss ,nt,tnac,
hsn,n ira mon.bn scn ~ resu1t hcco,,,a All
nssant nhnnt month nco II w.a ,mnr" bittc,
trsi tbsn si,e hsI a.nor1nnreJ IN novorty, for il
lint III ia rnrs ropt az tsr nro}e.so,ni pIsux
omd .m1,t,;nns In ~ nucoaimnt , was acarcsly noss
Ia viii twn y, ,"r t,ushns,ds children donond
omt ,,non ner. Int M avon tllis cousidcratioa waE
ie4a nntant linn ss,c cnth 1tow thet II carried tt
har ,nuu;ca, sanratloa,s shc fecitlad uno,, In.