Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-19
How adelaide Nelson Died.

A capiegram TO the New York Heraid from
Paris August 18th, says: Adelaide Nelson will
no longer delight US with her grace and talent.
All that is human of her lies, or lay till few
hours ago, at the MOrgue awaiting Christian
pun 9uIial. her END was SAD and strange, SO strange
that for moment it was whispered that she
had been poisoned. Two persons were actually
arrested On suspicion OF completely in the sup
posed crime. Despite the strenuous efforts made
to hush up the Whole affair, am now in posses
sion OF all the facts connected with the closing
scenes OF the dead artists brilliant and way
ward life Miss Nelson arrived at the Hotel
continental four or five days ago, accompanied
by her chaperone and companion, Mrs. Goodall,
and by a certain jeu'ae premier, not unknown
In America, whose position Ia relation to the
fair actress is not clearly defined. Let US Call
him her secretary. On Saturday afternoon
Miss Nelson. the gentleman and Mrs. Goodall
took hired carriage at the hotel and started
for drive In the Bots de Boulogne On the way
Ia Paix. On reaching the Bots Miss Nelson
fool1shly took cup of cold milk al the Pre-
catalan and was soon after tndisposed. At
four O'Clock she drove up to the Restaurant du
Chalet feeling very Ill, and asked to be shown
TO private room. couch was haSti y impro-
vised for her, and doctor named Monier was
brought from Passy: DR.. Monie- applied some
mild external remedies which appeared to re-
deve her. but as they did not master the attack
messenger was dispatched for the ordinary
doctor attached to the Hotel Continental, Dr..
orous remedies, and among others certain pills.
What these pills were is doubtful. The effect
OF them was to make the patient vomtt freely.
When both the doctors left her she was feeling
better. In the night, however, she was taken
worse. DR.: Monier was again summoned at
three. Half an hour afterward he arrived and
found her, as at first he thought, calm and well.
She was dead.
TAKEN TO THE MoRGUE
Already certificate of death had been drawn
up and signed by DR.. GantillOn, stating that
the disease was due to dropsy of the heart. In
the morning The local authorities were in
formed an0 DIR MannpI 0f NpDil1y InI
In to attest the death. The suddenness aud
peculiar circumstances OF Miss Nelson's end
awakened mis- suspicious. and the body was
removed to the morgue to be examined. Mean
While, for precaution. Mrs. Goodall and the
jeu7ae premier who had not left the chalet,
were arrested, or rather made prisoners on
At the morgue her body was claimed by an
aged naval officer. She will be buried In the
Brompton cemetery, London, at the end OF the
week. The post mortem examination attributes
extreme indigestion.
MISS NELSON'S ESTATE-STORY OF PRIVATE
MARRIAGE.
The New York Times states that Miss Nell
sons estate was worth about $4,000 and re-
marks that as she leaves no blood relatives
there will in all probability be long legal con-
test over the property between Philip Lee, an
EngliShman, her divorced husband, and Ed
engagement last season. The Times says fur
ther, that Miss Nelson was privately married
in London, England In August last just before
she sailed for America, to Mr.. Compton. Ii
thus appears that the question of the disposi-
ton of her fortune is a complicated and delicate
one. 1t has been stated that the American d.
vorce would not probably stand law in Eng
heirs OF blood present themselves, and should
it be ascertained that MI. Lee has not since
married, the question may lead to long utiga
ton between Mr.. Lee and Mr. Compton who
Will, OF course, assert mis- claims, and Miss Nell
sons hard-earned fortune viii probably be hall
consumed by greedy lawyers. Miss Nelson was
kind and generous, one to whom the suffering
hand went to her pocket 1nstincuvely when q
tale OF distress and poverty was told her