Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-11
A CHICAGO TRAGEDY.

TIE DecdytnD Body of Dora Clarence,
Woman of the TotUn, Found In the Closet
of Lodging R00ns-Asrdered by Her
Room Mate-The First account of the
Discovery.
At O'Clock this morning as George A.
Campbell, of No. 908 State street, was walk
ing toward home his attention was attracted
by the screams of some women to the upper
floors of No. 996 State, place kept by Joe
Hayes, an ex-constable and policeman. He
was about to enter the door leading to the
stairway when half a dozen women rushed
out into the street and surrounded him. |
Their blanched faces and starting eyes told
of something unusual, and he inquired the
cause of their terror and screaming.
"They's dead man in my room," volun-
teered one of them; 1--WE just discovered |
the body; its in closet off room No. 7, and |
we are all afraid to 60 up there"
Campbell didn't want to go up himself, |
but being backed up by some one who had
heard the conversation, he was prevailed up
on to 90 up. Upon the third floor in clos
ct, off room No. Z, they caught glimpse of
a corpse, bloated, discolored and almost
nude. Without waiting to make any lengthy
examination, as a horrible stencil arose from
the body, the men ran down stairs almost as
fast as the women had and started off in
search of a policeman. At the corner of
Polk and State streets the men came across
Officers Kerwin and Stanley, gave them
hasty synopsis of what they had found and
accompanied them back to the house. The
policemen, with more nsrve than had been
displayed by Campbell and his companion,
made closer examination of the remains,
which proved to be those of woman.
Taking Mrs. Hayes, wife of the proprie-
tor, and three girls in charge, the officers
fastened to the armorY and acquainted
Capt. Simmons with what they had learned.
The three girls who had occupied rooms on
the same floor as the one where the body
was found were all willing to talk. The first
of these, Maggie Harris, who is employed at
the st. Nicholas hotel, on Washington street,
was present when the body was recovered.
1t appears that she and Kate Doyle, also en-
ployed at the st. Nicholas, had rented room
No. at half-past 10 o'clock and were in
| tending to pass the night there. They made
| the acquaintance of Ida Donegan, another
| roomer there, and about midnight after hav
| ing "cut up" some they went to Ida's room,
No. 6, for lunch. Returning to No. a
| little later, they were preparing for bed, when
| the Doyle girl spoke of bad smell that she
had noticed several times during the even
| ing. By nosing about little they found
| that the smell was from the closet, and as
the door was apparently locked, the Donegan
woman got closet key from her room and
| tried it on the locked door. It was too
large, and they were about to give it up,
when Maggie Harris turned the handle and
| pulled. The door opened with ease, reveal
ing the horrid corpse, whereupon they
| screamed and ran down stairs.
Mrs. Hayes, small lady with German
| accent told Times reporter that the last
one who occupied the room was one Eva
Lloyd. prostitute we'll known to the
police. This Lloyd girl and a girl who
room 7 and the one adjoining ore
not got along very we'll together, and 80
Mr.. Hayes nailed up the door between their
rooms. She had not seen Eva for the past
four days, but as she often went off and re.
| manned away for several DAYS nothing strange
| was thought of her absence. Nellie went
out at o'clock on last night and had not
| returned. On yesterday afternoon sister
| of Mrs. Hayes went into No. and cleared
| il out. She noticed the odor and spoke to
Mrs. Hayes about it. The lady herself went
| up to the room, tried the closet door and
| found it locked, as she thought. She could
not account for the smell in any way. A
cloak, pair of red stockings, pair of but
| ton shoes, and a handkerchief were found
| hanging on the wall. She picked up the
| clothes and locked the door, intending to
keep it for Ida; but the two women who
| called last night rented it of her.
Ida Donegan, the young woman who occu-
| pied the adjoining room, in the course of a
talk with reporter, made some statements
| which may throw some light on the matter.
| About half. past O'Clock on Tuesday morn
| ing last she heard Eva and some one else en-
| ter the next room. An hour later she was
| awakened by rap at her door, and on open
| ing it she was confronted by Eva and a
| strange woman. Both were drunk. Eva
said that her friend, who lived on the West
| side, had got "foll' in the Eagle garden, and
that she was going to Let her sleep there I'M
| til morning. They wanted some snuff, and
| as Eva had none they returned to their own
room. Here they commenced to quarrel,
and amid curses from Eva's lips, Ida heard
her pounding the other girl, who was
crying and screaming. This was kept up
| for nearly an hour, and then all sound
ceased. She saw neither Eva nor her friend
after that, but on Thursday night about 6
o'clock she heard footsteps of two people
| in the next room. She went out shortly
after they entered the room, and she did
not see either of them. The strange girl,
she said, was rather short and heavily built,
and wore long cloak trimmed with fur.
Eva was tall girl, with hair cut short like
a mans. She had seen Nellie go out at z
o'clock last night, and at that time she said
that rent was too high and shs was 60
ing to leave. She claimed that she was 60
Ing to the "Golden Gate" at No. 557 State
| street.
A Times reporter visited the scene of the
horror at o'clock this morning. The closet
in which the body was found was about four
and one-half feet square. The body had been
thrown in with the head in the corner near
est the door and the feet raised against the
wall in the corner diagonally opposite. The
head was crushed out of shape and the face
| black and bloody. The hair was long, while
Eva's was described as short. It could not be
| her body. The floor was soaked with blood
that had apparently oozed from an
| ugly wound just visible back
| of the left ear. There was nothing
to cover the body except some clothes that
had been thrown over the limbs. The fea-
tdres, of course, were unacceptable. Upon
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