Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-09-30
HOW NELSON DIED,
Her Body, Scarcely Concealed from
Public View, Carried to the Morgue.

Her Body, Scarcely Concealed from
Public View, Carried to the Morgue
Paris Figaro, Aug H.
Adelaide Nelson was great an,
beautiful woman Of exquisite accom-
plishments, who appeared to he mucl
less than twenty-nine years of age
which her certificate of birth ascribc
to her. All the habitueS of the Boi
have seen her frequently pass in he
grand landau making every evenin,
the tour of the lake before returning t,
the Continental hotel. Miss Nelson
who adOred Paris, came here as Otter
as possible
On Saturday. according to her habit
Miss Nelson went to the BOiS. She haC
with her her two attendants and ;
neighbor in the hotel Mr.. Colington
who lived in No. l67. She was entire
ly dressed in white, and wore a straw
hat trimmed with lace. She stopped
fora moment at the dairy Of the Pr,
Catelan, where she took a cup Of milk
1t was the cold milk which made he
sick. As we have said in our Counseils
that delightful drink is sometimes yer,
dangerous, especially in summer. How
ever that may he, at the end Of few
minutes the young lady was in stat,
Of suffering. She ordered her coach
man to stop, and descended at the Non
veau Chalet du ROnd ROYAL. She en-
tered and asked for parlOr to rest in
They gave her one on the first floor
furnished with a sofa, a side table anC
Il dining table. She stretched herself
upon the sofa, where her attendants ar
ranged the pillows under her head, AM
then asked for some tea. 1t was thel
$3.50 p. m. The cup of tea, mixed witt
brandy, which she took, not having al
leviated her pain as she hoped it would
Miss Nelson made them bring her some
tilleul. The pain in her stomach he
came more and more violent, and was
accompanied with nervous fits and a
desire to vOmit. BY the advice Of the
people who attended the sick lady, the
of the Nouveau Chalet, NJ
Lefay, sent for DR.. Monnier, who pre-
Scrihed CataplasmS on the chest and a
continuation of tilleul. Miss Nelson
seemed for an instant benefited.
But towards 9:3O o'clock a new crisis
occurred, more violent than those pre-
cedmg. Miss Nelson implorcd the at
tendance Of the doctor of the COnti-
mental hotel, Dr. Gantillion. They
FASTENED to his house. Rue du Mont
Thabcr, No T., and brought him in the
landau. He gave at once a prcSclip-
tion. The remedy he prescribed was in
the form of pills. Miss Nelson took two
of them. There was again Il period Of
relief. Then. as il was evident that
Miss Nelson could not hc taken back
to her lodgings, because they could not
lift her without causing her new pain,
they placed Il mattress on the sofa in
order that She might pass the night
there. The maid, worn ont hy fatigue
and excitement, stretched herself ut
her side in order TO take some rest.
Toward midnight there was Il new
crisis, more terrible than any one Of the
preceding. \ prey to the most terrible
agony, which nothing could relieve. the
unhappy lady twisted herself about in
tearing off the upholstery
from the sofa. They ram again to call
Dr. Momicr, bnt some time was ncreS-
sary to wake him, to allow him to dress.
and to bring him To the Chalet. When
he arrived, at 3;3O Il. H., Miss Nelson
had lust .brcathed her last sigh. twelve
hours after the first attack.
NJ. Lciermc. commissioner Of the
Neuilly police, was at once informed.
He came in the morning, accompanied
by the official physician, and, after the
of the circumstances of the
death. they decided that IN autopsy
was necessary, and that the body
should he taken to the morgue The
transfer took place under particularly
heartrcmdiug circumstances. The body
Of the Young woman was Shruudrd in
a sheet and rolled in Il packing cloth,
and was then tied up and placed in Il
wagon, where ii was scarcely concealed
from public view. Then the two cart
prS and an agent of the police mounted
the wagon and departed. 1t was thus,
at ] o'clock in the afternoon, that Miss
Nelson, who had come to the liOiS in
her magnificent landau, trlycrsrd the
whole Of Paris tO the mUrguc.
Miss Nelson lived in London, in
Victoria street. \ telegram was sent
thither to inform the different MEM
bers Of her family of the fact of her
death. Admiral Glyn. who is living at
this time in Paris. FASTENED To Chalet,
and arrived there just AS they Were
taking away the body. The grief OF
the old man was extreme Like man
demented, he carrSSed the furniture
that poor Miss Nelson had seen and
touched for the last time. lie could
scarcely he torn away from the parlor
The autopsy was made to-day hy Dr.
Brouardel. His verdict was that ii
was Il natural death. II is probable
that tomorrow will take place the fu.
neral of her whom they called the Sa'
ah Bernhardt Of England, Of the ira.
gedienne whose death was more bitter
than any of those that she played in
her lifetime.