Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-20
MISS NELSON'S DEATH.
Suspicious of Foul Play-An In
VestigatiOn Probable.

Odhcl III DdJuIudy nlR0b W0lle QrlVlng
in BOis De Boulogne, with a lady who
has been living with her as a compan.
ion. She had been staying at the
Continental hotel for few days pre-
vious to her death with her companion.
servant and gentleman described as
her secretary. The circumstances
surrouding her death are so suspicious
that police inquiry may become ne
cessary. The rooms which Miss Neil
son occupied at the Continental hotel
have been sealed up and telegrams
have been dispatched to her relatives.
Another dispatch says: Miss Neil.
son had left her home with a party Of
friends in the best of spirits and appa-
rently good health, to take dinner in
the famous Duchalet restaurant, Bois
De Boulogne, At the table she fire..
quently alluded to her success in her
profession and spoke hopefully of
what she expected to accomplish
during the coming season and in the
more distant future. Suddenly Miss
Nelson turned pale, gave low cry.
pressed her hand upon her heart and
fell back in her chair. Her friends
sprang to her assistance aud attempt
ed to bring her to consciousness, dis.
patching messenger,for medical aid.
But all efforts were of no avail and the
fact was impressed upon them that
Miss Nelson was dead
Miss Nelson, who was about thirty
five years, of age. was born at Sara
gossa, Spain, of Spanish and English
parents, and brought up carefully in
that sunny, luxuriant and healthful
cline. As her parents were poor, her
educational opportunities were lin
| lited, but by her own perseverance and
application she acquired great prof :
cheney in literature, mastering the
I French, Spanish, Latin, Italian and
English languages. She made her
debut on the stage when only sixteen
years Of age, and was soon after mar
ried to Phillip Lee, the son of an
English clergyman, who accompanied
her to this country on the occasion Of
her first visit, about eight years
ago. Subsequently Miss Nelson,
or rather Mrs. Lee, was involved
in a scandal which included a
{ separation from her husband.
She was very popular in this
country, and had visited il
regularly for the last half dozen years,
her last visit being during the season
OF 1879 50. Her last season began in
Brooklyn last October and ended in
New York in May, when she gave a
season of farewell" performances, at
the close of which she parted with
many of her jewels and much of her
wardrobe at public sale.
A correspondent writing of her on
her last visit to Baltimore says.
, She has been a great traveller and
observer, reads aud studies much,
watches the newspapers reviews and
criticisms, and adopts any useful hints
she gathers. Her appearance in the
drawing-rOom is even more charming
than on the stage. Her pretty and
graceful manners, bright eyes and
dimpled face are most hewitching, and
her youthful, tender beauty are un-
surpassed. She looks about 10, and
her complexion is fair, clear and
roseate her eyes dark brown and Of
depth of expression and clear as a
crystal. Her hair is an indescribable
auburn or brown, and her eyebrows
dark and beautifully arched. Her
teeth are even and as white as pearl.
She was dressed in rich brown
velvet frock, cut high in the neck
and supplanted by quilting of lace,
which tit tightly about the neck, fas-
tened by a lizard formed of silver.
She wore French shoes, Louis XIV.
in shape, and of drab color, embroid-
cred with gold and silk vines and leaf
lets. Her jewelry was confined to her
tapering fingers and wrists, and like
the entire toilet, were in good taste,
rich aud elegant, but not too snowy.
The figure and physique was a most
agreeable picture of beauty, grace,
health and happiness.
When asked by the reporter to give
some acooun. of herself, Miss Nelson
said
"Well, | commenced to read Shake
speare when child, and ! knew every
word Of Romeo and Juliet at the age
of nine. commenced to play a few
years later, and went up step by step,
slowly but surely, 1t was hard work
but had the advantage Of being very
young when | commenced, and that
was something to me. went around
England playing to empty benches,
for mere pittance, twelve years ago.
! | played for few shillings a night, or
perhaps a week, and often couldn't t
collect that | have sat on my trunk
waiting for my money for hours, total
| ly unable to move. But by great de-
termination and hard work / gained
friends with the public, and now | get
200 pounds in the same theaters where
| then got | pound. played original
parts when first came out, and had
TO create the characters myself, which
was difficult for me with no expert
ence and few advantages of obserya-
ton"
At the Manhatten Beach hotel there
are among the walters three retired
Wall street lambs, two French, and
one Italian count, seven discarded
sops-in-law, and two poets, They
sling 'hash" during the day and Airt
with the Mabel Mauds or Chamber
maids in the evening, as they listen to
the toutings Of that musical cupid,
Monster Levy, Such is fortune.
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