, 1881-04-10
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.

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at +he Sheldon House.
AFGtranper in the House. She Refused
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W uAse d71 Nesne'
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There happened last night at tho Sheldon
House, Nos. 5B and SOS West Madison street.
death surrounded by great many suspicious
a1-t onr;ors ot-crmsrancts Wherher murder.
an4 s"A1o-s ....s-s'.,-s -a,aenosa
sutc1oe' poisonlns' 'nsous c1'n.'las %
or fnexcusable Ignorance mas not se1 oeen n'aoe
~ aa ~ -. 'a.a ,aer,aa sno ,,as or ,ned,m
h,r.ht a,,d mild .,irht of comn,exton. and Ind
l'en. ~ eaI. 49, rs. -'s1 .,>s e. .ro, 1~asea1
we'll. though not richly, in dress
OF dark stuH, and wore Il black
rnantle cloak and a white felt hat,
ana an ostrcn fcather: sac appe"teo ~ .u0
hotel nbont O'Clock and applied to the proprf-
etor, Mr. S. Sharp, for room. sayIngthat she
should want the apartment but IN hour or two
She refused to give her name when m askea, sn
and excused herself n on the psa 'aas s@art
time that her name was Of no consequence In
connection with her occupancy thereof. The
proprietor learned n that she resided in this city;
though just where he did not know. The young
woman was assigned to n room, and hor
,.e,"sa VIZ ~. .rt1o1a ~ ha,1*,,,a n her
possession was pnt IN tno apartmen.- hes
first und only request was for Il glass and 4 tea
her avn rootn, after mnkny inquiries '.s to the
location Of the ladies' private closet. Nothing
WIS thought ut her request for IL glass and tea,
spoon. Had any suspicion hcen aroused
Ii would have been aIlayed by her
quiet detnenuor and 1ndy-lke department
Only a short time after her arrival one Of the
stranger coming toward him frofn the direction
Of the ladies' eloset, and he observed taae sue
seemed to be III great agony. When she ap,
i1rithed
IN TIE GREATEST AGONY.
Che was conveved In her orn room and Io3d
uncn rha hen n Ennr ,Vna sur7,nonnT He
at!n,inis1era11 other to Gtiet rhe natient nnd to
- stv tt,e nans ~ ,v,,,t hr at tIrsr snnnose, was
cuse of suicide or poisoning by strycnniu
deadly drug. Tho youmr wonlun seemed to
ruilv from the tirs, nft,fck hur hcInx seized
axain more Violently than before, she passed
inr 1oofn ..na fn,,n,, a fnt ~ sro.man.s ,v.ur-
9r , oo"en mas tuuao t,ar ~ ~ nf'r onars
~ npy do:cr;ntinn xhnroh,, ~
sastob,,eh her ;lan3i,r Hn har narenn ,vera
found two receipts FOR Is cents each for dues In
tho Home Lodge OF the independent Order Of
Good Teuip!ars. the said receipts being made
out to Miss Alice Mont@o1nery 4 label
marked "fowler's Solution OF Arsenic was
also found on her persotl 4 bottle or medicine
Of d dark color and apparently single DOSE OF
one tenspoonfulIthe does prescribed ri !. on The a
among her effects. Tne medicine was from the
house OF Hermann F. krafts, No. GIL West Mad
ison street.
At an early hour this morning TRIBUNE re-
porter culled up the night~clerk ut hlr. kraf1s
drugstore and informed him OF the facts of the
asaa IL sSe seefea 1--WE I've
Of the deceased, thnt such woman called during
the day. and be turned at once to tho prcscrip-
tion purporttng to hive been given by DR.. Dom
aid Fraser. u practicing physician ut No Is.
us i5and hana ayenue ana The writing WIS Wy IN
Ingredient was in one instance mtsspelled. The
articles called for were twu ounces OF the fluid
extract OF ergot, diluted Into six-ounce mkt
Of only one tablespoonful each. Also
TOT santonln. drus wnicn IS generanf
+, e insas nf ,hr.a E,rnins oacIs nne m u! ta,,.
81 .,,.a Tno niwtt cfer.. r,,,nemharnd rh,r r. wpa
.,nrc who wa,rn1 nnnn tbe la,,v md
|,e hcs;tntrn FIR a RIM, whether t,s wo,tn |
iii tGe ,,rescrint,on I!no,, n,,esrionin,- rha
rnman she sa;i T. .voo tpe ,,rsF 'ir',~sfnre che
sslnlt sn sas1 49, H. "ts eue .ils. ssotG pug
her 70 cony hv ~, inrtmIte lnds trjend
sur r,,,. ,I.,,r 90 p,1G,1rropv.pn
n what she hnt1 to say: TINT the clerk consented
% make up the prescription, after trst satisfy
ng himself that Ur- Fraser was doing business
'thers about the matter, and made some remark
he doses prescribed: TIE s won,an. was quite
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