, 1881-04-11
ALICE MONTGOMERY.
The Mysterious Death That DC.
cured at the Sheldon
House..
Strong Suspicious that She Fell
q Victim to pFo-Nntnl
Murder.


mysterious circumstances niaht hoforo last at
tho Sheldon House, but tho Identity Of tho un-
fortunate oreaturo WIS positively established,
and thcr6 wore also discovered some interesting
ovetsts IN hor humble history which shed grcat
light on tho cause OF hor singular and sudden
dcath and which probably innkea tho caso ono
OF M Outrageous orIulc Instead Of anlclo. And
tho story Is n r,thor sotrowful QUO wtthal.
It wilt bo remembered that nt,out o O'Clock
saturday niRht yntihs mud nontly .iresaod
shsa fase os So 5aS s e. n naS sas
tut dctneanca1 hcfBoff ln such a modest md
laay.lIke tnannss that no sspIe!ons wero
and teaspuon be aont to her room was complied
With, and thuught nothing strange ut tho
a By II baasier, to 10 wi.orn lion % she ctpsnsd n I M % of
icoug Sick, tho the noxt ina1neat sho foil to tho
!oor aaa wr'tnoa g. L Z, great ngcny. Or. 9. ].
died, aiid without cx.plntnlnH w!io sho was
Pqr what ha,; ,s ea.,sed her st,adsn Illness.
tho hotel we're found papeTs bcarlSs tho no
natno Alice Montgomery, ind also sosllo, fucdl-
Hss s an1 ee nrksd
consisted Of bottio OF dark liquid and soma
enpsuscs, and woro found 70 hMvo como from il.
Krafts Il was stated tint darins The day, a.oo. o.
aorfptton Of t1lo str1,iger
HAD PROCURED FROM THAT PLACE
ts9 ounces Vt the fluid oxtract Of cr9ot, diluted
with atx ouncos Of wntcr. and thrco santonLn
cansa!!es n!i! Of thrce gr1.ins eaoh. but tte pro.
ssSa s sos Ss ao wsts 5 o4paasa u a's n, .s sn sce 5
ttfroul oao given " DF: fjonai Ffszer 70 i tidy
otp 1ssa q aE sGF' Dr. knSw
y Poison d aon,o Kind: pr: Knox
siore xs no pasknse, or W taber or anythns s
q that kind found to prOvo snch to be tho uass.
Ergot might hAvc bcon taken In satIlu!ent q,,n,l-
lar to those Of atryChnln9,-Gtlt tho hnttfc at
that medicine whIsh waa found wns nearly full,
aud epsss sse al shse 'HS Il 1as Saps e
nossole thut nrsono might have boon taken by
has tie young woman: tho aboi that was found on
not Of arsune. The physicians ,wero If Tho
o'i.ss for ~ tho purpose of producing an abortion.
why IT, The THthuTE m 'sas read yosteEday norn-
o soac f Se q u1ssry 1ss
was begun. AIico biontgomery wAs tho natno Of
.lnlnx. room girl who had loft that institution
was cOtng, and the description Of tito doal wom-
a. ansWerod exaotly 70 that Of tho dinins-room
g. 81 sdnhs Gssa Ass %s
strntxhtwMy to thu Sheldon l[unse, md si,re
enough my sna identified the body q mat q
living ln llllopols, sanFnmon County. this statc.
10 30 treated for sore eyos, ss aftor hsr euro.
which required nearly two yenra' timc, engaged
herself at tho Institution ns servant, sho wns
general favorIt at tho plaoo. =.
Du1rSa THE PAST FEW WEEKS, =
through. aho had frequently oxpressod hersclt
as being dissatisfied with har, work, and nn-
hor pnrposc T. tlrst visit with indy friend who
ss1s e so ys age aSa
hlrnedall of herlctt1rs. md Saturday afternoon
asked Mr. Dayunport for what money was duo
IN ~ n fr<1If1 Tn lRuBs aud tfct
eho had IN Important ongngcment to kocp b.
fore dark. :Mr. Dayenport paIl hcr what money
about t15-but aho thoM went and borrowed
nnoariy In Gs u much more from another omploy6 of
5 ~ shG sdS
sayi1H whore she was going except that Il was
= plt uynoS VI. onii,rift,x
Carlson had said TINT Aloe so Tar Us sho kslew,
Ass Afsssy ssS SHs / P 5s oss NJ w.;
Sat ,s Ssis pis,Ss fSt rs|;s H;ssa
sworcd that tle COULD not, Of eourac. glvo hor
nny M mcctnS to @ produce M N abortion nt that
Accordingly ho oruorod hot baths, and two days
later ,presoribcd. very mild dosns Of tho COM
pound t!nctuFe Of aloes. DR.. Griffin did not SEQ
N Nov sat, comes tho evidence TINT a ertmo was
eonn!ttgd*~ When ALICE loft tho lntiruAry ehe
ha!l with her nearly $40 in monoy, aud she had
keep. and that. she. wHnted n,oiloy for
especial purpose" After her doath It WIS dis
Ind ead ~ oesy osas
alton Of tho body Indicated that
an abortion had been brought nbout Or Mt
had caused her death, aud that tho money wont
tu tho person With whom tho important engngc-
tom, which Is to be made o-dny, will reveal
eyerythlnR, 41d 1t will probably bo thon In urdcr
to hunt down tho wrcroh who would commit
cured Mt Kratt's Ind doubt,ess been intondcd to
relfcve tho pu!n likely to follow tho other oper-
atlon, and could nor hnvo boen III any way re-
'sponsible for tho womun's death.
The mpthor Ut the dead woman was tele-
8saphed for ycstorslay, and viii arrive In time
e1n .pda