Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-03
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MONDAY EVENING. SEPT. 3, 1888,
pR. mupusUss PATIENT.


. ~v,,.,,ous postn at Atlantis which the
Authorities cannot Investigate
DIR. Hodgson, n leading physician, was
summoned last Thursday to attend iady
dangerously III at the fashionable board
ing house OF Mrs. Greenwood, Atlanta,
Ga. The patient, few hours later, gave
birth TO child, but 1t soon become appa'
rent that the mother was not destined 10
live. DR.. Hodgson warned her OF APP
preaching death and asked whether there
were no relatives that he might summon.
She replied that she had none, and that
she was ready to die, The doctor was not
satisfied. His patient seemed to be a
woman of refinement and excellent educa'
tion. He noticed that the large Saratoga
trunk. which she had brought with her to
Atlanta four months ago, bore the name
Of "Miss l.. Moore" The dying woman
said that that was not her name. DR..
Hodgson called in another physician, DR..
MoFall, and both did all in their power to
relieve her pain. They kept a minute
diary of the progress OF the case and OF
every incident that occurred. On Friday
the Girl died. In her last moments she
refused the good offices Of priest, saying
that she was not Catholic. She added
that she had made ample provision for her
child, if it lived, and for the expense OF
medical attendance and funeral services
She asked to see the child whispered n
few words to DIR. Hodgson, and died as
she had lived, quietly and mysteriously.
Tho dead woman was about thirty years
of age. Her manner and bearing seemed
to show that some where she had moved in
the best society. "She had fair complex
iou," said Mrs. Greenwood to the health
officer, who investigated the cause of
death "blue eyes, light brown hair, and
she was of medium height. Ihaye known
her since April II. | first saw her when
she came to my house in carriage, and
asked whether had rooms to spare. She
told me that she came from the North.
Before she had been here long noticed
that she was approaching confinement.
She was always reserved, but very grace
full and courteous"
you to believe that she was unmarried or
in trouble ?" the officer asked.
None beyond what | have told you.
She had good deal of money, but receiv
I'd no letters which could give clue to
her homo, or contain money. She must
have told her physicians something, as
they offered to telegraph her parents. She
begged them not to do so. She begged
to be allowed to die unknown, and to be
buried, and her secret buried with her
The day after her death, DR.. Hodgs0u
called at leading undertaker's establish
ment and ordered a plain but expensive
casket. In response to questions, he said
that there was no name to be given on the
plate and that he would pay all tho ex
penses. The authorities could not refuse
burial permit, and the last instructions
of. the woman TO the physician were car
ried out to the letter Two carriages fol
lowed the remains to their last resting
place. 1t was the dying request of the
woman that no notice of her death be
given, and that not even o minister is
to be called to perform any sort of cere.
mony. She desired to 90 quietly TO the
grave.
When interrogated DR.. Hodgson said
money had been left in his hands for the
welfare Of tho orphan child. The trunk
and expensive clothes which were the only
personal effects left, were given to Mrs.
Greenwood. The doctor stated that he
wound not reveal anything that the woman
told him on her deathbed unless called
into courts to testify. The case attracts a
great deal Of comment, but the authorities
do not see that they have ANYTHING to do.