Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-09
SHE DRANK COLOGNE.
a New York Woman Who Drank the Tn
usual Beverage and Died f~w Hours
After Taxing the Dose

Alter t1kins the Dose
New Haven special
When tfs Naugatuck train stopped as
the Def+y depot, twelve miles from he's
on Thanksgiving afternoon, middle sged
lady, looking u be forty-fve years OLD,
stepped OF and sat down ON the station
steps. She was well-attired in dark,
closely fitting dress, cloak with sealskin
trimmings, and a neat bonnet She was
evidently either drunk or under the infiu-
ence Of some powerful drug. After The
train had started she sat there still, aud in
few minutes put small hand yaiise mn-
der her lead and went 10 sleep. There she
lay until after dark, when Representative
jackson aud some friends wakened her.
She was not in a condition 20 take care Of
herself, and Dentist Joslyn volunteered TO
take her 20 his rooms. The whole party
helped 20 take her there, and Joslyn took
charge OF her.
Nothing more was heard or thought
about the strange woman uRtS yesterday,
when DIR. T. b. Jeyett, of Birmingham, was
called TO attend woman who yas suffer
ing from alcoholism. When the doctor
called he found her suffering from deiirium
tremens. She was exhausted physically
and talkei very incoherently, SO that he
could make nothing out of her rawlings.
He thought it was an ordinary case of over
indulgence, prescribed mild nervine, and
departed. Nobody was left with her in the
rooms when the doctor went away.
When Dentist Joslyn entered later he
found her In fit with an empty pint cos
logne bottle on the floor. She had ap.
parently roamed around the room trying
TO find some liquor to satisfy her cravings.
She could find none and, driven by her ap.
petite, she picked up the almost full CO.
logne bottle and drank every drop. After
the stimulating effects of the drink and hei
spasms had passed off, she went into e
stupor and became insensible. Joslyn tried
TO look after her himself and keep the
knowledge of her condition secret, but he
could not arouse her, and a few minutes
after two o'clock this morning he called
DIR. Jewett again.
The Doctor stayed with her till near day
break, when she died. DR.. Jewett ex-
amined her effects to see who she was. In
one OF the pockets Of her dress were found
several bank books. One on the Peoples
Bank of New York showed a credit of 1868.
The others showed deposits of smaller
amounts. The name in which the deposits
were made was Lydia E. Rushby. On a
silver plate on the valise was the name OF
Thomas Elmes. A man of that name lives
on Seymour avenue, Birmingham.
Or. Jewett called there, and found Mrs.
Elmes at home. Mrs. Elmes knew the
woman, who had frequently visited her
before. She was astonished at her condi-
tion, and ordered an undertaken TO take
charge of her remains. He put the body
in a coffin and kept it till this evening
when her brother, who is employed in the
Mott Haven Iron Works, arrived and tool
the body to Mott Haven. Her sister had
previously telegraphed TO Birmingh ham
making inquiries, but had received no
reply.
On Friday last the woman was ques-
toned by Joslyn as to how she came to
Derby. She replied: "All l know is t:lat
got bottle of medicine at a drug store
in New York before l started from there"