St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
DID SHE POISON HERSHEY
= Woman Found Dead in the EN-
change Hotel.


= Woman Found Dead in the EN-
change Hotel.
A Soung woman named Sophie Drummer
died about o'clock yesterday morning al
the Exchange hotel, No. 353 ROBERT s'fee''
under strange circumstances, ana Tie caSe
is involved in considerable mystery. Inc
hotel has recently changed hands, the
fo,,nar nronrietor James C0nnelley, having
disnosed of it and left it a week ago Satur-
daV since which time II. A. Stone, the
Seventh street ieweler, has had sort OF
oversight of the place. The new manage
ment inaugurated their possession OIL tie
premises with dance Saturday nlgnt, tle
crowd became rather bOiSterouS a1tef ihlu-
night. Officer Schaefer passed there ABOUT
3:lO o'clock Yesterday morning and nearing
the noise went in and ordered the CLOSING
of the place. He found the saloon lull VI
men, and couple of notorious women VIM
were drinking and talking III LOUD anu us
orderly manner. Stone was there, anu mao
at the telephone ringing, whlle tile ciel N
and barkeeper, James kenhoitZ' was 3r "'-
tending to the wants OF the noisy gang. nc
officer asked him what he was doiliS a' inc
telephone, to which the latter repllee Vha'
he was trying to call doctor lor d
man who was suffering with sore
font He nromised to close the house at
once and the officer left About half an
hoIm later he went in and notified Stone
that if he did not close up at once he would
arrest him. Upon inquiry for the man
with the sore foot Stone said he had LETT.
Schaefer left the place. and upon MS next
1ound about 80 o'clock, noticing the
lights. went in again and found NUMBER
of men inside drinking, and placed Stone
under arrest for selling liquor after Il
o-cIocL, nj night Stone then told HIM That
there was a
WOMAN UPSTAIRS
who had taken morphine, and took him up
tn room 16. where she was. lie found the
woman i'm an unconscious condition, ana
life almost extinct The barkeeper. Ken
hoItz. and 4 man named OConnor were IN
the room rubbing her and otherwise at
temnting 10 restore her 10 CONSCIOUSNESS.
Drs. Quinn. HOyt and COttrell were I'M
mediately notified, and they arrived shortly
afterwards. but too late, as the woman was
already dead. Dr.. Quinn took possession
of her effects, which consisted OF pocket
book containing the key Of her trunk some
letters and other papers, and Sl.2O III
money. m
In the room was found a box OF pills,
co,nnosed of One-twentieth of a grain each
of strvchnine, and there were tWenty-elght
of them. The prescription called Tor thirty,
so that the two she had evidently taken
could not have had disastrous effect upon
her.
# was learned that the woman had been
at the hotel for four days, and had worked
at various places i'll the city. She had been
empIoyed As domestic for a lady named
Mrs. George at No 357 SeIby avenue, and
had last been employed at the boarding
house of Mrs. Sarah Dunn, No. 221 Spruce
street Her name appears in the directory
as Sophie Drummer, domestic, 257 SelDy
avenue.
Among the papers found III her pocket
book was a letter written to Kenholtz, the
barkeeper at the Exchange hotel, from her
self. 1t was as follows:
December 5.
Dear Jim: Please meet me at No. 565 Vest
minister street tomorrow evening at I:50 or .
O'Clock or please drop me line
SOPHIE Drummer.
Another letter was from her brother at
Reeds Landing, asking her TO come home.
Her relatives at Reeds Landing were tel
egraphed by the coroner, but last night no
word had been received from them.
THE BARKEEPER, KENHOLTZ,
gave very contradictory answers to the
coroner Yesterday morning. He was not
arrested and he has not been seen since II
o'clock Yesterday morning when he was
called up for his dinner by one OF the men
employed at the hotel.
O'Connor, while not appearing to know
anything about the case beyond being called
up 10 see her by henholtZ, was arrested by
Officer Schaefer because he could
not give q satisfactory account Of
himself lie claims to hail from
San Francisco and says that for the past
two months he has been at Fargo, only ar
irving in ST. Paul last Friday. When
asked about his occupation he stated that
he was gambler. He is still held at the
station.
MIR. STONES STATEMENT.
Mr.. Stone. who was charged with selling
liquor after IL o'clock at night, carrying
concealed weapons and disordery conduct
gave bail for his appearance. When asked
for mis- statement in regard to the matter.
he appeared very much agitated over the
whole affair and the prominence it gave to
him. lie denied that he owned the hotel and
said he had only represented the owner and
had visited the place each day to take charge
of the receipts until the owner returned to
the city. He said that it was Strawbrdge
that owned the hotel and that he belonged
at Fergus Falls. He stated that Straw
bridge had traded some Minneapolis prop
erty for the place. The dance he said,
was gotten up by the barkeeper, kenholtz,
to celebrate the opening. and he was there
waiting for the place to close. so as to take
the receipts. The first he knew of
the woman being in the house
was al on , o'clock in the morning when
the baiketper came down stairs and told
him that "a woman had taken an overdose
OF morphine. He at once called the police
and informed them of the affair and closed
the house. since which time it has not been
opened.
The body was removed to Leigh's under
taking rooms on West Third street, and
yesterday afternoon Dr.. Hoyt held an au-
topSy on the remains but could not COM
plete it owing to darkness The stomach
will be analysed to-day. The inquest will
not be held until the post norton exam
nation has been concluded, when probably
the mysterious circumstances surrounding
lie case may be removed.
siTHaE SUNSET CANCER.''
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