Wichita eagle., 1886-10-05
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
Cadd;c Howard Dies Yesterday Morn
ing, the Cause Of which II hnoWh
Might Tale Unfold.
A Letter written TO "A Prominent Business Man
and Photos O! Some OF the City HiSh
Dudes Found in Her Trunk by the
Coroner Seeking Information.

street, a young, asool ioohhiS "oht'ii' 'Ao
cause os whose death is q mystery and, per
haps, ever viii remain SO: for the lips that
NJ Oh. have given solution to the mystery, as
well as thrown light upon past and almost
rni,rovn life. are closed forever. Even
rnou her death bed not a word was uttered
to tell who were her friends, whence sac
came. or who or what brought on her death.
At noon DR.. Mccullough was informed OF
the death, and also told OF
some circumstances surrounding it, lie
had consultation with the county attorney
and it was agreed to hold corocer's inquest
Immediately.
The interchangeable Douglas Donneiiy was
given the names OF the jurors AID soon Uhe
following n,en appeared: j. B. Caldwell
II. E. Armstrong, o. d. Draper, j. Turiey,
E. w. Wilhlte, H. c. braves.
Cong to the boarding house o1 MIS-.
Smith. the corpse was found dressed ana
living in a little room where she had died.
Mrs Smith was absent anu the ladies pres
emf gave ell the information regarding the
deceased in their possession. They SAID she
h al given t,scm the name OF Cadie ODon-
neli. and had been 81 Mrs. oinluhS
for abc,.t a week, during which time
she had always conducted herseii very laay
Ike. She first commenced complaining OF
b.:ng sick Oh Wednesday, and has been grow
ing worse ever since She had been visited
by Dr.. Oldham as vel IS by three other pay
siciaas. who gaze all the medical attention IN
their power On her deathbcd she spoke OF
a sister IN Kansas City and a brother "Iom
she was expecting to come to see her.
Mrs. Snlit.. returning, she as we'll as sew
eral others were summoned to come TO tne
coroner's Office, where the jury nov wen5. q
Docketbook was examined, which Mrs. Smith
said lay under her head; in it was found De
sides 81. l5 in silver, four very elegant rings,
one Iarre stone the other diamond. Her
watch was ON elegant hunting case ladies
gold watch, and had engraved
in the inner case ''Nic to G. Il
Mrs. Smith was the first witness called.
She said: Il first knew her two weeks ago
Tn .s!ay, When she came alone TO seek board
i ~ at nv house: she said she came at the
sl -gestion of Her brother, VINO wanted her
TO attend Commercial college ii the city. |
took her in: she seemed such a quiet we'll
behaved girl. She first complained OF not
feeling well Thursday afternoon, and said
she had q terrible pain in her stomach. She
keDt getting worse and worse, and / sent Tor
DIR. Oldham. | was present when h3 came
lie gave her some medicine 2nd seemed to
think she would get better. He asked Il she
had taken anything, as morphine. she sad
no After taking this she fei5 better and
went out for about two hours "nen
she returned she was taken rauch
worse and continued to grow worse
until she died. she was very
despondent all the time. Saturday she became
very bal. and upon one Of the visits OF the
doctor he gave. her hypodernic Injection
which quieted the pain somewhat. Monday
| saw she was dying and approaching her
bed said: "Cae:die. you are dying; 90 you
wish to see any one!'
''No,' she replied; Il have no friends Oh
acauaintances. and shortly afterwards
passed peacefully away. AS soon as | 50"
she was dead, | went to search for her
friends | went to her dress,na ker and we
two went to North Main, where we found
her sister. When impaired the inforinc-
ii N to her she went on wildly and seemed
heart broken The one that is dead always
spoke OF this sister as as a half sister and that
tho had fallen out over something. She came
to nv house from the Douglas Avenue Hotel
which she said was too rough place for
her."
The next called was her drcssmaker. She
said She ana her mother had made dresses
TO. the young lady for at least nine months.
When she came to have her dresses fitted she
was very despsndent and often said she did
not want to live as there was nothing to live
minutes on last Thursday, to have her dress
fitted. She said She never knew where her
home was.
DR.. Mccullough was next called: Il have
and there is nothing to indicate she
came to her death from unnatural means.
Judging from the evidence given, and that
alone, | am of the opinion that She come TO
her death by suicide"
The Jury retired to consult AMI in the
midst of the consultation young woman
wo man, Weeping bitterly, came in and gave
the following testimony: My name is
Cora Howard. age 20. | am a sporting
woman an live at ~ North Market street.
The decea ,e1 was my sister, her name is
Rebecca Howard. When she came to this
town she changed it to Cadie Waddle, and
came here from Trenton, No She
was at my ,house about week
ago and was then in very good health
| think she is 2i years old: father and
mother both deaf She has been pregn ant
several time. but always took something.
The trunk OF the dead gir was brought in.
Besides her clothing was found a number OF
photographs; four of the same gentlenen-a
man well kno VI III the ci.y-ani one OF hex
self aui another of e certain young man IN
the city Ia a diary. upon the pages of
which nothing had been written. was found
two dispatches, oae from Trenton, No. -
Cora Howard read. Send m. So a o1ce
Answer. Cad" The other was aiireSsel T.
this city, in care of a Gentleman, and was
directions for sending dress. Three letters
were also found which she mad written with
lead pencil, in a clear, plain hand. Two
were addressed, 40 my dear boy" and the
other had The NAM of a prominent business
man ot this cily. Is Is compiets as follows;
N-.-
Dear Friend:
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