The Portland daily press., 1886-04-26
MANcHEsTER's MYSTERY.
The Death of Annie Donohoe at the
Monument House.
a Wealthy and Influential Citizen
Said to be Implicated.

MANCHESTER, N. H., April 24-On Sunday
morning, 18th inst young girl was found dead
in the Monument House, No. 742 Elm street. The
place is kept by Henry N. Dyke as lodg-
ing house, and its reputation has not been of the
best. The proprletor's story is that, about II
"Watchl'' in the hail. and, leaving his office,
looked down the stairway and saw girl disap-
pearing through the street doorway, while the
motionless form of another girl was discovered on
the stairs. With the assistance of lodger he
removed the prostrate girl to room, where her
cries OF distress were heard at intervals through
out the night. AT O'Clock two police officers WIS.,
tied the premises and saw the girl sleeping, and,
believing she was in drunken stupor, did not at
tempt her removal AT o'clock Sunday morning
Frank West, lodger heard her breathe. An
hour later he discovered that she was dead. The
police coroner and City Physician Holtt were
summoned and made an examination OF the room,
and moved the remains to an undertaker's, where
the body was identified as that of Annie Donohoe,
and the city physician and DIR. James Sullivan
made an examination OF the body, externally, COM
ing to the conclusion that death was the result OF
alcoholism. The coroner turned the remains over
to the undertaken, deeming an inquest unnecessa-
ry In the meantime DR.. X. 0. Wood had inter
ested himself in the case, andIpointed out one Lulu
Fay, who was with the dead girl Saturday. She
claimed to have left her at O'Clock, but told sew
eral different stories, and was fatty contradcted
III several instances by her mother. Dr. Wood
visited the Monument House and learned that a
party of several persons had visited there at 10
O'Clock Saturday night and drank and smoked,
and his inference was that the dead girl was one
of them. His discoveries were published, and on
the following day Mayor Stearns ordered post
mortem examination of the remains. Dr. Hoitt
of the board OF health questioned the mayors right
to do this, and, pending settlement of the ques-
ton, the girls family declared themselves OPP
posed to an autopsy, and the mayor announced
that there would be. none The remains were
buried without religious ceremony; The clergy
men took up the case and prepared to hold mass
meeting to discuss the matter on Monday evening
next. Public feeling ran high for an lnvestiga-
tlon, and last night Mayor Stearns called a meet
ing of the aldermen, who heard statements from
physicians, and instructed the coroner to hold an
autopsy. Coroner d. d. Stevens, accompanied by
Drs. G. c. Hoitt George d. Towne James Sulli-
van, George A. Crosby, John Ferguson and L.. B.
Howe repaired to St. Joseph's cemetery this
morning and had the remains disintered, and an
autopsy was made. The examination showed a
fracture of the internal plate of the skull, which
wounded one of the arteries, and this led to hem
orrhage and compression of the brain, which oc-
casioned death. No trace of alcohol was found.
The stomach was empty, and the organs were in
healthy condition, The fracture was occasioned
by blow or fall so the surgeons state, but there
was no external evidence of violence. A
coroner's jury will be impaneled, and an inquest
held Monday. At least one wealthy and infuen-
tial citizen is said to be involved in the affair."