Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-14

Cox. Of Proctor, received a sudden call n
Wheeling. lie went and on Tuesday his
brother, DR. +. A. Cox, and the man and
girl arrived on the noon train going south.
The man gave his nsme a. Williams, and
said that the women WIS his daughter
She was manied and Der name VS. CLARK
her husband was in Massachusetts,. To
the hotel keeper he said that his daughter
had suffered severe injuries iron fall az
Weeeling. and was unable 30 travel He
dCsir, q room for her over night 10 was
evident that the girl was Gar gone In pfsg-
nancy. and ives sufcriug severely. She
scented % have no idea where she was. and
talked continually ahout Canada. whittier
she thought she was gong A rooln Va.
hastily made ready. and the r1or unforiu-
nate entered d, never t1 come out alive
That night. Dr. 7. A Cos. .of Wheeling. and
ms brother. Dr Cox Of Proci1I, were called
TO sse her What trsnspirtd In the room
no one bot The three men 49, living
know The woman OF the house offered
her services. bat was told they were not
needed other women slught stmttiance
to tire room. bot 10 We denied them
Dr. r. A. Cox told the landlady that
the patient was suffering ifom miscarriage,
aud that sts on the Information given 20
inquuers
The next morning the unfortunate girl
showed signs OF being under the inluerCe
of anaesthtics She talked incoherenly,
bat even in her moments OF greatCst de-
hrium. did not utter d word 20 reveal her
identity. That night she was delivered
OF % child still born. and the two doctors
and the man, giving bis name ~ Williams,
took the infant, carried il away and buried
% on the river bank.
LEFT WITH HER SORROW.
GA Thursday young Dr. Cox returned
20 Wheeling and the succeeding day the
father left In the meanwhile strange
stories bad begun TO circulate
among the neighboTs, and curiosity and
suspicion were at the boiling point. In
reply to queries Mr.. Williams said that
his daugher wa married and she had had
two miscarriages prior to this. He prom
ised 20 return in lev days, but when
asked where word should be sent, if there
was any serious change in his daugh er's
condition, said he had made 81 arrange
ments Of that kind with DR.. F. V. Cox,
who vas to attend her.
The man left, and the fair young girl,
on her couch Of pain, became gradu-
ally worse and worse. Her suffer
ings were heart rending. Neigh
blrs were awakened in the night,
time by her screams, and the people Of the
house, willing and anxious to extend re-
lief. were helpless. DR.. Cox steadfestly
informed all questioners that the young
woman IVES doing well, and there wal no
cause for fear.
sUFFERINGS UNPARALLELED.
On Saturday there was decided change
for the worse in the patients condition.
Her sutieriDgs, if possible, became greater,
and her rational moments les3 snd less
All through Sunday and Sunday night she
continued 70 sink, and then even the un-
trained eyes OF the few women, whose
motherly hearts went out to the poor suf
ferer, could see that death was at hand.
Then the neighbors t-)k charge of the
cs1e, and the first efforts were made to
discover the secret of her identity, which
she bad kept so long. Her trunk was
examined, and for the first time II
was noticed that the address was scratched
OIL. A name was on the trunk, however,
and instead of being Clark as 1t should
have been. if the story told on her arrival
was true. it was TaRgert. Then efforts
we're made to decipher the name Of the
town. Many guesses were made, bat
from the reulains of the letters Morris
town, ohio, seemed most probably the
place. A telegram VIZ sent there, and a
reply received that friends would start
Immediately. In the meantime the
trunk had been opened, and evidence of
identity were apparent. On the collars
and under clothes written in full was the
name of Lizzie Taggert. Two slips Of
paper we're also found On one was the
adore of Dr.. T. A. Cox, Room G.,
McLain's block, aud on the other
the simple number 1902, Jacob
street The clothing wej sll of the very
Quest material, and il was apparent that
the wearer was at least well TO do.
HER TRUE NAME REVEALED.
While this ives being done the sufferer
was in the thrOes Of death, and at 10
O'Clock Yesterday morning she breathed
her last. In all her suffering the girl had
not revealed her identity or the cause Of
her trouble Her lips remained sraled,
snd % far q she is concerned her deaths
secret gOC1 h the grave with her. AS soon
e3 possible word wes conveyed to the nesr-
est legal authorities, and in the afternoon
Jury of inquest was summoned to deter
mine the cause of the demise, and the body
of the infant was disiuterred. Physicians
examined il but did not give their testi-
monv at that time. The first witness
called wss Miss Lou Schuman,
of New Martinsville A correct
COPY of her evidence could not be
secured. but the representative Of the
REGISTER interviewed the young lady
herself She said that she knew the de-
ceased. Her name was Lizzie Ia CERT
and her home Morristown, Ohio. She
said she had seen the man who gave MS
name as Williams, and she knew him to
he James Taggert, the father OF the eIL
To had been year since she saw Miss
Lizzie, but at that tins she was not mar
ried, and she believed she would nave
heard Of il if she had been married since
The Taggert family consisted OF tather'
mother, daughter end one son, ana was
prominent in business and in social circles
Miss Schuman was the only witness
examined. The physicians were not resdy
% give in their testimony, and the inquest
Was postponed until to-day.
THE NAME on THE sATCHEL.
A curious circumstance WAS noted by
the representative of the REGISTER.
When Mr.. Taggett first arrived with his
daughter be is said TO have given the
name Of Williams, and his home Canada.
When ne left he was still called Mr.. Will
lams. On his return yesterday he carried
a small hand satchel which looked rs if it
had been newly bought, and on the side in
plain white letters was inscribed
J. W.
TORONTO
ON. da.
Neither Mr.. Taggert or DR.. Cox were in
cliued 10 make any statement, but they
will probably reveal all they know about
The case before the corOner's jury to-day.
I'm the most charitable light the case is a
sad one Until the coroner's jury has re-
fnrned its verdict it will be impossible to
saw how or By what means the girl came
to her death. In any event the stricken
family and friends deserve heartfelt sym
pathy.