Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-16
MADE UGLY CHARGES.


tenn examination, determined that the
cause of death was the bursting of an abb
normal formation, which caused an internal
hemorrhage. Dr. Small said last evening:
After the rupture nothing could
have saved her life. Death was
the inexorable result We did not
examine the stomach, but we saw that all
the organs were in good condition. 1 am
sure that had there been any of the effects of
poisoning in the body we would have dis
covered it. The cause of death was estab-
lished beyond doubt
What disposition will be made of the body
has not been decided. The neighbors think
that Rodgers, alias Bogges, will be at home
to-day. Coroner Mcdowell will hold an in
quest at his office in the Court House at II
o'clock tomorrow forenoon.
Rodgers and his wife came to Allegheny
about the middle of December. They had
three children, Charles Garfield, years
old. Nellie, nearly 4, and a baby. The
children are very pretty faxen-haired chill
dren, and evidently we'll brought
up. Rodgers and his wife took
two rooms in the rear of the second
floor at No. 80 Anderson street. The
front rooms are occupied by Mrs. johnson
and the third floor by Charles Francis.
Rodgers appeared to beat least 80 years old,
perhaps 35, while his wife was only 26.
A HANDSOME AND LOVING COUPLE.
Both were fair, and looked much alike.
They dressed we'll and always had money
for their necessities. Rodgers said that he was
travelling for furniture house in Chicago.
He was away much Of the time. AS far
as the neighbors could see, the man seemed
to be very fond of his wife. She was sup
posed to be an English woman. She was
delicate and rather thin, but had very
pretty face, and an engaging manner. Mr..
Rodgers also impressed all who saw him as
being very much of a gentleman.
Shortly after their coming here Mrs.
Rodgers was taken very ill, and her hus-
band feared that she would die. She was
treated for Bright's disease of the kidneys
by Drs. McCann, of Penn avenue, and after
ward by DR.. J. III. Leyda, No. 157 Robinson
street. DR.. McCann also furnished medi-
cine for a stomach trouble which the woman
had. A bottle of stomach tonic, filled by
Druggist G. W. Smart, on the prescription
of DIR. Mccain, was found in the
woman's room yesterday. 1t was filled
on January 10 and about two-thirds
of it had been used. At the time of the
woman's serious illness in December, the
husband telegraphed to Hamilton, Ont,
for relatives to come here. Miss O'Brier,
in the grocery store at No. 240 Robinson
street, says that both the husbands and
the wife's mothers came at that time. Mrs.
johnson, next door, says that she saw only
the husbands mother. The young woman
soon grew better, and the Canadian relatives
returned home.
HIS LIFE STORY.
1t was during this illness that Mr.. Rodgers
i Il L e.. L - l.
Miss O'Brien. They were sitting before
the fire in the grocery store one evening
when Rodgers bemoaned his ill-fate. He
said he had been married before and had
lost his wife by sudden illness. His wife
and two children had died, he said, within
few weeks. He feared that he would lose
his second wife.
Rodgers left Allegheny about two weeks
ago. He said that he was going to Buffalo
on business. About week ago the young
wife received a letter from him, but she
could not make out the postmark and there
was no place or date given at the heading of
the letter. She confidently expected his re-
turn home yesterday afternoon, but he did
not come.
All day Friday Mrs. Rodgers was in her
usual health. During the afternoon she
washed the windows and busted herself
for her husbands home coming. After
supper she sat in Mrs. Johnson's room and
talked with that lady and friends, while
the children played upon the floor. Shortly
after 10 clock, as there was talk of going
to bed, Mrs. Rodgers suddenly placed her
hands upon her stomach and said that she
had terrible pain. She became deadly pale
and Mrs. johnson and Mrs. Francis assisted
her to bed. She writhed in agony and
begged for doctor. Mrs. Francis called
DR.. Small, who was only a block away.
The sick woman asked for brandy. Some
was procured, but her stomach would neither
retain it nor any medicine. DR.. Small ad-
ministered a hyperdermic injection, and
Mrs. Rodgers soon became easier. The
physician departed. The neighbor ladies
remained with her.
DEATH WAS AT HAND.
At about 2 o'clock she said. "I feel so
restless" Mrs. johnson went to the bed.
She had seen death before, and when she
looked upon Mrs. Rodgers face she was
alarmed. There was no color, the eyes were
hazy and there was perspiration upon the
brow. Mrs. Francis was again hastily sent
for DIR. Small. When he came he looked
at the woman and shook his head. The
breath of death was upon her face. The
physician could do nothing.
"Do you understand the case?" asked
Mrs. johnson.
81 do not" the physician replied.
In little more than an hour the young
woman was dead.
DR.. Small, for Mrs. Francis, sent tele-
gram to the dead woman's mother, Mrs.
Charles Fletcher, at Hamilton, Ontario, and
another to a sister at Swansea, Ontario.
The kindly neiphbors Drenared the hod v for
burial, and the little orphans were taken
underjthe care of Mrs. johnson. The body
Of Mrs. Emily Bogges lies upon a couch in the
little, neat bedroom. The face is beautiful
even in death. The pale, slender hands are
folded, and she is at rest. Across the hall |
she little ones sit in silent wonder. Charlie,
he eldest, seems to feel that something |
strange has happened to his mamma. But |
ne does not cry. Last evening Coroner Nc
Dowell filed the little boys hand with |
money, and he for a time forgot his loss in
,he jingling of the coins.
There is no evidence against Mr.. Bogges, |
It least in Allegheny 1t looks as if the |