, 1890-03-13
A MYSTERIOUS CASE.
Annie Andersen, a Pretty Swedish
Girl, Dies in tho House Of
Midwife.
Her Betrayer Deserts Her and
Lsaves Her TO Die Alone
The Particulars.

OF Is years of age, died at u house on sec
ond street at o'clock Friday morn
ing under circumstances which demand
an investigation by the authorities.
'rviiw reporter Friday nigh tinves-
case, and learned the lollow-
rs:
-,day evening, February 20,
ul,.. dock, the sister superior OF
Sacred Heart hospital was surprised to
see a man passing through the lower
hall with a woman in his arms, having
entered without ringing the bell.
Sister Superior Mary asked him whore
he was going, and he said the lady was
o patient whom he was taking upstairs.
lie was In formed that 1t was customary
TO investigate cases before admitting
patients, and was asked TO take his
charge into the parlor, which lie did,
placing her on the sofa.
sister Mary then asked him who the
girl was, and he replied that she had
been u domestic In his employ, and that
he was the proprietor oi u lodging-house
on Second street.
Sister Mary then removed the shawl
which was wrapped around the girl and
at once discovered that she was en-.
ceinte and apparently suffering from
labor pains.
Sister Mary then called the man into
the hallway and told him that 1t was
contrary to all rules aud precedent VI
the hospital to admit women patients
undor such circumstances. He then
said the girl was his wilo and that they
had been married six mOnths. lie
would be willing topay any price to have
her taken care OF Ht the hospital.
sister Mary insisted that she could
not possibly admit her and advised him
TO tdkU her To u midwife. She then Oh.
tanned the address of u midwife through
the REVIEW, rang for carriage and the
man LEFT with his charge for the address
furnished him, which was on Second
street upstairs over u grocery store.
TuE mpwIFE's STORY.
AboutS o'clock yesterday afternoon
the midwife called at Hall x Mobiles un-
dertaking rooms ana stated that girl
named Annie Anderson had died Mt her
rooms at 4 o'clock yesterday morning,
and she desired to have the remains re-
moved.
She told, In substance, the following
story; On Wednesday evening, Febru-
ary 20. a good looking man had brought
Annie Anderson TO her house nom the
| hospital, saying lac was railroad man,
working out of town. The girl had been
working in his family, but his wife was
sick and he was not able to have two
sick women in his house.
lie LETT the girl and went away and
never returned. The midwife found the
| girl suffering from labor pains, and ON
the following morning relieved her OF n
lOur-mOnths' child.
IlfE DrATH CERTIFICATE
The physician who was first called in
refused to sign certificate as to the
cause OF death, further than the imme-
diate cause was typhoid fever, lie after
ward stated that ho wished to withdraw
/ the certificate until he could confer with
/ DR.. kawlins, city physician.
The midwife claims to have received
no compensation from the man who
brought the girl to her place. She gave
/ no description of the man further than
that he was nice looking. The girl :
name, She said, was Anuie Anderson,
and before becoming dclirious she had
asked her to write to her mother in
sweden.
/ soon aftorwari the girl became deliri-
/ Gus and u physician having an office In
the same building was called in. The
midwife told him the girl had suffered n
miscarriage she had high fever,
which the physician pronounced ty-
phoid, The doctor afterwGrd sent AN
other physician 20 sec the girl, and on
] Thursday last called again himself. She
was still telirious, and he informed the
midwife that the girl would die. lie
] DIOtll~tt Nn Nhll tEulH w tbUlN NttUN Wsln
I the other phy siclun on Friday morning,
but upon heir arrival they found her
dead. She had passed away at A, NJ.
without even having recovered from her
dclirium.
! IL is possible that the namo given to
the midwife Is fictitious, but in any
event 1t will be an easy matter to estab
! lish the gir's identity II she has any
! friends or acquiintances here, ana also
| the identity Of the man vino caused her
! ruin amt death.
THE INQUEST.
Coroner Mel I.auc summoned II jury
and held an inquest over the re-
remains OF Miss Anderson Satur-
day afternoon. Mrs. Brunke was
placed on the stand and testified
that she was a. midwife and had
rooms ON the corners of Second and
Howard streets. Erickson han taken
Ida Anderson to her place from the
hospital on "Wednesday evening,
February 20. The girl had "A very
high fever and said she had been
four weeks in family way. She
had been sick since the previous
Monday. ON the following Friday
sho was delivered of IA child. Sho
was deliTious nearly all the time
from that time until her death,
which was on Friday morning last.
Erickson had come to see her every
day and had rendered all the aid he
could, Witness was quite sure the
miscarriage had nothing to do with
producing death,
DIR. Brown, who had been called
In by Mrs. Brunke to see the girl,
said he found her suffering from
I typhoid fever, and he believed the
I fever induced the miscarriage, us
she had been sick for several days
previously.
Dr. Libby, who had also been
called in, testified to the same effect.
Frank Beidelmun, Jr., II married
man, who boarded at the house
where Miss Anderson worked. He
knew she was in n delicate condi-
tlon and was of the opinion that her
sickness was brought ON By exces-
slve hard work, such as heavy lift
ing, and exposure. She was sick
three days before Erickson took her
to the hospital. She had told wit.
ness that she and Erickson were TO
he married.
THE sEDUCEn's STORY.
a. Erickson was called and testi-
fed ~ follows; | am At la6orcr and
live on Second st.ect. l knew Ida
Anderson in Sweden, and when
returned there ten months ago she
came to this country with me. We
intended TO get married. On the
Sunday before she was taken sick
[ cnllad On her md told her she hnd