Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-29
HER SAD STORY TOLD
.,.c JESSIE MILLER GIVES a
GLIMPSE OF HER PAST LIFE.
,,.,op =. Not Entirely Clear, But She
r,plains How she Came to Re
In Richmond.

,.oo, IN the almshouse, and suffering
,ho effects of morphine, which was
p'I.a,s.ored 70 quiet her, lies jessie
,, ,,u.- the young woman who was found
IN, .,' n,lice wandering in the streets in
,'.,3 condition Monday night and sent
that Institution.
'., NIGHT when she was visited by a
.--.--l reporter, she was apparently in
I-...r, +, mind. though il was great effort
80 20 talk. owing 20 spasms Of nausea
cgula seize her every moment.
II. nrohably some twenty-five years
nosa fine figure. a sweet not to say
f- ,,,n face. and "a clear, expressive eye.
..tr d.u hight Of the ward last night her
features. framedin her abundance of
I is.r came out AZ II chiscllod ia mar.
.3A S. epraks with an accent entirely
i,..-.p,sp. but used grammatical Eng
','r ., she frs. came 10 the almshouse
unclaimed OF oppression above the
and yesterday morning said she felt "a
..a srrsation all over. The aims
-trsician reported that she was
pas ,l,iapa last night than she had been
.ia was received. To the non-pro-
al eve she presented no signs OF
.,-.r.,,. int al Of the signs of that inertia
-f ., induced 10y very sick stomach.
APIrWUL STORY.
u.. story was pitiful one. She said
i' ..-,s WAS Jessie Miller and that sho
=. -#,.gbicr Of Jacob Miller, an Episcopal
.,ar Hyur IN lndepondGnce, Nan Three
.-, She married. at haywood, Kan, q
'...r .re name 81 Joseph Burton, believing
a. Drlp. on tho train On which she and
r.-r ..sricd for Richmond she learned from
frsi be had wife and children In Phila-
,u- FIrt0u. she said, got OF the train with
-.o ,rey got 20 Richmond, but Immediately
--.lI hack en- 10.
ADRISK or WINE.
-.- rsto8 whether Burton had given hcr
tr..e they wore travelling she replied
...r.taI given her some wine that had Pc
.., teger 70 the almshouse tho woman was
.. r-r-saI. bat her UnderClOthes we're very
..H aT.u she came 10 herself yesterday
-r.rr Gli not know she was in Richmond.
hing questioned M 20 whether hor trunk
..r f-giu she answered that she did not
rafher husband" as she called him,
.-.r...' 30 on, and she Was unable TO make
,rv..thar sne learned OF Burtons alleged
.. marriage after or before she took the
..gfr.ncr she was drugged the almshouse
.... Inns are not positive. In fact, the case
.#,t puzzle them.
g..r. tas reporter was talking 20 her the ply
- made some remark 70 the effect that she
r,r,g. escaped from lunatic asylum. Sick
.a VAS. she turned and gazing steadily at
t.....aE: What did You say9 ?"
rHF-.rlan tried 90 turn the matter on, but
.....f.l both by her manner and her Ian
...,...t such suppOsitiOn was nonsense, and
..Iy prevented from pursuing the subject
.....r..v Tie assurance Of the nurse that the
-Ea- talking about another woman.
rt-.1-.rgt tho interview her manner was
...... .h.yIaiy-like and devoid OF the least sign
arNtu fa lnnT TNtsf1
......ta- sl.rces there are discrepancies in the
...r. - her story as told IN the morning and
... r.-tt, bat Ca the main il Is the same. The
...-.rs-sIe- c,e such as might have beon
....i Hva confusion Of ideas brought about by
-.- having D,cD drugged or having been
.s.rsIs from fever.
HAS SuS RICHMOND FRIENDS?
rr.1 Jessie Miller, as she calls herself, was
.-..- Ir charge by the police she had In her
tsr.a pies" ut paper upon when was written,
.r.r franklin. Grace, Broad, Marshall" Last
-..-ha told n DIsPArCH reporter that she bad
-..-t.l 10 20 10 q Mrs. Ssunderss. at 1917
u.-.fsU street. she having known the
.. .g Kansas. Reference 70 the Directory
.-.I tt9t family by the name OF
...rI.rs lived at 1917 cast Marshall, but the
..-..'rlar af the house, who received the DIS
-.--I raurpsentatiye very COurtOOusly, said his
trlr know nothing Of her and that his VIE
r.tr-,n~ been out Of the state OF virginia. lie
r.E. however, that another family by his
--. Lal lived In the same house some years
... but he dill not know where they had moved.
..a vumans story Is certainly calculated 70
r'r sympathy. To all appearances she is
..-a ana honest in her statements
r.-.. tho morning she informed her nurse
,.s...a had hali-hrother living in Cincinnati,
m .-Ha his name. bat the nurse could not re.
-.~..r 10. Tho reporter and the physician
r.E,llarf fHr hi. name, but she begged not 70
.-. .Hf ra t..k any more, pleading that she
r.. "-. -....'
ne Et..s story may, Of course, be the i'm
r-rr-- a.. one who has lost her reason, and
....'rr j' would be premature 20 draw definite
......l- lu,t now.