The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-15

Suspicious Co,eeruirG the Death OF u
TosuG Actress, Fannie CsrtwrtGhl

| suspiesoss Co,eerusrR the Death OF The
fesre Actress, Fa.sis Csrtwrtsha
CHICAGO. Nov 1L-soon after midnight on
the Sd instant the body OF q young and pretty
woman was found lying upon the rails OF the
Northwestern Railway at Arteslan avenue The
wheels Of a locomotive had cut the woman In
the middle and crushed the back OF one hand.
Artesian avenue. at the place whore the body
was found. Is not cheerful place even when
the moon is at It's full or the street lamps are
burning brightly. It is in q new portion OF the
city and few persons pass the railroad crossing
after midnight Trackmen and train hands
who had feft the shops Of the company and
were on their way homo saw nothing OF the
body twenty minutes before Il was found
During this time two switch engines rolled
over the crossing.
It was 12:4O when Q switchman who was
walking along the track discovered the body.
The strange position OF the corpse. and the
fact that blazing match showed that the
blood stains upon the clothing were dry. star
tied the man. and he told tho police officers
who came in response to his alarm that It was
hs opinion the had been
many letters. but there was nothing about
fed. The body was taken to a morsus, where
Il lay for thirtysix hours before II was claimed:
T6n i MN a KNEW teai the an dead ss
Owing her death for AS New Ie 6resns e xhs1s
9 s fss sS az sosd Ts
count for the manner Of heEterTible death. It
the S ,hs
when discovered: that the wheels 81 the en-
g s.4 ne
found about her was dried upon her clothing:
81 aSS evssass Sss
murdered while defending her honor and then
hoped the wheels Of train would destroy
proof Of the real manner in which tue poor girl
Fannio Cartwright had had q stormy career.
death She was widow. her husband having
Soss q M S chosss
career on the stage. She had shown much
6sna9 %sr On .ss DAY
che attended a, bal! at the house Of a friend.
While there she drank some wine and beer.
that ss she was not into1issssa At the time she
for her hone While she YES
dreary walk that lay before her. Il was then
that's young mechanic; who had never been Of
much account, and who plainly showed the
woman to her home. He was John Beatty.
about the same age as the actress
Iney lett tne mouse ABOUT mluniRnL Inc
woman was never seen alive again Forty
minutes later her body was found on the
tracks. The next day Beatty. it is said by
some OF his companions in the neighborhood.
talked in wild way about the young woman
Beatty was arrested. The stories he told the
officers were SO contradictory and 80 plainly
an effort to conceal the truth that the
belief that he knew Of the manner in
came firmly fIed In the minds o, all
Doctors who saw the body OF the actress
are positive that she could not have suffered
such wounds By accidentally falling In front
Of an engine. Then. too. there is proof that
Beatty and the woman were together near the
spot where the body was found: yet the pris.
oner has told q half dozen stories. each Of
which leaves his parting with the actress at
as many different and widely separated points
In the northwestern part OF the city. One bit
81 evidence which goes long way TO sustain
the murder theory Is that q shawl which COW
cred the terrible wound in the woman's breast
bore no trace Of blood or the marks Of car
wheel
The death Of the actress suggests the fate
9hieh befell Aurelia Olson and Eva Mitchell.
Both these girls were cruelty butchered-the |
Iormer upon lonely prairie and the latter |
turing q storm on Grand Boulevard. 1t Is a |
fact too. that young Beatty's name |
Was associated with the Olson tragedy. The |
prisoner Is insolent and abusive. He declares
he knows nothing about the death Of his COM |
nanion