Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-09
DIED on 4 BABY'S GRAVE.
A Probable Suicide in Rosedale
Cemetery.
The Body Of . Woman Lying on .
Grave.
No clue Found to Her Identity-H How
the Body Was Found-A Post
Mortem to BE Held
To-day.

The body OF q woman was discovered
lying prone upon . grave in Rosedale
cemetery at 5 O'Clock last evening, and
up to late hour last night not the
sliehtest clue had been obtained as to
her identity.
During the early part of the day the
sexton OF the cemetery had noticed
something black near . plot belonging
to . Mr.. Thomas. but had paid no at
tsntion 70 it. He thought afterwards
that he had feeting impression that
somebody was probably at work there,
trimming the plot.
Il was not until nearly O'Clock in
the afternoon that he went in that
direction, and then he for the first time
noticed that the form Of woman,
dressed entirely in black, was stretched
upon the sward.
Life had long departed and the body
was cold Id death. There 10 no stone on
the grave, but by consulting his books
the sexton discovered that the plot was
the property Of one David w. Thomas,
and that 1t contained the remains OF a
little child, Mary Thomas, who died at
the early age Of 10 months in June, 1887.
The sexton telephoned to the coroner,
who went out to Rosedale cemetery and
examined the remains Of the deceased
woman. Not scrap of paper was found
upon her by means Of which che might
be identified. Neither was any money
or article of value discovered.
By his order the body was removed to
the undertaking parlors of Chase &
Nicholson, on Second street, where the
remains now lie.
They were viewed last night by q
HERALD reporter. The features are
those of q woman Of about 85 years Of
age, with dark hair and darkish COM
plexion. The deceased weighs probably
1856 to 140 pounds, and is some feet 81
inches in height. She shows traces OF
good looks. Her dress contested of
heavy black merino material, and she
wore button CATERS which were nearly
new.
Near the body were found = black
chip hat and silk parasol, the ivory
handle of which represents an Egyptian
obelisk. Well worn untanned gloves, q
comb and small rag composed the re-
mainder of the belongings. ali
It seems that the woman had at
tempted to write something with q
pencil upon the fence near the grave, as
two words. which have 80 far remained
undecipherable, were found scratched
there.
The cause of her death is mystery,
but from appearances it is surmised
that it is case Of suicide, probably by
morphine. A search in the vicinity Of
the place where the woman was found
failed to reveal, however, any vial or
box which might have contained drug.
The fact that she had been found upon
the plot of David w. Thomas led the
reporter, in the absence of any other
clue, to hunt up the only David w.
Thomas who is known in this city. He
is railroad engineer who formerly lived
at 1856 CASTELAR, street, from which he
removed some time ago. His wife re-
sides on their ranch at Azusa, and her
description did not tally with that Of the
deceased in any particular as ascer-
tanned from some Of her former neigh
bors.
DR.. Bryant, the police surgeon, will
hold q post mortem on the body OF
the deceased this morning. and Coroner
Weldon later in the day. It is very pvs-
sible that the identity of the deceased
will be made clear today when her
friends miss her. The police have been
informed Of the occurrence, and will
make inquiries tending to locate the
whereabouts of her people.