The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-12
WAS THE WOMAN MURDERED
MRS. IsABELLE FARQUHAR FOUND Dr.
ING IN A CHICAGO STREET
She Had Hired q Room In witch 70 HlAs
from . Man She reared-Her Home -
This City-The A flair 10 Not Fathonsa.


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from = Man She Feared-Her HoAs -
This City-The A fair 10 Not Fathonsa.
CHICAGO Feb. IA young woman who was
found in dimly lighted hallway ut 20 Frank.
lin street on Monday evening In dying condis
ton was identified rs Mrs. Isabelle FarQuhsr.
who came TO Chicago recently from New York
city Early on Monday afternoon Mrs Farou.
har was seen several miles from tho spot
whore che was found dying six hours later.
She was then endeavoring to find rooms In
which she might conceal herself for few
weeks from a man she claimed "a her hus.
hand with whom she had had trouble. and Of
whom she was in great terror. She succeeded
in finding rooms to suit her at 375 Center
street She paid for them In advance and then
left tho house. saying that she would be back
before evening. Whore and with whom she
spent the last few hours OF her life Is not
known.
When she paid the rent for her room she had
n roll " bills. When ut the Morgue only one
dime was found on hor person. Mrs. Farouhar
was unconscious when tho police took her to
the County Hospital Thirty minutes after the
doctors reached her she was doad. The police
quickly abandoned the idea that the woman
the murder theory.
They learned that tho woman had boon
dragged from an alley between Randolph and
Lake streets by an unknown man. who placed
her whore sho was found n fcw minutes later.
That was all that could be learned at that time.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Charles Smith noticed
TINT the description given In the newspapers
OF the dead woman Tailed with that
OF the woman who had rented room
from hor on Monday afternoon. and who
had failed to return to occupy It. Later In tho
fav MIRO Smith yfetkad thu MnrCuo md fhQrA
identified the dead woman as the one who had
rented a room from her Mrs. Smith said:
ION Monday afternoon young woman came
to the house and ask ed mo to rent her room.
As sho was n stranger to me and presented no
recommendations l at first told her that I had
mono that could let her have. When refused
hor she looked 80 full Of sorrow that
l asked her few questions. She told me
Ing come here from New York. Alter hesi-
eoaSe she ha sns hus
band. wh9. inferred from what she said. had
Chicago. and had succeeded in convincing her
that c Xis mt s sSss with sss Rond like to rent
tended to Tstufn to NeX XSEk At the end
husband, She was neatly dressed and finally
consented to, let her, have room for
takes in that she almost cried. From small
black silk, shopping bag that she carried on
wk 5o% Ssd tSs
S n She 5uss h sosnR sR s o
gage e sent to the house. and that She e would
es Saek sR sG G'RR the as
sorry that had accepted her as a tenant even
troubie she was in, Thought had done rieht.
When she didn't come p back was greatly woE:
sST dene Ser whether he
an, Mr.; L Lfsi. who rents room in the place
man .s ss TT T. my ensssr On MSaSsZ
as1 A
/ got to the woman saw she was dying. she
H as she sn so hs to d y. had had
a up and MI yoa up but sSs e1 sss
ws elk a Gna whs she to
s%i!s Sp ss pSles@sa Mrs sn &eod 9s' sas
q refinement" sic Continued. Her clothing
With a%d Blue Silk Her faf wFhss
and nsr dress was
I'VE bent over her.. said Mrs. Wood. '"to
see If she had been drinking. but We could not
find signs of intoxication. ! think she might
have been poisoned and left on our step to
die."
at work on the mystery. said:
The case Is q complete mystery, We took
marks Of the womnns feet as she was dragged
along. There are :wo blind alleys leading
TN h5eSsh aseRy
dragged to the hallway. The autopsy to-
morrow may reveal the cause Of death. Thus
FarQuhnr lived in Now York;