Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-09
NOT THE CORONADO WOMAN,
But Plenty Of Mystery About
Mrs. Morgan.
The Contents of Her Trunk Throw
No Light on the Matter.
Her Photograph Shows That She Did
Not Resemble the Coronado Hotel
suicido-Her Marriage Ger
tiicate- Other Details.

A trunk marked "Mrs. Kate Morgan
was taken to the central police station
on yesterday from the house of l.. A.
Grant, 9l7 South Hill street. Mr.
Grant stated that Mrs Morgan had been
employed in his house as domestic
and that on the evening OF November 23d
she left, stating that she would return
on the next day. She took only a
satchel, leaving her trunk of clothing
She did not return. The sudden disap
pearance was reported at the central po-
lice station but no clew was found oil
the missing woman.
In her trunk was found tin box
marked "Louise Anderson" In the
box were several photographs. One was
that of man aged about 80 years, with
full beard, tinged with gray; anothe
was Of man aged about 35 years, black
mustache, black hair, thick skull, and
,lwho looked something like sporting
character. This is, perhaps, the picture
OF her husband, who had deserted her.
There were also photographs of two
boys, aged about and 10 years; the
photograph Of girl. of about 2 years,
and still another OF a babe.
In a paper WAS lock OF pretty blonde
hair. On the paper was written, in
rather coarse characters, elizabeth a.
Morgan's hair" On the reverse side OF
the photograph of the old gentleman,
the name was scratched Off, but the
written word "Visalia" was left On
two other photographs the names had
been carefully erased.
A certificate of marriage was also
found, uniting Thomas E. Morgan and
Kate X. Farmer, on December 80, 1885,
at Hamburg, la. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. w. E. Howe. A
letter was found in the box recommend
ing Mrs. Morgan as an honorable and
trustworthy woman and signed by w.
j. Farmer, Hanford, Cal. The photo
graph OF the old gentleman 10 no doubt
that OF Farmer, and he is perhaps her
uncle. Chief of Police Glass ,tele-
graphed to him yesterday. The sheriff
replied that Farmer lived few miles in
the country, and that the dispatch had
been forwarded to him.
There were alec found the cards OF
several ladies, together with their adj
dresses, where no doubt she had been
sent for work. These were Mrs. J. II.
McDonough, San Rafael; Mrs. NJ. r.
Abbott. Fifth and Mission, San Fran
cisco; Mrs. Ottinger. 602 Stock Ex-
chane, San Francisco.
A cabinet size photograph OF Mrs.
Morgan, found among the others, shows
her to be woman of about 26 years OF
age, black eyes, large ears, rather large,
open face and somewhat course features !;
her mouth is rather large and lips thick.
The photograph contained nos marks,
and had evidently been taken recently.
The photograph does not denote the ap-
pearance of woman accustomed TO
stopping at first-class hotels ss guest,
or one who wears lace shawls; neither
does it show her to be pretty, and the
features certainly are not those of
highly educated woman.
+ On November oath woman registered
at the Coronado hotel, Coronado, as
"Lottie A. Bernard, Detroit" On No
vember 2Sth sbe committed suicide by
shooting herself in the head with re.
volver. The full details have been
printed, and the affair yet remaine a
mystery. She was described as "at-
tractive, prepossessing, highly educated
and we'll dressed" and at the time of
her suicide wore lace shawl. Her age
wac given by herself at "a years. 1t was
Hubse quently ascertained that "Lottie
A. Bernard" was still alive at Detroit.
On the person of the suicide was
found an envelope addressed 'Mrs. Lot
tie Anderson Bernard" She stated
that she was sister of DR.: Anderson of
and asked whether Mr..
and Mrs. Anderson were at the hotel,
and she seemed very anxious to find the
of Anderson.
In her purse, after the suicide, was
found a telegram from Mr.. Allen at
Hamburg, Ia, informing him that she
could draw on him for $50. She also
had 500 in her purse. Chief of Police
Glass telegraphed to Chief Benning at
San Diego yesterday, asking as to the
of the remains of the unfor-
tunate woman. The answer was to the
effect that the corpse was yet at the
awaiting Identification.
The following letter was received by
Deputy Coroner Stetson of San Diego
yesterday:
ORANGE, CAL, Dec. 6, 1892.
The Cor6her.
/ DEAR SIR-Would you be kind enough
to send me as soon as possible very
careful description OF the young woman
who committed suicide at the Hotel del
Coronado about the Goth OF Novembe
as I have good reason to believe that she
was the same woman that stayed with
us last summer for nine weeks. Judge
from statements seen in the San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles papers.
She represented herself as being Miss
Josie Brown, aged "a, of Detroit. She
said her sisters name was Mrs. Ander-
son. There was young man here part
of the time who said he was Miss
Browns brother, DR.. Brown OF Detroit,
although he had been in Minneapolis.
Hoping to hear from. you soon, re-
main yours, respectfully,
(MIss) FLORENCE s. HOWARD.