Omaha daily bee., 1892-07-23
HER SIN FOUND HER OUT
Miss Ida Ebright Dies Suddenly in an
Omaha Dootor's 0flio,
HAD BEEN BETRAYED BY HER LOVER
Sad story of the Death of n Young scho oil
Teacher from the Effects of Her own
Indiscrctions-An Inquest
In Progress.

The dead body OF Ida Ebright, a school
| teacher whose parents live about nine miles
from Beatrice, Neo., was found in the Office
! OF DIR. Noah j. Cnrriker, an eclectic physi
clan In the Sheely block, shortly after q
| o'clock yesterday afternoon.
"A telephone message was at onco sent to
| Coroner Maui, who arrived almost immedi.
ately and took charge OF the remains Chief
Seavoy was also notified and detailed De-
tectivc Wizard to look up the case.
AT 3 o'clock an inquest was held at the
morgue. County Attorney Mahoney was
present and searchingly questioned the wit
nesses. Very few facts were brought out
which would serve to throw any light on
the exact cause Of the young lady's death.
Dr. Carrikcr's story.
DIR. Carriker was the frst witness. He
said: "a first became acquainted with Ida
Ebright about four days ago, when she
came to my office to consult mo profession.
ally. She stated that she was pregnant, and
asked me to help her out Of her trouble. 1
declined to have anything to do with case
of that kind. Then Miss Ebright told me
that she had done everything possible to re.
lieve herself of her trouble. She said that
Sho hou ooSh ouNisSu W OSisoiu iiAcuuo euoo
they would come to Omaha to be with her IL
she attempted an abortion. The girl also
told me that she had taken enough nauseous
medicines to kill n horse. Her eyes, face and
hands were badly swollen at the time Of this
first visit. did not make any examination
at her first visit Today she called again
about uoon accompanied by her sister.
had not seen Miss Ebright In the meantime,
and had not given her any medicine or in
struments. had a short interview with the
dead girl aud her sister. The latter sup
posed that Ida had q tumor She said that
Ida had always been peculiar girl and
never would say much about herself.
She tainted and Died.
while we were talking Miss Ida tainted
and showed evidence OF convulson
called in two ladies' and we did everything TO
resuscitate the patient. But our work was
useless, for in few moments the girl died.
Then Mrs. Duke, the sister, told me that
several physicians had said that Ida would
die suddenly some time with heart disease"
What do you attribute the girls death
TOT" asked the county attorney. "Hoart
disease" !" said the doctor. ''or some dis.
arrangement of the vital organs" 1t was
also claimed by Mrs. Duke that heart disease
ran III the family.
Mrs. Duke, sister OF the deceased, was
next called. and told virtually the same
story Of what occurred at the physician's
office as the doctor had related. She then
told about her sister leaving homo for
Omaha in order to earn some money. Wit.
ness said:
Ida Was a Queer Girl.
"As child my sister was always sick
and during tho last four years she has been
subject to these falnting spells. did not
know what her trouble was. When 1 men,
toned the subject to her she always laughed.
Before leaving home, however, Ida intimated
that her lover Mr.. Leary, who travels fol
the Danford Wind Engine company of Beat.
rice, had chloroformed and assaulted her.
That was last March"
Continuing, Mrs. Duke told about the fam.
lily being worried about Ida and
stated that that was the rea.
son for her being in this city.
Then she told about her difficulty in finding
the place where Ida worked. as tho sister,
when writing home, had merely said that
she worked near the sixteenth street VIA
duct Mrs. Duke left tho South Omaha car
at tho south end Of the viaduct and By
making inquiries from door to door finally,
after two hours' search, found Ida.
This noon she asked me 10 accompany
her to a Doctors office, as she was afraid she
was troubled with q tumor. I cons ented
but before starting Ida fell down q flight Of
stairs, but claimed that she had not been
hurt"
The witness then told about Leary keeping
company with her sister. but said he finally
gave up his visits because their parents OBJ.
jectOd to Leary's drinking so much.
Detectives at Work.
Two or three times yesterday the doctor
and Mrs. Duke were found closeted at thu
formers office.
After the inquest q couple of detectives
took Mrs Duke In tow and made an effort to
have her locate the house where the dead
girl had worked.
The jury agreed that post mortem was
necessary and In order to give the ply sicians
time. tho Jury adjourned until p IN. today.
Her Life at Beatrice.
BEATRICE, Neb., July 22.-ISpeclal Tele.
gram to The BEE. Ida Ebright was resi-
dent OF this city and is the niece OF ex-Mayor
William Ebrght OF Beatrice She was for.
merly teacher IN the public schools at Odeil
Neb She homesteaded a piece of land In
western Kansas or Nebraska, and has either
recently or was about to make final proof.
She was in this city a week or so ago aud
was taken to Omaha only very recently for
medical treatment by her brother. She led
/ a quiet domestic life and was q young woman
not very generally known, but Is highly
spoken Of by her neighbors and acquaint
ances.
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