Arizona republican., 1893-10-28
0 0'TWASPITIFUL! !
Near a Whole City
Full.
Fashioned so Slenderly,
Young and so Fair.
Speak of Her Tenderly, Low
ingly, Not Scornfully,
All That Remains of Her Now Is
Pure Womanly-Had She
Mother. Had She a Rrotbar2

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 27.-[By Tele-
graph. AT the lodging house of Mrs.
Jennie Kidd, 1103 Chestnut street, is a
pretty blue-ayed girl baby of less than
8 years, whose being is enveloped in
mystery no less strange than true.
The mother of the unfortunate infant,
no less unfortunate herself, passed to
her doom yesterday morning just as the
sun appeared over the eastern horizon.
She was handsome woman, apparent
ly 35 years of age, with dark complexion
and eyes, who often lamented her
irou bles, and told a nameless story of
woe.
Some time during the previous night
she took morphine, and when discover
ed died without an utterance. Every
thing possible she did to conceal her
identity. Numerous letters she had
recently received were destroyed. No
scratch of a pen was left about herself,
and even the name was scratched from
a big Saratoga trunk which she brought
to the house with her. Within the
trunk was the soiled and worn finery
which indicated brighter period at no
distant time in the past.
Over the mantel was displayed the
only vestige Of evidence indicative OF
the dead woman's identity. This was
the obituary Of child, raised in gold
letters in a glass case, encircled with g
wreath of wax lilies. 1t was:
In memory of our beloved darling, Willie
Pat erson. Died November rs, 1884, aged ;
years and n Onths.
The dead woman called at Mrs. Kidd'i
house about one week ago and repre-
senting that she was married said she
desired a room for herself and child
She was admitted and selected front
room on the ground floor. Questioned
further with reference to her husband,
she said he was employed on steam
boat running out of St. Louis, and
would stop with her when in the city
The man referred to, it was learned
was William Kemper, second mate or
the freight steamer Dora. He is also
said to have wife in the city from
whom he is separated, but not divorced
He made several ciandestine calls a
the house, but as he was understood te
be the woman's husband nothing unu
sual was suspected.
Meanwhile Kemper's name was moi
known to the landlady, and the woman
who declared him her husband called
herself Mrs. Mollie Robertson. Under
this cognomen her body awaits claim
ant at the morgue.
A friend of the dead woman's rea
hua ha nd mhoco mama ho III xros Do
terson, called at the house during th,
day. He said Patterson and his wifi,
separated some time ago and that be
went to the home of his parents il
Ohio, taking with him the two Older
children, where the three are now liv
ing. He declined to state who was re
sponsible for the separation, but sait
Patterson married the woman at Kan
sas City, Mo-, and that she came from
respectable family, who at present re
side there.
Mrs. Kidd says she will care for tn
waif until it is placed in good hands
Women who knew the deceased il
life said that several years ago she con
tracted the morphine habit and ha
been slave to it ever since. After he
| 5CpdIdGIOu lIOul dIL0TSOu IN haOSa
City the woman came to St. Louis
Here she formed the acquaintance o
man named Groteman and marie
him. The little child the woman leave
behind was the result of the union. /
year ago t1roteman died, leaving hi
widow and child almost penniless. Las
Thursday night, while very Respondent
Mollie attempted to take her life wit
morphine. She was found unconsciou
in her room and taken to the dispeu
sary and restored to consciousness.
The child, although very young. ha
already an inkling of what vice is. Wis
itors at the house claimed that Mrs
Robertson taught her daughter how t
smoke cigarettes, and that the child t
a certain extent is now victim of ths
habit.
The parents Of the woman reside
Kansas City. She has two brother
who are policemen in that city.