The morning call., 1893-09-15
DEATHS HARVEST.
Strange Happenings to a
Swedish Woman.
By the Death of Eight Relatives in
a Month She Comes to
Fortune.

The remains Of eight deceased relatives
and $4,000 in real estate, insurance and
coin await the presence of a young
Swedish woman, a resident of the Mis-
sion. this city. in Chicago.
This miscellaneous collection represents
the happenings of a single month in the
life of this young woman. The bodies
await her presence for burial and the
money awaits her claim as its rightful
owner.
This seems to be the natural culm ination
of two years of Tough experience for this
young lady. In fact during those twenty
four months she has gone through enough
10 more than satisfy an ordinary mortal of
double her years.
Since Miss Adelia Niemann left her
home and parents in Sweden two years
ago, when she made the voyage of so many
thousands OF miles 10 America without
soul as company or companion, her life
has been one long story of ups and downs.
After she arrived in Chicago. whittier she
was bound, size resided with an aunt
working out as servant for a living. She
has said that this aunt never treated her
as she ought, but it seems that she proved
10 be a most valuable relative, she being
the one to make the girl ricner by a cool
$4,000.
Her career of misfortune began soon
after arriving III Chicago. One day as she
was returning from her work she at
tempted To alIght from a streetcar but was
run into and knocked down by a car which
was approaching from an opposite direc-
tlon. When she was picked up and taken
to a hospital il was found that one leg was
broken in two different places, an arm
broken and her left side laid completely
open from the hip 20 the armpt. These
injuries caused her TO be laid up for six
months. After she was discharged from
the hospital she brought suit against the
railroad company for $4,000 damages. She
claims that the law awarded her $4,000, but
the lawyer, taking advantage of her help
less state-she being unable TO read or
write word OF E0gliSh-dep eprived her of
$1,000. Sue receiving only $1,000. Olt of
this she sent $500 home to her PARENTS, and
with the balance determined to come TO
San Francisco and live with her uncle here.
She accordingly took up her residence with
a family III the Mission.
Everything went lovely until one day she
received letter stating that her brother
had become involved in saloon row and
been stabbed TO death. This was during
the first part of last month. Soon after
she received second letter to the effect
that three cousins had died from diph-
liberia. Three days later the recent con-
flagratiOn, which destroyed so much prop-
erty on the Chicago Lake front, broke out,
and directly or indirectly caused the death
of two more cousins. This made a total of
six, but still the shadow of death was uoon
the family, for two weeks after this she
was informed OF the death of her aunt
and her uncle. Ii seems that the death of
so many of her children was too much for
the poor mother, and she died of grief
Just before the death of the woman her
husband left the house to call in the SER
vices of another doctor, but never re-
turned; he was run into and killed by a
Tailroad engine. This was a great harvest
for the monster death. but it was feared
for time that the ninth victim would be
added to the list. For several davs iU was
feared that the young heress would die
from the effect of this appalling news. She
rallied, however, and is now almost as
we'll us ever.
Her husband, 10 whom she was married
less than three months ago, for she now
bears the name of Miller, seems to have
taken very queer stand IN the matter.
She wanted him to accompany her to Chi
cago to straigEten out her affairs and, incl
dentally, TO bury her relatives He, how
ever, refuses TO accompany her or allow
her to go. declaring that he married her
with the intention of supporting her. and
that he wants nothing to do with her rela-
tiyes or their property. She emphaticaIly
declares that she will 90 in spite of his OBJ
jectl0ns.