The morning call., 1893-12-03
graph. indicating that the old lady had
tried to find refuge in ''home":


tried to find refuge in .'home":
Wen. as Told you, would try and see what
l could 90 about getting admission TO one OF
the so-cailed charitable institutions, i have at
last nnlshed up my route by trying the Home
for Soldiers Widows at a place called Ever
green, and II will be ever green In the memory
OF those who have obtained admission there
ana s0mt who have not. Whoever did the
fixing" OF that place did a great injustice 10
the soldiers widows. and like many other char
liable institutions it is run for the benefit OF the
officers.
There was a letter addressed to Mrs. s.
Brown of 12f Temple street, Los Angeles.
Ii was friendly epistls. in which the
writer said that she would soon pass
through the City of Angels en- route to FL
Pase. Texas. where she had resided
There were several poems in manuscript
which had been or were to be sent to
newspapers. The following, entitled
Death at DaybreaK," was intended for
the Yuma Sentinel. Although not original
with her. it robably expressed her mood
at the time she transcribed it:
shall go out when the light comes tn
There lies my cast off form aud face.
shall pass dawn on her wav earth
AS seek for path through space.
shall go out when the light comes in.
Would might take one ray with me.
1t is biackest between the worlds,
And how is soul to see?
Besides these there was a certificate
from the Pension Department addressed
to Pauline Fryer, widow. No. All. 121.
Two days ago the Coroner received the
following letter, then an enigma to him,
from Mrs. Fryer:
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 80.
Coroner Hughes = DEAR SIR; 1 was so
happy to hear your decision some time ago
on the foundlings' asylum for little ones
that you did not let them 60 Without CEN
sure. Ii is so cruel TO murder those dear
waits. On. l blessed you in my prayers; ;
so did many others who have not spoken OF IL.
NnI 0of nnd GNnd xtrfn
My heart and sympathy are with suffering hu.
maniry, especially for little helpless ones
These are my srntmeDts. You will always be
remembered kindly by me.
PAULINE FRYER.
About twenty years ago Mrs. Fryer. then
Mrs. Dickinson, visited California. and
several newspapers endeavored to throw
doubts upon her identity with Pauline
Cushman. Colonel Henry G. Shaw. at that
time editor of the Santa Cruz Sentinel,
spoke slightingly of her and she threat
ened to horsewhip him.
Mrs. Taylor. with whom Mrs. Fryer had
made her home, aud who was her closest
friend here. scouts the theory of suicide.
''ohe either died from natural causes or
from an overdose Of medicine taken to re-
lieve pain" said Mrs. Taylor. ''Sbe suf-
fered great deal from scatic rheuma-
iism, and the pain at times was acute.
She used 10 take morphine to relieve the
suffering. She was in the house all day
yesterday, and helped me with my work,
saying she wanted TO do something to
keep herself busy. She expected to leave
for Arizona in a few days, and had packed
her TRUNKS and shipped them off some
where. l suppose She had concluded to
stay until after she delivered her lecture
ID Alameda.
Perhaps she was a little bit turned in
her BRAIN" said Mrs. Taylor. after some
reflection. Il remember now she talked
queer sometimes. Not long ago she said
TO me: Taylor, this world is not my
home Then she said she had had spells
Of melancholy. which she declared was the
worst form of insanity. But I'll never go
to the asylum. she said. She used to visit
Mrs. Tony OakeS In the insane hospital
and always repeated, 'Pll never go to
Stockton 1t is barely possible that she
feared insanity and took her life, but be-
lieve if she died of poisoning she took it
accidentally"
''Did Miss Fryer often speak of her ex-
perience as spy?" asked the reporter Of
Mrs. Taylor.
'No; not often. She never Dragged
about 1t, and you always had to coax her
to tell you. OF course, she couldn't help
but show how proud she was of what she
had done. but her way of telling her story
was very modest. She used 10 laugh when
she related how she played sick when
General Bragg was going to hang her.
Stlu. IT'S been SO long ago, and she's had
so much trouble since, that l don't sup
pose she actually cares as much about her
history as the school child who reads it,
Even in her age and poverty Pauline
Cusnman was singuIarly handsome
woman.
She has brother living near Grand
Rapids. Mich. but no other relatives as far
as known here. except her husband, fro m
whom she is separated.
This heroic woman will be buried In the
Potters leld unless friends and relatives
at the East or the Grand Army here, con-
tribute to defray The expense of more
decent iDtermeDt Her services to the ma
ton in time of great peril merit military
honors when her body is laid 10 rest, and in
a land Of liberty won with its best blood
her grave should not be allowed to remain
unmarked.