The evening world., 1894-06-18
WAS She POISONED? !?
A Young Woman Dies Under sus-
pioious Circumstances.
Handkerchief Marked led Landau
Found Among Her Effects.
1t Is the Only Clue the Coroner Has
to Her Identity.

At the Morgue Is the body of a girl
whose death occurred under such cir
cumstances as to give rise to the belief
that she was poisoned.
The girl whose identity had not been
established up to noon to-day. had taken
a room at 1923 East Fifty-third street
last Friday. The next day she died ap-
parently in great agony and without
having left any clue as to her identity
beyond a handkerchief, which in one
corner bore the written name, Ed
Landau"
The other effects of the girl consisted
of red skirt, blue Jersey. calico wrap
per and a pocketbook containing 1s
cents.
Mrs. Barbara Prutza, in whose fiat on
the ground floor OF 323 East Fifty-third
street the girl died, told an Evening
World reporter this morning that she
hadn't the remotest idea who the girl
was.
'She came to my house." said Mrs.
Prutza. between 4 and o'clock last
Friday afternoon. She told me that she
had lost her position. and asked me to
give her board and lodging fer a week.
BY that time. she said. she hoped to Sc
cure another Job. She paid me IS in ad-
vance.
AT first the girl seemed quite cheer
full and helped me wash my dishes. She
Of a chaiky whiteness.
She retired that night at o'clock:
Next morning at about $50 she called
me She said: Grandma. give me a
glass OF water
II mixed n little sugar In the water for
! fnx
OF this 1 gave her the more she wanted
AT about noon time she began COM
planning OF pains In her limbs. i thought
at first that she was feisning an illness
/ ming to turn brown, until she looked Hike
/ n mulatto. Her finger nails had also be-
| come quite black.
| 81 then became alarmed and told hei
would send for doctor.
| "'No; don't send for doctor, she
| fairly shrieked. i have taken pills tina,
a doctor gave me. They will do al
Notwithstanding this entreaty." con
tinued Mrs. Prutza, Il sent my son-in
law, Wagner. who lives at 222 East
! Fifty-second street. for a doctor. While
he was gone the 6irl grew continually
| worse.
AT o'clock she suddenly started VI
| in bed and glared around wildly. l was
almost frightened out OF my wits, bu
took hold OF her arm and shook It, al
the same time asking her what hei
name was ana where her nome was
She did not answer, but began gaspinl
for breath. After keeping this up for 4
minute or two she gave one long convul
sive sob and then fell back upon hel
pillow.
AT that moment DIR. Purdy. OF ls0 Eas
SeVenty-second street. whom my son-in
law had summoned. entered. He exam
ined her hastily and pronounced he
| dead"
The only information given by the cir
about herself to Mrs. Prutza was tina
she had recently arrived from Germany
This was probably true. AS she spok
only German, and did not seem TO know
"A word OF English
The permit for the body's remova
was given only last night.
Undertakers B. Kolb & Sons, OF 80
Second avenue. who took the body L
the Morgue, said that it had by tina
time turned jet black
Coroners Physician O'Hare, wh'
made an autopsy this morning, certi
ned that the girls death was due to en-
teritls. Inflammation OF the intestlnes.