Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-30
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A Ser. $50 mysterious COmpliCa-
oS~eSsIOn in New York.
George Baugh Died From Too Much
Opium-NOw a Woman Appears
Claiming to be His Wife at Com
mon Law - Admittance to the
House Denied Her.

New York, September pa young
woman calling herself Mrs. Jane
Baugh with two lawyers and police
man. called this afternoon at No. IA
West Thirty-seventh street, where the
body Of George Baugh, who died Thurs
day, was lying, and demanded admit
tance
They We're met by John Harkins,
the uncle OF the dead man, and TO him
Lawyer Chadsey said:
This young woman is my client, and
the wife OF George Baugh, whose body
is lying inside and we demand on her
behalf that she be admitted and allow
ed to view the remains of her hus>
band"
This was a surprise, because Mr..
Baugh was not supposed to have been
married.
IF YOU come up these steps and at
tempt to effect an entrance" replied
Mr. Harkins, Il viii
THROW YOU OUT
We don't know who you are and we
don't want TO-"
The young woman cried: ooh, let
me take a look at my dying husband" ."
Then she went into Mysteries, and was
carried away. One of The lawyers gave
the following explanation of the case:
"This young woman is the wife of the
dead man, and we are prepared TO prove
it 1t is true that she is only a COM
mon law wife, but in this State IL is
equally as binding as If the ceremony
was performed by q clergyman. Our
client met The young man abou, a yeai
ago, and they agreed TO live together
as man and wife. and me subsequently
introduced her as his Wife TO many
reputable people whose afidavits to
ulat effect we have Last Thursday
young B5ugh, Who was q heavy drink
er and addicted to the use of morphine,
Was removed i'm am ambulance TO
| Roosevelt hospital, where he died a few
hours after his arrival and his body
was removed by order of his sister,
Mary Baugh, to the residence of his
uncle. although mis- wife vigorously pro-
tested against it. On Friday, Deputy
Coroner Donlin performed an autopsy
on the body, which showed that Baugh
DIED OF OPIUM POISONING,
and the Coroner. although il is not gen
orally known, ordered our client placed
under police surveillance on Ike claim
OF his sister that -his Young womcu had
poisoned her husband"
Mrs. Baugh, as she calls herself. said
| that on Friday evening the sister Of
the dead man had called at her flat and
I had violently assaulted her and knock
ed her down and threatened to shoot
/ her if she attempted to come to the fu-
neral or review the remains of her
| brother
On Saturday afternoon her attorneys
! obtained temporary injunction re-
/ strainiug the sister from disposing Of
/ the remains. Judge McAdam. of the
! supreme Court, signed the order and
/ made it returnable before Judge Dugro
Monday. 1t was served on Miss Baugh
/ Saturday night. and at the same time
she was also served with papers in
A CIVIL ACTION
brought by the alleged widow against
the sister of the deceased to recover
/ $4,000 damages for the detention Of
( the body and for the assault.
The relatives of young Baugh will re-
sist the injunction. They claim that
the woman who calls herself his COM
mon law wife is attempting to get his
! property.