The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-09
WOMAN DIES FROM SHAME.
shd was KIeptomaniac and She Couldn'
Stand Being Caught.

shd was KIeptomaniac and She Couldn'
| Stand Being Caught.
Boston. Mass. Nov. S.-Rebecca Lew.
| llyn died from grief at the Charlie:
| street jail early yesterday monring.
Miss Llewellyn was the shoplifter ar
| rested last week charged with having
| taken some 5000 worth of imported
| dresses from Boston's dry goods stores
| and who, after arrest, showed klepto-
| manai symptoms. She was being de-
| tanned at the jail to await the action OF
the grand jury on the charges
Even on the day which Miss Llewellyr
entered the Jail as prisoner she was a
sick woman. She was addicted to the
morphine habit. When placed under
| arrest her system received a severe
shock, due TO the excitement of the ar
| rest and fears of exposure. Almost
Immediately after her transfer to the
jail a physician was called to her cell.
She never recovered.
Repeatedly she told the Jail officers
that her grief was more than she could
bear. She worried over the disgrace
to which her relatives would be subject
ed. and. II is said, repeatedly expressed
desire to die.
A day or two after her arrest her sis
ter. the wife of a multi-millionaire liv-
ing In Pittsburg, Pa. was called TO Bos-
ton by telegram from a friend, who
very i'll.
She found her sister in a condition
which was so serious as to prevent her
immediate removal to a hospital. al
though such was the intention when
the sister arrived in this city.
The bail asked by the court was but
800 and this could have been furnish
ed at any moments notice. Physicians
were consulted. but they did not con-
slider ii wise 10 have Miss Llewellyn re-
moved.
DR.. Sargent has been in constant at
tendance since her committal TO the
jail Monday night she grew worse as
midnight approached, and at o'clock
in the morning passed away.
The physician said that her death
was due 10 heart failure. but IL is gener-
ally admitted that 1t was grief over her
arrest and exposure that caused her
death.
The body was transferred 70 an IN
dertaker'S establishment last night and
viii be prepared for burial today. Just
where the !nterment will be has not been
decided yet.
This case IS probably the saddles: that
has ever been recorded on the police
books Ever since the first day when
suspicion fell upon Miss LleTellyn is
has caused great interest not only in the
police department. but among medical
Ele1 ana the PUBIC n general
Miss Llewellyn was refined and gen.
tie. well educated, kindhearted. and
loved by all who knew her
Just previous 70 her arrest she had
been living at - Vine street. Roxbury.
She was graduate from the Mass7-
chuSetts general hospital training
school for nurses and followed her pro-
fession for several years. Ten years
ago she and her sisters were exception
ally well known in Roxhury, where they
lived. but Of late years were not vel
known because OF their absence from
the city. They have many friends IN
Rhode Island and also in Nova Scotia
The mystery concerning her thefts
has not been cleared away and AL hope
OF doing so Is lost by her death.
IL = the general belief % the bureau
% criminal Investigation tina. 81 would
have been Impossible for her to have
taken svav the goods- which she n al