The herald., 1897-10-31
Ends in Death of a Berke=
ley Student
SUPPOSED TO BE A SUICIDE
BIT MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM
ACCIDENT
Anna Hollywell of Redlands Dies
From Morphine Poisoning-Her
Parents Are Mystif1ed
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
| OAKLAND, Oct. S0-Miss Anna
| Blythe Hollywell, a comely member of
the class of 1901 of the University of
California, whose home is at Redlands,
committed suicide in her room, No. 2165
Center street, Berkeley, at an early hour
this morning, by means of morphine.
The young woman for the past week has
been in depressed spirits, but studiously
| concealed from her associates all knowl-
edge of what caused her depression.
Last night about o'clock, she was
heard to be breathing heavily in her
room by Miss III. e. Durgn, sister of the
proprietor of the house. Miss Durgin
entered the girls room and found Miss
Hollywell unconscious. Miss Durgin
] saw that the girl was in a dangerous
condition. Several physicians We're
summoned, but the first to appear was
DR.. Hoagland, who pronounced the case
one of poisoning, and this fact was sub
stantated by finding partly used bot
| tie of faudanum and a box containing
morphine. They worked ON the girl un-
til 1SO o'clock this morning, when she
died. The remains were then taken to
the morgue.
| The suicide was undoubtedly occa-
stoned by an affair of the heart. This
was shown by letter dated at San Fran
cisco on the Esd inst, which told of love
| affair between the girl and a young
man named Arthur, but the family
name was not given. 1t shows that on
the day in question Arthur died, and the
writer of the letter asks the girl to bear
up under her sorrow.
The note shows that there must have
| been an estrangement between the
| young people, because the writer, who
| signs the name of Ellis r. King, says:
He wanted to ask you himself if you
would not, now he's dead, wear the ring
you refused to wear while alive, as
token of forgiveness and reconciliation.
He wished me to say there would BIZ
nothing binding in it. He freed you
from all promises, and asked to be re-
membered only as a friend"
Last Monday she received a telegram
from San Francisco, which was signed
by r. j. Blythe, and read as follows
"All over; do not come now; died yes
terday." That night the girl was found
unconscious in her room from a dose of
morphine, but was taken out of the stu
por soon after being found. The parents
of the girl have been notified by tele-
graph.
THE FATHER NOTIFIED
REDLANDS, Oct. 3O.-W. C. Hollywell
received a telegram this morning that
his daughter, Anna Blythe Hollywell,
died at Berkeley from an overdose of
medicine, aged 10. She was graduate
of the Union High School of Redlands
81 She was second in the contest for
the prize esay on the Indian question.
1t was her first term at the State Univer-
sity. She was very studious, modest and
retiring. She had no gentlemen close
acquaintance. Her father attended
the Grand Lodge of Foresters in San
Francisco two weeks ago. He left her
in good health, comfortably located and
with sufficient means. A letter received
from her last night said all was well.
The only trouble she spoke of was
painful ingrowing toenail. Her father
thinks she may have taken an overdose
of sleeping draught. There was no
possible contingency to account for sui
eide. The father leaves for Berkeley to-
night.
| COMPLETELY MYSTIFIED
w. C. Hollywell, the father of the ILL
starred girl, was seen last evening at
| the Arcade depot by Herald reporter.
He had just arrived from Redlands and
was on the point of taking the train for
Oakland.
| Mr.. Hollywell was not only intensely
affected by the tragic loss of his daush-
| ter but was also considerably mystified
by the circumstances. Il cannot un-
derstand it ALL" he said. "I know alb
solutely nothing Of any such entangle-
ments as hinted at by the dispatches;
nor do know anything of any such man
Of the name of King. She was devoted
| to her studies, as far as we knew, and
I cannot believe she had any love af-
| fair. The only Arthur that 1 ever
heard her speak of-and, mind you, l
was with her two weeks ago at Berke-
ley-was a small boy, or years old,
Arthur Berg, who was living in the
same house at which she was boarding.
When I was at Berkeley there was no
possible idea of anything wrong, except,
indeed, that she was suffering consider
ably from ingrowing toenails l am en-
tirely in the dark about the matter. I
do not and cannot believe that she COM
mitted suicide. I am completely in the
dark. The only idea that have is that
she may have suffered so much from
pain that she tried to stop it with lauda-
mum or morphine and accidentally and
ignorantly took an overdose.
II don't understand the Blythe cpl
sode, as quoted in the dispatches. She
took the name of Blythe from her ma
ternal grandmother and was no relation
to the Blythes Of San Francisco