Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-10
CORONER is INVESTIGATING.
HATTIE COLON DIES UNDER sUs-
PICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
Room by Mrs. Conway, Who Calls
the MOther in the Night
to See the Little
One Die.

child improved rapidly. A week ago to-
day he saw the child needed no further
medical attention and discontinued his Wis
its. Wednesday evening the child ate a
| hearty supper and laughed and played as
if almost well. Yesterday morning the child
died suddenly and under such circumstances
as to arouse grave suspicious that 1t had
died an unnatural death. The coroner held
a post mortem examination over the re-
mains yesterday afternoon. No cause of
death was apparent. 1t did not die of ma
larial fever. according to DR.. Hutton, who
was present at the autopsy. Deputy Coro-
ner Wheeler took the stomach to his office
and will have it carefully examined this
morning.
The child appeared to be in a healthy
condition at the time of DEATH said DR..
Wheeler last night.
The circumstances surrounding the case
are peculiar. The mother of the child is
living on the second floor in the flats where
the child died. She has been separated
from her husband. ]. S. Collom, who lives
at sol East Thirteenth street. He is a
chemist by trade. but has been employed as
an agent by the American Wringer Com
| pany for several weeks.
He was notified of the child's death yes
terday morning and had its remains re-
moved to Stewards undertaking rooms.
child died an unnatural death from the
conversation he overheard when he went
to get the body: Dr., Hutton refused to sign
the death certificate and Immediately the
father notified the coroner to make a thor
ough examination.
A reporter for The Journal went to the
| lonSn whore the child 3Ipd lacf pipbt ar5
in reply TO a knock Il short. red faced man
opened the door. When asked if Mrs. Col
der. dark eyed woman who was sitting
on the edge Of the bed and motioned her
to come to the door. Without hesitation
about b s" the eS;ld .He DEATH aaes'i she said n that III nf It
had been taken i'll four weeks ago while
she was visiting in Galesburg, III. 1t had
remedy. This blistered7 the skin and IN
fammation set In. She returned to Kan
sas City three weeks ago and the cnild
took sick with malarial fever. 1t did not
become seriously Ill and was rapidly re-
Hattie was almost entirely we'll last
night" said Mrs. Colon. "She ate a
hearty supper and laughed and played with
me when | put her to bed: About 2 o'clock
this morning a Mrs. John Davis came here
and told me that she intended to sleep
in my ROOM"
WHO is Mrs. Davis?r
well. her right name is Conway. Her
husband has a room he rents from me. 1
efa !, al n furniture pnns s.f from J him, and she
eral times" =
Wen, She thinks I am helping her hus-
band keep her furniture. I guess. He has
had to lock her out Of the house to KEEP
avenue; She said yesterday that she was
Why, did you permit her to sleep with
1 ynp cnllO.'
S h got in before I could lock the door,
and made me sleep in the front room. i
girl. 1 slept with Miss Nora Thompson in
the front room: This morning about 4
to me to come into my room. pretty quick,
II you want to see your child died are the
words she used: ! ran Into the room. and
Were there any poisons in the room?"
Yes; there was a package Of morphine.
I gave that to the coroner, and afterwards
] remembered a bottle of poison. a disin-
%fectant. that was on the table. and I
sent that to him Also"
Are you going to make any charges
against Mrs. Conway?'
II don't know that I will"
The reporter went to the floor below and
an opened the door carefully. When asked
what she knew about the family upstairs
she invited the reporter into the room. Her
husband sat on the opposite side Of the
table FASTING paper roses together.
We do not know ANYTHING about the
iahiiiS VAtNpllHS tia Z Is SOIIlttIlIs
terribly wrong up there. There is some
thing awful going TO happen up there be-
fore long" said Mr.. Wheelan, the husband.
on Park avenue. and We're never used to
anything like this. There are some Of
the most awful fights up there at times.
We have been trying to get another place
to move to, but it's hard to find a house.
Yesterday the police arrested the whole
bond and Were back again last night. He
came back To-day"
stealthy step was heard going up the
stairs. A moment later there was a pierre
ing Shrek from the head of the stairs and
q sound , dos Of angry voices; Finally there
body against the door and then a groan.
Two of the children in a back room began
girl. ran to Mrs. Wheelan. Mrs. Wheeian
was crying. and shaking with fear. and
her husband jumped from his chair trem-
Its happened at last. I guess he said
the police: His wife begged him not to
ing murdered.
MS this way nearly every night" she
said to the reporter. trembling with fear.
Mr.. Wheelan asked the reporter to stay
with his family while he went for the 20
lice In a few minutes Detectives, Duffy
upstairs. They pounded on the door and
arrested Conway and his wife. after learn
ing that they were the ones fighting. Mrs.
>ha6h Z iS sosi ! at
tempting to throw her downstairs.
On the way to the police station they
quareled and swore ut each other in spite
of the detectives. They we're both locked
up at the station. The coroner will in
vestigate the case further this morning to
see what caused the little girls sudden
death.
"Mr. COLON told ME this afternoon that
Mrs. Conway. who slept with the baby last
night, attempted to persuade him to allow
her to bury the child Immediately said
Edwin Shipherd. Undertaken Stewards as
%sistant, last night.
These I'm Safe Keeping.
Richard Tyler and Charles Smith, ne
GroeS, who were arrested in an. alley near
Fourth and Main streets Tuesday night.
with revolvers and, black masks. were fined
$50 each in police court yesterday for car
rying concealed weapons. They went to
the workhouse in default of payment.
Tried to Rob a Woman.
Mrs. Harry Jordan. of 11o1 Wyandotte
street. notified the police yesterday that
a rough-looking man had attempted to
snatch her pocketbook as she was entering
her gate Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock.
She fled into the house and the man did
not follow her.