The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-10
WAS IT MURDER9
MYRTLE LINDSAY Is LYING
DEAD IN HER ROOM.

One John Boyd. Called Pete the Eel, Said
She Was His Wife and Says She Is Not
J One Way of Being slick-Burt Hurst
Says Boyd Said Some One Had Given
the Woman Morphine Boyd Says She
Took 1t Herself - Boyd 70 Placed In the
City JaiI-s.ys He Won't Talk But Does
His Story.
Yesterday at about half past twelve
| O'Clock Samuel Glenn, who keeps lods-
ing house in the Stem block, found Miss
Myrtle Lindsay IN one of the rooms or
| the third floor IN a smothering and near
| ~ fatal stupor.
| This is his accoun, OF the matter:
Il was passing the door of the room
when heard heavy breathing and moan
| ing. 1 knocked. No one answered AMI
l tried 10 go in. The door was locked
| and L tried my key. Il was bolted on
| the inside. The glass was broken out
| and I tore away the cloth covering.
| reached in and unbolted the door and
walked in. The girl was lying on the bed
/ with her tongue protruding from her
| mouth. / was scared and called Mrs
| Rawson, who, with my wife, went TO the
rom.
1--WE notified the police station and
| summoned Two or three physicians and
| they said the girls condition indicated
| that she was under the effect OF heavy
dose of morphine. She was breathing
| loud and heavy and a times We thought
she was dying. The doctors said that
| the only thing TO De done was TO keep up
the breathing action OF the chest and ad-
minister hot coffee. She was black in
the face and her pulse was very weak
and irregular. We took her from the
bed and walked her over the floor and up
and down the hall for nearly two hours
until we were worn out, bu. everything
failed to revive her."
Mrs. Glenn said that the girl came
here about o'clock Monday afternoon
in company with young fellow whom
she said was her husband. This young
man said that he wanted TO get room
for him and his wife. They said that
they had been married about year and
came here from Winfield.
Il knew her folks about ten years ago.
We lived in Harper at that time and
Miss Lindsay's father was city marshal.
Miss Myrtle was very small, and when
she came here Monday with the man she
said was her husband l did not know her
but she recognized Mr.. Glenn. We had
no reason TO believe they were not mar
ried. They stayed and she spoke of
him as her husband. They did not get
along very well, and one time Myrtle
said 10 one of the lady boarders that
they were always fighting and quarreling
and she believed she would get a divorce
from him. She said he was jealous of
her and got mad at her if she spoke TO
anybody else hardly. One night since
they were here she went 20 an opera with
some young man who she. said was an
old friend and schoolmate, and after
wards she and her husband had a fuss
about that" This young fellow is spok-
en- OF as a dago, goes by the name OF
Pete the Eel. and is gambler by pro-
fession and practice. He is small with !
sharp peaked face and little black |
moustache.
The roomers in the building say that !
yesterday morning he passed up and |
down the stairs three or four times, and |
on one Of the trips down he met one |
Burt Hurst and asked how long il would |
take for dose of morphine to kill any
one.
1T depends on how big the dose is" |
sad Hurst.
How much is a dose?"
~ don't know. but II it is a big qose /
it would probably kill in ten or fifteen
minutes"
Pete the Eel, who gives his name as
Boyd, and said wnen engaging the room /
that ne was Miss Myrtle's husband. said /
some one had given her dose about 9 |
O'Clock this morning. 1t is not known
how ne knew some one had given her a
dose Of any thing. or how he knew 4
was morphine, il any poison had been
administered. Some more conversation
which neither Hurst nor PETE the Eel
would repeat passed. and Hurst says he
advised Pete 10 keep his mouth shut and
ne agreed to do so.
After Miss Lindsay had been found
and Doctors Purdue. Thomas. Jones and
others had come, Boyd again went up
stairs and showed the door partly open
and pesred in. He appeared surprised 70
find anyone in the room. Mrs. Glenn
Identified MN and said:
There is the girls husband"
He shook his head and said ne wasn't
You said you was when you came
here" said Mrs. Glenn.
Il did that 10 get the room" Boyd re-
Piled.
Thersupon an officer was sent for and
Boyd was lodged in the city pail.
When asked about the matter ne said:
Are you reporter"
Yes"
Il won't talk 70 you e. all
"Wera you the first one to find the poi
soned woman"
II don't know"
as she your wife,
mo"
Did you tell the proprietor .. the
roon,ng house that she was your vlfs?'
Eyes. but i did that just to get the
room for her
How long have you known he-?"
Quite a while
Get acquainted with her In Win
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