The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-30
Fails to Reveal Any Sensa-
tional Developments.


ago, by drinking a solution of prussic
acid, was held by Judge Utley, in the
central district court, yesterday morn
ing.
/ Considerable evidence was introduced
but the only development of import
ance was the establishment Of the fact
that Miss Creelman had the poison that
! ended her life in her possession at least
"a hours before she drank it, and that
She realized fully the nature of the
mixture
The fluid may have been obtained
from the plumbing shop of the hos
pital, which is situated almost directly
{ beneath the ward where Miss Creel-
man was detailed. Similar mixtures
are some time used as soldering acid
Attendants at the hospital testified
that Miss Creelman had shown them
! the bottle containing the stuff that
caused her death, the night before the
deed was done
| Medical Examiner r. H Baker testi-
| fed regarding his investigation of the
4 case and said there was no doubt but
I that the girls death resulted from
/ poison taken with suicidal intent He
submitted a report from Prof. Kinni-
cutt stating that the contents of the
young Woman's stomach had been
analysed and the poison found to be
prussic acid.
DR.. H. M. Quinby, superintendent of
the hospital testified that on the last
day of November the matron called his
attention to q bundle supposed to be-
long to Miss Creelman, which con-
tanned a sheet and an Enlargement
belonging to the hospital
He did not wish to send the girl from
the institution that night, and finally
decided to allow the matter to rest
until the next morning, when the girl
was called into his office and told of
what had been discovered. She was
also told that if she would return the
property she would not be prosecuted
but she would be obliged to leave the
institution.
The girl was stubborn at first, but
finally said if he would allow her to go
to her trunk, she might locate the ar
tlcles. The matron and a supervisor
went with Miss Creelman. A short
time afterward they came to him and
SAID the young woman had drank
something from a bottle and was un-
conscious. He called another doctor
and everything possible was done to
save her, but without avail. He was
not aware of there being such a thing
as prussic acid in the house
Lila ]. Gordon. marion of the hos
pital. told of finding package bear
ing a. tag addressed 10 Mics CraalTnan
and which on being onaned was found
to contain a sheet and undergo rnoent
taken from the institution The hI1n~
Ale a1so oo,,tni,,ad s 4i
cles, evidently purchased at the store
of the Barnard, Sumner & Putnam Co.
The package came 70 the bosnitai viii
number of other bundles sent ont
from the city and at FIRST no address
was discernibIe The hund1e vas
opened fo, this reason onS sfta,,,,s I'd
the tag bearing Miss Creeinoan,ss rama
was found
The matte. was ranor+ea 70 m, o,,i,,
by and bv his order the bundia vas
given IN Misc c,rsei,,,a,, "a az 80
was asked 1.1i,,e, A. NJ
sheet She said was ~ bs,,a 49, he
en- to a dressnal5ar IN 4orn, oart af A.
lining of drass nh dare.,, ~ oIlt
was to have baen oras+e So nc a. f,.i ilgi5'
but when she raacbaj the 49, q - ~ 80
we're nor r,,nnine a,ld 1,, Ga'I
to come hack yitbo,,+ o1i,,aI,' Ing ~ bo
articles en- 81 LlIs 'lle
Rarnard,s ana ii tIe sotit9 puIonases at
were placed in tha s3ma bnnCie ei' aYd
sa,,+ r. a. t ~ tIiS si'ill7 "uHuie ana
NaTf me roor llGot1i' ~ r.
TTnham tha s,7,a,.,,il,. s;iIu MI rs
things taiEan f,.or, AL 4l' riLe
and had etepnad H. - So, So - LIN
anime ,,+ob tn. q miliuQw 70 ~
a. "er e iley were arlled py
to see the 1o7,,,e ,i, ~ IIIie
thine. f,soY,, a I[ottie - 80, soiIio
foo,s anu A'ii 70 inc
g. for A., .,4,.
OIL Ia %, ny Wi'ilgas as aware the
rast,aiT+ IL, - pIeCeu ail0er Harsh
from her and Iys Ia ~, w. ~ peeil eiie
We, sba Ia .Tiz ~ neI possession
,,,Sa,.oi .G uIea' NIss freeman wore
tIa i,estitIItio, A-1Li 5ilhiales OF
NJ n = - -, Mlien sue uleo;
c.ordaS,s - p.ioln colrooorated MISS
NJ CiVIi > IeslilloIly, saying she ADVISED
80 SIeelIilstI 70 stay IN her room the
~ ~ oeloIe' Inc girl was not locked
49, - Hst lo9II nor was she under re-
n.a s.iite, nIie tne Search OF trunk
was pelng conducted, the door was
locked, simply for tle purpose of keep
ing 9tner attendahts out as 1t was de-
SiTeu 10 Keep the matter secret.
May mcleod an attendant, testified
mat on the DAY before the suicide, Miss
1IeglIilall toId her she thought she was
qlscharged. she afterward said that |
later she told her she had been ac-
cused or steallng some things found in |
bundle.
fannle Clark, another attendant, |
sSoi9 that MISS Creelman told her she |
went about her work as usual for a |
TIME, but finally went to her room and !
cried good deal. The night before
tne suicide the witness and others were
IN MISS Cfeelmans room when shell
told them she wanted to go out, but
mad been forbidden She took a bottle
from her trunk, shook it and said:
Girls If am dead in the morning you
VIII Know what happened