The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-29

An unknown woman, probably res
ident of Boston or that vicinity, jumped
fran parlor car window on the New
York express yesterday afternoon at
about o'clock while the train was go
ing at a rate of 40 miles an hour, be-
tween Charlton and Rochdale, bound
for Boston.
She was accompanied on the train by
man who says that he is her brother
and as he disappeared last night after
leaving the woman at the city hospital,
the case is enshrouded in mystery.
The story of the affair, as told by the
trainmen and some of the passengers,
is that the woman acted very strange
ly from the time the train left Spring
field, and it was generally supposed
that she was of unsound E:lnd.
Soon after the train left Rochdale
she left her seat. telling the man with
her that she was going to the toilet
room. AS the train neared Worcester
and she did not appear, he went through
the train from the engine to the rear
All the train hands were notified. but
they could give no information con-
corning her movements. The door of
the toilet room was forced, and the
window was found open.
The man rushed through the train
and called on the conductor to stop the
train but as it was an express and was
within FIVE miles Of Worcester when
the woman's absence was discovered,
the conductor notified the man that he
would have to wait until Worcester was
reached.
The man took the conductors answer
to heart. and as he paced up and down
the car floor, his grief was terrible to
witness, according to the statements Of
a passenger who talked with a Spy
man.
He cried and talked to himself at
random. and when the train finally
pulled up in Worcester, he immediate
ly went to the office of Charles Firth,
the local agent of the Boston and AL
bany Railroad, and asked that a spe-
cial train be sent back to pick the wo-
man up.
The conductor. in the meantime, had
telephoned and an engine was sent over
stands under the trainshed at the sta
ton at all times.
Dr.. e. w. Trowbridge was also called
by telephone and arrived at the station
in time to board the car and go with
the party, which consisted of Division
Superintendent Sackett of the Worces-
ter and Springfield division of the
Boston and Albany railroad, the mys-
FERROUS man who claims to be the
frofbnr and several railroad
men.
The engineer received his orders
from Mr.. Sackett, who seemed to be
greatly interested in the stranger, and
the train made fast time toward Roch-
When the train arrived at Charlton
it was found that section train had
just arrived with the woman. She
was taken there on one of the fiat
cars.
She had been picked up about one
eighth of a mile west of Rochdale, near
what is known to railroad men as the
ledge. She was lying on the track.
Her head was cut in four places and
she was bleeding badly from the nose
and mouth.
AS soon as the mysterious man who
accompanied her saw her lying on the
car, he ran over to where she was and
cried like a child. DR.. TrOwbridge
tried to calm him and managed after
time to quiet him. DR.. Trowbridge
saw that there was a fracture at the
base of the brain. The woman suf-
fered hemorrhages from the nose and
ears. One of the scalp wounds was
about three inches long, and the scalp
was laid open nearly an inch in width.
Three other smaller ones on the top Of
her head were also bleeding profusely.
The woman was tenderly lifted into
the passenger coach and placed on an
inprovised couch and brought to Wor-
cester.
The police ambulance had been tele-
phoned for, and met the train at the
Union station. She was placed inside
and taken to the city hospital, where
her mysterious friend ordered that she
be placed in the best private room in
the hospital
In the meantime DR.. Gage had been
called, and DR.. Charles L. Scudder Of
1S9 Beacon street. Boston, was sum
moned and arrived in Worcester on the |
5.04 train.
He was driven to the city hospital
by Patrick Downey, an employee Of G. /
p Kendrick & Sons. and here con-
sultation OF doctors was held. It was
found on examination that the woman
was suffering from a fracture at the I
base of the brain. in addition to the
scalp wounds.
When taken of the train at the Tn !
ion station She was conscious. but
talked in a rambling way, and her ut
terings were meaningless. She con-
tinued in this state some time until
she lapsed into a comatose state
AS soon as her case was diagnosed