The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29

EEPUBLTc SPECIAL.
N"w York. July 2s.-SoIne of the mystery
surrounding the suicide # Miss Nellie Blair
in the office Of TIE Presbyterian Hospital
on Friday afternoon. was cleared up to-
day
1t is knsWn that Miss blair came from
81 Louis. and much has been learned con-
corning her life since she came here. Thers
are reasons for thinking that her right
name WAS Nellie Blair Ugle.
of the man. Dodd not much is known,
end the friends of the young woman ho
BILLED herself on his account are loud IN
th,ir denuncIations Of him, though the only
charge they are able to make is that he
led Miss Iiair to think that he had no
other acknowledgements. whereas. now. at
least one Other young woman is known
to look upon him as her future husband.
IL was when she heard this that Miss Blair
took poison.
Miss Blair learned of the other young
woman when she called at the hospital
FRIDAY afternoon. asking to see Dodd.
What passed between them only Odd
known Miss Elair Went away. but soon
came back to the office of the hospital. and.
after handing a note 10 the clerk in charge.
drank a fatal dose of caTbOlic acid. Dodd
WAS somewhat better tonight. and the phy-
scianS informed him OF Friday tragedy.
lie seemed to be Rot in the least surprised.
but refused TO discuss the matter. When
asked whether Miss BLAIR Was MS wife ne
refused to answer. saying he was tired and
wished to steep. To-day the authorities
ctiyed this MESA &c frcm ST. Louis:
Hold the remains OF Miss Nellie y. Blair uail
Isisned, MRS. IDA ucLE.
No. 800 Caroline street. st. Louis. Mo
Several woIneD called az the hospital to-
DAY AMI identified The body OF Miss Blair.
They said that she had been employed until
recently stenCgrapher by Forest II.
Roy al. :; manufacturer OF dress IL! Ings. Miss
Blair had lived at a clearinghouse kept
by Mrs. Dcrr at No Is West Twenty fourth
street. There she was often visited by
Dodu. lie in much diSfavor with the
otHtr 5Oarders. bat Just why saev were I'M
.Die 10 explain. Miss Blair toid her friends
mat she and IDOid Were 10 be married this
fail
Then. about a month ago. Dodd brought
to tine house "A woman who WAS introduced
Hiss Blair's mother The ei-ree b ad a
long consultation, after which ;hey went
away together. Miss Blair caine back
alone and IL was generally believed at the
clearinghouse that she and Doid had been
married. though the young woman would
not admit il. and when asked whether It
talk.
Without giving any reason. Miss blair
left Mrs I'err'S boarding house My
about the trSt of the present. .HonIh and
went 10 live at the st. Adams Hote. No. Z
East Thirty first street
The landlady there remembered Miss
Blair as "a very pretty girl. who was al
ways sad and Seemed brokenhearted." pcfid
called four or five times 4 week From the
ST. Adams Miss Blair sent her two trunks
To the storage warehouse of Morgan ~
Bro, No. ~ West Forty-Seventh street. A
fortnight ago she said good-by to the land
lady OF the hotel. and said she was going
To leave New York.
At the same time she resigned her posi-
ton as steGoSraphvr, telling her employer
that she was going 10 Philadelphia 10 live.
apparently she did SO. because AT the Pres
tyt.rian Hospital she showed a return tick
et TO Philadelphia.
The records of the New York Hospital
show that on June Nellie o. Blair sim
gle. % years Old was admitted as a pa
tent The diagnosis of the surgeons was
that she was suffering from gastritis.
due TO Indulgence in the morphine habit
'She lett the hospital at her own reQuess
two days later.