The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-28
STRANGE
WOMAN
Peculiar and Mysterious In
mate of Local Hospital
HER IDENTITY UNKNOWN
Had Two Faces-0ne Sweet,
One RepuISive.
DURING LONG ILLNESS
She Held a Strange Paper
With a Tight Grasp.

A few days ago strange woman died
in one Of the hospitals Of the city. Two
OF the best known physicians in the city
attended her. She was the strangest
patient either Of them had ever had.
The woman came to Wichita several
months ago and consulted the physi-
clans. They told her that she had
Bright's disease.
That is fatal" she said
1T is fatal" the doctors replied.
''Can L have any h0pe?' she asked.
You can live, perhaps several months"
responded the physicians
1T is all right she said; treat me as
vel as you possibly can"
She would give no name. She said 10
the hospital management: Il viii settle
my bill every week. Confidential with
one OF the nurses she at one time said.
Il have lived in the Usage Nation"
Every letter that came 10 her was mailed
on a train. After reading them she tore
them into small pieces and burned the
scraps She was very particular about
this.
she was a woman OF peculiar appear
auce said one Of the physicians 10 an
Eagle reporter yesterday. when her
face was turned fun upon one il was
extremely pretty She had that arched
mouth characteristic Of the ancient Gre
clan woman rs we see them represented.
Her eyes were as black as slOes, but were
fun of kindly light a side view Of her
face would give you the horrs. She had
no back 10 her head-nO poll. The out
lines Of her face were hard. Her com
plexiOn became dark. She had the fun
face Of a good looking American woman
Of anuable disposition; the half face OF
an Indian sorceress. When she turned
1-sa~ nn ] he
was startled.
After she was in the hospital a few
days her nurse told me that she kept a
paper continually in her handicapped
tightly. When she, in dressing. put one
arm in q sleeve she grasped the paper
with the ether hand AS she laid in bed
she held il tightly in both hands.
zone day last week she said- Doctor,
do you think i can live till morning.
Il assured her that she would, in my
judgment"
- I do not think will, she said.
About clock in the morning she
called her attendant.
q I think am dying she said; In
fact I know am.
.she wanted neither priest or preacher
or religious comforts OF any character or
form
e Nurse she said. Il leave you this
paper, but you must not read II till 1
am buried.
The paper was yellow with age and
badly worn In the creases- She died
within three days.
Friday the nurse and the doctors ex-
amined the paper. They expected that
Il would solve the mystery of her identi-
ty 1t did not This IS what the paper
contains and nothing more is known Of
the strange woman than before her death.
This prayer was found ia the grave
Of our Lord Jesus Christ in the year OF
our Lord s03 and sent from the Pope 10
Emperor Charles as he was going 70 bat
tie, for his safety They who shall re-
peat this prayer every day or have Il re-
peated or keep IL about them shall never
die q sudden death nor be drowned in the
waters. nor shall they fan into the hands
of their enemies, nor shall they De over
powered in any battle, nor shall poison
take any effect on them; and il il be read
over every woman in labor she shail De
safely delivered and Dee glad mother
and when the child IS born say the prayer
and Law &c on its right side and he or she
viii not De troubled with any OF the 81
n'fsfortunes. and If YOU see any one IN
fts lay 1t on his or her right side and ne
or she VIII stand up and thank you ana
they who shall send il from house 10
house shall Ice blessed OF the Lord Be
li,sve this PRAYER Tor truth, for it is as
true as the Holy Evangelist had written
II. they who keep it about them shall not
fear lightning or thunder and they who
shah repeat IL shall have three days
warning before death.
THIS IS a PRAYER.
O. adorable Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ-dying on the gallows-tree for cur
sins. o. holy cross of Christ protect me
from mine enemies .. holy cross Of
Christ ward of from me all daaserous
deaths and give me life always @. cru
cifed Jesus Of Nazareth have mercy on
me fn honor OF our Lord Jesus Christ and
in honor Of his sacred passion. and n
honor Of his holy resurrection and god
like ascension 10 which he liked 90 bring
me 70 heaven. true as Jesus Christ was
born on Christmas day in staolei true
as Jesus Christ was crlciaed On e9od
Friday; true as the three kings brought
their offerings 70 Jesus on the 18th day;