The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-11-22
AUTOPSY ORDERED
DR.. Converse Will Make
Analysis of Poisoned
Child's Stomach.
TELEGRAM TO HUSBAND
Mrs. Dale Urges Him to
Come on and Help
Her Out.

| Coroner William n Parslow. OF Hobo
ken. this morning empaneled jury TO In
auire into the death of Emeline, the five
i year-old child of Mrs. Elizabeth Howe
Dale, who died of poison in Busch $
Hotel, in that city. early Tuesday morn
| ing The inquest will probably not be
held until next Monday or Tuesday In
order that County Physician Converse
might have sufficient time TO perform an
autopsy upon the childs body. Up TO
| this morning DIR. Converse had not given
out any statement as to when he would
make his Investigation. He has not even
notified those in charge of the child's
body that he intends to conduct any
autopsy.
Whether an autopsy will reveal any
| information aside from what is already
known is a question that was fully dis
cussed this morning by those interested
| in the case. DIR. Kudlich, who attended
the child. said that she was suffering
from strychnine poisoning. Mrs. Dale,
mother of the little one, admitted then,
and admits now, that the child ate some
strychnine tablets which she had been
taking for an ailment She says that she
awoke in the night and found that Eme
line had taken the tablets from the wash
stand and had eaten some of them, think
ing they were candy.
On the other hand there is doubt as to
just how many of the tablets were taken
by the child. DR.. Kudlich has said that
he left the little girl absolutely out of
danger an hour after he was summoned.
He used a stomach pump and remained in
the room some time after the child had
revived to make sure that she would re-
cover. When he was summoned the Sec
ond time the child was dead.
According to Mrs. Dale there were no
convulsions before death as are produced
in cases of strychnine poisoning. An au
topsy, therefore, is looked upon as nece<
sary in order to determine beyond a
doubt the exact cause of the child $
death.
Mrs. Dale still remains at St. Mary's
Hospital in the custody of the police. She
apparently fully realizes the charge that
has been preferred against her and
shudders whenever the word murder is
spoken in her presence.
Mrs. Dale's health is in extremely poor
condition The rapid pace at which she
band has almost completely wrecked her
nerves. She has not as yet fully recov-
cred from the shock sustained by the
fainting spell which she had yesterday In
the Recorders court when the charge of
murder was read to her Her condition
is attributed in part to the excessive use
of drugs. Her state of mind is under
stood to be such that those who have
axxrff n he MO Iof>
at her being permitted to have the child
in her care.
Mrs. Dale sent telegram yesterday af-
ternoon to her husband, Harvey s. Dale,
Chicago manager of the Union Mutual
Life Insurance Company. The telegram
read
Harvey-Come on. This is terrible
treatment I am receiving from you.
Mrs Dale also wrote a note at the hos
pital and sent it to Elberts Waller, the
young Dutchman who is locked up in
cell at Police Headquarters on charge
of living with her in open lewdness. She
enclosed 500 bill with the note.
Russ & Heppenheimer, Mrs. Dale's
counsel, have secured the assistance of
former Assistant Prosecutor Joseph NJ
Noonan for the defense.
The body of little Emeine, who was
very pretty child, with chestnut curls
lies in a miniature coffin in Undertaken
Volk's establishment on Washington
street Over the coffin is a white shroud
Mrs Dale is the only member of the
Dale family who has given any orders
to the undertaken. She has expressed
desire to have the child buried at Chi
cago, and it is likely that when the body
is released by the authorities here it will
be sent TO that city
The five members of the coroner's jury
viewed the body this morning. The jury
consists of John ]. O'Brien John j.
Housman Peter J. Murray, John Sturges,
William c. Morris, Jr., and George La
dam.
Assistant Prosecutor George T. Vickers
was in Hoboken this morning continuing
his investigation of the case. MFR. Wick
er's had talk with Mrs. Dale's brother
in-law, Russell Dale, yesterday. Mr..
vickers did not say what was the result
Of his talk
1t is stated that the prosecution will
show that Mrs. Dale had a motive for
doing away with the child.
County Physician Charles B. Converse
and Assistant Prosecutor George Z.
vickers conferred yesterday afternoon on
the case DIR. Converse said that an au-
topsy would be useless unless the
stomach of the child was analysed. The
States representative agreed and an
autopsy will be held at vok's undertake
ing establishment this afternoon