The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-10
DISCOVERY MADE THAT MISS
EMMA KING DIED FROM POL
SON SELF ADMINISTERED
SHE WAS INOCULATED
WITH TUBERCLE BACILLl
Some Months Ago Become the Subject
for Scientific Study by an Eastern
Physieian-Her Body Now Rests in
Potter's Field Unclaimed by ReIa-
tives-Life Had Been Unhappy.

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-The investiga-
ton of the sudden death of Miss Emma
King has resulted in the discovery that
she died from strychnine self admins
tered and with suicidal intent She
was tired of the world She had few
friends and her relatives in Massa-
chusetts seemed to care little for her.
Mrs. Thayer's, or Miss Kings" body
rests in grave in potter's field behind
the cemetery that lies back of the
Methodist Episcopal church in Succa-
sunna. Because the interment had
been made so speedily it was taken
from the grave and an autopsy per-
formed by DR.. Noble H. Adsit, of Sue
casunna, and DR.. Richard L. Cook, of
Dover, under the supervision of Acting
Coroner J. w. Fancher.
An inquest was held in Succasunna
on Friday. DR.. Alfred Walton, who at
one time had an establishment at 500
Fifth avenue as a specialist in the adj
mipistration of oxygen and is now a
conspicuous figure at Lake Hopatcong
as the owner of one of the lines of
steamboats,, was before the coroner.
AS the result of the autopsy DR.. Ad-
sit said that there was absolutely no
trace of tuberculosis in the lungs, nor
had they ever been affected. 1t was
Miss King who last November sub
mitted to incubation with the germs of
consumption at the hands of DR.. George
d. Barney, of Brooklyn, to demonstrate
that the human being could not con-
tract the disease through bovine tu-
bercle bacilli.
EmbaIming Fluid Obstructs Analysis.
cat the request of the prosecutor"
said DR.. Cook, 1--WE have saved portions
of the stomach, liver, kidneys and
lungs. I do not see how a chemical
analysis of these organs will reveal
anything, however, as the undertaken
put three quarts of embalming fluid in
the body. There seems to be nothing
on which we can fix as cause for her
death unless it was suicide or acct
dent"
Mrs. Thayer, or Miss King, arrived
at Lake Hopatcong station about 6
o'clock Friday. On the following day
she spent most of the time in the vi
cinity of the boat landing and the next
afternoon at o'clock she was dead,
after having spent three or four hours
picking cherries with Mr.. and Mrs
she had gone to board the night be-
fore.
DR.. Walton said miss King" had Wis
tied Lake Hopatcong to act as cook
for him in camp that he is establish
ing at the head of the lake. He said:
Miss King came here last Friday
afternoon. Let me see, what train was
that she came on?' he said, turning to
h hoe To- ~
it was early in the afternoon, but aft
erward corrected this and said, mo,
it was on the 6:55 train" and Dr. Wal
ton said: Eyes, that was it, Well, one
of my employees took her over to the
Keystone hotel, where she remained
that night. On the following day, Sat
urday, Capt. Jones took her down to
his house to board with Edward Shu-
man and his wife at Shippenport
I'm establishing a camp and it was
not ready; that's the reason she went
there to board" DR.. Walton said. "She
applied for a position as cook She
said she was a French Canadian and
could cook anything. Miss King came
to my office in New York a week ago
to be treated with oxygen, but I saw
she was evidently unable to pay for
the treatment and she said she was
willing to work. Then she said she
could cook and offered her the place.
Had Known the Doctor.
Miss King told me that had treat
ed her twelve or fifteen years ago
when l was practicing in Orange, N.
j., but, of course, 1 did not remember
her She had relative. Mr.. King,
in Orange. He was q boss carpenter.
was the family physician. She was
brunette, not a blonde, short and any
thing but attractive in appearance.
She was poorly clad, too"
Mrs. Shuman said that the strych-
nine Miss King took was from a
small vial that was found in the house.
Miss King poured out some of the
strychnine and measured it in the
palm of one hand, explaining how
much was a grain and what the eff
fects would be. Mrs. Shuman threat
ened to try it, and Miss King said:
Don't, or in moment you'll go
like this" and illustrated a spasm.
Miss King" took the bottle and
emptied some of the contents in her
mouth and then took drink of wa
ter. In half an hour she was in con-
vulsions, but at lucid intervals she
begged Mrs. Shuman not to tell what,