The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-10

she had done. Then she asked that
DR. Walton be sent for.
Mr.. Shuman met DR.. John Miller at
Port Morris and told him to hurry to
the house. One Of the Shumans'
neighbors, a Mrs. Search, had been
called in. When she saw the woman
writhing in agony on the floor she
turned to Mrs. Shuman, bride of
three weeks, and said: Whats the
matter?"
"She has fits Mrs. Shuman replied.
mo, she hasn't" Mrs. Search, a
much older woman, replied. "Those
are not fits" Then Mrs. Shuman told
of Miss King" having taken the
strychnine. Coroner Fancher was call
ed with DR.. Adsit from Succasunna.
The coroner saw DR.. Walton, who told
him that he had escorted Miss King
from New York on the train.
Tried to Find Her Brother.
DR.. Walton told the coroner that he
had brought Miss King" out on his
railroad ticket and promised to try to
find her brother: Later he sent this
postal card to DR.. Adsit:
Have just received word from Or
ange that Mr. King, the carpenter,
moved to his home somewhere in Can
ada. some six years ago. That was all
l could find out"
A reporter could get no trace of the
Kings in Orange yesterday and no one
remembered a carpenter of that name.
Their names did not appear in any of
the old directories.
Many letters signed George were
found in Mrs. Thayers dress suit case.
All were such as a friend might have
written, and none had any approach to
'1oye letters" They were from Ha-
vana, Cuba. According to the letter,
George and Miss King never met. An
other letter was partly as follows:
Sorry l can't send you the tablets you
wanted, but it is impossible to buy them
here the. drug laws are so strict, and /
have only, limited supply for emergen-
cieS. Another thing, / am pretty hard up
for cash just now myself. Sincerely yours,
Clifton Parks
A letter that Mrs. Thayer or miss
King wrote last Sunday and had ne
elected to mail, was addressed to Mrs.
A. Watson, 223 West Thirty seventh
street. Mrs. Watson was told to send
any letters to Mrs. K. Cabel, at 215
East Twenty fifth street. There was
little Pill box in Mrs. Thayer's dress
suit case. 1t contained four pellets such
as are used in solutions for hypo-
dermic syringes. They have not been
cent in her effects and there was no
clothing of any value among her pos
sessions.
Her maiden name was Emma Du-
pleSSeS. She came from Springfield,
Mass, where her mother and a mar
ried sister now live. Her father is
dead. When barely sixteen years old
she was married to Edison Thayer,
railroad man. She was a beautiful
girl then, with golden blonde hair and
dark eyes and a clear complexion. Her
married life was unhappy and four
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child, a girl now thirteen years old,
and came to this city.
Mrs. G. A. Parker, Of 234 West
Thirty-ninth street, with whom Miss
King boarded for three years, was
probably the closest friend the dead
girl had in this city. Mrs. Parker said
yesterday:
'She had hard time trying to sup
port herself and she often told me she
would take poison. She said she would
go away when the time came and none
of her friends need fear that she would
die in any of their houses.
81 know all about Miss Kings treat
ment by DR.. Barney for consumption.
She wrote me letters while she was
with him stating that the treatment
did her no good" ~
DR.. George D. Barney, who says he
fnoculated Miss King with the germs
of tuberculosis last winter, stated yes
terday that it was untrue that the
young woman had never fully recov-
cred her health. -
Disappointment led to the death of
Miss King" said DR.. Barney, "She felt
that as she had been a martyr to.
science she should have been more sue.
cessful than she was and that the.
world should better appreciate what
she had done for it. She, wanted to
go on the stage and her i'll success is
due, in my opinion, to her being a VIC
tim Of the morphine habit