The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-22
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ernoon that she appeared to be sutieflhS
a relapse. DR.. Reichelderfer, the chief
surgeon. gave her medicine to keep up
her strength. but this apparently did /
but little good. as she soon lapsed into
Inconsistencies Even this did not
alarm the physicians, as she had ire
QuentIy been in a worse condition Grad
uaIIy exhaustion overlook her. and it
vas then that the surgeons realized the
end was near. Telephone messages we're
sent 10 the Detective Office, and Dr. At
kinson. her family physician Il was
then after 3 O'Clock this morning, and /
the pulse OF the dying woman was /
gradually getting weaker Every pos /
sible effort was made by the surgeons 10 /
proIong her life. stimulants being given. /
The length of time she had lain in bed /
however. had greatly affected her Won /
derfuI vitality. and as tha hands Of the
clock pointed TO the hour OF 4 a. m she
breathed her last
Had Wonderful Vitality.
DR.. Atkinson. her family physician.
reached the hospital a short time after
her death. and was somewhat surprised
when told of her death. Dr. Reiehel-
derfer. the chief physician at Garfield, u
discussing Mrs Dennis death this morn
ing with a Times reporter, said:
Mrs. Dennis was a woman OF Won
derfuI vitality. and it was only this that
kept her alive for so many months.
While of course We realized that she
could never recover yet we hardly eX-
pected her death so SION IN my opin-
ion. death was due to general exhaus-
ton. We had often seen her in a worse
condition than she was last night, but
l suppose the long time she had lain
helpless had sapped all Of her wonderful
vitality"
When first brought TO the hospital
Mrs. Dennis weighed in the neighbor-
hood Of 100 or 1s5 pounds. She had
taken excellent care Of herself and was
in good physical condition. This morn
ing her SCARED face was white and
wan and her former well developed
body had wasted away until nothing hut
the bones we're left On her head where
the wound which affected her brain had
been made a tumor was forming. The
wounds about her head, however. were
healed nicely. although they we're all
visible
Police Renew Investigations
Vow that Mrs Dennis is dead the
police have once mere reused themselves
to action. although they realize that
there is hut the sIightest chance Of
penetrating the veil CT mystery which
shrouds the case When Mrs Dennis
was diving the Detective Office was at
once notified. In the absence Of Captain
Boardman who is Ill, Acting Chief Of
Detectives Joseph Carter, received the
message. He in turn notified Detectives
Horne and Hartigan, who have worked
on the case. There was nothing that
they could do. however, but summon
witnesses for the inquest Acting CHIEF
Carter when asked regarding the efforts
of the police this morning said (.
we have done everything possible
toward locating Mrs Dennis assailan
but have failed. We stiH have hopes
however. We are now preparing for TIT
inquest"
The death of Mrs. Dennis leaves III
Washington police confronted with
murder. TO the solution of which there
absolutely no clue.
Mrs Dennis was murderously assault
ed while in her bed at home, the weapo
used having been the top Of mahogan
piano stool and the hour between I an
O'Clock II the morning Of Decembe
10 last. The assaiIent made his escap
through a front Window This IS n
sum total OF al the violence in III
case. although for months following ii
tragedy the Police Department worke
with persistency and energy.
The manner in which the intrude
gained entrance TO the room, the motiy
for his assault, and who he or she va
are facts upon which not the faintei
glimmer Of light has been shed.
Came Here From Gettysburg.
Mrs. ada Gilbert Dennis came to III
city about twenty-four years ago fro
the home OF her childhood near Gettyi
burg. Pa. She was accompanied by h
sister. Regarding the first few years
her residenGe here but little is known
her frienda Later she entered Il
dressmaking establishment OF MAZDA
Washington. al that time the leaoE
modiste Of the National Capital The
she won Tor herself so many friends al
her excellent work became so general
known that she was soon able TO open
establishment OF her own.
II was about this time that she FIR
met Walter Dennis, young actor
extremely striking appearance shoT
ly after they were married he BEGAN
an invalid and for years she nursed hi
with the tenderness OF a mother AFT
his death she removed her establishme
from the house which she had occupi
on Thirteenth Street NORTHWEST TO II
K Street northwest, the house in viii
the fatal assault occurred This hou
is Jhree-story and basement structu
that for years was owned and occupi