The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

Whether or not she kept up an ac-
quaintance with Kent, the young med
tca1 student, at this time is not known.
In speaking of Miss Dingle DR.. Lii
liam Craig Randolph, the head of Riv-
erside hospital, said: Miss Dingle left
this hospital about three weeks ago
without telling me where she was go
Ing. She was one of the most beau
tiful girls have ever seen, we'll formed,
beWitching in manner, and girl whom
every man would look alta she passed
through the street or through the halls
Of the hospital. 1t was her beauty and
fascination which made me refuse to
enter her as a student in the training
class for nurses. She had dark hair,
almost black in fact, and lovely, soft
dark eyes. I never allowed her to go on
the streets except with one of the older
nurses whom I could trust. She SEEM
ed to attract attention wherever she
went, and / had an understanding with
her that when she was here she could
not go out except with a chaperon. She
was sometimes wilful, but she was not
bad, I am sure. I was more careful
with Ethel than with the others, for
she was so pretty and attractive to
men.
Last July one of our internes was
away on vacation and DR.. Kent took
his place.
Miss Dingle, Of course, knew him,
but beyond the mere fact Of their ac-
quaintance I cannot speak.
1t seems evident from facts subse-
quently developed that DR.. Kent and
Miss Dingle were much together in the
hospital. 1t is said that on several oc-
casions he took her driving and to
places Of amusement.
Dr. Leland Dow Kent is a son Of Mr.
and Mrs. A: Dow Kent, prominent resi-
dents of Palmyra N. Y. He is twenty
two years old. In 1899 he married Miss
Madge Taylor, of Palmyra, after which
he moved to Buffalo. His father and
mother accompanied him, and the fam
lily took a house at No. 4S4 Fargo ave-
nue. Here they lived while young Kent
pursued his studies as a medical stu
dent in the University of Buffalo. He
would have graduated next May in the
class of 1903 He was popular and
prominent in university affairs. He
was open-hearted, generous and SYM
pathetic. He is said to have drunk a
good deal, and some of his classmates
claim that at times he seemed to be
| under the influence of a powerful drug,
during which he acted in a strange,
abnormal manner.
He took strychnine hypodermically
at times" said his mother after his ar
rest, but it was not a habit with him.
It was merely to tide him over examin-
atoms or when he was mentally strain
ed or excited. He never used drug
to excess"
The mother of the young medical
student said that her laughter and
daughter-in- law, young Kent's wife,
had both been patients at Riverside
hospital, where Miss Dingle had been
engaged. Kent's family knew moth
ing of his acquaintance with Miss Din
gle, nor were any of their friends or
Miss Dingles admirers aware of it. 1t
is only since the tragedy that the dis
covery was made that after leaving
Riverside hospital Miss Dingle occupied
a room in Niagara street, where young
Kent posed as her husband and where
the couple were known as Mr.. and Mrs.
Crosby. Here they lived until Sept.
10, when the alleged suicide compact
was entered into.
The physicians are sure that Kent
will recover. Then will come the great
battle to solve the mystery.