The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-09
THE NELLIE MAUffB CASE
WHAT THE MOTHER OF THE
 YALE MAN SAYS.

Says She Sent the Young Woman to New 1 York-Her Son Bid Not Desert Nellie
 But Provided For All Her Necessary
 Expenses.
 The autopsy on the body of Nellie Fletcher Mautte, the former New Ha- ven woman who was found dead in her room at Mrs. Farrell's boarding house l in New York under circumstances which the police consider mysterious. i was made at the New York rnorgue Sat ! urday by Coroner's Physician ScEultZe. The result Of the autopsy started the New York detectives to work, the con- siGeration being that death was due to poisoning.
 After the autopsy Dr. SchultZe said: T found no pathological cause of death or signs of any disease which might have caused death. Tn the absence of any pathological cause have come to the conclusion that death was the re- suit of some kind of poison, which I am unable to determine. I found no traces 1 of poison, however. The stomach and it's contents will be subjected to a chem ical analysis"
 Captain Cowles of this city was com municated With Saturday night and asked to get every detai! possible in connection with the case that he could. He was first asked 10 see that Mrs. Mautte's relatives sc to New York. Her two brothers arrived there at o'clock | Saturday afternoon and were closely | questioned at the police headquarters in New York by Detective Captain Lan- yon.
 Captain Lanyon asked Captain Cowles over the telephone if he knew where Mrs. Mautte's husband is at present Captain Cowles stated that Mautte was ! i1I the United States army, belonging to | New York regiment during the Span isll war. that last spring he went to Chi cago and from what he knew Mrs Maui te went there with Manierre only to fol- | low her husband.
 She had told many people in New Ha- ven that she expected to effect a recon l ciliation with her husband.
 Since that time Mautte has been em- ployed as druggist in Columbus, o. | Mautte for the autopsy indicates that death was caused by poison. Her hus- band being a drug clerk and the quar. rel that has kept Mautte from his wife for four years may indicate motive foi l foul play.
 Mrs. George Manierre, mother of the young Yale man who, it is said, induced l Nellie Fletcher Mautte to go from New Haven to Chicago, Saturday in a voice broken with sobs, told how she came tc l send the young woman to New York
 First oc all.'' said Mrs. Manierre, "l must explain that my son did not deser this young woman in her illness ant misfortune. He did everything in his power to help her. My object in assist. ing her was not to get her away iron my son for selfish reasons. My motive believe me, was to help the girl and tt remove her entirely from her surround. ings.
 T offered her $20 and her fare to New York. Besides this promised to furn. ish $5 a week regularly for her board until she was we'll enough to worl but her i'll health prevented it. sht would accept nothing but her fare tt New York and $2o.
 Young Manierre accompanied the gir to the depot and bought her ticket. Sht i arrived in New York Saturday nigh and went to the Metropole hotel. While she was out Sunday she picked up witt a man who accompanied her to Mrs l Farrel's. He may have been her for mer husband or an acquaintance. Whel he left the note telling the girl not t worry it he did not return he did no notice that on the other side of the pa per was the address of Mrs. Jennit Ryan, 136 West 37th street. There is boarding house at the address, and tn, man probably lives there, though Mrs Ryan would not be seen Saturday, ant her colored servant slammed the doc in the sace of inquirers who asked i there were any one In the house who's initials were "E. H. s."
 The detectives took Mrs. Ryan to tn Farrell house to view Mrs. Fletcher
 body, but she vigorously denied know ing the woman.
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