New-York tribune., 1903-03-06
FINDS WOMAN'S BODY.
LAP IN BED FOR DAYS.
Had Gone to Boarding House srith
Nan. Who Disappears.

Mrs. Maria Farrell who keeps a furnished
room house at No. 262 West Thirty-seventh-st..
late last night told the police OF the West Thir-
ty-seventh-st. station that she had just discoV-
cred the body Of woman IN one OF the rooms In
her house, and that she believed the woman had
been dead since last Sunday night.
Mrs Farrell told the police that on Sunday
evening a man and a woman went there for q
room. They told her they had Just come from
Chicago. and that their luggage would be along
Monday. They were assigned to q front room
on the second floor, and the rent for the room
was paid in advance. Mrs. Farrell said she nad
not seen either OF the two since. The man, shs
said. had left the house, but she had not seen
him so and did not know when he went away.
Last night one OF the roomers detected an DOOR
from the second floor front room. MrA Farrell
said that three or four times she had gone 10
the room door and opened it. but that on eacn
occasion she had seen the woman lying IN peo'
and did not disturb her. She explained TINS oy
saving that it was the custom always Sor the
women boarders to care for their own rooms
and she paid no attention to that one
The odor being strong as to arouse ME-
Farrelrs suspicious she said last night she went
into the room and up to the bed she calleo
tn the woman but received no answer. She snooK
rte form but it was Iifeless, and when she lifted
covers she found that the body was in e bad
state OF decomposition. and that the woman
must have been dead for days. The police were
called i'm and the body again covered up anu
all things left as they had been until the coroner
should arrive and take charge
In the room found a letter ADDRESSED 10
Nellie Fletcher and note addressed 10 Nell
lie' and signed with the initials "E. H. g. Tne
r,oIice have these papers, and viii not give tne
nature of their contents until they have oeen
turned over TO the coroner. In the room, aISo'
mere found three small bottles OF medicine. a
tox Of saIye on which written the name
Miss Fletcher" and small glass jar OF whitish
powder There also was found a room Key
marked 'Metropole Hotel, Room B. Ihe ponce
5o mot as vet know if this is from the Hotel
Metropole in this city.
The man, Mrs. Farrell said, who accom-
psuied the woman to the house was ABOUT rect
o inches tall, slender and Of medium complexioh'
He wore q light overcoat, dark business suit
or heavy material, and black derby hat She
cid he was fairly we'll dressed. The woman
Mrs Farrell said, had been rather good look
ing and was fairly we'll dressed. When the
hodv WAS found last night it was clothed only
a. NIGHT clothinE. The dress skirts and under
- oil were arranged neatly on a chair near
the bed
The house at No 262 West Thrty-seventh-st
is three story brick structure. and has num-
her of rooms in it. Mrs. Farrell says that Ehe
ordinarily has about twelve people staying IN
,,,. housa ct q time and that there were about
that number there at this time. Sersesm N4sh
- -s Sefgtled detectives to look into the case,
and their report Of the investigations is Deins
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