New-York tribune., 1903-06-22
BODY TAKEN FROM VAULT
ri AFTER FUNERAL.
RIGHT
Jersey CounciLmdnDs Housekeeper
Di Is Here an Childbirth.

At the request Of Coroner Scholer, the oooy OF
Mrs. Cora Snyder, housekeeper for Councilman
Thomas FdxhaIl Of Passaic. N j, was taken
from q receiving vault in Cedar Lawn Passaic.
y j YESTERDAY. soon after it had been placed
there and to-day an autopsy will be performed
IL was declared The woman died here at No
le0 East Eighty-fourth-s the home of Mrs
Farecht a ridwsfe on last Friday. The first in
tant vas ID stop the funeral but later the
tharities decided to let it be held, that excite
r,ent nieht be avoided. The funeral was held
# The bonle Of Councilman Foxhall, the Rev
Dr. George ISrnith Of the Methodist Church, Off
ciating Sdon after the funeral party had left
the cernetdry the body was removed from the
vault
Coroner $choler was sitting in his offlce at his
home. in West Forty-eghth-st., yesterday,
morning. Vi hen his telephone rang. He answered
II and a tvonan's voice at the other end in
formed hidh that if he would investigate the
death of hrs Cora Snyder he would learn
something lof interest from a coroner's stand
rofnf bner Scholer endeavored to learn who
his informk knt was but the telephone receiver
=; the oth hr end was suddenly hung up He
had known q Mrs. Cora Snyder, a music teacher.
and knew many Of her friends. Just after he
lef. his off Re TO make the investigation the same
woman. pH Hesunaably called again on the tele-
rhone and asked maid why the coroner was
not investi eating Mrs Snyder's death.
coroner scholer went to the Board of Health
and there learned that a Mrs Cora Snyder had
died oy1 Friday at No 100 East Eighty-fourth-
= The "a use Of death, according to the clerk
was given hs appendicitis.
Mrs Rrdc chit the Coroner says, told him that
Mrs SnvdAr was brought 10 her place about two
weeks age III a phaeton by man who said he
Was Thomas Foxhan of No. % Brooke-ave,.
Passaic Bridge, y j. and a physician who lived
in East Obe-hundred-and-tw The man
told her tat the woman was about to be con-
fined and that he would pay the expenses, the
midwife d kclared, says Scholer. On June 13
Mrs Snydk kr gave birth to a baby girl II was
y.nI horn and was taken to the Bellevue
AIo-rDe bJE 2 young man living in the house
Mrs Snyde er died on Friday, and the oody was
removed that night 10 Passaic Bridge
Then tb4 Coroner went to the home Of Dr. A
7. c,oldwaEer. of No &C East One-hundred-an
,v,elfth-st1 but he was not at home. Later he
called up the Coroner on the telephone and said
that Mrs Isnvder had been brought to his Office
by a mainland that he had attended her in con-
fnement. baby was born on June 13. girl
She had lied two days later.
Coroner Scholer next learned that the funeral
vas 10 Ia he place yesterday. He then called up
County Physician Mcbride. of Passaic County,
by telephPne, and arranged to have the burial
delayed.
Coroner Scloler said he would take the case 10
District Attorney Jerome and ask him TO act
to-day.
Dr. Golfwater. who is a brother of Alderlhah II
C;oldwatet at his home last night talked freely
bout the death of Mrs. Snyder He said that he
had known the woman Tor some trne, put was
never more than trlenoly terms with her-
Mrs SNYDER came to me about three weeks
sro said DR. Goldwater, "and said that she
VAS shouf TO be confined and did not want her
friends irI New-Jersey TO know anything about
II II wa4 10 be her first child and advised her
10 go 10 the Sloane Maternity. she did not ap-
prove of The idea and showed a newspaper
clipping that had been inserted by Mrs. Brecht,
Of No lido East Eighty-fourth- saying that
she was A licensed midwife. She wanted TO go
there and get board and have me attend her.
] engaged two nurses and she took rooms at the
mid u,ife's On June 13 TIE child, a female, was
born The child was very large, weighing about
twelve ID unds I called in DR.. NJ J. Schwero'
of No ID West One-hundr red d-and-twentieth-st
an6 another physician to assist me. we we're
compelled TO use instruments and the woman
was terribly lacerated The child died and i
had II sent TO the morgue- II had lived little
over twetty-four hours gave the cause Oh
death as due to instruments In delivery MrS-
SNYDER died on Friday of last week from the
effects of the Childbirth AS hao ATTENDED ner
professionally for more than tWenty-four hours
ana cid hot wish to make II a coroner's case,
which IL WAS not, ] gave the cause of death in
che certificate as septic peritonitis. will state
rosjfiveI1d that did not say appendicitis. When
the clerk lat the Board Of Health objected to the
ser+fScafd / told him that the peritonitis was
due ia the use of instruments. My only reason
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