The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-10
NEEDS MONEY AND
: ASKS FOR $4,000
Could Not Find Market in Rich
mOnd and Sent Letter to Chi
Cago and New York.
What She Has to
Say About
It.

uidoOrstcp has led AIRS NJ. l. Francis. OF
.eNO. 4iI Vcnabie Street tlis city. 10 oner
J, her brain Tor sale. she would sell her
InDody after death ir t.e money could be
cspald az this time.
: Physl-iaus at hospitals ln Richmond
tdecunea 10 purchase tne brain OK Mrs.
pancis- and SHE applied TO RAG North
western Lnlseiaiyy % Aledlclne. of CAl-
taso. Another letter she sent u tLe Long
island College Hospltel. Henry and Pa
c.ac Streets. New IorA she proposed 10
both of tae Institutions O. se. Aer brain
for cash amount. and would oe willing
L. ssn sucl necessary IAp1rs as @O44d
give tle eoAe4el t-e possession o. Aer
lra4 after lrt death
SOW pass forty years of age. broken
4u Ls-lt. -l- lHal4e-- llly ....- ......
sle ealuG uy her wOrk iu a. department
store, drs. Francis presents picture
tuat Us az once pathetic and interfering.
she was 1olu lu klcnmYnd ana reared
among tie soOd people oi Virginia Her
llsb-rl l- -lr. u. ~ Francis. Tor q mum
bet ~ ycars in t-e c-rriage business Ia
tie city. From l--,s 4l--4 -s41 le VS. en-
B4sel iu tle wlu-f.ct-re OF Carriages
a. lls csta1l. .shmelt on eighteenth 81 Ell.
al. failed la business ana later started a
store. Er Was 0lrall OFT
Wnle az work about TWO years ago.
Nj Francis L-1 two Of hls Fingers cut
o. Blool-lolsgn resulted. and ms LIT
h4nd ls az no service o. Alia. Alrs. Fran is
j. his fourth wife They were MARI "a
nIne years $50. They .4ve no children.
Ine Letter.
The letter written by Mrs. Francis reads.
October -. ls-.
"Gcnle-uan.-I learn from several
Northern papers tSat there IS O. lack
an1 desire for bodies and brains OF "a
higher class Of people. as they only
have those of criminals or paGpers.
and tl-lt try WILL pay Good prices
and bid lively for those tha' viii sell.
onc COLLEGE paid a man. in the last
month o. more. 5000 cash for his
brains.
y write 90 tell you that I VIII sell
you nay brains for Eood cash sum.
and ] cannot think Il possible for YOU
a. have a better subject % work on.
FOR headache has been my Nfe
sickness. AID that OF the worse. most
agonizing kind. which through all I
was ever conscious. retaining perfect
senses through intense pain
In my youth, very frequent. but as
grow older the intervals are longer.
an "a fran woman. past forty years.
Trv lease on life can not be very much
longer. 20 YOU VIII not have very long
20 walt for your brain subject and
as 1 need money at once for both
body and brain. I shall De glad 20
hear from your own. or any university.
that you know viii buy.
Awaiting your early favor. believe
me. yours sincerely.
MRS. ". S. FRANCIS
That IS an exact copy of the letter
written hy Mrs. Francis 70 tho New York
Medical College and 10 the university in
Chicago. She has heard nothing from
either institution. although she believes
lf..a 49,
brain
Needs the Money"
In Richmon she could not find a mar
ket for the gray matter in her head
She called upon Dr. Robins. OF the Ne
mortal pital, and. she says. had n
very pleasant talk with him. He inform
Cd her she states. that there was stock
OF brain matter on hand
After this Mrs. Francis read in a New
York paper that some person had re-
Ceived $1,000 for his brain. Knowing that
medical students saw only the brains
OF criminals and paupers and had no idea
Of what tho brain Of an intelligent person
resenbled- Mrs. Francis offered her
brain for sale. She would be willing to
let her body go with her head for when
she is dead she can see no harm in help
ing along medical science.
IT need the money now" said Mrs
Francis yesterday when seen by a Times
Dispatch reporter "and I don't see why
those doctors at Chicago don't write to
me. and not 10 you people at the news
paper Office"
When the reporter called at the home
or Mrs. Francis-she lives over a drug
store on Venable Street.-The found a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS woman, who courteous
" received him and invited him into the
nesman room that is used both as bed
room and a situng-roOm.
What She Says.
''Yes. I want to sell my BRAIN" said
Mrs Francis In answer to n question
''and I don't see why the colleges don't
want to buy It I need money and need
money badly. have been working for
the last three days in a department store
on Broad Street and will work there, I
suppose. until after Christmas We are
not in actual want. but we need more
money than IS coming in.
4 have heard OF people selling their
bodies and their brains and ] thought
I would offer mine ror sale. No, don't
care what they do with me after am
dead"
Mrs Francis is a woman who Is en-
tertaining at times.
Again she talks IN a circle. and when
reaching the end starts over again and
covers tho same territory. She has drawn
the circle, the circumference Of which
she Is bound by.
Some time ago won't to Mr.. Robins
81 the college on Eleventh Street and Of
fered him my brain. Hle didn't want 20
buy g." said Mrs Francis, as the reporter
left
Her husband was present during the
entire conversation, but made no com
tnenA