Evening journal., 1907-02-22
MISS NELSON
KILLS HERSELF
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said, and for about one year prior TO
her death lived at his home
HOW Miss Nelson came TO live with
the Jeffers' family he said, was due
to the fact that her boarding mistress
became vexed with her because she
stayed out late one night and told her
TO seek another boarding house The
/ gir, he said. told him OF her troubles
and from that time she made her home
with his family.
The witness said he was informed Of
the girls death by his son, DR.. C. r..
Jefferis. Jr. Miss Nelson occupied the
third story front room and that his
son had a dressing room on the same
floor but slept on the back porch of
the second floor.
When the witness saw the girl lying
on her bed dead. he summoned DR.
Julian Adair. He did not. OF his own
knowledge. know Of the finding Of "a
cocaine bottle nor did he see Il, but
he did hear thai such thing was
found. He had no suspicion that The
girl was in delicate health previous 10
her death and he never saw any man
pay attention 10 her within the past
year.
DR.. Jefferis said he used cocaine in
his profession 10 a small extent, and
that Miss Nelson handled IT. He never
cautioned her as to its poisonous ma
ture, as he used other poisons as wen.
He said he never saw any evidence of
any existing fondness between the girl
and his son. They were friendly, but
he never noticed anything more than
this. He had heard her say on one
occasion that II she was destined TO
} suffer forever with her disease, rheu-
matism she would rather be dead than
alive.
Asked II he could give any idea as to
who was responsible for her delicate
condition. DR.. Jefferis replied he could
not Of his own knowledge. He had
I heard, however. than in June, 1905. the
girl, while learning stenography. form
/ ed the acquaintance Of a married man.
who wanted her to accompany him 10
a theatre in Philadelphia.
After Pointed information.
Amanda Wallace. the colored cook at
I the Jefferis home, was called to the
stand, but gave little information that
had any bearing on the case. Laura
Wilson, however another colored do
lmestic. deposed that Miss Nelson,
about three months ago. had asked her
"a question concerning the peculiarities
Of their sex.
Found Considerable Cocaine.
Prof. James Watson. a State analyst.
testified that he had examined Miss
/ Nelson's stomach and found about .
and 6-tenths grains Of cocaine in two
ffths Of the stomach. which would
make about six and one-half grains in
the full stomach. He said that ac-
icording TO the authorities two grains
of cocaine are sufficient to kill a per-
son. but he could not swear that Miss
! Nelson's death was due to the poison.
Refused Death Certificate.
DIT. Julian Adair deposed that he had
ATTENDED Miss Nelson for inhammatory
rheumatism. When he was summoned
/ by DIR. Jefferis, Sr.. on the day the
girls body was found, he found on his
arrival that the girl was dead. He
did not know what had caused her
death.
The witness said that with the
deputy coroner, he made an investiga-
! tiOn OF the room al about noon OF the
4 same day the girl was found dead, and
found an empty bottle In the drawer
Of the bureau in the girls room. which
had contained cocaine IN CRYSTALS, the
drug IN its raw state. The bottle also
bore 4 label marked cocaine.
4 AT the post-mortem examination, Dr.
] Adair. who was present testified that
I he saw evidences Of cocaine I'm the
j girls stomach. and also found that she
had been in a pregnant condition for
from between three and four months
=. He also saw some abrasions which led
him TO believe that an operation had