Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-08-21
MRS. MARY WRIGHT
TELLS HER STORY
Says Adopted Daughter Was
Troubled With Heart
<.= Failure

made several attempts to 60 into the
cellar, but finally decided to call the
girl and have her go after thel meat
and then let her go back to bed. The
mother went up stairs to where the
girl was sleeping and awakened her
and asked her to go after the meat,
whereupon the girl arose and started
to dress. She was asked by her
mother if she was not tired and an
swered not any more so than she had
been at other times. The girl finally
consented to go after the meat and
made her way downstairs. After 60
ing downstairs her mother noticed her
totter several times and again asked
her if she was feeling well and she
answered in the affirmative. She
started for the stairway that leads to
the cellar and turner around and sat
down and told her mother that If she
had to go down stairs she would die
before she would return. Her mother
was grinding coffee at the time and,
she at once gave the grinder to her
daughter and asked her to. do that
work while she went after the meat.
Mrs. Wright said that she noticed that
Beulah acted very faint and is positive
in her assertion that she did not turn
the handle of the grinder more than
three times around, and after. turning
the handle once would straighten up in
the chair and give sort of gasp.
Two or three Of these were rather
mild and the last one was more severe
than any of the other gasps that she
had made and her mother asked her
what was the nattersand she answered
that she had the same old trouble
| with her side and at once put her
! hand directly under her heart. She
| asked her mother to get some liniment
that she had often used and this she
poured into her hand and rubbed on
her side where the supposed pain had
been. Here her mother noticed that
she looked very faint and she advised
her to go to bed and Beulah went to
| her room and was not disturbed by
her mother. After thinking that she
had had reasonable sleep her mother
went to the room and found her
daughter dead. =, -, - ..@
), Mrs. Wright claims that the girl was
troubled with heart disease at various
times and while they lived in Indiana
! that it was necessary to call the doc.
| tors to treat her for this trouble and
at that time she was informed that
the girl would never reach very old
age, as she would very likely get a
severe attack and she would die be-
fore aid could be summoned. [-. <:
. At the postmortem examination the
physicians attending claimed. that it
. would be impossible for a person to
die with heart trouble and not be able
to detect IT. Her heart was il very
) normal ! condition, and this theory
seems to be. .discredited. he stomach
was removed and was sent to Grand
. j" Forks, where it was to be examined
I al the state university and reports
I from there indicate that there was 40
carbolic acid In the stomach and that
there had not been any; in IT. was
ss impossible to analyzes the. stomach
there and it@hag been sent to Minneap-
oils and the authorities are anxiously
waiting for info orrnat 5 -511:s \
.;s ;,s Tuesday afternoon the bod was Or
/ dered reopened by States Attorney Ser
4, !,;urngard and Drs. Sihler, Mcintosh and
sOnsum removed the skull and very
thoroughly examined the brain and
found that there had been no conges.
! .tion whatever and the lungs kidneys,
liver and other organs of the body
were removed and they were found ito
he normal and did not show any signs
:saof ::s}aof poisoning, strang tion or infection
4 Whatever. is 4 mystery as TO how
4 the girl came 5to her death, but blythe
end of the week the authorities will
$lhave all the information ferreted out
4 and at the hearing on the 31st will zbe
4 a bic to make charges against frs,
\ Wright. Or not, as the case may be.
he body was sshipp to Lakota al
4 the request of friends Tuesday eve.
lining and was huri there the follow
ing day. 81