Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-18
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drawn Tight. about her knees, held
that part of her body to the lower
legs Of the tub. Her face showed
cuts and bruises and she was appar-
emily suffering from laudanum poison
ing, and it was determined later that
she had been mistreated. A two
ounce bottle, which had contained
laudanum was found in the room, and
near it an empty, claret bottle.
A towel was tied tightly under the
girls jaw, and when the cords WHICH
bound her to the tub were severed,
and she rolled over on her back, a
watch was found stuffed in her
mouth. Her clothes were found in a
corner of the room.
Restoratives were administered by
the house physician but she recovered
only sufficiently to bable hysterically,
ID don't let her come nearer Don't
let her make me drink any more, 1t
will kill me- The words cab and
pepper" occurred in her talk :
Later in the day, after she had
lain several hours in the Francis
Willard hospital, she regained con-
sciousness for several minutes. Chief
of Detectives O'Brien was at her bed
side and to dim she told a strange
tale of having been attacked near
her home, "a La Sale avenue last
night, by a man and a woman. One
of them seized her and the. other
threw pepper in her eyes. She was
then hustled into cab. She knew
no more, she told the captain, until
she regained consciousness in a
strange room. -.
She recognized the apartments as
belonging to the Wellington, she said,
and wrote a note to her friend, Miss
Mary Joyce. She threw it over the
transom, she said, with penciled
note on the envelope asking "some
bell boy to mail it. The letter ran:
MARY, will be killed at Yelling
ton hotel. Come quick. Ella"
It was this letter which set the
police on the trail today. It reached
MISS Joyce at 8 a. M, in the Office
where she is employed as stenog-
rapher to P. H. sO'DoneN, a lawyer
who is attorney for Miss Gingles. At
the hotel the detectives found that
no ELLA Gingles" was registered
there.
When her senseless form was dis
covered later, the police were mott
fed. No one could be found who had
seen the young woman enter the
place, although this might have cas-
lily happened owing to the location of
the elevators. The night elevator
man, however, was positive that he
had taken no such person up in his
car. No bell boy could be found who
had picked up any letter and mailed
II, as desired by Miss Gingles. Man
ager McClintock OF the hotel, stated
that Miss Gingles story and the post
mark on the letter received by Miss
SJeyce we're inconsistent. ess.-,.. -.
The name Of Miss Agnes Barrett
WAS brought into. the, case In the
course ~ Captain o'Brien,s brief talk
sssftil hespatients ut the hospital. The
5iatter said she recognized Miss Bar
ret q the woman who helped her
5Eek Into the cab. The latter conducts
o lace shop il the Wellington hotel,
sbufEding and 8 few weeks ago caused
ths aTrest Of Miss Gingles on a
charge of stealing Iare from the
store. ss,s ss ,.55s: .l#5s
1iss Ginsles cams % Chicago two
months ago rom Ireland md being
IN expert lacs nalsr, SDund employ.
msnt with This EN-
ploymeat " Nila 41e theft chars-
o. Ths 60 - a pressed but