Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-18
Mysterious Crime in Downtown
Chicago Hotel Puzzles PoIicei
Victim Tortured and Drugged,
She Claims,
LURED FROM HOME BY
MYSTERIOUS WOMAN
Attorney Scents Deep Laid
Plot Against Beautiful Irish
Lacenakeri Says Well Known
Man is Involved.
Iny Morning Journal special Leased wireI

Try Morning journal special Leased Wire
Chicago. Feb. 11.-Onc of tn,
most mysterious cases with which tn,
Chicago police have had to deal in
many years developed in the Well
ington hotel a standard downtown
hosiery today when the unconscious
form Of Miss Ella Gngles was found
laShed to the supports of Il bathtub
Whether she was the victim of Il plot
as she incoherently alleged in her few
conscious moments. or chose fantas-
tic means, including suicide. to re-
laiatc upon woman whom she be-
lieVcd to have been her enemy, form
ed a mystery which the police set
about to solve
When chambcrmaid reached the
public bathroom on the fourth floor
she found the door locked from the
inside with bolt. Later the house
carpenter removing the transom,
erawled into the room which was
dimy lighted by candle that had
nearly burned out
Upon the floor he found Miss Gin
giles, clad only in nghtgown. The
bathtub was half filled with bloody
water ana the sink was in the same
ndtion Attempting TO move her.
tne carpenter found her hands tied
with light binding cord and fasten-
ed to the legs at the head OF the tub.
A second cord drawn tightly about
the knees held that portion of her
body to the lower legs of the tub H"~
face showed cuts and bruises and it
was later determined that she had
been mistrcated
She was also apparently suffering
from laudanum poisoning A two
ounce bottle. which had contained the
ltquid was found in the room and
near it an empty claret bottle A
towel was tied tightly under the girls
Jaws ana a wet cloth stuffed in her
mouth. Her clothes. even to the lit
Tie brown fur trimmed hat, were
found in corner of the room.
Restoratives were administered by
Dr. Watson. the house physician. but
Miss Gingles recovered only suffici-
entity to habble hystericaliy
Don't let her come near; don't let
her make me drink any more. 1t
win Kill me"
The words cab and pepper" oc-
Cured in her talk. Later in the day
at the Francis Willard hospital, she
recovered consciousness FOR several
minutes.
Chief of Detectives O'Brien was at
her bedside and to him she told
strange tale of having been attacked
near her home. 474 LaSane avenue.
last night bv a man and a woman
one of them struck her and the
other threw pepper in her eyes She
was then hustled into a cab, which
apparently had been waiting. She
knew no more she said. until she re-
gained consciousness at . o'clock at
night in a strange room. She recog-
nlzed rho anortmcnt ne belonging to
the Wellington hotel, she said, and
wrote a note to her friend. Miss Mary
Joyce She threw it over the tran
som. with a penciled note on the en-
velope asking some bell boy" to mail
it, The letter ran:
Mary will be killed at yelling
ton hotel. Come quick. Ella"
It was this note which set the po-
lice on the trail today. 1t reached
Miss joyce at Q a. m. i'm the office
where she is emploved as stenogra PHI
cr to p H. O'Donnen. attorney for
Miss Ginelcs Al the hotel the de-
tectives found that no ELLA Gingles''
was registered there
When her senseless form was dis
covered later tho nolica ,vpra notified