The Newtown bee., 1909-12-31
The Ncwtown Bee
 Newtown. Friday Dec 3i, 1909.
Reddins.
MISS CLEMENS DEAD IN BATH,

MISS CLEMENS DEAD IN BATH.
 The home Of Samuel L. Clemen
 lMark Twain), in Bedding, was sad
 dened Friday morning by a traged,
 that cost the life Of the famous hum
 orist's younger daughter, Miss Jear
 Clemens. The young woman was
 found by a maid, lying dead in hel
 bath tub in which she had drowned
 during period of uneonsciousness
 following an attack oI epilepsy. Miss
 Clemens, who was about 2S years, of
 age, had been secretary to her father
 since Mrs Isabelle Lyon-Ashoroft, the
 humorist's former social secretary,
 relinquished that position several
 months ago, and since the departure
 of her elder sister, Mrs 0ssip Gabrilo-
 witsch, to Europe, had been the only
 member of the family except Mir
 Clemens, residing in Bedding. Al-
 though grief-stricken, MT Clemens is-
 sued brief statement shortly before
 noon to-day, as follows: My daugh-
 ter. Jean Clemens, passed from this life suddenly this morning at half
 past seven o'clock. All the last half
 of her life she was an eplleptic but
 she grew better latterly. For the last
 two years. we considered her prac-
 tically well but she was not allowed
 to be entirely free. Her maid, who
 mas served us 2S years, was always
 with her when she went to New York
 on shopping excursions and such
 things. She had very few convul-
 sioDs in the last two years and those she had were not violent. At 7.30
 this morning a maid went to her
 room to see why she did not come to
 breakfast, and found her in her bath tub drowned. It means she had a convulsion and could not get out. She had been leading a very active life. She spent the greater part of her time looking after farm which l bought for her and she did much of my secretary work besides. Last night she and I chatted later than usual in the library and she told me all her plans about the housekeeping, for she. was also my housekeeper. l said everything was going so smooth ly that l thought I would make an- other trip to Bermuda in February and she sai1 put it off till March and she and her maid would go with me. She was all l had left, except Clara, I who married MT Gabrilowitsch late ly and has just arrived in Europe" Miss Clemens is believed to have been dead about an hour when her body | was discovered. She arose about | seven o'clock and went alone to the bath room adjoining her sleeping apartment. Half an hour later Miss Clemens maid went to the young dressing room to assist her in preparing her toilet. She failed to find her there and getting no re- ,ponse when she called to her, en- tered the bath room, where she found Ter lying in the bath tub, apparently The maid immediately summoned others in the house to her assistance and while efforts were be- ng made to revive Miss Clemens, a telephone message was dispatched to he home of Dr Ernest L. Smith, on aedding Ridge. Dr Smith drove to
 Stormfield" with all haste, reaching ( here within 15 minutes after he re- l eived the call. He saw at once that he young woman was apparently i eyond human aid, but made I eroic efforts to restore heart action y means of artificial respiration. For t early an hour the physician and | laids worked over the lifeless form, + nd then, reluctantly, admitted that leir task was hopeless. Dr Smith a lid he believed that Miss Clemens n ad been dead nearly an hour when \ e reached "Stormteld. Dr Smith, } medical examiner for the town of D edding gave certificate of acci- \ ental death. Miss Clemens had long cen subject to attacks of epilepsy, as d ldicated in the statement given out s y her father. It is the opinion of W le medical examiner that she had lch an attack immediately after en- is ring her bath and became uncon- D ious and while in that condition Ii as drowned in the partly filled tub.
 hen the news of Miss Clemens m cath became known throughout the ri 'untry, scores of messages of sym rt tiny and consolation were received tl
 "Stormfeld' py telephone and e legraph. Mir Clemens returned on
 onday from his winter vacation in si srmuda. The author complained of e, pain in his left breast. Since the yt ath of his close friend, Henry H. st ogers, the financier, MT Clemens has To It much depressed and the death of
 s daughter, his friends fear, will pl owe a serious shock to the aged re M;,o Too,, .C1apoonc uJac Onp