The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-30
TITLED WOMAN DEAD ON MOOR
LADY MARJORIE ERSkINE VAS
MISSING 4 NONTH.
Large sum &C Money Sn bod, nt"uchet
No sign of Violence. No Reason for
Suicide Fart ef Buchan's Daughter
Tried NurSIng Broken EnEaGemrnt.

Tried Nursing HrOken EngaGement.
NPsciai CIb's Dsspafrh 10 Tup SrS
GLASGOW, Aug ~ The body nf a
woman on which there was n large sum
% money in notes and gold was found
| in remote spot 10 tho Scottish muurz
last Friday u was identified to-day a.
that II Lady Marj"ris Gladys Stuart
! Erskins. second daughter uf IN" Earl -
, Buchan
Lady Marjorie was a popular society
woman She was ~ wears ukl She had
been missing Tor a month TIL" cuudi-
tion u the body makes it difiicuh to dis
cover the caus. ~ her death There is
no evidence 81 foul play. however. and
u il b"li-vssl that sh. l,st her Way uu The
moors and dsl uG exposure
4 man who was S.srrhiug Tor white
heather found IN. body lying IN -"clud.Si
spot on the historic Rock ~ Craigillachir.
VIII q" cliFs rise above Avi"murc. I.pri
Carirosa. the brlthe~ II the deceased
lady. ld.ntit,d N" r-maius from III"
clothing
was recrIptet hill b.aring the name u
a hotel a; Kngu~si" Inquiries show hat
Lady Marjori.. accompanied 10y = maid
arrived AZ IN" hotel uu july ~ She left
the followiug day. requesting the manage
ment 10 ke-'p any iett"rs sent ~ her Their"
NJ Sh- intended ~, turing past IN few
DAYS
The nah stav"I ~ kiuEussi. y day
lsn hon areh I .sfg
w"r" -srt o. Lady L--,in. at th. KIN
guess" h tel ~ they remained nm
arswcr-i her fr"nd. and relatives bc-
cam" very ANXIOUS Hrd made dihgrnt
bu; unavailue inuuir-. about her Th-
maid. who has since RET rlrU'si - Is,udpu,
Is being sought - answer questions re-
Earlirg h"- u,i-tr---'. movements
A. present th"rr - n hing - indicate"
the cause - death IN. body = N very
bad condition. having apparently han ~
N" spot where ~ was found for a mouth
II WIS taken g. inverness where I,'-t-
morton ~ 10 H. h"ld
tn" p'ly" ar" worry r"tr""at They ar"
incline - accept the theory that death
was due I, rVl-,sur, nud priyatipr /,
- reported that ~" 1T he ankles Il the
deceased IN pws signs e injury
disappearance, Lady ErShin" was IN ~
callent health Her friends ar. not
awar- that she had any truubl. Likely to
lead her 10 commit suicide Murder
for IN. purpose Of robbery j. excluded.
ina-muuh a. a considerable sum - money
in tanknOtes and gold was found GA thu
body Thew were no signs - vipl..nc.
LADY Marjoria s'irpri.ad h"r ~ nd. IN
1904 by entering a hospital in London a. a
prohatiOn"r nur-" She was called Nurs'
Er-kin-, aud h-r Hi"ntlry was not generally
known Sh" wore IN. regulation uniform
ana was always pleasant Her r-s-pn
for leaving tn. institution after q short
cour-. was undrr-tuod - have. been IT,
cau-- h"T friends I'.'rsuad,-'i her
Whil,. sh. wa- a. tn hu-pItal Lady
Marjorie like other pTohaiiou-g-. rp-..
a. O'clock IA thu morning. dii night
duty and h.lp.-I to scrub thu WarI- Shr
NaS a general favorit-
Her engagement to Arthur BrDd-rIck
Youngest broth-'r 81 Niscount Middleton
wa- announced IA D,-,-mbnr IpOs thus
ca,I-.-i s-nsatIpn. Tn days later %
was stated that tn. marriage. would not
occur. although tn. dat. mad i--n iiN.d
and the hann- p'Illi-h.vI NJ reason was
given Tor tn. breaking IN ~ tn .ngag--
m..ni
In. coroner = jury has returned a verdict
Ascribing Lady Msriori.'s death to eN-
y,o-ur- and priNaiion. IN acrordano-' with
the Doctors assumption. has'.d Dn AN
Examination u the remains FRIENDS
ar. ~ VI. opinion that she either broke
or sprain.i an ankl. among the ro"k-
and was unable Ia walk
All chanC.s war- against her cries being
heard IN the Wild aud ramot" rrgion
whsr. her body was found The weather
was stormy early IA August and cold
enough ia the mountains To cause death
soon under aIch cir,-irn-
stances a. seprn IN have befallen Lady
Marjorie
LADY Marjori., GLADYS Stuart Er-kiu"
was born IN Isso Lord CArdro-- II her
only broi her bat ther" are an elder and
a younger sister both % whom ar" mar
RED Lady Muri-l the elder. il tn" wife
Of Strathavon Hsathcote- DrImmond-W vii
loughby. son ~ tn" Earl Of Ancas'"r
adv Evelyn married Walter Edward
Guinness. son Of Lord M-agh III"
B,,chan pronounced Buck-anl esrldom
dates hack to 1910 II II a Scotch peerage
The present Earl IL the fourteenth The
Countess. mother ~ Lady Marjorie. was
Roaalte louisa Sartoris The couple
w.r. married in 1870 The family seat
/. in Iinlith gowshira. Of which the Earl
IL q Deputy Lieutenant.
Kingusrie - in IN" Highlands II IL
in Inverness county on IN. Strathspey
D;,.,r in 4. worry Wild and lonely region