The sun., 1910-03-23
DIED In CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
THEN HUSBAND VIOLENTLY
CLEARED THE ROOM or TT.


ported Better Just Before she Daed.
Mrs. John H. Vaughan. sister Of the
late Gen. George A. Custer. died yester-
day afternoon in her apartments At the
Hotel 0IendeniRG. at IOsd street and
Broadway. She was Christian Scientist
and would have no doctor. Coronsr
Holshanssr was notified by the hotel.
and DR.. 0'Hanlon Investigated and
finally issued the necessary certificate
DR.. O'HAnlon said that the wOman's
death seemed TO have been caused ny q
cancer Of the liver and that she probably
had been in an incurable condition for
some time. She suffered greatly. but
would permit no treatment except Chris
tiaa Science treatment.
Mrs. Maugham's illness dated back
several years. When it first became
acute her husband urged her 10 got q
physician. She did 80 and an exAmina-
tion was made The surgeons said that
an operation was necessary.
MS. MaughAn had been operated on
Two yeArs before for another trouble
and had become afraid Of ether. She
refused to have another operation and
soon afterward becaane a Christian Sol
enlist.
A. first her husband acquiesced in her
desire not to have further medical Ad-
vice. A she continued TO grow worse
he insisted that q doctor be called. but
she steadfastly refused. Others OF her
family came IN 90 protest that she was
shortening her life by not doing what
might be done. but without success.
Ssveral Christian Science healers
treated her. The last Of these vas
Wentworth Byron Winslow. winslow
lives at Ises Seventh avenue and has an
once at len West Forty second street.
In addition to winslow Mrs. Maughan
had been attended by several Christian
Science nurses In tho last few months.
A niece. Mrs. Mary Custer Elmer Of 7o2
Dyckman street. called with hsr husband
20 the hotel at . O'Clock yesterday after
noon and sought 60 sse Mrs. Vaughan.
Mr.. Vaughan was out and the nurass
refused Co allow her 60 enter her AEint's
sick room becanss. a. they said. MrA.
Vaughan was taking q tFeAtnieut.
The nurses said that she was getting along
nicely and vas Considerably better. ,Mr.
and Mrs- Elmsr said they would rsenFn
laasF. and dbd % &C O'Clock. Ths ms1rsss
al,1n in6efsned Mrs. Elmer that her aunt
wan aead. Ehe tired 20 fsnd out the time
~ asafh. but learned only that if was
sovsr half IN hour aaO." NJ. ManaAam
Eueurnpd abouf elHp N4mM eimq an Nm.
|SIaMna. 90 lsIIII - n l1l' |'',
wife, wss gaming and had lets the huisl
On that assurance.
Both Mrs. Elmer and Mr.. Vaughan
said that admission to the sick room had
been refused to them repeatedly in the
past few weeks on ons plea OF another
When Mr.. MauRhsm arriv ed at the
noJei after his wife'a death he demanded
AdEnittAnce One Of the nurses told him
that HE wife was dead. Mr.. Vaughan
stood a momsnt. stunned. and then bodily
pushed the nurses out Of the apartment
There were several Of thee minor prnct.
TONERS Of Christian science in the room
az the tim. Tn did not GO fast enough
for him and he threw the slowest Of them
through the doorway Books and pam
phlets which he found on a table in the
aick room he threw after them.
The manager of the hotel. Horace 4.
ChA~e. heard the rJHnp,As and went M
stairs Hs strove to calm ths husband.
and later said that he took bold OF
Maugham and held him for fear the latter
would leap from a window
Mrs. Finer SAID that she succeeded laAt
sunday in seeing her aunt after the second
attempt The latter was screaming with
pam and Mrs Elmer tried 20 get her Ia
allow the use even Of a hot water bottle
The nurses present said no. and Mrs
Vaughan said that the nurses orders
must be Obeyed People ia the hotel
said that ,he woman had screamed prac-
tically all Of the time since sunday. ~
great was her agony Nothing - known
q have b~sn done Co tighten her pam.
Mr. Vaughan was 40 R:ief strIcker
Ias, night that tho Coroner could ssaFcely
get hi- statement. He insisted that
somethinR ought 90 be done 60 the out
siders who had caused his wife so much
suffering and who. he insisted. through
their interference had hastened her death.
The body will be taken on Thursday
10 Monroe. Mich. Mrs. Vaughan was
81 years old Her maiden name was
Margaret Custer. she was born in Rum |
ley. Ohio. the daughter Of Emanuel Custer
and Maria Ward
She was married 20 Lieut.. James Cal |
houn of the United States Army In 1877 az |
Fort Lincoln. Neb. Lisut. Calhoun was |
In The commsnd under her brother. Cen !
Custer. a. the battle of the Little Big Horn |
and vas lCiiled With Gen. Custer and two |
other brothers Of hia wife and q nephew |
Of hers. Lieut.. Quite Reed. The last /,
named vas an eightsen-year-old yosIsh !
who had come West Visiting The Clusters |
and had enlisted that hs might make the /
with them.
eix years ago Lieut.. calhoun's widow !
met John II. MAughAm snd troy we're
married in Ontsora y. Y. Mr.. Vaughan |
n vice-presidenf Of the Ferguson Con- |
stFucticn Company and has other mining |
and building and real estate interests.