The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-30
DIES Of OPERATION;
POLICE IN PURSUIT

CCOntinued from Psge One)
the immediate attention Of a physi-
clan.
When she died at Holy Cross hospital /
Mae Taylor was the patient of DR.. II. |
y. Mayo, who was summoned 10 her /
sick bed at the Luxor hotel in Main
street. three DAYS before her death. |
lie found the young woman in a dying
peritOnitis. He had her immediately
removed 10 the hospital and attempted
10 save her life, but without success.
Death Certificate.
The certificate of death OF the young
woman was returned to the city board
OF health, giving pelvic abscess as the
cause. Dr. Mayo stated yesterday aft
efnOCn that while a pelvic bscess was
the cause OF death. peritOnitis develop
ing from undetermined causes was the
contributing cause.
In your opinion did the peritOnitis
which caused the death of Mae Taylor,
result from a criminal operation DIR.
Mayo was asked.
That appears TO be the case. When
| was called to the Luxor hotel three
days before her death, Mae TAYLOR was
in very critical condition. IL was so
critical that J ordered that she be i'm
mediately sent 90 Holy Cross hospital
1t was "A matter of saving the young
Woman's life If possible and then
made no attempt TO learn how she mad
contracted the serious afflictiOn.'
Dr. IT, j. Curtis and DIR. A. McCur-
tain engaged in consultation yester-
day when both seemed 10 agree that
the peritOnitis which caused her death
had developed from unusual sources.
Both thought there should be an lnVes-
tigatiOn and that the young woman
should not be buried before authori-
ties have thoroughly established the
cause OF hex death.
Put ON Operating Table.
when the condition of the woman
became serious said DR. Curtis last
night, Il attempted TO learn from her
how she had contracted her trouble.
She was backward in telling me al first
and if my diagnosis of the case is right
IL may be that she did not tell all she
knew before she died. She informed
me that another doctor was the first
surgeon she had attended when her
condition became such as 10 require
physician.
'She described at length how she had
gone TO his office and related an eX-
perience on the operating table in an
office over the Luna theatre. She also
spoke of a man with whom she had
lived, but suddenly Sesmed 10 catch
herself and became cautious in the
manner in which she mentioned his
name"
In a rather thorough investigation l
found evidence which pointed TO Grim
inal operation. Her serious condition
another cause. but 80 per cent less prob
able than the former. / believe there
should be an autopsy.
Or. Robinson Talks.
When asked last night regarding
Miss Taylor, DR.. j. H Robinson pro-
fessed Ignorance Of the case. but found
the name Miss y. Smith" page l39 of
the ledger, in his day book. He turned
to this page. II gave the address OF
Miss Smith as the Bungalow hotel
1,-bera Miss TSvlor lived before moving
I TO the Luxor hotel The ledger gives a
record OF treatments 10 Miss Smith
from September % to September 27.
DIR. Robinson recalled the case and
made the following statement:
About September p the landlady
Of the Bungalow hotel summoned me
TO attend young woman who, she said,
WAS suffering terrible pains. l went
directly TO the hotel. The landlady in
formed me that she would pay all eX-
penses. l found the young woman in
bed. I gave her something TO reduce
the pain.
/ She was in my office once or twice. 1
did not operate upon her. Further
than that / know nothing OF her case,
or who she was
Held for Brothers.
Upon the death of Mae Taylor at
Holy Cross hospital, the O'Donnell I'm
I dertaking company was summoned 10
/ remove the body and prepare IL for
burial IT was apparent TO attendants
in the mOrtuary company that the
] young woman udu POanCcrt4
menr in feature and might have come
of good family.
The fact that no relatives called to
/ make funeral arrangements began to
/ arouse suspicion. Finally requests
were made from unknown people 10
I have the body shipped to Denver for
burial. But a sister Of the dead woman
was located in a little town in WiscOn-
sin and upon her advice the body is
being held until the arrival of tive
brothers OF the dead girl.
Miss TAYLOR had had a young woman
I associate in her company at odd peri
DDS. who is also said 10 have been seen
in the company Of Reagan when the
latter first met Miss Taylor. Yester-
day no one could recall her name, and
1 i'm fact none Of those who had been
acquainted could tell any more about
her than that she was pretty and ex-
/ ceedingly bright. Immediately after
the death OF Miss Taylor. she is said
to have disappeared, stating that she
was on her way TO Denver. The I'M
I known woman is said to have been
] MYSTERIOUS in her actions since the lat
ter part of September, when Miss Tay-
Tor became III.
Tries 10 Save Life.
Leaving the Bungalow hotel one
week before her death Miss Taylor
/ went TO the Luxor hotel According
to the landlady and clerks. she was
then strong enough 10 walk, but was
/ noticeably i'll Within two DAYS her
condition became so critical that II
was necessary 10 Immediately call a
sureeon DR. Mayo advised that she
H. cent "a Holv Cross hoe,5tal and