Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
DEATHDATE CORRECT
Suspected Nurses Estimate
on Patients Lease of Life.
WOMAN ACCUSED OF THEFT
Detectives Investigating as to Her
Connection With Two Cases
of Fatal Illness.

BOSTON, March IAN inquiry is being
made to ascertain the exact cause of
death of certain patients of Miss Anne
lie Nj. Leonard, the nurse arrested Sat
urday on charge of stealing nearly
$1,000 worth of jewelry and other valu-
ables from Miss Mary !. Lockwood, n
wealthy woman, who died while Miss
Leonard was nursing her at the Hotel
Brunswick Feb. uary 10
Medical Examiner George +. Magrath
called unotficially into the investigation,
says that at present he has been unable
TO find any inconsistencies with the d.
asnosis Of DR.. arrar Cobb, the attend
ing physician, who gave the cause of
Miss Lockwood's Illness as neuritis and
gall stones. Col. William A CASTOR ex-
ecutor OF Miss I.otkwood's extensive es-
tate, is said to he satisfied that her
death was due to natural causes
Detectives Investigating.
1t was learned, however, that detec-
tives are busy in an effort to learn more
details concerning the demise of the ell
derby woman, and that inquiries are also
on foot with respect to the death OF
Amelie de Forest Lockwood, cousin of
MARY 81. lOtkWOOu. -Nlio dlSo uleu INC
Brunswick November >: last, and was
also nursed by Miss Leonard. She lacked
n few days of being seventy years oln
and Mary j. Lockwood was scventy-two
After Miss Leonard had attended Anne
lie Lockwood until her death she bor-
rowed SIS from Mary J. Lockwood on
the strength of her acquaintance. Later,
in December, Miss Leonard called on
Miss Lockwood at the Brunswick and
found her ill, although she was trying
keen about her SlItc of
which she had occupied thirty-fivc years
Miss Leonard told Miss Lockwood, 1t
is said, that she was much worse than
she supposed, and Miss Leonar said she
intended to call a doctor and stay there
and take care of her. The nurse put
Miss Lockwood to bed and telephoned
for DIR. Cobb Miss Leonard for a long
time refused to accept any assistance
she took a woman to act as night nurse.
The second nurse became i'll after two
days and had to leave. Then third
nurse. to help out at night, was en-
gagged, but Miss Leonard remained in per-
Sonal charge.
Excludes Patients Relatives. ,
Miss Leonard. it is now stated, prac-
tically isolated Miss Lockwood from her
relatives during her last Illness She told |
Mrs. w. A. CASTOR and De Forest Lock-
wood of the Pacific mills, who called
at the hotel to see their aged relative,
that DR.. Cobb had declared her condi- |
ton serious that not even relatives
could be admitted, and Miss Leonard told
DIR. Cobb that Miss Lockwood had said |
to her that she did not want to see any
of her relations. as they cared for her
only for her money.
A World reporter was told yesterday |
that little while before Mary j. Lock |
wood died one of her relatives wrote a |
letter expressing desire to call at the |
Hotel Brunswick to see her and that Miss |
Leonard wrote in reply the day before
Miss Lockwood died that it would be
useless as Miss Lockwood was very low
and could not live more than twenty
four hours.
DR.. Cobb had calculated that his pa