The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-09
FAMILY PURSUED
BY STRANGE FATE
Only Survivor, Woman, Found
Guarding Body OF Dead


a mysterious nemesis. the Warren fam
iiy of Toledo Is nearing extinction
quarter or century ago the War
rens were considered among the
wcalthiest and most influential resi-
dents of the city. To-day there Is but
In an asylum for the Insane In Los
Angeles. Cal. And she Is not ex-
pected to live long
The indinB of the body Of Mary
warren. which had boon lirelcss for nj
least three weeks. and OF her sist,r
Nahet'e. guarding II. In a Los Angeles
apartment. is the last CHAPTER In Tho
mistoriuEcs oI the Warrens. Nnn.tt,
WAS hope!essly insane. ana apparently
,'au not eaten since She began her end
'ess Vigil over the corpse OF the Ias,
OF h.r relatives.
mo sisters. who left here less than
Two Years ago for Los Anuel.. ARID
inc poiice OF the California ci,v on.
~ rs greatest puzzles The officials
.nere hrst worked on the theory ih,t
the women had lost tn, FORUM In
"a" speculation and were too proud
- let their plight be known tn m,
molni' pFeiefrins To starSe 10 death I'm
oo"i raihef Than Haunt their
poverty before their friends
Father M.atcriousI, Di,nonc,r.,
HcMcNor local authoritlcs ~ ~.
"ee'c.h cis Won KING on another theory
ior an inquiry here revealed ma, ~.
"e'.c' me lone survivor. Is ,he!r.ss to
-" es.ate 81 more than 100000. inciud-
ing the warren place. OF Toledo farm.
IN the valley Of tho Maumee River ,r
No''h"estern ohio, plantations and
oeet sugar interests In California aud
picntations In the South
me INST mystery affecting tho War.
Fehs occurred In 1873. when Samuel
Warren. founder of the fortuna nnI
father OF the two girls disaup.,r.a
detectives searched the city, m. home
the ponds wells and clsterns of the
community, ana II nation wide INJURY
was made, but the retired n,apnf.c;,-.
| apparently had dropped from the world
Al leas, he was MAYER heard from Five
years later Mrs. Warren died suddenIy
PHYSICIANS asserting death was due 10
apopleNy.
samuel Warren had been one Of Tho
pioneer business men nud nnnuf,r,,,,-
ers Of Toledo. lie was born I'm Tncnm-
sen Mich In 1915 but came her. ,,n
orphan "hcn hc WAS eighteen years ola
ana worked In a livery stable ~, wa,
'hritty ana frugal and became owner
oi the barn Later he became promi-
nent as Il breeder OF fine horses H.
accumulated a competence. after orpar
ring II buggy and wagon factory here
re married Miss Mary Won Gorton. OF
Berne. Switzerland
Daughter Loses u~nson.
NJ
i"ct"d TN" reason or his younger dnurh.
ter Mary. and TITS mind blight ,vns
iEta.!ted by the mothers death Mary
tossing thv power OF speech For ,w.,
,E-hNe years the two sisters lived here
at the family home Miss Nunr,,n ro,,
Quoting all tn. business OF the esfato
:, h' WtS known rs a man -hat.r. and
II IL SAID would never consider mari
tnoh.' rs shv thought Al, men wer,.
aI!ef hcr money According To dis.
pa'ches from Los Angeles. NJ wn. NOT
Known there that MARI was tnsnp, A.
rar"nuy Nan,ttc. The elder. who T.,
about nifty years ola. took ADVANTAGE
81 IN" fact that her sister rcsclnbl.a
l"r' ana 1t times posed as herself ANA
eh'n again rs her sister
w zen warren disappeared his only
telntiv.s were his wife and t,yo cbil
iren. The wife also was without rcin.
u"cs, othcr than her two dau.-h,,rs
according To friends OF tn girls IN
Los angeles. Nancttc. after living WIN
n"r insane sister for more than tsyentt
nvc years. completely lost her reason
"!tE HE death of Mary. Nuncttc prob
ably would have died h.for. hcf,.
round had not the suspicious Of their
!andlady become aroused Tn. landIad,.
tfl.G 10 enter the room for several .la,..
oei"r" the police broke In. bu, each
voice which grew weaker at
each visit said:
away" 50
thi"roform IN Their Room
however. during the last thee dava
no answer came TO repeated knocks on
the ioor and finally the police were
called When they burst into the
room. they found Nancttc sitting on
the foot Of the bed, on which the body
OF her sister lay. Her eyes we're eIar-
ing With the unknowing stare of n
maniac. and she KEEP, pulling with her
left hand ut the thumb OF the right
she made no outcry.
In the room were SILK dresses, dia
monds and other raluables but no
food. Wealth. culture and refinement
were evidenced in the decoration
the clothing There also was a half
iilled bottle OF chlotoforrn on table
The cracks tn the windows ana doors
we're stuffed with rags. leading the
police 10 believe that Mary may have
committed suicide. and that Nanette
lost her reason before she followed
he. sisters action.
IL is believed that all tho time after
Mary's death, whether IT wns natural
or not. Nanctto had watched by the
bedside with nothing to eat save the
| Physicians say Mary must have been
dead AT least three weeks before her
body was found.
Nanette would not eat when food was
brought her, and she was fed by force
by tho matrons Later she was taken
to the Detention Hospital
Warren place. In Toledo, now tho
property of the lone member OF the
family. is occupied by b. H. Mace, OF
local automobile company.