The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-23
WOMAN FALLS DEAD;
FORTUNE ON PERSON
Mrs. Annie Madden Vaughan Watson
Dies in New York street Car
Unexpectedly.
TREASURE sEwED IN GARMENTS
She Had $4,000 Worth of Jewciry
and More Than Twelve Thousand
lr,,lars In Cash in Lining OF Her
Corset Covers.

New York Sept. ga plainly
ore ssed middle-aged woman this af-
terEon at 3:15 O'Clock boarded a
sullthl cund Sixth Avenue ca at Forty
Second Street When the car reached
forward TO the floor and when she
forward to the flor and when she
was picked up when she was dead.
1t was not until an. hour later at
the West Thirtieth Street Police Sta
tiol:, after $4,000 worth of jeweirs
ard more than $4,000 in cash had
been removed from the lining OF her
corset. that her identity was revealed.
She was Mrs Annie Madden Vaughan
Watson, wife of Henry Winfield Wat
son, former Congressman from the
Eighth Pennsylvania District. whose
country estate, "Beechwood," is at
Langhorne, in Bucks County
Mrs Watson and her husband had
come to New York today, he on legal
business. and she to do some shopping.
She went shopping with a friend and
was In excellent spirits and apparent
good health when she said goodbye
to her friend in front of Stearns on
Forty-second Street to go meet her
husband. The first evidence that
she was not well after she boarded
the car was when she lurched into the
aisle as the car neared Fortieth Street
Women rushed to her assistance. The
car was stopped and Traffic Police
man Greene sent hurry call to the
New York Hospital. DR. Lille. who
arrived with the ambulance, pro-
nounced her dead, apparently from
heart failure, he said.
Her Husband Arrives
While the police were engaged in
counting the money and the jewelry
a small stout man walked into the
station house, accompanied by n well
dressed woman. Lieutenant Smith and
Acting Captain Mulligan were at the
desk The man was apparently much
agitated. Il beg your pardon" he be-
gan. Il am Henry w Watson, OF
Pennsylvania. This lady here put my
wife on the car to meet me at ais
O'Clock and | have not heard from her.
although | have been telephening ever
since trying to locate her. | would
like to ask your assistance"
Captain Mulligan undertook the
delicate task of telling the husband
that his wife was at that moment
lying on the stretcher in the rear.
When he was permitted to see the
face he almost collapsed. When he
was sufficiently recovered that ser
geant asked him II his wife was in
the habit of carrying large amounts
oi 1tpHtS ana JSNtiIN aTcui0 WIFI
hsr. He said that she sometimes
had 900 or $1,000 in bills sewed
in the lining of her garments. but
when he was informed that she had
$4,000 worth of jewelry and more
than $4,000 in cash on her person
at the time of her death he was
amazed, even in the midst of his sor-
row
In sharp contrast with the liberal
funds with which she was provided
was the condition of his own pocket
book. Mr.. Watson had to ask the
sergeant to cash check for him for
tSl0 to meet his immediate needs.
Fortune on Her Person.
The cash found upon the dead wo-
man totalled st2.1S6.s5; s11.600 was
in bills of 500 denomination and the
remainder in smaller bills and gold
pieces. each wrapped separately The
money was not all together. but the
neat crisp bills were contained in
double silk waterproof envelopes OF
about $1,000 each. The envelopes
bore the addres of the Land and Title
Trust Company, SIT Chestnut Street,
| Philadelphia.
The first indication of her identity
| was discovered in the name on sew
, eral railway passes. One was over
the Chesapeake Beach Railway made
out by the president to Mrs II. w.
Watson. This evidence was corrobo-
rated by cancelled checks for large