Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-24
Six Persons, Including Four
Women, a Doctor and a
Taxicab Driver, Positively
Identify Murdered Woman.
DR.. ROBERT NICHOLS
ASSURES IDENTIFICATION
Women, After Examining
Clothes on Corpse, Recog-
nize Them as Belonging to
Mrs. Leo FitzSimm0nS.

Shortly after l this morning the
body of the dead woman lying at
Gentleman's mortuary, and which
was found in Washington county
ravine Is miles north of Omaha,
was identified as that of Mrs Mablc
Fitzsimnons, wife of A. l. Fitz-
simmons, whose marital troubles
lately caused sensation in South
Side circles.
Immediately after the identihca-
ton, which was concluded about
lis, Sheriff Mike Clark, who had
KEEP. track of the nvestigation be-
ing pursued, and who the day be-
fore had sent deputy to Calhoun
in company with representative of
The Bee, was told of the final re-
suit, and arrived at the mortuary
shortly before 80 leaving imme-
diately for the residence of A. l..
Fitzsimmon's father, at 334 North
Forty-hrst street He. took two
deputy sheriffs along.
Identification Positive.
The identification of the dead
woman was as positive as words
could express, and was made by six
witnesses as follows:
Miss Ruby Wick, 712 North Six
teenth street.
Miss Mary Newman, 7l2' North
Sixteenth street.
Mrs. Mary Schoeffelin. Seven
teenth and Jackson streets.
Dr. Robert Nichols, 634 Brown
building.
Harvey Wolf, private detective.
Edward Burns, taxi driver for the
Yellow Taxicab company.
Facial Recognition First.
The identification was made in
every detail.
The facial recognition was made
the instant the eyes. of the various
witnesses fell upon the body of the
dead woman, and none had the
slightest hesitancy in stating that
it was the body of Mable Fitzsim-
mons, with the exception of Mrs.
Schoeffelin, who was inclined to be-
lieve that the dead woman was too
tall to be the Fitzsiinmons woman.
Details bf the clothes were identi-
fed by the women, all three unit
ing in declaring various articles of
clothing were recognized by them
beyond doubt as having belonged
to Mable Fitzsimmons.
Doctor Clinches Proof.
The testimony of DR.. Robert
Nichols, however, furnished the
clnching testimony. Immediately
after Mr.. Wolf had viewed the re-
mains and pronounced the body that
of the Fitzsimmons woman Mrs.
Wick and Miss Newman were tele-
phoned for and agreed to come.
On their. arrival DR.. Nichols was /,
informed of the discovery and asked
to make assurance doubly sure.
1t is but short time ago that the
doctor, who was personally we'll
acquainted with the Fitzsimmons
woman besides being her physician,
had treated her for a vital disease.
Two hypodermic injections had
been given her, and it was the iden-
>tihcation of these that appeared to
place the matter beyond all doubt.
That Is the Woman.
DR.. Nichols arrived in his car at
about midnight, coming within a
few minutes after being informed of
the developments in the case
Almost the>instant he walked into
the brightly lighted room where the
body lay he exclaimed:
That is the woman"
He then described to Undertaken
Gentleman where various marks
would be found, including a large
and unmistakable scar left by him
from an operation and the two hypo-
dermic needle marks.
These were found Immediately. =
No Possibility of Mistake.
There is absolutely no possibility
of mistake" said DR.. Nichols. The
presence of the scars, and diseased
portion of the body, which would
entirely escape the notice of the CAL
houn and other undertakers, would
prove this the body, without the ad-
ditional proof furnished by the other
witnesses and the fact that, in add;-
ton to the recognition, they immc-
diately identified various articles Of
clothing.
Remarked Three Weeks Ago.
The Fitzsimmons couple were re-
married three weeks ago in Kansas
City, according to the witnesses.
On returning to Omaha they
hTst>hved at the Sanford hotel for a
short time, then moved to the Har-.
ley hotel, and later went to the
Elms hotel at Nineteenth and Harx
ney streets. They had lived there
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