Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21
ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN
 HISTORY
\ MYSTERIOUS FEMALE srRANeER%

l Many a. mysterious stranger in the early history of our country as a Re press upon it's story which aids in it's public. visited us and left an inrotnan- tic side. One such story comes out of Virginia. the unraveling of winch has betn frequently tried but without sue cess
 In St. Paurs churchysrd at rAlexan- 1 driA, is the grave of an unknown which has bafhed every effort to discover the | identity Of the occupant. On a marble i slab covering it is the inscription, ITO the Memory of a Stranger" Also carved upon the slab is the information that it
 was erected by her disconsolate hus- band, and it contains this verse of poet ry: How loved. how honored once avaiIs 1 the not.
 To whom related Or by whom begot ; 4 heap of dust alone remains of thee lis all thou are, and all the proud l > be"
 One theory as to who was the mvs- terious stranger buried in the unnamed 1 grave was that 1t might contain the re- mains of -Theodosia Burr, who had mar ried man who later became the Govern or of South Carolina, and she was sup | posed to have been lost at sea, while on a trip to visit her father, Aaron Burr. one time vice president of the United States.
 It was never known what became of Aaron Burr's daughter. and by some it was supposed that she had<been cap
 tured by pirates. Might it have been
 possible that one of the pirates had fall
 en in love with her. and when she died
 he put her into the Potomac to give her a respectable burial?
 El Another theory was that the "strang-
 CT" was Sarah Curran. the f1ancee of
 Robert Emmet, the Irish revolutionist and that the "affectionate husband' mentioned onl the stone was none other than Major Sturgeon, of the British navy
 whom that unhappy lady was forced tt marry after Emmet's untinely death Little credence. however. has been s1v
 en to either of these theories. All that is known of the incident 1, . that on the 18th of July. 1S16 a sInal , brig. which it reported was on it's wa, to the West Indies. sailed into the Pc ton1ac and there was sent ashore a sicl woman and her husband. When tn I invalid woman was carried from tn e boat to the nearby hotel she was heavil, r yelled. which fact attracted considerabl a attention as the weather was extreme
 ly warm
 The best room in the hotel was engag ed and the anxious husband hurried
 sent for a physician. The physicia : pledged his honor that he would reves nothing he would see CT learn regardin
 his patient. The physician always de
 elared that he had not see the lady q face He attended her for ten successiv s weeks, but he never found her unveilet
 No nurse was secured, but the husbAn
 watched by her bedside practical J. day and night unil her death. # The husband, in order that no or
 should see the face of his wife in deatl
 wth his own hands prepared the bod " for burial. After he attended the buris :. he ordered the monument, dictated tt inscription. and paid the bill and the
 disappeared.
 On the anniversary of the death 'r his beloved for dozen successive yea 1t the husband returned to place fires
 flowers upon her grave ard during the.
 visits he come secretly from Washing l" ton and returned to that city witho, " stopping at the tavern where his wi ee died, nor did he give anyone chance
 speak to him.
 At the end of dozen years he ey T. aently died, for his visits ceased and u ,o grave became neglected. The column ~ Of the monument toppled and rernetnt