New-York tribune., 1922-12-02
oJiyia Stone
fakes Poison in
Broadway Hotel
..,.,a Acquitted Of Muir;
ee'''.a q Ellis C. Kinkead
s'' ccte d to Die
: 1ssiIeyue Physicians
s,b,. 10 End Her Life
v,..,,. Cincinnati Nurse :.
S','''a'p a1i Detectives for Inabil. !.
NJ u 70 ~siari Over Again

4, hsppiest SOh's" - .
-'' y ~. ,Ieh, months ago when
is a's !. 's Supreme Court. Brooklyn I,,
i'u =, = = - 4 re murder Of Ellis Guy
E':',' E's me- :. 70 end her life YESTERDAY
1''...l - .vsn,y grains Of Siehl0rid, :.
s' %. i her room at the Hotel
Z ',',.',.s,., s'r.T rhiry-sisth Street and
sn''..i. 4. R,ll.vus Hospital and Prob
s's : = y. n 4 bought that eight
ssly .'a .,.,..d ~, between the time wheh
h'ui' ..'. s',S ~ eorgoslv, poison and when
-. =. =, discovered.
SIC e.. T.. fragn.sp d conversation
~a;,s & n. usr,n hsd w''h 'he hotel
ta..,,.r T''.a =, ,u5 ss.sei'yss % was evi-
pA's'..-. 49,. 4, Secidcd to take Ter life
aeni iaA, Z. Ifssnd that could not start
psesuss .e.is.~ as she asserted IN tie
~ 49, ~. blowing her acquittai that
Sa eyai ;s,,s.,.si,S to DO.
'hs 81 - ID confident then that she
~ ~ \ reinstaed in her profession
.sr,rcd nurse. She believed that
isrr Logan. superintendent Of the
c.,,irasli General Hospital, of which
~ vas a graduate, had arranged u.
Tvo dsys later she learned that her
80 vss hopeless, that the ycroiet OF
n, suses, alumnae Of the hospital,
vss against her.
Blamed Nurse for Failure
afve.pagc letter addressed TO n.
Ds,rsn. reporter or "The Brooklyn
n,lr Eagle" Miss Stone blamed Misc
Lar fcr her failure TO make a liveli-
80 and also FOR her suicide. appor-
,,,ing responsibility right and left
ty ether phases Of her tragedy.
Laura r. Logan" she wrote. has
Sr,sn ne 20 suicide. ! sm hoping and
rsyine that these bichloridc OF mer-
az tablets will end my unhappy life.
4 shot Kinkead because nc took
fyay my daily bread.
sfred Tuitle and Dan Callahan, city
dstsctiyes Of Cincinnati, and Marie
c.rrley (vho vas married 70 Kinkead
d 1870 assisted Kinkead in the un-
nsay act and are therefore respon-
sbl. FOR Kinkead's death and my sui
~. want 10 be buried in Potter's
Fsld and want none Of my family 10
osject 70 u.
4 want my nurses certificate from
he Cincinnati hospital 20 be buried
Nth me-"
There was a postscript in which she
said she forgavc District Attorney
Clark for bis perjury" at her trial.
Ms Kinkead. 10 whom Miss Stone
referred 50 bitterly, was the indirect
cause h the tragedy, Miss Stone be-
ing spTarently driven almost insane BY
.4lo1sg when she vas married 20 Kin
head. Within three weeks Of Miss
stones seqoiital amid the cheers Of
The courtroom, Mrs. Kinkead was taken
70 an aylum violently insane.
The nurse raved with the blind fury
oi g maniac last night at every at
tempt 70 force upon her an antidote
for the poison she had taken. at every
MENTION of the hospital, al every sug-
gesi.on that there was hope Of saving
fsf life, For eight hours she had re-
hilned alone in the room with death
n most hidcous form. The sounds
u Broadway and, toward the end, the
glow of rs lights, filled the room, but
he woman suffered here fate with stoi-
e.sm worthy Of Daniel Boone, whom she
Gained as an ancestor.
Took No Baggage to Hotel.
Z vas about a. m. yesterday when
i't registered at the hotel. She had
Hiyse there on previous occasion for
stYea weeks, departing three weeks
e. Tbs time she had no baggage
WIN her, but IS she was known TO tho
engagement, no question was raised
VIA ne asked for a room.
vns was assigned TO her on the Sec
end moor overlooking Broadway. After
,sshg y she went cut. II is beblieved
ses nat she went out to buy the
yeh,onoe OF mercury tablets. Shs
"syht twenty-five five grain tablets.
one returned 10 the hotel about "a
n and vent straight to her room
4 hild was there. Miss Stone asked
~ y turn down tho covers OF the
s 9 a. 'he was going to lie down and
.s aol wish 10 be disturbed. In sub
.ll,iailon Of this statement, she be-
s.n 70 remove her waist.
.. me maid left the room and il is be-
~, .,,eo mat Mss Stone swallowed fouT
'o'ef immediately, II was not Until
p ~ tha, Dr. Carrie Brandenburg
t louss physieian at the Marlborough
.s @..ia groans while walking through a
s.so1o noor corridor. She traced tho
e.uno' 70 the room occupied by Miss
49, ~ os.as me door was not locked and
Vt pfandenburg saw that the woman
~. neNi death. She telephoned fol
~ ~ eao eggs to be brought TO. th'
t,., Nv a. once and then tried 70 get tho
60 tN woman into a state OF minl
~,.pt help. She told her that shs
h. ~ friend. that she had much Il
., That there was still hope oi
,,,.s aef life and she must follow in
,nons just as she used 70 do Will,
epurns Physicians Help
s..H H Stone went into paroxysms O
Il. ~. enc was not going TO be saved
s,se ,He. She intended TO die.
-,u. -, you are my friend, az you sa
,fe, she cried, you will LET m
H.. have nothing to live FOR.
80 80 no way 70 live. Ny living hs
~, .aken away from me. Evcrythin
f-,s vas dear 70 me has been take
ne. Let me die"
e9sht you sorry you killed Kin
h. asked DR.. Brandenburg. know
n, Aa' the man had been close I
~ fsft and that IL anything eoul
q NJ. hef mood II would be referenc
~ ! an not," screamed Miss Stone
a .o'ee IN my act. There are act
hr !, v sie ! regret, but in the shoot
"a "a hinkead | rejoice. I loved him
Wses' woman ever could have him.
Bn,sstn the milk and eggs came Dl
f,,,;..ssneurg. with the assistance o
TIA I. heevens, manager Of the hote'
skle,,~ leree them down Miss Stone
flsv;s She resisted them furiously
i1rs,t herself about the bed and claw
,snst- t.sking at them, all the tim
b, ,ss that she wished 70 die.
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