Evening star., 1928-03-21
WOMAN BELIEVED
DEAD MAY RECOVER
"LifeIess" Body Found in
Berth of New York Train
Taken to Morgue.

Pronounced dead and taken to the
District Morgue this morning an uni
Identified woman, found apparently
lifeleSs in her berth when her train
arrived here from New York. began
to breathe three hours after life was
considered extinct and at noon today
physicians were hopeful of saving her
life.
With two partially filled walls of
poison by her side she was discovered
by a porter at Gas o'clock as the train
approached the Union Station. A white
carnation, wrapped carefully in paraf-
I'm paper, was found in an envelope
on which she had printed Please bury
this with me-
DR.. Charles w. Harnsberger. one OF
the physicians for the Washington
Terminal Co. examined the woman and
pronounced her dead. stating that she
had been dead apparently for more
than an hour.
Body Fairly Rigid"
His tests indicated. he said, that there
was no heart action and the pulse had
ceased to beat. The body. he stated,
was fairly rigid" When the hearsc
from the District Morgue arrived. the
Body was covered with sheet and
placed in 1t, while w. w. Estes, assist
ant morguemaster. collected her bag
gage preparatory to taking 1t to the
Morgue
It was not until the body had been
removed from the vehicle and laid on a
table at the Morgue that Mr.. Estes and
w. NJ. Schoenberger. the morguemaster,
observed the telltale twitching of the
muscles that told them life was there.
They Immediately summoned the rescue
squad and physicians. and the patient
work OF forcing an occasional gasp 70
merge into the regular rhythm or nat
ural breathing was begun.
The woman was living at noon today
after members of the Fire Department
rescue squad and physicians had en-
gagged In resusitation work for three
hours. The rescue workers are eontinu-
ing their efforts, headed by DIR. j. RAM
sew Nevitt, District coroner. and DR..
]. w. Ballard OF the Casualty Hospital
staff. who arrived simultaneously with
the rescue squad.
Injections Are Given.
While the members OF the rescue
squad we're working with the artincial
respiration and the oxygen lnhalator.
DR.. Ballard gave her injections OF not
coffee and adrenalin. the latter stim-
ulant for the heart. No heart action
could be heard through the stetnescope,
but pulse movement was tet IN the
throat muscles, which, physicians said,
indicated that the woman still breatheS
Boarding q Pennsylvania train at
New York last night. the woman wrote
TWO letters and gave them TO the por-
ter. w Earle, who mailed them Just be-
fore the train pulled out at 1880
O'Clock. He did not notice their ad-
dresses She requested him to call her
at $50 o'clock and retired, When he
went To her berth 10 rouse her. rs the
train was, nearing Washington, he
found her fully clothed. except for her
shoes, and apparently dead.
A piece Of gau2e, soaked with chloro-
form, was clutched In her right hand
and two partially filled vials. their la
bells mutilated, lay by her side. IL. N
Senior the Pullman conductor, sum"
moned Dr. HarnSberger AS soon as the
train reached the station.
Few Clues 10 Identify.
Examination of her baggage failed to
reveal any clue which might lead 10
her Identification except Tor the name
of "A New York optician on a leather
eyegiass case. An eyeglass wiper bore
the name of another optician, All tags
had been taken from her clothing aud
her hat bore only the name OF the
maker.
A few envelopes and several sheets
OF cheap. white stationary similar 10
the paper on which she wrote the let
ters mailed by the porter. were found
In her bag A small suit case contain
ed new light blue silk dress and
dark dress The absence OF night
clothing and the usual complement Of
toilet articles indicated that she had
planned TO make her trip fatal one
before she purchased her ticket.
She WAS wearing n light dreas and
had a black coat, trimmed with a black
fur collar. II was Of good. but not
expensive material All Of her posses
sinns were chosen apparently With All
eye TO service, THE only note Of frlvoi~
ily was theater program, found In her
bag close 10 the earnatinn, Her purse
contained seven dollars IN bills and
two dollar and half gold piece IN a
little box.
In her bag was found a time table
Of the i4ong Island Railroad with the
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