Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1898 — VERY PECULIAR CASE. [ARTICLE]

VERY PECULIAR CASE.

YOUNG WOMAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN CAMDEN, N. J. 1 Mysterious Note Pinned to Hor Coat— Evidently Under the Influence of Drugs—Son of George M. Pullman Marries a California Heiress. * i ( Found in a 1 \ The half-cohscious form of a rathet good-looking, fairly well-dressed young woman was found at 10 o’clock in the evening on the front stoop of William Johnson’s residence in Camden, N„ J. Mr. Johnson endeavored to question the young woman, but she was in such a stupor that she could give no satisfactory account of herself. Mr. Johnson finally summoned a policeman and the young woman was promptly rc-njoved to (Cooper hospital, where she soon relapsed into unconsciousness, and the physicians expressed the belief that she was suffering from the effects of some poisonous drug. The mystery of the young woman’s discovery is greatly deepened by a note which the police found pinned to her coat. This note, hinting at a dark crime, reads as follows: “Ha! ha! my beautiful Hyacinth, I have at last been avenged. You no more will cast your eyes in disgust at me and turn your head in scorn. You, who was so loving, kind and ’forgiving, are far too good to live, and at last I have put an end to your miserable life. On Dec. 11 I ruined her fair name and character which'she thought so much of. * ♦ * Take her to the almshouse, for she has no father nor mother, but I hardly think she will recover.” The mysterious stranger is about 23 years old, of light complexion, fair hair, and her clothing indicates some degree of refinement.. The police are sorely perplexed by the case and scarcely know what to think. Hall Officer Gravenor took charge of the strange note and will make strenuous efforts to unravel the mystery. China Wants an Tndemity. The boycott of the Chinese in Butte, Mont., by the labor organizations- will result in an important international question. Ex-United States Senator Wilbur F. Sanders, chief counsel for the Chinese Government, stated that it had been determined to make a demand on the United States Government for indemnity for the financial loss sustained by the Chinese by reason of the boycott.