Show TEACHER IsM Is-M YSTE R I 0 U SLY I Ir DOCTORS < OfF GE Police Working on Case of Anna Hill DR PAYNE IN CUSTODY Protests That Woman Died Suddenly in Convulsions Officials Believe Sho Died Under An aesthetic Results of Autopsy Lead I to Detention of Docto Mystery surrounds the death of Anna D 11111 a wellknown teacher of the Lowell school who died suddenly In the office of Dr E S Payne shortly before 1 oclock yesterday afternoon At 11 I oclock rhe wns seen on the treot apparently ap-parently onjoylni wood health Flltcen mlnutos before 1 oclock her lead body was found on a sofa In the doctors office by Detectives Chaso and Gillespie who had been summoned by = Dr Payne Tho Jfelcss form was entirely cold and It was apparent that the unfortunate young woman wo-man had been dead some minutes DR PAYNES STORY Dr Payne said she had died from convulsions con-vulsions lie said also that he was not In the office when she died having br oomo alarmed at her condition and gone In search of tho police Tho doctor also moisted that ho hod not seen the young woman Until a few moments before her sudden death She rushed < 1 Into his office whl h Is over tho A C Smith drug store 1J2 South Main alicoVand asked for hon and then sank helplcsif on the sofa so ho aid aidDOCTORS DOCTORS STORY DISCREDITED Dr Pan 5 story Is not given full credence cred-ence either by the police or tho county authorities who url making an Investigation Investiga-tion of tho case There arc a number of circumstances that tend to dlttprovc In tho minds of the officials the accuracy of his account of the affair The strongest circumstances cir-cumstances of that nature were developed last night at an autopsy conducted by County Physician Mayo assisted by Dr George T Udell and a corps of physicians WHAT1 AUTOPSY SHOWED It was learned that Miss JII11 was In a delicate condition and that death was perhaps duo to the administration of an anavsthutlc There was nothing to Indicate Indi-cate that jihe had suffered convulsions Tho blood was found to bo congested In places a condition that the doctors say would have been causud by the administering adminis-tering of chloroform PAYNE HELD BY POLICE However a closer examination of tho stomach will be mnde today when It Is hoped tho causq of death may bo definitely announced In the meantime Dr Payne Is being held In the detcctlcn room at tho police station with a policeman Inconstant In-constant attendance He denies being Inn In-n y why responsible for the young wo mans death and asserts that there are no grounds for hla detention The authorities hold an opposite view They are Inclined to believe death was brought on through anaesthetics given preparatory to a criminal operation MAN IN THE CASE Tho man In the case Is believed to be now In Missouri Suspicion points to an acquaintance of Miss Hill who WitS a na live of Missouri and whom oho had known for many years This man lived In Salt Lake recently and called upon Miss HIM frequently until about three weeks or a month ago U Is thought he has now left the city The following letter which WTJB addressed to Miss Hill but which ho never saw was opened after her death by Principal McKay of tho Lowell school Mr McKay Was naked to tuko charge of Miss 11111 s effects by Coroner Sommcr and opened tho loiter which appears to have an Important bearing on the case Tho letter In part follows THE LETTER Colony Mo Doc 16 02 Dear AnnaYours of the 9th Inst reed this lout ova 1 have read two letters Blnco I came down here I fear from what your las advisor said that ho and tho other fellow are merely nJmlng to scare you In order to rob you of moro money I shall watch tho malls anxiously until I hear what you Imo done Yea of course wo will hurry thing up aa much as pos Blblo In order to avoid tallc I will be ready by the 10th or lith of Jan Will that do you 13y all means do not tell Mattlo anything I want you to quit warning war-ning yourself sick Wo can marry and llvo things down Whats tho dlf I dont know JuaJ what you moan by being satleiled with Plutonlo love But if that the way yOu want It I will endeavor en-deavor to bo satisfied I should like to bo u beautiful clear crystallized lc iir out i nth t and no Well hollo Me This letter was postmarked Hut ledge Mo December Jlh and was received at tho Salt Iako postofflca at 90 Friday night It wns not delivered at Mlra Hills address until after she had left home about S30 > yesterday morning WENT OUT SHOPPING It was a taw minutes after 8 oclock yesterday morning when lIfP Hill left her home at Prof McKays residence saying she was going downtown to buy Christmas presents for relatives and friends Sha appeared to be In rather a cheerful mood and sold nothing that would Imply aha did not Intend returning for lunch She te known to havu gone to Bovoral stores tho last place she was seen being Auerbachs on Main street One of her fellowteachers at the Lowoll school saw her about 11 oclock walking north between First and Second South on Main Hlrcot The teacher says Miss 11 111 had ocvcrol packages in her hand and VOB walking with a firm step She la thought to have gone to the ofrlce of Dr Payne about that hour although tho doctor doc-tor says It wan aCtor the noon hour before she appeared there I TELLS HIS SIDE Dr Payne nays ho was sitting In his office shortly aCtor noon when ho young onlan appeared 1 at tho door and asked Is this the doctor ofrtco Ho says ho Informed her that It was and asked her vrbat oho wished She at t t F J JJ JJ i rr > d J b J 01 J f I tempte to reply but her voice choked up he aayn Ho thought she wanted the key to an anteroom and wont Into tho next room to secure the key When ho stepped back Into tho room he says she was In convulsions Ho assisted her to the DOra and gave her u stlmulantfor her heart Thon ho sav fiat her condition was a serious one und jfraUtcd 1 liejouid not savo her life He nafs 116 nUlotcrmlned to call the police Ho left lilf office locking tho door and vttlc tvrojblockH to the police station r TOOK OFFICERS OVER Upon reaching Uho pollro nlatlon Dr Payne told the Rfllc Sergeant that there was a strange young woman In a dying condition In hh kfflce Detectives Chase and GlllcBple anq Officer Barlow at once went with him to the place They found the office locked and when tho door was thrown open tho lifeless form of the young woman was revealed on tho sofa The officers believe she hud been < < dead some minutes NO EVIDENCE OP CONVULSIONS Her features Indicated that slip had died a peaceful death They were not drawn as In usually the case when death la brought on by convulsions In fact there was the semblance of a smile on her lips Her clothing was not In any way disarranged disar-ranged nor her hair disheveled Her np pcarnnco In every way was that of a person who had passed away quietly RUBBERS IN ILVLLWAY After Dr Payne had told his story of the death tho officers began a thorough Investigation of the office The first apparent ap-parent discrepancy In the doctor story of the womans hurried entrance to his office came when a pair of rubbers which flttod her feet were found Btqndlnp neatly aide by side I In tho hallway This In addition to thc appearance of the body caused the officers to request Dr Paynes company nt tho police Htatlon Mlaa Hills other effect consisted of a few packaKca a pocketbook containing several dollars Irr change and a small piece of candy which was stowed In apart a-part of nor pocketbook There was noth ing about her to how her Identity and It was nearly 2 oulpck before her name was learned She vas Identified by Attorney At-torney Will WanlefH arU tho body removed re-moved to Evansc undertaking establishment establish-ment THE AUTOPSY HELD The autopsy was hold In tho morgue at I Evanss last night The stomach waa removed and carefully oxomlnqd The only discovery mode aside from that of the young wornknn condition was cvl donco of congestion Indicating tho administering ad-ministering of an anaesthetic probably chloroform Tho stomach win bo carefully care-fully analyzed 1 today by County Physician Physi-cian Mayo The outcome of tho autopsy was regarded as oufflclcnt to warrant tho holding of Dr Payne pending further dc velo monta THEORY OF OFFICIALS Two of tho officials who have boon working on the cane say tho facts thus far developed tend to show that the ad mlnlKtrntlon of an anaesthetic caused Miss Hllla death theoRies the condition of tho stomach there uro othor things that strongly point to cuch a finding said one of tho ofll dais lant nIght I believe It Is more than probable that the young woman went to the ofrtco for tho purpose of hayIng hay-Ing a criminal oporatlpn performed SIlo wan given them anaesthetic and It was not noticed by whoever was attending her that the anaesthetic was affecting her heart until It wan too late Tho fact that respiration had fallqd was not no tlcrd until Joo late to remedy that condition con-dition Then of course It would not do to call tho police When a man finds hImself In a room with a dead woman ho naturally would bo at a Ions how to act It Is not Improbable that ho would lock tho door and notify the police that some ono was dying In his place PAYNES ADMISSIONS Dr Payne appeared extremely nervous and 111 at case when taken to tho police station Ho wan questioned closely by tho officers but clung to his original story of tho affair until post midnight Continued on Page C 1locfl i ii r J cIzO r 4 QjNJ I r I I l iIiss nna n rn TEACHER DIESa Continued from Page 1 when after a Ions nnd severe crossox arnlnutlon ho niodlllcd hlo first statement In several particulars The fact that tho body Hhowed boyond a doubt that Instruments Instru-ments had been used was employed with groat effect on tho doctor and ho finally admitted that he had engaged In several cases of like nature recently He salr he thoupht tho circumstances warranted this action and that ho did not call In another doctor bccnuno bo did not think It wan anybody elsos business Ho admitted ad-mitted that Miss Hill wan In his office about half un hour before she died but he stoutly denied that ho had given her an anaesthetic He said ho had given her heart stimulants at Intervals of about ten minutes and said ho bad given her IWo or six doacs She was still alive ho said when be left but her pulso could not be detected and ho knew It was ono o-no use to attempt to save her He said oho fell off tho sofa tbron or four times In her convulsion but her clothing did not indicate this and tho officials believe I she wan under tho influence of an anaes thetic when death came LEGAL PHASE OF IT Even conceding that It In I capable of proof that the young woman died from tho anaesthetic whllo submitting to a criminal operation j It would bu hard In tho opinion of several doctors to provo a case of homicide although a conviction of malpractice would be assured It often happens that patients die from the effects of an anaesthetic despite all that can bo done to save them and It Is frequently Impossible to detect the bad cffccts of tho anaesthetic until too late to do anything SKBTCH OF MISS HILL Miss Hill haD been employed ni 1 a teacher In the Salt Lake public schools for nearly seven years past Sho came I hero In 1SK from Novelty Mo where I abe has parents residing Sho was born at that place thirtytwo years ago and l belonged to an excellent family Since coming to Salt Laku she hUM gained a large circle of friends who will be deeply pained nt learning her sad death Sho vnu held In hlph esteem by her frIends here and was greatly liked bv the pupils and teachers at the Lowell school whore she taught the sIxth grade us well us at tho Washington school where oho taught the llrst few years of her residence resi-dence here Sho has no relatives living In the West other than Mrs McKay who In a third cousin Miss Hill made her home with Mrs McKay and lived there continually with the exception of last year when she resided at the home of Attorney Will Wanless on East First South street Sho npent last nummer visiting In Missouri returninghero for the opening of school In September Her parents wore notified litst night by telegraph of her sad death |