Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-04-11 | Page 3 | 'Salvation Nell' in Real Life Answers Death

'Salvation Nell1 In Real Life Answers Death Converted Former Denizen of New York Chinatown Tells Story of Life at Salvation ! Army Meeting; Dies NEW T'RK. April U- "Thlna-ton "Thlna-ton Grtl," one of this clty a underworld un-derworld figureo until" eleven years ago, when she became a Salvation Army worker, la dead. One bllszardty night In 1911 "Gertie, "Ger-tie, weary of her miserable exist ence, purchased a vial of poison and sauntered down tho Bowery toward her quarters. She stopped at Pell street1, an entrance en-trance to Chinatown, where a BaJ-vmtlon BaJ-vmtlon Army band was conducting a meeting. She threw the vial. In the snow and followed them. And so Gertie, pick Docket and concert con-cert hall woman, was converted. tfunday ahe conducted a meeting on , th Kowery. told the story of her . life and converted several human i derelicts. j Sunday night she died of heart disease. j