Washoe County NV Archives Obituaries.....Hickman, Gladys July 10, 1911
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Reno Evening Gazette July 12, 1911
Woman Died from Spinal Meningitis

Verdict Rendered by Coroner’s Jury

Body of Mrs. Leo Hickman Being Held Until Arrival of Mother From Ogden

The body of Mrs. Leo Hickman, also known as Gladys Sutherland, the young woman
who died of spinal meningitis in the city’s emergency hospital Monday night
after lying all day in a negro hovel in an alley running off of Lake street, has
been properly embalmed and is now lying in the morgue of the Perkins-Gulling
company.  A telegram was received late yesterday afternoon from Pasco,
Washington which reads: “Hold body until mother arrives from Ogden. (signed)
H.W. Hull.

Hull is a brother-in-law of Mrs. Leo Hickman and resides at Pasco, Washington,
as the telegram denotes.  Mrs. Mark Musgrove, mother of the dead girl, lives on
Lincoln avenue, Ogden and has already left Ogden for Reno to take charge of the
remains of her daughter.

An inquest was held over the remains of the young woman yesterday and the
testimony of the witnesses failed to develop anything of a mysterious or
sensational nature.  The coroner’s jury, after hearing the testimony of Dr.
Morrison, the autopsy physicians, and Mr. Mooser, who stated that the girl died
of spinal meningitis and the testimony of Fred Lee, the colored man who allowed
the girl to sleep in his place, together with the testimony of Chief of Police
John Hillhouse and others brought in a verdict that Mrs. Leo Hickman died from
spinal meningitis.  The contents of the girl’s stomach has been saved and will
be analyzed to discover whether or not the girl had taken any poison.  The
autopsy failed to reveal any trace of poison and so far the case has failed to
reveal anything of a very sensational or mysterious nature.  All that has been
shown is that an unfortunate girl, penniless and without a place to sleep or
eat, sought the shelter of a negro’s cabin, there was seized with spinal
meningitis and in a short time died.

Mark V. Musgrove, the former mining writer of Reno who is father of Mrs. Leo
Hickman, last night wired the Perkins-Gulling company from Kingman, Arizona,
telling the undertakers to arrange for the interment of his daughter’s body
here.  He referred the undertakers to Councilman F.L. White of Reno and
Supervisor E. L. Bingham of the Nevada insane asylum, and this afternoon they
will arrange for the funeral of the unfortunate girl.  It is quite probably that
the funeral will be held Friday morning unless the girl’s mother arrives in the
meantime and makes other arrangements.

This morning Chief of Police Hillhouse released the three negroes who were held
as witnesses in the matter of Mrs. Leo Hickman’s death.

This afternoon Perkins & Gulling, who have charge of the remains of Mrs.
Hickman, received a telegram from Mark W. Musgrove, father of the girl,
instructing them to hold the body until the arrival of Mrs. Musgrove, Saturday.
 Musgrove is at present at Kingman, Arizona.


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