Dallas Co., TX - Arabella Field ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Sadie Kennedy USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** Dallas Morning News 21 Nov 1885 page 8 FOUND A DEAD WOMAN A California Guest at an El Paso Hotel Expires in the Bathroom Special to the News: EL PASO, Nov. 20 - - The remains of a large lady were discovered in the bathroom on the second floor of the Grand Central Hotel this afternoon. She had evidently taken a bath and got out to dress when struck by death. A Coroner's jury was at once summoned. An investigation showed that deceased was named Miss Arabella Field and she was on her way from San Francisco to Washington D.C., via this point and New Orleans. Her residence is 572 Atlanta avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., as was shown by the marks on her clothing. She had $126.10 in her possession. One hundred and twenty dollars of the amount was in gold pieces and sewed in her corset. She also carried a fine gold watch and bore a letter of introduction from Stephens and Hughes, of Tucson, A. T., to a Dr. Hart. Miss Field registered here on the 15th inst. She was between 50 and 60 years of age and very large. The remains were placed in the hands of an undertaker to await instructions from relatives. She was badly decomposed and the Coroner's jury decided that death resulted from appoplexey. Title: Found a Dead Woman Date: 1885-11-21 Page 8