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Tragedy Closes a Strange Love Af fair at Seattle. DOLLY THOUGHT DECEIVER A BOY Jealous of Nell Pickerell, Masque rading as a Man, a Waitress Kills Herself, Special to The Journal, Seattle, Wash., Dec. 80.—Jealous of Nell Pickerell's love, Dolly Quappe killed her self by swallowing the contents of a vial of carbolic acid. Death came two hours later. The girl was a waitress. The woman she loved masquerades in men's clothes, and won her heart in that guise. A strange resemblance to a faithless sweetheart caused the morbid passion. The discovery that her affection was unre quited and fear that the deceitful inamorata loved another girl led Dolly Quappe to end her life. The girl was remarkably pretty. She was a decided blonde, with regular fea tures, large blue eyes and a delicately molded figure. Her hair was golden and noticeable for its great length. Nell Pickerell is well known to the po lice in this city. Several times during the past two years she has been arrested. Her penchant for dressing in men's clothes has been the cause in almost every case. In this disguise, which she persists in adopting, she is remarkably handsome. When interrogated last eve ning at the morgue by Officer Cameron and Bert Butterworth, she wore a derby hat, a neat fitting suit of black, a raglan coat with a carnation in the buttonhole, and well polished shoes. From head to foot she was fastidiously clothed. Her rather long black hair parted in the mid dle and her slight features, not too feminine in cast, gave her the appearance of a fine-looking boy. In the guise of such she seems to have won the hearts of susceptible girls, just as she won that of the girl who committed suicide! Dolly Quappe came to Seattle from her home in Portland. Her real name was Martha Quappe. She had been in Seattle but two days when she met the Pickerell girl. Under the name of Harry Living stone, her invariable alias, the latter made love to the waitress. The false wooing was successful, “Livingstone’s’’ resem blance to a former fiance who had de serted her and married another girl was the cause assigned by the dead girl to her sister for the fascination. With acquaint ance the tie grew stronger. It soon came that the two were constantly in one an other’s company. They spent their eve nings together and even attended dances in one another's company. Nell Pickerell always went by the name of Harry Liv ingstone and always dressed as a man. At a dance in Ballard she was suspected of stealing an overcoat. The Quappe girl learned of this and wrote a letter warn ing “Harry Livingstone’ to dispose of the coat. The letter was lost on the street. It came into the possession of Officer Hubbard. Nell was arrested. At head quarters she told Jallet Corbett that Doily Quappe did not know her real sex, and laughed over the matter as a good joke. She was released, no complaint of theft being made against her. At about this time a quarrel came, Nell Pickerell has won other hearts. During the past two years she has been devoting her time and attention to Mabel Locke. Her latest victim heard of this and re proached her with it. She even went so far as to threaten Nell’s life, swearing that she would then kill herself. During a violent quarrel she tore from Nell’s watch chain a little charm on which was Mabel Locke’s picture. This led to an estrangement and was the indirect cause of yesterday's tragedy.
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Minneapolis journal
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Mon, Dec 30, 1901
Page 6
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