Ingersol - Alice
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Monday 6 Feb 1893
A message was received from Chicago this morning announcing the death of Miss Alice Ingersol of this city, which occurred there yesterday. Miss Ingersol died from the results of an operation which was performed upon one of her eyes last Tuesday. The lid was discolored and desiring to have the matter remedied, Miss Ingersol had an operation performed. The exact particulars could not be ascertained this afternoon as the train upon which the body and relatives were to arrive was delayed by high water. Miss Ingersol has been conducted with Abe Levinson’s store for some time and was a most popular young lady. She was raised in this city and has a host of friends here who are greatly shocked to learn of her sad and sudden death.
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Tuesday 7 February 1893
The remains of the late Alice Ingersol arrived here yesterday evening in charge of her brother, John Ingersol, and her nephew, James Ingersol, and were taken to the home of her sister, Mrs. T. J. Sidner on East Market Street. The funeral will occur tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock conducted by Rev. T. D. Fyffe. The remains will be kept in a vault until more clement weather when the interment will occur at the family burying ground some eight miles from the city.
Miss Ingersol’s brother, who accompanied the remains here, feels the death of his sister deepely and expresses himself freely in condemnation of the Lincoln Park Sanitarium of Chicago, in which Miss Ingersol died. Against her brother’s advice she went to the Sanitarium to have a disfiguration removed from her face. This had been caused by a blood vessel rupturing when she was a mere child and was a source of considerable annoyance to her. The management of the Sanitarium advised her that the mark could be removed without danger and ...
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Saturday, 11 February 1893
Mr. J. B. Ingersol, of Chicago, father of the late Alice Ingersol, called at the office and made the following statement concerning the death of his daughter:
“It was a week ago Monday that I went with Alice to Lincoln Park Sanitarium to make arrangements for the operation. Dr. Pratt assured me that it was not at all dangerous but wanted Alice to remain there till Wednesday and get her system in condition before undergoing the ordeal. I promised to return on Wednesday and did so, but found that they had performed the operation on Tuesday. Alice was very pale and unable to talk. She had been under the influence of opiates four hours. I returned on Friday and she was much better. She said she was treated well, the nurses were kind and she was not suffering. I returned again on Sunday, arriving at half past eleven, but she had died a half hour before I arrived.
The doctor said he was surprised that she had died and did not know the cause unless it was peritonitis brought on by a cold. He was anxious for a post mortem and I finally consented, whereat he left the room singing, it seemed to me in a very cold hearted manner. I then saw the nurse who brought me a note from Alice to her sister. The nurse told me that Alice had given up hope of life early in the morning. She saw that her nails were purple and said, “I will leave at 11 o’clock,” at the same time expressing a desire to see me. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings but I do think that no one should go to that sanitarium for treatment unless accompanied by friends.”