Mysterious circumstances surround the death of Annie Fields, colored, who was supposed to have died early Friday morning in a hack and upon whose body an autopsy will be made today at the morgue by Post-Mortem Physician Keirle.

 

The particulars of the woman's death are being kept secret by the police, who have been notified and are conducting an investigation in conjunction with Coroner Baldwin, of the Northwestern District.

 

Dr. Baldwin was not to be seen yesterday, and last night it was said at the house that he had gone to the Academy of Music. But efforts to locate him there proved of no avail. He had evidently not returned hom at 12.45 o'clock this morning, as vigorous ringing of his door bell and calls over the telephone elicited no response.

 

The facts in the case as far as they could be ascertained without the aid of the coroner and police, appear to be that the woman, who went by the name of Annie Fields and whose maiden name was Sewell, died early last Friday morning in a hack somewhere in Northwest Baltimore. The body was placed in a vault in Sharp Street Cemetery. Monday Assistant Health Commissioner C. H. Jones received a letter from a relative of the deceased intimating that the woman met with foul play. Dr. Jones referred the matter to Coroner Baldwin, who decided that a post-mortem was necessary.

 

The body will be taken from the vault today and removed to the morgue.