Fremont County, Iowa

The Ghost of The Hotel Del Coronado
"The True Story of Kate Morgan"

Written and copyright by Terry Girardot, 2001;
All rights reserved by Terry Girardot, published 2001, Dallas, TX; used with permission

Chapter Ten Not Yet Claimed

San Diego Union
Monday, December 5, 1892
Remains of the Coronado Suicide Still at the Morgue

No one has yet called at Johnson & Co.’s undertaking parlors to claim the body of “Mrs. Lottie A. Bernard.” Many curious people dropped in yesterday to look at the dead girl, among them being a number of ladies. A telegram received at the undertaker’s in the afternoon from J. P. Beach, president of the bank at Hamburg, Ia., replying to a request for a description of the dead woman’s alleged husband, stated that he had never met the man, but that he thought the name was John W. Bernard. A cousin of the suicide, who resides in Pasadena, was expected to arrive in the city on last night’s train to identify the body. The mystery which has surrounded the case for the last week will probably be cleared today.