A man named Cale Parker was by the Cropsey’s house the night Nell disappeared, and claims to have seen a man and a woman of about the same height walking and another man a little way behind them. This could’ve been around the time of her disappearance, or it may not have been, but this could be an important part in the mystery. Ollie said Jim was awful acting the day before Carrie and Nell left for New York. He popped Ollie hard on the back saying how “nice” she was and then rubbed soot on her and Carrie’s face, and then ran out the back door. He came back around eight or eight-thirty, and Ollie said, “Jim was stiff and cold and gruff all night.” (pg.101; Simpson) Carrie finally said something to him, and they had a conversation about death. Nell said, “Well, I wouldn’t want to drown and have all my hair fall out of its crimps. I’d want to freeze—that’s about the easiest way to die.” (pg. 102; Simpson) Drowning may or may not have been the way Nell died. At about eleven o’ clock, Jim got up to leave and asked to see Nell outside for a minute. Around eleven-thirty, Jim met Len Owens on the street.
On December 27th, 1901, two fishermen found Nell Cropsey’s body face down in the river. Poor Ollie half blames herself for Nell’s death because she told Nellie she could go talk with Jim that night. “She seemed amazingly well preserved, only a bit swollen and her skin slightly tainted from so much time in the dark juniper water.” (pg. 111; Simpson) The autopsy was completed in the Cropsey’s barn behind the house.
https://www.dailyadvance.com/features/annual-ghost-walk-celebrates-story-nell-cropsey-708735
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