Squatter sovereign., 1857-11-14

S1seuLAR SUICIDE OF You've La
| pY-CoNrL1crING TESTIMONY AT THE
CoRoNER's INaUEsr.-On Saturday, at
two. p. NJ, Coroner Kennedy was notified
to hold an inquest on the body OF young
woman found at about ten A. NJ, In the
pond at the foot Of Miller street. On ar
riving he found the corpse in The water at
the edge of the pond. 1t had been dis
covered by some boys at play. lying IN
about two fee. depth CT water, portion OF
the dress floating. A jury was summoned,
and two witnesses appeared. a German
lady and a young man, grocer, at zoo on
Carondelet avenue.
Both swore that they perfectly recog-
nized deceased as Bertha" by name,
knowing the features, style OF person.
dress, and the ring upon her fingers. She
had lived three months in room above
e the grocer's Store and below the room oil
$ the lady witness With her mad lived
n fboatman, now absent on the river, whose
: name they did not know, but whom they
" could recognize, and to whom she was not
IL married. On last Tuesday, IN his ab-
: sence. she had sold al her furniture very
5. cheaply for S26 and had lei;, since which
10 they knew nothing of her. They also
D. swore that the boatman alluded TO, had
he brought her with him from New Orleans
q The witnesses were cross-questloned as
to the clearness of their knowledge tha
% Deceased was. not marriedfSsd had beer
te brought as Stated, from = w.R- NICE BBis' "
te they replied with great
d. apparently with perfect certaIiisysS.
he They had scarcely concluded lheff tes
nd titnony, when physician, DR.. Lagare
In appeared, who at once, with great surprIs
at and regret, recognized the deceased as al
lal inmate.of the family of Mrs. Rosina My
ed ers, widow living on alley between Par
lte avenue and Duchouquetle street, abov
ib- Seventh. He disired that the body mig!
Instantly be taken tlIither. 1t was a.
ry.. cordingly coffined, and the jury proceede
oil with it 10 the place, named. Mrs. Aye
OF was at once overwhelmed with grief, re
lse ognizing deceased as Bertha Leite. age
be tNentv-four years, whom she had brougi
:. from New York city, and who had res
the ded with her constantly during the pa
. three months. The finger ring and ca
the rings taken from the body at the pond we
shown to Mrs Myers, which, she kne'
OIL and over which she wept airesh. D
i've then showed Bertha's trunk and minatu
the an accurate likeness-with letters fro
ltu- her parents in, Germany. Being swol
with three neighbors. she repeated I
en- statement, declaring that for the last ihr
his months deceased had lived and lodged u
ent der her roof, not being absent for pig
that The neighbors and little girl who W.
the much over the body, corroborated the sta
heu ment.
ell Mrs. Myers, insists that Bertha col
pre- not have been in New Orleans, and /
lree not been visited by and cannot have vi:
lent ed any lover within three months. Pr
rea- to .his period she resided in some priv;
the family to Mrs. NJ. unknown, but certain
the constantly In the city.
tion The first witnesses were again exa
zens ed, and repeated their declarations.
age ceased had resided al 265 Carondeiet a
re- nue., had cooked there, and had wash
erln. clothes there once. They had known
iges TO come ia a, u O'Clock at night.
two She had left Mrs. Meyers at 8 o'clt
mt on the previous evening. apparently
shall Tended at the Familiarity of gentlem;
the a neighbor-and had not returned
ms brought back dead.
The truth in this singular case doubt
tf;o,, is, that Bertha had formed an intlmi
with The boatman prior to the last tn
s;..a months, that he had hired the room
, Carondeiet avenue, where she visited
= re =. by day unsuspected at home. and by nj
unobseryed. The widow with a sn
p a. daughter were unlikely to detect lier L
for for ttrnal arrangements. But scarcely a
- thing can equal the astonishment and
! h;s credulisy of Mrs NJ. and her intimate.
49, the statements made. Her parents
,hsrs Germany are wealthy. and have frequ,
poll y tfansh'l'su - n,s. AZ. IN niohs ~,
cast and others enthusiastically affirm that
Con was vsry beautiful.
ately ihe jury iounu as .heil selu.o' r ',,a.
] for ing herself at the place and time above
reign dicalsd.-',f. LOUIS Deniocfnt.