Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-07-19

Terrible suicideLLife I'm New YOrk-Suicide Of
a Mistress-she Shoots Herself ON the Dsorstep
OF Her Betrayer.
New York, that city of great horrors, was again
the scene of terrible tradegy on last Friday
It appears that young woman, named Eleanor
A. Jones, called at the residence of DR.. Angus
Won Frech, and desired to see him. She was in
formed that she could not see him, but as she in
sisted upon entering, the door slammed in
her face. The visitor then took from her dress
pocket small single barreled pistol, placed the
muZzle to the centre of her breast and fred, the
ball passing into and lodging in the body She
was conveyed to Bellevue Hospital, but on reach
ing that institution, life was found to be extinct
The Tribune says:
The deceased claimed that she was legally mar
rled to the Doctor, as she could prove, and mat
they had lived together with Mrs. Zeiss As man
and wife. During that interval child was born
but lived only six weeks About q r,onth before
the morning on which she related the storv TO the
Sergeant, she stated that Won Frech informed her
that he had never procured o legal divorce from
his first wife, and that he was apprehensive that
sue might discover the TACT of his second marriage
and prosecute him. Therefore he Thought +
would be better Tor her (the deceased to 90 to
Boston, where she has father and sister resid
ing, and remain there until he could so arrange
matters here that she might return with safety to
himself. Believing all the statements she made
the proposed trip, and remained in Boston until
she received information from a sure source that
Won Frech was about to marry another woman,
to whom he had been very devoted during her
ABSENCE She at once came to this city, arriving
here on the same day on which she called at the
station house, but too late to prevent the mar
rage, which had already been consummated
Deceased was, as we have stated, native of
Boston, Massachusetts, but was educated and
passed the greater portion of her girlhood in Vr-
GINA. During the late war she was out spoken in
her admiration of the South, and was, on one or
two occasions, arrested by General T. @. Baker for
having furnished information of Importance, by
letter, to the Confederate authorities Her de-
pertinent was very lady-ike, and her conversation
was that OF person of culture and refinement
Her relations In Boston said to be quite
wealthy, and occupy good position in society,"
Since her departure with the Doctor she has been
boarding with Mrs. Margaret Kelly, at No. 429,
Second avenue.
The New York Herald says
Deceased was about Ave feet five inches in
height, with blue eyes, beautiful set of teeth,
and profuslon of dark brown hair She was
woman of remarkable conversational powers, fine
personal appearance and very fascinating in her
manners, she seems to have had no relatives or
friends willing to take charge of the remains for
lnterment, and it is probable that she will be bur
bly, poor and reduced to actual want is almost
certain 1t is alleged that for the past few days
deceased had been stopping at 224 Lexington
avenue, but she left nothing there but q few
worthless undergarments. No trunk or other val.
liable effects belonging to her could be found
DIR. August Won Frech is German physician of
good standing in the profession, He is abor.t for
ty years Of age, of sandy complexion, and has
light eyes. He is said to be quite well off He
emphatieally denies that he was ever married to
deceased but admits that he cohabited with her