The sun., 1870-12-29
THE xArDES Y1nBBUe,s SUICIDE.

The Miss with MANY Aliases whe Insured
her Trunk for 5000, ana then Set it on
Fire-Hanged to . Deor-Kneb-The Lett
ter Found In her Room.
Eliza n. Moffhtt alias Annie Morgan, alias
Minnie Morgan, alias Minnie Davies, who was ar
rested on Sunday on suspicen Of arson at "a West
Twenty ninth street, was taken trOm Jefferson Mar
fet on Tuesday evening and lodged At Headquar-
sers Yesterday morning the doormsn found the
door fast and paper placed against the keyhole At
this time Detective Doran passed. and remarked
that II wac time the woman wss up, when the door
man managed TO open the door partially. snd ssid,
" She's kneeiing sgsinst the door" Dorsn looked
In, and said. why, d---n IT, man, she's a-hsng-
mgr Both men went in snd found Mamie on her
knees, with end OF q tovei round her neck, and
the ether eRensd 10 the door-knob, which was not
more than three feet from me noor. Dorm imme-
datsly loosened the towel and Minnie feil forward.
shewas raised and restoratives were applied and.
with the exception OF red mark upon the neck, was
found that she was not much injured II is believed
that the whole thing ruse 10 attract sympathy.
The ollowiag letter Given cerbdtt,a d Hterdttnrl
was found in her cell, written in pencil on sheet OF
mourning paper:
To the hon. Fire Msrshe,. All have 20 ssy 8 mi.
an not guilty OF setting Ore to my Clothes At No w
Ss world Mr., H"sAdorn tod ne the day before he
nre that she had her thnss insured for Three thou
E,Ssy and SIp @ nos Ss
Eno1gh 70 DO such thing n the wind did not blow
he rrun n the andic then omeoody Else mutt have
tot them on nre for 1 am sure when went 70 bead
there vas no nre in the Room. VIII you aud Every
BODY Else Interested In th affair be 90 Kind ss 20 for.
s me ..pa sfs s a or don nd "a. s,: s SHV
letter that have lett for him aud ~ ne feels dposed
10 let you see II all wrGht. that Explanos Everthing
and Will you be 20 kind TO let him have my things
ana Pictures. lie has always been good and kind 70
me want him 70 have my things for love him bet
ust him " no requires u OF you, please send for n Y
things that In the cell 10 Jefferson Market and
let him have eyey thing am eorry for AL have ever
.ait or don and n you viii not forgive me, am shure
Mrs Hagadorn will see the day that she will be sorry
for the Unjust she has don SO has caueed TO
be locked up has caused me 70 esher Severely shS
would cause ne 10 suffer more n she could
must close by saying that will not be much longer
10 this word to suffer aud ask all 70 forgive me and
n,ld am a thousand times Oollgcd to you gentle
men for being KIND 10 this Evening IN giving me
such comfortable room. ! NAT Il much better than
'~' MINNIE DAVIS.
The letter TO the Mr.. - above alluded TO was
withheld from the reporters by the Fire Marshal.
a. was also the name Of the gentleman. A Sun
reoorter enjoyed interview witn tie young wo-
man. but she was not willing 10 say much, remark.
Ing that the ould reserve to herself the right 10
Keep silence when she pleased. When asked Why
she insured articles for Zoo which were scarcely
worth one-tenth the amount, she replied that IL
usual TO insure property for more than II th
she was then asked concerning the FIRE In BeeckeI
street In February 1862 but on that head she pre-
ferrod 70 remain silent.