The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-01
A DEAD SECRET.
Tragedy i'm a Broadway Board
ing House.
"A Beautiful and Bcc,mpli he'd Sou hern Lady
Shoots Herself in Fit of Hysteria-The
Starry Of Proud Woman's Struggle for
Eread-A Tale Of Domestic Trouble
Ending in Madness and Suicide

Starry Of Proud Woman's Struggle for
Bread-A Tale Of Domestic Trouble
Ending in Madness and Suicide.
How, In the midst OF everyday life, the ne thread
or existence Is suddenly and violently snapped po-
licemen. cDroncrs and reporters well know. tho
instantaneous breaHlng OF the golden bowl OF vitality
viii throw certain social corcrie into excltement
policemen, coroners ana reporters come along, and
the story Of tine death becomes pubic property.
Like pebble dropped into the ocean, 1t sinks away
our OF sight, leaving nothing but ripping widea-
ting circlc on the surface which the first remDle Of
tho smallest succeeding efrlces aud then II is
lost world But the tale OF life which
has gone down into the depths along with II, what
or thatf
YOUTH. BEAUTY, CULTURE
and accomplishments were the outward character
istics Of Fanny May Anderson u Southern married
lady OF twenty-tnrce years OF age, who four weeks
ago took up her abode in the gentee boarding house
kept BY Mrs. Graham at /, a., Broadway. she hired
q neat pari0r and bedroom on the third floor. facing
Broadway, ami struck ali the inmates OF the house
by her gentle re ring demeanor and ladylke bear
ing. She came from Baltimore, and In her few con.
versati0ns on domestic affairs re erred vaguely to
PAST or TROUBLE
and seemed to live In u present Of anxiety The ma
ture Of her difficulties never transpired; husband
In the South was referred and tn her CON-
munica ions ended. She exhibited all the fine quail
ties anu defects OF high southern training, the
OF reading the passion Tor the aesthetic and the hot,
gloomy. unbendinx pride They cultivate "nearts
that break but Will not 0end"-hearts little fitted
for the
ROUGH STRUGGLE OF EXISTENCE
when unexpected want or change OF for
tune brings them face to face with the
difficulty Of obtaining bread. In Mrs. Anderson's
case her embarrassl situation would seem to have
sprung from some DotIt Of whim principle, In
defence OF which she preferred to suffer and die
rather than yield. 1t was evident for time that
she was
{ ANXIOUS TO SUPPORT HERSELF
by her own exertions. She advertised fortnight
ago In tie HERALD for position In almost any
capacity, but Jailed meet VITA friendly response.
This preyed upon her sensitive mind and she became
nervous ana depressed, In various ways she tried
to turn her undouDted talents to account. and
bitter failure stu met her efforts. Among other
essays sho wrote number Of poems, mostly OF the
dreamy, morbid kind, rejecting her own mental
torture, but which were one w one
kE iECrED Al "rNSuI1ABLEo
DI the various papers 10 winch she sent them. Her
nervous irritaolity Increased. and . week ago she
was htrlcken down III severe nc or hysteria. MIR.
Edward GIeey, a mel chant o. this city anu author
OF s.Biue Jackets lived with his family in the
q, West Twenty -n,tn street, Mr.. Greeys family doc
tor was called IN. lie foundsner to be suffering
rlby from
AN ACUTE ATTACK OF MYSTERIES.
she gradually recovered, buS remained very much
Frustrated during he entire week. lie visited her
Severa. times and believed her 10 be mend.ng ra-
pidly. II had been her naDt 10 write great many
letters and she received many also. The al
vlsed her to retra.n from ali excitement; but she
continued her writing anu reading despite ms adj
monitions, YET she exieoriy bore her troubles with
SWEET COaPOoURE.
hnf nfnrla
ara, Mi. Greey offered To furnish Mrs. Anderson
with all the money she required, but she politely
notwithstanding she was believed TO be nearly, III
mot ea,te, out Of money Like most southern ladies
small and handsomely anlsned
TOILET PISTOL,
which, however, evoked no suspicion in the minds
OF tiiOse In The house.
About half-pa eleven O'Clock on Thursday night
Mrs. Anderson, wnie alone IN ner bedroom became
ware tlat sue about 10 have another Ut aud
fastened down 10 Tie room vi Mrs. Graham for
assistance. her laost serious Tears were realized,
as he alLCk severe, and air. Or sey being pre-
sent instantly SUNNI led Or. Seguin, WHO was
SPEEDILY IN ATTENDANCE
anu plescr peu .hs necessary remedy which was pro-
ing TO administer the medicine himself, renamed
~ the bedside, whittier sne had been removed
When the uoclor entered the room she was writning
IN spASn0uic agony, tut he Thought she exhibited
moie comnand Of VIII III her movements than when
under tne previous attack. While the messenger
was procuring the medicine the doctor against
the sal q lle door lnleuly
WATCH No DEAf TiFUL SUFFERER.
As Ia common with hystertc patents she several
Iimes tore her hands across her breast, about the
region Of the heart 1hls Ola not cause nm, there
fore, any suspicon as he had notc her doing tins
ON the former OCCASION OF her hysterc lit. he no
siced her make movement with her left hand, as
n feeling Tor her neart, and the next instant he
heard
THE REPORT OF PISTOL
proceed from under the bed clothes. The sufferers
hand relaxed, aud she fell back III The bed he
saw small pistol slipping rom ner grasp lie
rushed forward, turned down the clothes and saw
M hrS hnrr U f~sxtr
o wound under tns ,eit breast ana Just over the
heart. He calied assistance. and the menbers OF
the household rushed H. ihe unfortunate woman
did not utter q cry.
FEw DEEP aAsPs AND SHE WAS DEAD.
The Leading was covered with the poor creatures
blood. They tfeu up her law and smootned ner
limbs but did not close her eyes, thus lett the
body until the opening OF the Inquest yesterday.
rom on The Chamber OF deltn, where he
found Coroner keenan,. Dr. Beach and some
police oucers engaged In the investigation.
n was led into the led DOM, ana there as above
described, nabitcd la u blue morning wrapper.
her cnemlse lay inc mortal re.naIns VI The BIen-
toned southern lady OF The gay before, her SILVER
skin laced With her golden blood" single glance
took III NJ once iu.i, nue lace, lnarbled over wt
her DARK brown curliag mar was twined gracefully
IN, i.il bo.ll, loundeu Jaw; a brm chm, IKE
gnastily Out iron iong brown lasnes; snowy neck;
BLoOD-ENcRUsTED, GAPING WOUND
below Q beautifully moulded breast. and clotted
blood in huge pa.cnes upon me white chemise. ON
che table IN the si,tng room lay novel w,,h the
page doubled over where the uepar cd spirit had
LsT ag nlzed oven lines. It's title was Key TO
the dim reccsses OF ncr troubled soul.
1T WAS "IhE DEAD sEukET,r
Oy Wilkie Collins, King Oh the morbid in literature.
Dr. Seguin depused rs above related.
known she lett no letters explaining her reasons
for SO traQicaly terminating her existence, ana
for the presl nj 1t remains one Oi the
UNSOLtED svCAL ma sTERIES.
Yesterday morning MI. Crecy tele- raphed to Mr..
W. SteDbins, Orotner-in-iaw vi deceased living IN
Baltimore, announcing her tragic dea h. and re-
.Ceived ia reply despatch requesting hun to spare
no expense III regard to The funeral, and stating
that the family relatives would come by the first
Arain.
NO post mortem examination Ia thought necessary.
The arrival OF her relatives may throw some llgnt
upon the strange history VI her MOVIES, but there
II little doubt verdict OF suicide wne vi unso nd
mind will be rendered. The pistol ~ almost toy
an appearance, being single barrelled and not
tnan three inches long. An empty copper cartridge