The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-11-18
DESPAIR AND DEATH.
A FIFTH AVENUE LOVE STORY Gull
MINATING IN SUICIDE.

NEY TO "A REALIZATION THAT HIS
Full MISTRESS HAD DONE DESPERATE
DEED.
The New York Sun of Thursday gives the |
following particulars of a Fifth avenue
tragedy which was outlined by telegraph:
The remains of "Mingee" Rosne, the girl
who shot herself in the 'fFifth Avenue
Building at 1Os Fifth avenue. on Tuesday
evening, lay last night In costly rosewood
coffin in the rooms of F. G. Senior, under
taker, at Sc Sixth avenue. Inc face was
composed and very beautiful. The coffin
plate of silver bore merly the name and date
of death, with the sge, 2l years. As far as
can be ascertained, Miss Roane came to New
York from Richmond, Va, about four years
ago, leaving two brothers in her native
town, and married sister in Baltimore.
Twelve months ago she met Mr.. Thomas b.
Whitney, wealthy and extensively kno"n
brewer, who does business at 675 Washing
ton street, and became attached to him. he
engaged handsome suite of
APARTMENTS IN THE 'sFIFra AVENUE BUILD
ING"
furnished them elegantly, and began to keep
house with Miss Rosne. They had one ser
want a colored woman, who describes their
life as having been entirely unruffled, each
seeming to be devoted to the other. Miss
Rosne, however, was undoubtedly quick
ouently upbraiding Mr.. Whitney tor his at
tention to other women. She seems, also, to
have distrusted herself, for on several occa-
siOns she begged the colored servant not TO
-lesve her alone. On Tuesday night Nh.
Whitney, having fallen asleep on the bed In
the center one of their spacious rooms, was
awakened by the report of pistol in the
adjoining room, and, hurrying in, he found
Miss Roane lying on the lounge, her baud
pressed to her breast, from which the blood
40 A w raw
the floor beside her. She tried to reply TO
his inquiries as to what had happened, but
was unable to speak. He called the servant
to watch her while he ran to the Filth
Avenue Hotel and summoned DIR. Anthony
Ruppaner, but when he returned to the
rooms with the physician the girl was dead
The servant said she died within few min
utes from the time he left her, after va1nly
struggling to speak. Yesterday the body
was removed to Sc Sixth avenue, and there
an investigation was made by Coroner Eick-
hoff last night.
HER PET NAME.
Mr.. whitney was deeply affected, and at
times could hardly control himself sui
ficiently to give his testimony intelligibly.
"Mingee," he explained, was merely pet
name, the young Southerner's real name be-
ing Elizabeth G. Rosne. On Tuesday evening
he was with her at $50 Fifth avenue, where
they dined at helf-past 6. About half an
hour before dinner she mentioned the name
of lady with whom she had once been on
terms of intimacy and became somewhat
excited, as she always did when this lady
was spoken of. He avoided the subject as
well as he could, and when they sat down
at the table she was little cold and reserved
toward him, but she did not seem to be
angry. They each drank three or four
glasses OF beer, which was much moro than
they usually drank. Mr.. Whit
ney was fatigued, and alter dinner he lay
down the sofa, and his companion
dispatched the cOlored girl to buy some
chestnuts. After the servant had gone out,
Mr.. Whitney went asleep. lie was aroused
by Miss Roane, or "Mingee,' as he always
called her, who put her arms around his
neck and said, "Tom, you don't care for me
any more" She was excited and distressed,
and he replied, 'MiDgee, Pm tired: don't
bother me now" He got up from the
lounge, and going into the other room lay
down on the bed and was soon asleep again.
Within few moments she awoke him
second time. She was more nervous and
disturbed than before, and said exctedly,
"Tom. if you don't get up aud talk to me
you'll regret it forever" These were the
last words the young woman ever spoke TO
him; the last, with the exception of a few
directions subsequently given to the
servants, that ever passed her lips. Mr..
Whitney sleepily replied
"oH! MINGEE, DON'T BOTHER ME,
was asleep again in few seconds. How
long he slept after this second awakening he
was unable to say. Probably it was not
more than half an hour. before he was
aroused, this time by no words of warning,
but by the tulfllment of her half-expressed
threat. A pistol fired in the adjoining room
startled him from his sleep, and springing
from the bed he rushed in. " Mingee"
Roane was lying on the lounge, the blood
flowing from wound in her breast. She
looked at him as he entered and struggled
hard to speak, but she could only pant and
gasp for breath. He ran to her side, crying,
"My God, Mingee. have you shot your
selt?" but still no answer from the dying
girl. He pulled her dress aside,
and saw the marks of powder
and blood on the left breast, and large,
CHASTITY bullet hole He rang the bell com
municating with the servants room over
head, and leaving the colored girl in charge,
he fastened TO the Fifth Avenue Hotel and
returned with DIR. Ruppaner. The physi-
clan felt the pulse, and dropping the lifeless
hand from his own said: ut is too late"
The girl bad been dead for some minutes.
Mr.. Whitney and DR.. Ruppsner went to-
gether to the Thirtieth street police station,
and related the occurrence to Captain Steers,
and that officer accompanied them to the
room In which the dead girl lay. al never
saw so lovely face as hers was immedi-
ately after death, said DIR. Ruppaner. ''She
had not suffered at all, and her features
were as composed and lifelike as though
she was asleep"
LOW SPIRITED.
After giving his testimony last night Mr..
Whitney broke down and sobbed aloud.
'She was frequently low spirited" he said,
sand i'll showed the slightest GOODNESS or
neglect toward her she burst into tears. On
the other hand, If spoke q kind word to
her she threw her arms around my neck
and kissed me. She often told me that IL
she lost my affection at any time she would
not allow herself to live. / do not believe
any two persons ever lived more happily to-
gether than we did, nor could there be a
stronger bond of affection than that which
bound u.s." The pistol with which Miss