New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-19
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
FOUR SUICIDES.

FOUR SUICIDES.
A LADY WELL KNOWN IN FASHIONABLE CIRCLES
DRows HERSELF IN CENTRAL PARk-riik DEATHS
OF MR.. soUrnwiCK AND Mr.. wALLERSrElN'
Michael Fitzgerald, Cent Tall'ark Doathah'
while rowing on the lake about p IN. on wednesday,
found in the water the body of woman whose ace hu
been bruised and laceraicd. She was handsomely
dressed IN silk. with straw hat and wore goiu ear
rings with pendants In her clothing was found hahu-
kerchief marked with the letter L." The body was
carried TO the Arsenal where Mr. Gillespie luehunou
II as the body OF Mrs Caroline Leroy, who hou lei her
home week before and had not been seen SINCE lne
,a,t f her disapp arance communicated to the Po-
lice Central Once at that time with request not 10
s1ye IL publicity famiy wished to keep the mat
ter as private rs possible
Mrs. Leroy The wife of Thomas otis Leroy, now
enpioyed in the Colwel Lead Company at No 63 Con-
tire st. ana foriy-one years OF The ineubers
and friends the family aud the officers at the M0rgue
were exceedingly retcent yesterday, in giving niorma-
ton concerning The suicide. 1t was stated however
that Mrs Leroy had been laborng under religious ma
mia for some time and that her mind had become de-
ranged Dir. Leroy formerly the principal partner
in 1rm Of TO. Leroy Co. who dealt IN lead pipe at
NO26l water-sL About and half ago he failed IN
business aud BIC lme unable Ia support his family
They had been living At No 100 Est ThirtIets. but
soon after Mr. Ieroys failure they broke up houSokeep-
Ing and Mrs Leroy with her three daughters went 10
live With father, Richard Smtb Clark wealthy anu
retired business man. living at No 400 f1ftGaNe' since
then MI Leroy has not lived his family but during
the past Summer he has been at the house oil
his cousin Mr. Stewart. in West Finy-tIst-st. 1t
was said Yesterday that and Mrs. Leroy had always
lived happily together aud that there ha never Detn
about D. nl Mrs. Leroy left her fathers house 10 MAKE
some calls a. she said and she was MOI Sc agn uhi
dren. usual saying that shr would not bc gone long
A. size did not return that evening her friends feared
that something uniOlese en- ha1 hapgeLd 10 Ger
apprchcnSlOns were confirm by unding tnat all hef
ieWelry WAS in her Jewel case Mrs Leroy Youngest
daughter about years anu tie eldest, ne
teen years old. nasfrcqueniy been seen III society duihg
Mr. Lroys brother found in the Office of the Leroy
- the FIRM Of which Mt Leroy Was formerly
tn head al No. POI Waterst 81 can't throw any light
upou Inc cause Of aGs Lrroy's suicide lac saId 1t
il supposed that she was nloraiy insane never
knew tial she was victim Of religious mama nave
known very httlc about her lately, fact ana haven't
seen us brother IN year. suppose that her husbands
financial troubles have preyed upon her mind 1t was
oimcr aston Mis-. Leroy went to Rocka@ay alone
with the intention, she aiterwarl ayOwcd OF destroy
iu l.. but that she had changed her mind after ar
Tue cody was removed Wednesday evening to Calvary
Church. AT tOuIthayc. and twenty hrstsi of winch
Mis-. Leroy had been "a nDer Tor many years There
BODY Yesterday morning. lie found no marks OF yiO-
lcDcc and said that there was 80 doubt tat oeath had
been caused u drowning There foundation, he
declared. for the sulpOSon that there had been foul
Play. Tine bruises aud scratches upon the lace, ne
thought were produced by wth the rocks of the
The body had prOb.by been IN The water three or
four days Decomposition mad set bur # confined
chiefly 20 the head The features were easily roeosnl1-
BILE The funeral viii be Led AT Calvary Churcn
At T. Ia to-Ay ana the lnteim VIII occur at me
Woodlawu Cemetery. MIS-. Leroy welEkboWu in
fashionable circles and Is said % have en- Ieualkl-
by handsome woman The eldest daughter, II is stated,
bears sulking resemblance to her mother.
SUICIDE MORPHINE.
Coroner Elnger was for, yesterday, to investi-
gate the death Julia johnson. twentysx. of No
2o4 West Thirty seventlst Mrs Johnsons husband de-
serted her nearly year ago. She earned conforta-
BILE support, hut was much addicted to the
use OF liquor. On Monday night she attacked
with dcliTum trcmenS. DR.. James i. BIdham
prescribed morphine for her. and Wednesday night
left her bottle OF the drug with directions 10 nave 1t
gwen 90 the patient regular intervals throughout the
night Early Yesterday morning WINE her atteIddnts
were temporarily absent from the room, Mrs Johnson
swallowed the entire contents She then staggered back
10 the bed and died IN few moments
DERANGED THROUGH DEsPONDENCY.
The body Of man, who committed suicide, found
late yesterday AFT rnoOu the woods Onc-hundred-
andtlrty nfth-si and ST. NIcholasave. Near the body
lay barroled pistol with which the had shot
himself through the head The body taken to the
Thirteh Precinct Police Station. 1t identified
as that Of George IItff German gardener until
Monday IN the employ or Henry Schneider. OF One
hundrt aud thirty -siXth-s ana Eigb-aVc Half was
thrl-sX years old. It.t year his wife died from the
bite Of pet and af has since shown symptoms OF
mental dcrdugeUeut IN iuCed by grief ana 0csp0ndenCy
lie l1sl alive about yesterday. when lie
acted in "a yery strange mtlher DnunG the past year
be has frequently threatened TO commit suicide.
MR.. soUTHwlCK's DEATH
The cause which led TO tie death Of George W. South
wick. who was discovered hanging to a hatchway rope
at his place Of business No 3s yeseyst has been
discovered His relatives think that as the rope was
AGark closet Mr.. SDULwick may have entang cd in
81 accidentally Mr. SOuihwick ranked very high in the
Masonic der. On sunday afternoon his funeral Will
take place probably al Masonic Temple Mr. Southwick
left two aud a daughter