The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-05
LILLY LENT AND HER LOVER.
THE 1TTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE,
AND WHIT PRECEDED II.
The Courtship Described by the Prisoner In
Raymond street Jaii-rreciseiy How the
Infatuated Couple Took Poison Together.

with laudanum on Saturday and Sunday. was
seen last evening by Sun reporter IN the Ray
mond street jail He is there to await trial on
tho charge Of abduction, which the girls father
Capt. Lent is to bring against him. Smith was
one and twenty years old last April, and he is n
very good-looking young fellow. In answer TO
the summons Of tho Warden he came out last
evening into the corridor and sat down with
tho reporter companonahy in q wndow-sil
Slight and shapely. he had made himself
comfortable by throwing off his coat waist
coat. and boots. and now appeared in
his stocking feet. a pair Of trousers which were
hung from his generous shoulders by red sus-
pcnders, n blue sailors shirt with something
meant to resemble diamond pin stuck in the
bosom. and red silk handkerchief wound
loosely around his white neck inside the collar.
and a modification Of the sort of hat which the
explorer Stanley wore in Central Africa set very
iauntlly on the back OF his head. His features
aro regular and pleasing; his forehead Is
smooth and white. with brown hair clustered
about II in n fashion to please Miss Lilly Lent.
or any other young woman with a correct eye;
his face warmly tintod. and innocent Of hair.
save for the space OF mcogro inch Just in
front Of each Of his ears. whore there is deli
cate brown growth; his mouth agreeable. his
| teeth regular. and his eyo si2cahlc. brown. and
lustrous. with soft shadows lurking therein.
lie said he felt better. but rather friendless.
and was disappointed in tho "old man"-hs
father-who he thought might at least have
dropped In with pager Of tobacco. Tho re-
porter said that he would send IN some tobacco.
and seeming TO feel grateful for this young
Smith. after slight urging, consented To nnrrQto
| minutely the rather startling methods which no
adopted 10 link the affections Of Miss Lilly Lont
forever. with his own. and TO- tel their true and
complete love story. on condition that It should
be written precisely as he would rehcarse 1t.
| Two weeks ago yesterday" said the young
seY "a conan an I no@9 no191is S '9nGr
Thought / might get the lob to paint them. Don't
be impatient for This. mind YOU. Is pnrt Of tic
| story / nskri Cant Icnt II hc Knew Iaask
! and he snid he knew him yery we'll So [ col
him 10 secure the iob Tor me. and It was ar.
agreed To- tate si n n dav Lc 10 furnish NH The
tp e, IT,, , v IN i'm 'i,' "a ~ vrs ~, m H. ',b.wb v ,,
| ami 1l"rei 10 tgEs sfj for tle work ifo snii
he would giye ti5' and aiter thiuking Il oyer
hsin me- and dre,y 20 "f "a" amount. Tho
same eytnine sent ,iie boy Oh an crrani to MY
sfnle t6@kethook and s5 Nv nunt eomnlnin
| eli. and / aereei to rav her t5 rs soon u- I
| ehnWiI rat tIe res, 81 mn money Then ro,k
whole as and pail tho man and The 10y and
the IS 10 my aunt. should Dc si0 or ;l2 in ar,
r,9TTsi, i,honch, 1woul1 aholotboio wont ,o
Lily GGiN and Naskdi her her aivcc. N and She thought
we0i ars ru orer ,e r, snSJ NJ ,e nnny at ed I -
her and take a furnished room in New Jersey.
wtb ,bn Man. NM sa IL, rsn1 10 ,,o AorwarJ
| found / eoulinit yet the rest Of the money. /
| couple of dnys SO | wrote TO her and told her
wo Should have 10 give up the plan Of going to
| New Jersey She wrote back. knowing | was
going 10 run away without finishing tie l0h ~
| Painting. ami asking tn sen me once before
went. / went 10 $50 her. ana met her on tho
| once mon, on Saturlay and q" to tno mntiuT..
" But Saturday II raincd. and she didn't come.
| WASH satisfied L. 70 away without seeing her
50 went down 10 my auut- In Humboldt Stroot
| and dropped her line. While was there her
mother sent hnck word IN answer 10 my letter
| that she would sooner cut Liliy's throat than let
| her marry me. She told me that Capt. Lent was
at homo and that didn't daro come g. tho
house. That mado me very miserable. de.
termined 10 poison myself got bq'ue Of
nqiangm fer T9ig9 paid ten cti centi knew i
avenue. ' and went over sierc. i hired a lille
| boy for five cents 70 go inside and say to
Lily that lady was waiting and wanted 10 see
ngiy as could be. Lilly said /. I've come 10
bid YOU good by. I'm, gong t. leave this, as
III go with you. DO you. know. have often
thought OF killing myself, too, / ihought |
then nobody would know anything about i til
| was dead. when II wouldn't do any harm
Lilly said |. III show YOU better way
| than that hcre il n bottle Of poison Give II
10 me. dear Ben she said. will take 1t for
| YOU No. said J., you are welcome 10 lust
| SO we walked away to Calvary Cemetery.
| looking for some woods. Any other cemetery
| would have done as well and we didn't 20 there
| because 1t was u cemetery but because there
were woods where we could hide. When we
half. perhaps little more. perhaps a little less.
| Then we lay down together. expecting to die.
| " waited for half an hour, but didn't feel any
| different 1t was raining, and saw that Lilly
| was getting wet through. asked her how she
| felt. She opened her eyes and said that she felt
| numb. | told her 1t was not the laudanum but
the damp. 1 told her would walk over and
| find house; took her hand and we walked
| two miles in the direction OF Btssville. Al last
| she said: on, Bon, I'm so tired and so sick
| We were on Hunters Point avenue. between
| Laurel II I'LL and Blssyille. and just ahead Of us
| was II house. ! told her we would 10 In and
ask for a room, but that would have 10 say we
were man and wife. She said she didn't care.
she was awtully sick when we got ~ me house,
and thought she was going two or three times.
| " In the morning the people down stairs sent
M some tea. Lilly drank II and II made her
SICK 80 that she yomited. Alter while told
her that | would go out and get some moro
laudanum. She didn't Ike T.. saying tnat suh
didn't want any more tod her tina, didn t
sick but that was determined not live. Then
shc s4ld tlhl She rpull never 70 nome agAll
ana thut she would drink the lUudAhum Wilh
mo, ,.. ,. - 49,,
/ wont oul 10 INC n'hTfhi lIus slpI', Hhl Eol
| another bOlte, ana brought IL Duck, ana we