The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-08
HOW DID SHE DIE2
A Married Woman Found Hanging
in a Grape Arbor
HURRIED TO THE GRAVE.
The Suspicious Engenderrd by Her Husbands
Contradictory Statements.


sheet OF wafer On OF It's high surrounding hst by
courtesy called mountalns) place named alter The
lake, which consists principally OF single hotel, whore
weary fugees from New York and Brooklyn seek AR
and exercise. lew farm houses scattered among
The adjoining groves OF naples aud chestnuts CON-
picte ncghborhood Tho people there at this par
ticular time rcvellipg in tho effects oil genuine
sensation that cannot by aay possibility tall short OF
suicidc. and may even assume a higher grade OF
criminal interest For all this tho thanks OF the CON-
muni,y duo TO Mrs Charlotte Anne Luz and her
husband whose troubled existence Tor years past has
furnished ample toast 81 gossip.
Edward Lun was formerly a bookkeeper in u hard
ware III New York. but Tor failing health and
other he sought tho wholesome air OF Hopat-
cong where be pure piece Of land in 1866 and
has since resided
BEGISSISo.
His neighbors saw nothing improper in the fact
that he was widowsr and had Two sons living, but
when he brought to grace his rural home woman
whose legal husband known 10 DO living In New
York they saw amount OF impropriety in his
actions that made the mountains ring with righteous
reproach So. when a wedding chanced TO occur In
The neighborhood at which Mr. and Mrs. Luf were
present, they a cheap and fitting opportunity OF
investing in marriage certificate. and did SO accord
ingy. Thus In some degree they lcssencd the scan
dal concerning them, YET somehow their mar
"
crooked They took boarders during the summer
months, but while Mrs. Lan had the reputation OF
being an industrious housewife the head oil the family
counted only the profits OF the enterprise and made
Thorn 80 nearly equal the recspts that thor
guests became dissatisfied. II is furthcr set
down that Mr.. Lun permitted his wife to do all the
necessary of their establishment while he him.
sell would sleep the sunny hours away In boat or
hammock Mrs. Luh had two daughters by hor hrst
husband. who used TO visit her occasionally, ana TO-
ward whom their do faoto stcpatber said TO have
shown q singular aversion When, however, the girls
wcre married two good men and truo This hostility
grad uaIiy diminished. II revived again last spring.
when ono OF the visiting daughters (Mrs. Thorpe by
nance was told to leave the house. as Nj. Luf said
he 'had been robbed long enough"
Mothodism In \ most aggravated form breaks out
periodically In this part OF New Jersey and Mrs. Luf
received an attack that put her forever more At wo-
ful variance with her copscicnce. When nsighbor
was asked II Mrs. LuT connected with the
Church, he answered mechanically, eyes, once or
twice." Some OF her acquaintance agreed With her
husband In saying that Mrs. Luf was insane on re-
gious subjects for some time past, while othars de-
clare ii her mind was unbaIanced 1t was due TO
tho cal AMI dog life she led a. home. One or two
nsr @ .uS ns on. dy she ran about
mountain with a rope. supposed to have been pro-
cured for hanging purposes she went 70 newark
again the boy who drove her from the Drakesvie
station reports the Welcome she received from her
nation brought you back again ~
SUDDEN END.
Before noon On no nususs vo,ses ,na
Lus, entered excltedly the once Of the Lake View
mall had gone. When told !; had NO. sne threw down
IA letter addressed to "Nathau Lun, Hackettstown,
S.s;:n From the nervous appearanco Of tho Woman
Mr.. Williams was induced 10 inquire what was tho
me .rv,hing wrons M tho honse Yi' no onerIed
..non,. asI me -, she rencated In frightened way
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