The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-05-18

point al death. n" ",c appears 10
know who did the cutting or shy il
vas done. though nm arrest was
made.
A Rich Lady's Suicide In . New
York Park.
N~~ Y"rk H-raLi-
! Two boatmen, Edward II. Brown
and Chas. Clarke. yesterday forenoon
called the attention Of officer Klein, of
the central park police. to what ap-
peared to he bundle III womans
clothing floating in the lake. near the
west drive. On a clos~r inspeciinn
the dark floating object turned nut
To he the drowned body Of q woman.
II vas towed ashore and removed to
the tsrsenai. Subsequent fiicer
HI in called nj the coron-r's Office
aud made the following "fiicia! State
ment Of the case to cproncr Herr
man
About 1890 this mnrning. while /
was on duty in central park. uer
the lake. on the west drive. from
Seventy eecond To Eighty fifth street.
nv attention was called to the Indy
Of a woman h"ating in the lake. The
bndy WAS brought ashore. |, appeared
To be that Of well-dressed woman.
having a gold watch aud silk guard.
the watch l~aring the initials -. H.
set in diamonds. On her finger she
wore plain gold ring; she also
had a purse which contained 30 cents.
white linen handkerchief also marked
IS. L." and black brooch. The
body Was placed in one of our
wagon. aud taken to the morgue.
made inquiries. but could no, fud no
one had seen deceased enter the
water. The body had not been in
the water aLy great length Of time.
The watch was a valuable gold
double case patent lever. which was
chased and inlaid with q diamond
!cluster-fif fifteen smaller diamonds
surrounding a large st"ne. All the
undertaking AMI packet handker.
chief were marked with the letters
''S. L." The wckei-b'ok was made
Of solid silver. with silk lining. and
had carved on the back her ini,is:..
She alan wore black cameo brooch.
with a l,as relief bust Of Ceres. BE-
yond these general means of indIca-
ton no other clews were ob,ainablc
nv the officials who took charge If
the budy al the arsenal and sul.se-
quently at the morIue. The woman's
gaiteIs, hoSever. which had escaped
examination. gave her name. They
were double-s1led elastic gates. evi.
IDENTIFY made mere for comfort than
ior fashion. When the upper was
turned down near the top 1T the
elastic the name -. Levin" Was
found traced in ink ON the lining.
This discovery WAS made known To tie
officials, and her relatives we're NJ.
praised of the wonans fate. A sister
called subsequently at the c"roners
Office. From her the little that could
I've learned of the lead woman was
obtained. Mrs Saretia Levin wa. q
wealthy widow. Her husband had
been a tobacco manufacture With
place ii business Of Broadway. At
the time oi his death he settled nj,
his property ON his wife. aud she had
resided ever since at No. 344 West
Fifty.6fth street. OF late years she
had been in failing health. DR..
Sesuine, of M. II West Twentieth
street, had been treating her fsT a
nervous complaint which produced
Authorizations. Although mt con-
sider-d altogether insane fears We're
entertained that her reason would in
time bec"me permanently impaired.
She left her house on "Wednesday
evening in the company OF a lady |
friend. saying she intended taking a !
walk in the central park for her
health. Late in the evening the |
friend returned and reported that she |
had lost Mrs. Levin while they were
promenading in crowded portion Of
the park. The supposition is that
the deceased watched her opportunity
to slip away frnm her companion.
One Of the park Policemen repo,ied
that he saw woman answering in
every particular the description If the
dead woman enter the park at .
o'ciock Yesterday morning. The watch
found "n the WOMAN stopped ut four
minutes la ten. As seer ia the
the face was that %! refined
elderly lady The mise was prom
linen, but we'll shaped. and OF the !
Hebrew type. Her eyes were dark
brown. She had a pEnfu~i"n IT iron
gray hair ani her hSVH> were small
and we'll .haei.