Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-01
Fireman Fleets Suicide.

THE WOMAN IN THE CASE-sHE REAPPEARS AND
TELLS HER STORY TO STAR REPORTER.
The funeral of JAMES H. Fleet colored, the
member of Truck B company, who committed
suicide by taking laudanum last Saturday MORN
ing, will take place at o'clock this evening.
from his mothers house on I street. Three
men will be detailed from each engine company
as an escort for the remains Since Fleets death
gossip has been busy with stories con-
Meeting Fleet with the young daughter
OF H. Ford, secondhand furniture
dealer at No. 1T2S Pennsylvania avenue
story was published this morning that the girl
had disappeared from her home Saturday. and
had not been heard from since. A STAR reporter
investigated the matter to-day Mr.. Ford, the
father of the girl, stated that she had gone to
Alexandra on visit to her aunt and other
friends last Friday, and it appears had been ac-
companied there by Fleet and girl COMPANION
named Blakely; that her mother, learning that
She had been with Fleet, and hearing stories re-
garding her alleged disappearance this morning,
wet to Alexandria to get her. Mrs. Ford
returnn N IL the city with her daughter-a very
attractive loos::a9 roang girl with complexion
the reporter called the girl state.. taat when sne
left her home Friday to 60 to AleAs..a'' sue
stopped at Miss Blakely's house. From there
she was accompanied to Alexandria by Fleet and
Miss Blakely, though she protested against hav-
ing Fleet go with them, as there had already
that at Alexandria they visited friends that even
ing and Fleet and Miss Blakely missing the o'clk
train, they attended fair which was i'm progress
and that Fleet and Miss Blakely came home on
the midnight train. Fleet, she said, arranged
to return to Alexandria some evening this week
with his brother to give private musical enter
tainment. and said nothing that indicated his in
tentiOn to commit suicide. Miss Ford was i'm
great grief when the reporter saw her. Not
that care SO much for him." she explained.
but because my name is In the paper,
The girls name is Minzie Henrietta Ford,
and she Is but sixteen years OF age.
Fleet has been paying her considerable attcn-
ti0n and wanted to marry her. Mr.. Ford urged
as an Objection his previous marriage. and was
quite anxious to break off the intimacy between
believe that Fleet committed suicide: that he |
frequently complained of being nervous and un-
able to sleep. and she thinks he took the lauda-
mum to induce sleep.
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THE PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT issued to-day
shows reduction Of elC, ,oss. .02s q; cash in the
Treasury, <ss6 S7S. 1905; cash balance available
August !, e154 ,Ss7 s74eo; gold certificates out
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AusuMs 81 $50. so 566 % refunding certificates
onistsnolng, eotS. 80 elx Per cent bonds con-