New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-21
WOMEN TIRED OF LIVING.

A German woman about htty years oIi, gray
boi,nd and somaW hat ntirm from age, Well 10 the
boIeI al No. 800 Bowery on Friday evening ana
pald half a dollar for room. She regl,teIei her-
self as NJ Hartman Inc noteI eieIh n1u ae,o 81
sen rer before nut he noticed that she was dressed
neatly and that her manners and speech were lazy
like she was assigned 10 a room on an upper hoOi
al the honse On the following morning she pald
for ne in advance IN order ihtt she nleh' 1c
c,r, II for The evening". She was not seen IN the
house AGAIN until Saturday ngnt about 0cioch
" hen she asked for the Key TO htr IooiH anu Il
,,itrher of water. About 10 a. III. yesterday the
oor Of escaping Gas was noticed III lhe nan Aedt
~ rom .,nd If was remembered that she had not
been seen since the previous evening
The door OF the room was IOcheu.
polcoman was summoned, ami the doOr was orokGh
open. Within tie room were eNluehceS M Ia ; 'n'
woman bad made deliberate attempt at suicide
She law m the bed insenSlble either from the effects
OF the gls which she had turned on or from PQisv4'
II Was Difficult to decide which an empty DottIo
which had contained laudanum lay ON tne moor.
Her dress had tOrn INTO snrc's ana stuffed INTO
fne cracks OF the door and windows OF the room
60 as 10 prevent any ventilation: HE woman Wls
carried IN ambulance to DeleV9e hosill',
whcr. II was said that she could not !lNe, III Was
believed that she had ho' gwen her real Haine az
4 homeless and destitute woman about fifty
wears Old who gave her name as Ellen McO nam,
Mas found sick in the street 10y policeman o1 the
Ninth Precinct on Wednesday night. Sne was sent
10 St NmcenVs Hospital and transferred
immediately totnc NeW-l ok Hospital. ii Vas us
covered tina the woman was suffering IRON an over
do.e nt onlIn and sine admitted that she ha0 taken
The poisor vi the intention of killing herself IN
formation was received AT 'he bureau 81 'i'dI
Statistics Yesterday tIdt she mao uleu III 'lic nus
mai A. wa, SAID that she was the same woman
VINO had been taken to other hospitals recently un-
der other names. suffering from lhe eu'c's "a tHr
OruC only 10 be turned mo he street AGAIN "Ael
euc ,ad recovered. About TWO Inontns ago sue was
L ken to the Presbyterian Hospital where IL Was
beiicvcu THAT sGc Was confirmed opum-catvi
She gave her name Caroline staples. Inc
l. c, of the Twenty third Precinct toOk lel 10 lie
same hospital on NE Zth INST, having louhu hei
sick under the cl,VIt :.lltoId station at one
luuurod-anG-sIXth-st.a and Iiurd-aYr. she was de-
lrlou, at the timc. but recONc.ed III day or TWO
Although she was recognized Dy the surg ohs' shc
said her name was Annie Cara, and she Claimed 10
have q HON IL Ninln-SJ.
Mr., Ann Dru,nm thity-fom 'ars GA attempt
cd to KIN herself IN her room 80. - LaIgLt-St.,
Yesterday, 10y hanging herself 10 the DoOt- iatch'
She MAS discovered by other inmates oi me mousse
and cut down LcioIc she had done herself serious
harm. 1t was sad that extreme poverty had
driven her insane.
PARKS AND OTHER RESORTS THRONGED.
In. clear. cool air aud the brilliant sunshine yes,
tcrlay attracted many thousand OF G,H} dressed
people INTO the streets and squares uptown ana III
10 Central PaTk. The utmost satisfaction was eX-
pressed oy nearly ali the Iaces ia tie ironSs ihat
Ner. noEmg ABOUT the WalNs OF sitting Oh the
benches. There was no desperate ian
ning Of red faces ana no collapsed.
Yincd locking persons were 20 Dc seen, as on the
hoi SUNDAYS Of Tie ma heated terms OF The sum
Irer The crowds IN the Park were unusually large
aud were stimulated by the mVlgoIsting ar INTO
more Than obituary YIYaCEY, while The children
frollcncd aud rOupcI about Their ldNOllc resorts IN
glerful abandonment. The lake WIS dotted with
loa.ed boats the Ranbe mad It's retiring admirers,
AID the Mali, with It's view OF the toun-
tam. lake ana Beivldere III one diIecloli
ard OF the whtc cathedral and brown church
iowcI, III the OIheI was tnrOnged with pedestrians
i'm holiday attire. The dry weather has bIonled lac
lawns ana brought many a shaPcly Tree To me ere
and Y. How Leaf Ihe brown leaves on the dry
gas and the br, enc, that bTOuhj with item liant
supgcs cOIang iTOsis made The day seem one
oi ne early fall IatDeI than OF tho OOgdals. The
crowds OF peOp.c Out-Ut-dOors seemed To he drawn
thher not only breathe the fresh ar, but also 10
catch the lasi gimpses of the dying summer.
The crow ds that went out of Tie city Oy all the
excursion routes were not driven away hy the dis
comfort of iie Ia the metropolis, out were entlccd
forth by the auty and freshness OF the blue sly
ana the cool Winds. AT Ilgh Bridge there were
extraordinary crowds Of pleasure-oeekcrs. They
draak beer IN paYllOns, and worked themselves
into pei siraIou spite OF the cOOiDess Oh the air
10y climbing the steep I SIDES. he streams OF peo-
Die That flowed across the bridge found that tne
sun had LUl lOs his power # hc were allowed To Use
IL GnAaupcred by either WIND or SHADE. HE me
view the base OF the staid-pipe across Wooded
bnls, broad field, and Odt upon thc blue waters Of
the Sound Was made especially attractive by the
great ccaTncss of The otIn sphere. Until late III the
evening the uvcT hIed with row bOtIs and
steacTs anu the different resorts about the bridge
were gay with Igts and the SOUNDS vi mlTtu.