New-York tribune., 1884-10-05
MISS CARPENTERS SUICIDE
THE MYSTERY FINALLY UNRAvELLED.

| DISPATCH FROM LIVERPOOL PROVES THAT sim
TmnEw HERSELF INTO Tur OCEAN.
The mystery surrounding tho disappearance of
Miss Sarah G. Carpenter. OF No. ~ Ifancock-st,.
Brooklyn, On Sept -. was solved Yesterday Clcw
after clcw had been carefully followed by her anx,
ious friends. with no result. aud at last they are
forced To believe that she has found q voluntary
grave beneath the waters Of the Atlantic Ocean.
The Ounard steamship Bothnia sailed for Qneens
town on September a. leaving her pier at o o'clock
Ten minutes before that hour visitors who had
come TO say goodbye TO friend, bound abroad
werc warned ashore, hawscrs were cast loose
and gangways drawn in The passenger
gangway was still against the vessels
side and the policeman who guards admission to 1t
stood with his arm Cutsrctchcd across the hand
rail. Superintendent John +. Watson was near
him. A young woman of medium height, wearing.
suit OF black or brown and a closc-itiing bonnet
ran hastily toward the gangway and pushed against
| the poceman's arm.
"Are you passenger ~ he asked quickly
"Yes, | am,7 she SAID firmly, but with
suppressed excitement He drew his arm
away and size fastened on board. The ganeplank
was drawn in and the Bothnia sailed.
II don't know whether she had any baggage or
not said superintendent Watson afterward. but
wonder that did not ask her. We always do
mind, because it is very common for passengers TO
be late and excited"
The policeman has no recollection Of the occur.
renee Miss Carpenter left home that morning early,
and the story of her disappearance was told IN the
papers the next day. An accurate description Gi
her made public, and on he second day her
father, Andrew +. Carpenter, received an anouy-
nous letter. signed An Englishman," in which
the incident above mentioned was rccied, together
with the statement that the young woman answer
ed fully to the description of his missing daughter
The arrival of the Bothnia at Queenstown
awaited with mingled feelings Of hope
and dread but meantime other search
was not abandoned. The police had been
informed, circulars describing Miss Carpenter and
offering $500 reward for Information about her
were distributed throughout the country and
catch the public eye Private detectives EN-.
pioyed. But no trace OF the missing woman conld
he found. Her mother. sank down under the
affection and the whole family were nearly pros
trated BY the shock.
When the iIolhnia arrived at Queenstown her
purser found dispatch awaiting hun. asking
about the young woman who had boarded the snip
at the last moment. On Friday night Mr.. Carpen.
ter received the following message IN reply;
Bothnia arrived p. IN. to-day. Mrs Blake, supposed
Carpenter, missed second day out
A message was at once sent to Liverpool,
to the agents of the line. requesting an
Investigation If the matter. and begging
description of Mrs. Blake. together with
that OF any parcels trinkets she may have had.
Yesterday morning the answer cane:
Gave nnme Mrs. John Blake Missed evening 18th.
No luggage but satchcl, IN which two letters. all
dressed Mrs. \. f. Carpenter the other Miss Consin.
Mrs A. +. Carpenter was the missing womaDs
| mother; Miss C0nklm her dearest friend. Theirs
| was no room for hope.
The satchel and letters will be returned as carly as
| possible. IiIl then nothing can be known OF ho
| reasons that induced Miss Carpenter 10 leave her
| home and epd her life in the sea- i IS said that
| She had an appointment with the family physician
| DR.. John &. schappe of No. 1853 Ioss-st., for I'D
O'Clock on tho morning of September -. To undergo
a painful operation from the mention Of which she
had often shrank. Miss COnkln Is u teacher in
Public school No. 3. She and Miss Carpenter nsed
10 ride to the park together and were often visitors
at each others houses Miss Conkling saw her
friend last tie day before she disappeared. and
found her in better spirits than she had been for
weeks previous.
Mrs. Carpenter Is in too low a con tl0n 10 be in-
formed of the fate of her daughter. since the dis.
appearance her life has been III the balance. and
she has required the most tender care All news
papers have been kept from her aud her inquiries
after her daughter have been met hopefully 10y tho
family.
Superintendent Watson has endeayored to sonl-
muncatc with the auouy gaous lotelwrlter. but up
to Yesterday had got no Jesponso - an advertise
ment inserted for his benef' The writing IL EN-
bled that of woman, and some think that th'
writer may have been Miss Carpenter herself.