New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-26
THE SUICIDE IDENTIFIED.
SOLVING THE GRAND UNION MYSTERY
vo,,xe WOMAN HATTIE b. BEDIENT' OF HoRNDf
,vcocN,zrp BY HER FATHER


-RycoGNIzED BY HER FATHER.
~, ,,.-;',,o mas again visited yesterday by
hundreds Of people VINO wen. Pp =,
curiosity to get look AZ 'uo A.,
the dead woman, who shot hersen 'niouSn $50 w
hart AZ the Grand Union Hotel on FRIDAY.
Irv ono had some wellconcocted excuse or story OF
missing friend but Keeper White was better prepared
for the rush of the public than on the previous days
who came had to content themselves WIN
view of photograph OF the gri "n'ee'
they were particularly urgent In their demand 10 see hc
Three offers received to pay for the expense Oh
decent burial lady said that she Mrs Coonei
H. Judge OF the st. Cloud Hotel, asKeo u
be permitted to defray tho funeral expenses
Manager Garrison of the Grand Union HOTEL onereu "
nav the frsaeral expenses should the dead woman DO
hurried a Miss Eleanor Fletcher desired in the laters
plot in Greenwood.
Early day a cab was driven to the Morsue anu
lady left sope white and heotropes to 90 paceu
on the body lay in the icebox The MOWERS "ero
twined by Mr. White and Joe Fogarty his assistant
about dead face which looked fresh and blooming
as II in life.
At noon telegram signed Willis Williams was re-
ceiyed at the Morguc from Corning 1t requested tnaV
the body be held to await further tdings from Mr. VII"
tams as it was thought to be the body Of Hattie b.
Bedent who disappeared from her home near corning
on Wednesday and could not be found
Coroner MESSENGER received letter during the DAY
from Daubury, Conn, signed as. S. W." 1t read as
follows:
Conn and have residents there for thirty years 10
my knowledge. One daughter was reported 70 nave
inquiry Of Danbury officials might throw some light ON
the question of the Grand Union young woman was
Keeper White also got a letter from Postmaster Clark
of Windsor Conn., asking for photograph OF the ueau
woman aud saying that the printed description tailed
with that of a of his, who strangely miss
ing"
Shortly after dark we-dressed man. who said that
he was Ellis A. Campbell, Of Painfeld' called ana
fln hnlU
was shown him studied the features long time and
then calculated: "Yes, that's susan.-susan steers
She was q servant my family long time and know
her well She married machinist here In New-hofK
and when found out that he had been already mar
ried she came back her home where her father and
mother abused her She left Wednesday and has net
been seen since but letter from her to her mother
stated that she was going to kill herself Yes That's
Susan Steers"
pMr Campbell then went away, promising TO return to-
day and bring Susan's sisters to identify the body
There was stir among the Officials about the
gloomy old hospital when few minutes before mid
night plainly dressed, honestlookng farmer, about
sixty, with a heavy iron-gray mustaehe, walked into
tho Office and said that his name Bedient and that
he wanted to the body In the Morgue. IL
REQUIRED only a single look at the features OF
Mr. Bedent who had the body to recognize
the relationship The crowd of reporters and hospital
orderes fell back respectfully the old farmer ad
yanced to the desk. He did not say
anything and Captain DOnayan, who was In charge OF
the ofce asked him kindly If he relative OF the
girl.
ayes" he said. at believe that am her father"
"wculd you know her picture 2"
ayes"
The captain pulled his pocket the photograph and
gave 1t TO Mr. Bedient. 1t was face downward and he
quivered with anxiety he took IL and turned
the face up to the light single glance showed
him that the face that OF his daughter
and he broke into sobs uttering only the
single word Hattie" while he pressed the picture to
his face. He would not look at 1t a second time.
Accompanying Mr.. Bedient Henry ii. Pratt, OF
The Corning Journal He touched the old man on the
arm after little while aud said
"Will you 60 to the MorgueP
Mr. Bedient simply responded Yes" and moved me-
ehanlcally in the direction Of the Morgue The
big room where the body lay was dark
and the quantity Of ice lying around made
the atmosphere chilly When light was struck
Captain Donavan led Mr. Bedlent up to where
his daughter lay with her face surrounded by
the fresh flowers and the white muslin trimmings OF the
coffin. The upturned face seemed like that OF one
asleep OF in death. The grefstrcken iather
walked up to the body and bending down, pressed his
lips to the cold lips dead child and sobbed and
moaned between his sobs:
80 Hattie my poor Hattiel Who would have thought
that you would have come TO this g.
The group that witnessed distressing scene invol-
unfairly fell back and left the father with his child
"Oh GodI Oh God p he sobbed. " What will your
poor mother do when she hears Of this Surely there
must be a God and you must DO with him."
He tried in a cropping way to put his poor old arms
around the coffin. II long time before he with
drew his lips those Of the dead GIRL and when at
last he did so tears running down
his cheeks He stood before the body
few minutes looking at it; then turning to Captain
Donavan he said in ptful, pleading voice:
"Nay stay in here with her to-nightp
He was told that it against the
rules BE pleaded again for the privilege,
but Mr. Pratt persuaded him to go away
snd wait until this morning In the Office
Of the hospital, in reply to few
questions, Mr. Bedient said that his daugh-
tsrs name Hattie Berthine Bedient.
When asked to what he attributed
her suicide he said "To over study, which had
settled her mind"
Mr. Pratt said that the way from Elmira he had
asked Mr. Bedient Hattie had attempted suicide
and that he had said NO"
"He refused believe that Hattie anything but
yrtuous girl" said Mr. Pratt. "He VIII ac-
eept no other theory than that Of
over work The poor old at work plowing
IN the field this morning when Willis
Williams who cousin OF Hatties rode out to
him and gave him copy of paper with the news and
apicture OF Hattie.
"He Immediately recognized his daughter. She
was born January 81, 1868. She was
OF studous. religious nature until she went TO Dun
dee"
A PREVIOUS ATTEMPT TO END HER LIFE.
RECEIvING ATTENTIONS FROM MARRIED MAN