Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-27

eStapilsneu custom Oh appointing ana sending
a board of visitors to meet the regents during
the council. This board. consisting OF 'I4euten-
ant Governor Lewis, Gen. james Mcdonald.
Col. Edward L. Portfock and Col. Arthur Her
bert. all OF Virginia, were received on Thurs
day. together with Mr.. W. W. Corcoran. of The
Mount Vernon Advisory board. by the regent
ana Vlce-regents in the South Carolina room
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New YOrk's Strange Suicide.
THE MYSTERY OF THE GRAND UNION HorEt-
"A TALE OF TWO CITIES
The mystery of the Grand Union hotel in
New York. has been solved. The young girl
who shot and killed herself there last Friday
morning has been identified by Gideon n. Be
dent, a farmer of Steuben county. \. V, as his
daughter Hattie. After registering at the hotel
on Thursday Miss I.Jones. the young woman
went TO her room. She had no baggage. She
was assigned TO Il single room on theSiXth floor
The clerk copied tue inscription on the card
into the hotel register. After going to her room
the young woman left the hotel without saying
anything to anybody, and did not return until
$50 O'Clock in the evening. She ordered her
dinner TO be sent to her room. When the maid
arrived with the tray she found the young
reading paper-covered copy of 1.-The Old
Curiosity shop Her neat buttoned kid
CATERS were carelessly thrown beside the bu-
reau, and her sacque, hat and gloves were
dinner din and paid for it. and the maid len
her. Night Waterman Nicholas Foye,
making his rounds OF the hotel corridors at 1
O'Clock yesterday morning. saw the gas still
burning brightly in the room, and at SO high
:
door several times, got no response. and hurried
10 Manager Garrison and told him there was
something wrong. Manager Garrison broke
open the door aud found the woman lyiItg dead
on the bed dressed just as she had beer when
the servant left her. There was a bullet slole i'll
her gown directly over the breast, aud! on the
bed beside her right hand was II Twenty-Five
caliber nickel-plated revolver stamped iFa>n-
ion" She had sat on the edge OF tife bed.
pressed the muzZle of the pistol close ito her
body, and fired the bullet directly into
her heart. Her dress was burned aboIt the
box of cartridges from which she had loaded it
lay on the bureau. Beside the cartridge box
lay white cambria handkerchief. The mark
had been cut out OF the corner
The clothing consisted OF II black cashmere
HTess somewhat worn, and a basque OF brocaded
black silk. The buttons OF the latter were small
and had imitation buckles fashioned them
the underclothing was of good quality, new,
ana unmarked; The stockings were OF brown
Lisle thread. a sacque Of brown cloth. stand
ing llnen collar and black gloves completed the
wearing apparel.
shapely maiden. The hand that had held the
pistol was slender. The finger nails OF the left
hand, however, had been disfigured by being
bitten down TO the quick. The girls eyes were
dark blue, and her parted lips revealed a row of
perfect and wellcared-for teeth. Her pocket
book contained 81 in money, but no memo
randa OF any kind.
Said Mr.. Garrison, ''She was cheerful out
wardiy, and gave no Sign of her Intentions. /
cues, mad much to do with it. / think the
girl was lonely and inclined To melancholy,
anu TIE reading OF the book gave her the Sug-
gestion to take her life. So She went out and
bought the pistol, and carried out the idea
'She was probably melancholy said Cor
orner Mcsselner, land the novel she was read
ing was one of those unhappy things, which
doubtless increased her low SpiritedneSS. Then
there might have been other reasons: Judging
from the hasty superficial examination made
think ii possible that she might have been the
victim OF malpractice, although her apparent
general good feeling would contradict the idea.
PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE SUICIDE.
telegram from Emira May %, says: The
troubles of Miss Hattie Bedient were caused by
merchant of Dundee named Florence. who
married her cousin. She had been with him IL
good deal, but on being demonstrated with
avoided him. 1t was recently discovered that
they had frequently met secretly. and Prof
Kline. OF the Dundee seminary. when she was Il
pupil, again upbraided her. Evidently feeling
keenly tue disgrace, she went away, probably
win tile purpose OF committing suicide. Miss
Bedient was an exceptionally bright girl acting
as teacher in some branches in the seminary
her studies during the last year had been exclu-
siNely the languages. 1t is stated that she had
a love affair with a young student also and
that her engagement was broken of Oh account
of the disclosure of her relations with Florence
She threatened to commit suicide last fail in
talking with one of her friends. but the latter
took it as q joke and thought nothing OF it, 1t
is now stated that she made an attempt to end
her life last week with iauti3num, but This was
frustrated. and she afterward expressed her re-
greet for her course.