St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-19

A MYSTERY OF THE SEA
Strange Disappearance Of Pretty Young
Woman From an Atlantic
Steamer.
Belief That She Deliberately Committed
Suicide by Jumping Into the
Ocean.
She Took Passage at Baltimore for
Boston Under an Assumed
Name,
And Fell, or Threw Herself OVER
board After Reading of the
Flight.
A MYSTERY OF THE SEA
Very Peculiar Indeed,

Special to the Globe.
BOSTON, June 1S.-A policeman was the
frst man to board the steamship Chatham
OF the Baltimore 81 Norfolk line as her
gang planks were run out at the Central
wharf yesterday afternoon. '.Have YOU on
board anybody by the name of Mary
Hatch?" asked he quickly of Steward Hal
let. mo, sir, She jumped overheard off
BLOCK Island this morning." was the I'M
mediate reply. The policeman in plain
clothes did not wait for anything further.
He ran back to the wharf and there Joined
his colleague, who wore the regulation blue
and brass. If the pair of officers, who had
been requested by telegraph from Norfolk
TO arrest the girl, had cared to pursue their
inquiries further they could have learned
very quickly
THE STRANGE STORY
OF the young Woman's peculiar movements
and suicide. The Chatham sailed from
her wharf in Baltimore at o'clock Monday
afternoon. An hour or two earlier there
came aboard strikingly handsome young
woman who gave her name as j. May. and
who had round-trip ticket. 1t was rain
ing heavily when she came aboard, and she
did not appear again during the afternoon.
When supper time came she asked that
her food be brought to her room, saying that
she was tired and wet, and that she did not
care to come down. Early on Tuesday
morning the boat MAIDEN orfolk. The day was
bright and clear, and the pretty young lady
passenger was out and about the deck. The
lively newsboys came around about noon
with Baltimore paper. Passenger Turner
bought paper and read it carelessly, az
most newspapers are read. The young lady
passenger bought one, too, but she read it
with more interest, and stuffed it in her
pocket. She went on shore, asking the
way to the telegraph Office.
THE PAPER CONTAINED THE FOLLOWING
among its city news:
Miss May Hatch of No. 21o Afsquith street,
left her home yesterday afternoon to do some
shopping. Up to an early hour this morning
she had not returned. nor has it been possible
to learn anything of her whereabouts Miss
Hatch started out just before the severe
thunder storm of yesterday afternoon, and
being OF nervous temperament and ex-
tremely afraid of lightning, her friends fear
that she may have suffered from a sudden
and serious fainting spell. 1t is supposed
that she was taken in and cared for by stran-
gers, who had not discovered her identity.
Miss Hatch is about 26 years old, of medium
height with very dark eyes and fair COM
pleXion. She wore dark dress of heavy ma
terial, and small bonnet.
The steamer soon started on its way
again and
THE PRETTY PASSENGER,
who had booked as 81. May' made some
acquaintance among her fellow passengers.
With a young man, who seemed attracted
toward her, she discussed the recent suicide
of King Ludwig, and, commenting, said
that she did not think suicide was so bad
after all. Wednesday passed uneventfully,
save that the pretty lady passenger had a
oJir ~ IL Of 80
her room. She would not allow her lamp
to be lighted. Night soon came on and
everybody. but few of the officers, went
to bed. The mate. walking about aft be-
tween 4 and in the morning. saw the
young lady, but took no notice of her, as
sea-sick passengers on deck soon after day
light are not a rarity. But when the stew
ardesS went to the young lady's room to
see if she would have her breakfast sent up
there was no one to be seen. Thorough
search revealed the fact that the young
lady was not On the ship. When she came
on board she had but small parcel.
WHEN LAST SEEN
she was in full walking costume, and in her
cabin were only a few articles of under
wear, pair Of bracelets worth perhaps SO
AID S10.57, all in silver. Two of the silver
dollars lay on a card on which was scrb-
bled word that might be mother" and
might be Mallory" On one of the little
pieces of brown paper wrapped about the
coin was written sentence expressive of
illness, ending: very sick. Mamie
Tracy" Ina pocketbook was picture of
President Cleveland, cut from an illus
trated paper. On the Undertaking was
stamped the name MARY Hatch" which
positively identified the girl with the one
missing frem Baltimore