New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-14
IAUDANUM AND GAS TAKEN.
PLANNING DELIBERATELY TO DIE.
POETRY LEFT BY A POOR wIDow-How BiLLiAhD-
ROOM KEEPER KILLED HIMSELF.

POETRY LEFT by A POOR wIDow-Ho" biLiiA"D
ROOM KEEPER KILLED HIMSELF.
A small, pleasant looking woman OF miudie
age whose olive complexion and largo ustrouS o1o'
were evidences her Spanish origin, was admitted W
Miss Eutchnsons boarding house. NO Ills lhru-''''
on September %. small room on an upper hoor was
given TO her IL soon became apparent that she couo
not pay for board but Miss Hutchinson let her 10
main I'm the house The said that she was Mrs.
Gonzales a widow Her husband had been dead twenty
years. said and she had no relatives 10 cars io o
Formerly abe had been housekeeper but she had lost
her situation. Her manners ana CONVERSATION Pro'ou
that she was woman of refinement. She made an at
emp TO perform some work in the house III exchange
for her board, but she was not strong enough " w
much Several times she spoke Of $50, which she sara
had been owed to her by a man III "ail-s'' anu
she went out occasionally, saying that she was
trying to collect the money. At length she sam
the man had gone to Newport News and would not re-
turn TO the city for several months. Mrs. Gonzaies IL
ways dressed in black She never ate any meat Du' IL
was thought that she ate opium Recently she began 10
90 ont every day in search of employment as mousse
keeper but was successful Miss hutchinson loaeu
her some money aud asked her to seek ahother roon
on Monday Mrs Gonzales was told that her room must
be let to another person.
servant in the house found Mrs. Gonzales dead on
the floor OF the room yesterday. The woman evidently
had committed suicide u bottle which had contained
aldauum was found near hor body she was entir e
destitute of money Some papers wnlcn Wtro III hcI
pocket gave only meagrc Information ABOUT neI
history. storage receipts for trunk ,ha
known" showed that she mad moved ABOUT III tus
city frequently. Scraps OF paper were c9'oieu
with They showed that she nad earneu ene
dressnakng in various parts OF Tue Guy III
diary abe had written her name AS Gene Gonzales sew
era times the diary contained no cOhnecIco
Of her yanderngs The following entry was date1 AT
Dansers" January |, 1888: hnd lnyseil this Wv
Years morning in insane asylum NOT that ain ~
need of watching restraint do not care very inuch
| had been wishing long time 10 see sOihe1hinE
of the working and general management Oi Hsahc
asylums, and do not count my tllne as qo, ,ooe,
Other rambling remarks ended abruptly with an inye-
tory OF clothing. Mrs Gonzales nad III uer pockct-
book a few clippings from newspapers ono was d p"i
OIy eutiL ed Lilies Fever ending with the llhes'
Firth ia "a naugh unto cheek the blood Is FLOODED by
The sye OF tho wooe utter that Of tho wOong
up from the slums these Inherit ana uo"h Hoh 0
The voices of ons In chorus proclaim it rot ~ nothing
more
One OF the guests OF the Long Island Hotel No 2O3
Frcpt-st report the Office at m yesterday ina
there a strong odOr OF gas IN the halfway on tue
IN which william +. Deyereux, the Diliard-r0oh keepe
of the hotel slept. The clerk looked over the iahug.
Of the door Deyerrux In thr bed with MS hedd
partly covered with "a pillow. The door was DI0heh
omen and the gas came rushing into the hall
After opening window DICK went To the Oru anu
pulled the pillow OF OF DevereuNs face. when was IA
most black aud the body was cold ana uIeIess' lue
gas was found turned fun In the gas jet ana Mucn
larger one used In small stove for heating the room
went to bed about 10 O'CLOCK on MONDAY
night seemed particularly bright ana checFiul III
the bard-ruOm; lie had been drinking Dut was NOT
drunk II supposed that DcvrreuN got up suotuJ ut
fore closed the window In hts room ana turner
on the gas IN order TO Kill himself lie hid p.eh IN
charge OF tho billiard room for two weeks ana was
formerly with A. T. Young OF No 80 Be1NeTN~t DeNe
reux had wife living ut No s05 secohd-aye TO whom
"A not WI sent of his death.