New-York tribune., 1886-04-26
SUICIDE, NOT MURDER.
MRS. FREDERICKsONT TOOK HER OWN LIFE
INVESTIGATION PROVES THE MURDER THEORY TO
Re GROUNDLEss.


BE GRoUNDLEss.
Tho deoth Of Mrs. Mary Frederickson. who was
found dead with her throat cut IN her rooms III .no
rear basement of No. 493 Hicks-st. Brooklyn. WIS
thought on Saturday night to be AIN mnrIo,; s,ronecst
abatement in support of the murder theory @ WIS
made by girl named Hannah Fawcett; age lo"p-
teen, WHO lived in the upper part OF the L3uSo, l"
Snc declared that she heard Mrs. Frederickson 1a
scream, and that as she started 10 70 wv Hrse
she saw William lOhf running ONT ci .no Eradarct
Iohf had formerly boarded with Mrs rIeuciJn- IT
con and was freouent visitor at her rooms lie
assaulted her with hammer on lasl luesuay, IN VI,
jurng her seriously in the hesd. ai Shere he
arrested and sent to Raymond street Jai1 Wnerg no
s'iIl remains his examination before Police JUS
tce Massey having been set down ior 10, Gay. in
oniry of the Jail officials on Saturday night shoMeu
That Lohf was still there, and also that nc was
suffering from an extreme attack OF deHT.um tItin
cns When asked if he had been at MIS- rrederich-
son,s he said he had but that she was alive wnen
he left her rooms. Later he again said mat he had
been out of the Jail, and also that he ha1 klliea
police captain and SIX men, showing ,Lat h!s s,ae
mcnts were utterly untrustworthy; ihe Statements
@. the girl also wholly discredited Inc ponce
arrested a man named John Dnnn, who nad also
been frequent visitor at Mrs areqeiShIIV tn SII Je'
rarcd that lie was the man she saw running out y,
the place When further questioned. she staeu
that she had always known him as Loni. ies.'l-
day she was taken to the jail to see Lof she ,Sn n
declared that both lie and Dunn Daa pse,i ~. ~ ~,
house. The girls previous record also leu W US t
belief in her statements she mas oecn "''o'''' '''
CAPTAIN Kellett. Of the Fifteenth Precinct OF
RronkIvn in which the crime occurred. set on loot
Yesterday careful inves gaton of all the circuhl-
stances No one could he found who had seen any
man enter Mrs frcdericks0n' FOODS, and no one
iivinC in the vicinity heard any screams or noise
The landlord of the house had been at work III inc
halls ana passages until O'cl lock, aud he saw no
one EXCEPT the tenants going i'll and ont A Mrs.
McGowan who occupied rooms IN the nouse' was
the last person kno Wn TO have seen Mrs fredeilcN
& N alive She visited her about O'CLOCK anu
Mrs Frederickson intrusted to her the papers
showing that she had an Insurance OF $50 on heT
life directing her give them 10 the nresldent Oh
The ST Vincent de Panl Society. AT thst tnle sle
was acting somewhat strangely. She fearcn ln1,
she would be sent to the hospital, as she was sun
suffering from the effects of Lohfs assault. -
The autopsy by County Physician ShenarH
Abowed that four unsuccessful attempts at cuttn2
lad been made on the lc side of the neck hel
fhe sharper knife which was found near the Donv'
had been used. evidently with desperation. me
cut sever?g the juguar vein and the carotlu
artery causing almost instant death
Dr. Shepard a3d Coroner MenDlngcr came 10 me
conclusion that the case one OF suicide mo
woman had long been addicted to dlssipation ier
husband is a sailor and the schooner to whicn ne
belongs sailed from Charleston, :. C., on frday
Another man. John White. who went to see MIS-
Frcdercksvn on Saturday to get some washlng
done was under surveillance, but he satisfactorily
explaned his movements, as did Dunn. VINO was
arrested Three children are left pIothcrlcss by
the crime one three years. another five years, ana
the oldest seven years They will he pl, ced III an
orphanage. The inquest in the case VIII he held
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