New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-07
WEARY OF THEIR LIVES.
A WOMAN SHOOTS HERSELF IN A HOTEL.
SHE WAS A STRANGER IN THIS CITY AND LEFT
NO EXPLANATION OF HER ACT.

SHE WAS A STRANGER IN THIS CITY AND LEFT
NO EXPLANATION OF HER ACT.
A pistol shot on the second door Of the Grand
Union Hotel caused commotion there hall an
hour after noon yesterday, and 1t was soon KNOWN
that woman had shot herself in one OF the rooihs
The woman was registered at the hotel on TUESDAY
evening as f. Devillers, Frederick, Nd ono
was about forty years old and OF respeo'aoie aP
pearance, although she was dressed plainly Her
sneecb indicated that she was of French origin
She took to the hotel a trunk and several PACK
ages which were carried up to her ROOM NO
oe7 On Wednesday she consulted the city
directory in the hotel Office and was noticed 10
copy some addresses. Then she went ouV " se"t0"
for room in private house.
Mrs NJ. OBrien, who lets furnished rooms at
No. asa East Forty-frst-st., had placard on the
front door and the woman went into the house
To talk about hiring one of the rooms. She tolu
Mrs O'B,icn that she wished TO furnish the ROOM
nc she had some furniture at the pennsylvania
Railroad Station In jersey City. Mrs brlcn
got the impression that Miss Devilers was eacher'
The woman was willing to pay So per month ior
the room. and Mrs. O'Brien promised TO let her
know later at the hotel if she could have IT, MIS-
O'Brien went to the hotel in the evening ana sehC
nm her card Miss Devllers sent back word thaO
she was busy but requested that note DC SEM 10
her Mrs O'Bren then sent note, saying thal si"
would let the room at IS month Inc ha'IpoS
brourbt back word that the woman would see Mrs
O'Brien again at her house yesterday Miss
Devillers was alone in her room at the time.
The woman was not seen again until the
pistol shot attracted the attention OF porter
to her room Yesterday. When the door OF tne
room was forced open she was found insensioie
in bed, in her night dress. She held bulldog
revolver firmly clasped in both hands. Blood
WINS flowing from her mouth, and from wound
nt the back of her head. She had shot herself
in the mouth and the bullet of 32 calibre haa
gone clear throu Oh her head, tearing out p!ece
of the skull at the back The bullet was 1ouhd
later in wash basin on the opposite sue 'Ql
the room. where it had fallen after giancins Oh
the wall. nu.,o ,Ios
pitaI but Surgeon Anderson at first said IT would
be useless to remove the woman, as she ap
peared to be dying ms w ave several hours
after she was carried to the hospital She I had
left no written explanation OF her SUICIDE; ner
when IL was carried 10 the hotel. In her parcels
were a few toilet articles, cheap clock ana a q
new muf Her pocket-book contained = cara
Vest West C CHI "' Frederick Md" n one parcel
was a napkin on which the name Il. Devlllers
was written in indelible ink. Her trunk ana
parcels were taken 10 the ponce s'auon ~ Cd0
Grand Central Station, where the trunk re-
manned unopened last evening a,--
Baltimore. Dec lSpecial.-A special TO The
American" from Frederick, Md, says:
Mile Dc villers came to this city from Washington IN
,ost aucnst and opencd school for the instruction OF
French in the house No 70 West Chuichst' shc
was of quiet disposition and had Httle to say OF ne.
affairs Sic boarded for time with the family OF
the wife of Captain Owens. She made favorable I'M
prcssion upon all who became acquainted win hcr'
hut seldom spoke OF her former life She appeared TO
be hghly educated and thoroughly respectable Her
school opened in September but she had Few pup1s
and received but little encouragement. she linalN
determined TO 60 to NewYork, telling her friends here
that She would sec the French Consul there an, ana
several friends who might assist her 10 obtain posi-
ton as a teacher While I'm Frederick, Mile. De
Villes dressed in an odfashioned manner and vailed
through the streets with melancholy ar that az
tractr1 general attention She told her friends here
that She had sister In France.
Miss Devillcrs died early this morning.