New-York tribune., 1888-03-21
State and Il composed Of thousand delegates and as
MANY more alternates Special interest ccntrcs IN
tho TACT that the convention Will bling forward scna
tor Allison as q candidate for the Presdency.
CRYING BECA USE HER LIFE WAS SAVED.

A YOUNG WOMAN. RESCUED FROM DROWNING,
WILL NOT TELL HER NAME OR ADDRESS.
A young woman tried to drown herself In the
East River at the foot Of Thirty third-st, yeser-
day afternoon. James Ryan, of No. l02 East
One-hundred- ed-and-twenteth-st. saw her jump over
board and he promptly pulled out Of the water.
A policeman took her to Bellevue Hospital. where
she was placed in the prison ward. suffering from
the effects of her cold plunge. She said she was
Annie Adams and gave her age as twenty,
though her appearance indicated that she was
somewhat older. She had on brown dress OK
expensive material and silk dolman lined with
fur.
laughed and cried alternately and repeated sadly
to herself: Why did they save mep' When
asked about the motive for her act she would
not say anything but would place her hand over
her heart, shake her head and burst into tears
The following letter was found IN her pocket
in large envelope, addressed Coroner:
March 10, 1883.
Dear Sir: There is no need Of an inquest, as am
perfectly sane and fully realize what am about to
do. long fever having Frustrated me, then CASTRO
trouble resulting from my trying to get up TOO soon
caused much suffering. had not the strength
courage to bear more. beg the gentlemen oil the
press to suppress my for the sake OF those dear
to and whose health might be seriously In
jurcd beg the forgiveness OF my family and friends
and those who have known me in health. No one can
realize what my suferings must be to do this decd,
and beg the forgiveness of the friends whose hos
ptality / seem TO abuse by this act. All that love
and money could do has been done by those about
me- but they did not realize my sufrerngs. But l
have now gone through them all and realize what
they do not.
During her rawlings at the hospital she begged that
all information concerning her might be suppressed
When asked to give her name, she mentioned several
among them being Mayer, and said that she lived In
East Eighty -fourthst. Then, again, she said that
she lived In East Ninety fourth-st, and on another
occasion said that her homo In Haciensack N. j.,
where she lived with her aunt. She refused to tell
her aunt's name In an interval when sbo was quiet,
she told the that her heart broken and that
she did live longer. She was In love with
young man in San Francisco, who was prominent
In society there and wealthy. They were to have
been married this winter, and tho arrangements had
all been made The young man was found dead In
his room and 1t Is supposed that he committed sui
eide. The death of her lover was moro than she
could bear. She broOdcd 1t all the tme and
although her friends did everything to make her lile
bright and happy she unable TO quiet her gricf
and finally resolved to die, too. She told this pa
thetc story several times, but refused to give any
names
She denied several times that her name was Adams,
and almost in the breath insisted that that was
her real name. She appeared refined and Intelligent
When she jumped overheard she threw away all um-
brcIa and o Jersey City newspaper.