Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-22
.rr1n ANorHER MYSTERY.

Florence TaylOrss Death by Suicide I'm
 the Pavilion HOtel-HOW Pretty
 Rur Erraeic New London HKaiden was
 Driven to suicide After an URsue-
 cessfuI Quest for DeeeivIng Lover.
 At the Pavilion Hotel on Meadow street yesterday afternoon pretty young woman died after hours of torture self-inficted. The woman in life called herself Florence M. Lyle and so the hotel clerk had written her down upon the Pavilion's register of last Tuesday Her real name is Florence Taylor. She com mitted suicide by taking arsenic, and al though she did not die until o'clock yester- day afternoon, yet it was kept quiet until nearly midnight. The cause of her rash act was her supposed betrayal by man well known in this city.
 Miss Taylor came to this city last Tuesday night and registered at the Pavilion at o'clock. She comes of respectable parents oi New London, but she has been leading 6 rather fast life. She was exceedingly pretty and wos nineteen years old. A year ago she run away from her home with an Englishman named Noble, @ civil engineer, who had g wife and child in England. Her brother took her back home by force, and one of the New York illustrated papers had an account of the elopement and also her picture.
 When she went to the Pavilion she was ac companied by Norwich woman, who left the next day, but who continued to visit her. Miss Taylor on Wednesday went to see Dr. Hawkes.. While here last spring, when stop ping at the Pavilion, she became acquainted with stout, good looking young man. The young man became infatuated and it is un- derstood became engaged to the fair New Londoner. He is known to be well connected here in town and the attorney of his friends has been skilfui enough to keep matters quiet up to now.
 The woman, who acted as sort of chap erone to the unfortunate girl for the last week, Landlord Walker says, is an aunt of the wronged girls friend. A few days ago the latter discovered that she had a rival. She visited this lady and there found un' mistakable evidences that she had been tri- fled with. In plain words she saw in this rivals house gifts that she had herself made to her supposed bethrothed. This fact work ed upon her, and returning to the Pavilion she brooded over her wrongs and finally, in a fit of desperation, deliberately set about committing suicide. She visited Whitmore's drug store on Church street and procured what Mir. Walker describes as an ounce of arsenic. At o'clock yesterday she took a portion of this. Its effect was immediately seen. The strange, elderly woman, was in her room at the time and summoned help. Florence sat on her trunk and defed her chaperon and Mrs. Richardson, MT. Will kins sister. Falling to the floor she was dragged by the bell boy to her bed. Dr. Hawkes. was summoned and at once prepared a prescription. The bell boy took it to Hanover's and finally went to Woods. Sweet oil in the meantime was administered. The girl knock ed the goblet out of the doctors hands, but was compelled to swallow some of the dose. She was determined to do nothing to relieve her agony and finally died as stated. At an hour later Medical Examiner White reached the hotel and at six o'clock the body was removed, at Landlord Walk CTS demand, to Lewis 6 Maycock's under taking establishment.
 No good reason can fairly be given now fer her death. It is fact that Thursday night stout, sandy-moustaehed gentleman called at the hotel. He was not allowed to see Florence. But she found out that she had been called for and eunningly sent down to the clerk two pictures. The clerk told her that the chap who had called for her was the original of one of the pictures. This of course increased her frenzy.
 Mir. Walker admitted last night to @ CoU- RIER reporter that he knew the names of the chaperon or companion, the gentleman in the case aud her rival. Noble, the Englishman, is undoubtedly mixed up in the case.
 A coroner's inquest ought to make all the facts in this mystery as plain as daylight. Walker is an important witness. Last night he said that the true facts, that is, the names of the parties, might never appear.
 The girl left some letters which if made public would throw considerable light on the mystery. They duplicate certain New Haven parties.