The sun., 1891-04-03
rs, MARoUErTES WOUND.
i 70 NOT SURE MIR SHE MAY
1u.yp INFLICTED IT HERSELE

-. Arrested snd Afterward Let 90.
,.a,s NJ. Marquette. French Canadian
L. who was a member OF the Ladies' Med
..., ls,oclation In Fifty ninth street and Ninth
~. ...rs went to BROOKLYN aboutfour years ago
"a ma since leon living In the Two rooms In
-. second floor OF the three.story brick
,nudInr at 81 Willow place. OF which she Is
Ms owner. The store floor has not been rented
,or some time. A French i"mi'y ha"eu 'sheS
sccupy the third noor
..,,nr and we'll known in the Ladies'
~S.s,s.l Ssl Association. She practised medicine
.'S sss,sted in tho publication Of somo med
wv, ~, ;orrnas and other works. She is "a years
"a md for few years has been In poor health.
az. ,,d some OF her friends few weeks ago
.a., .he was sufIerinR from a cancer. and
Ia not recover. She was In the habit OF
s.,ns bie doses OF morphine to relieve pain.
r.s The mast two ysars. AnVeline darcy.
ssrno French Canadian woman. has been her
900 and companion. and tho two women
'.,, IN ths rear room In the Willow street
.s.,,msn,s, Mrs. Marquette occupying the
"a And the nurse Q hammock strung from
:, IA thought that Mrs. Marquette made M
S.r mind some time ago to end her physical
.useripes By committing suicide. Early yes-
,.rd.y morning. 1t Is supposed. she made an
.s,.mpt to carry out this intention. but In such
v,v as ut first to lead the police to suspect
.bat there had beon an attempt at murder.
shortly after midnight yesterday morning. the
,ur.s says. she was awakened by the Groanine
r., @ naS ae yns Hs oor h
Ran soc r hs fen sr .S Shiss Ess sSs
a .ltann ,o.t n -
noSr nnSus 'I rom cut In the throat which extend
s.ds 81 dHs iiom the front and back room e ths
sssstance she found this door looked on the
inside Mrs. James responded to the girls
TSe tpa Mss harrsd out os psy
"fb5r'D g.. Dudley OF SOL Henry street came back
fR ioesmsn ma sMccormick Of the Congress street
iis.0lMi Gfs Marquette. weak and ai%oss an:
,ss ,sssovsa sS il iS'HS aS snen ami LANCE q sns Lons
Island College Hospital., To the policspans
lurss she tnst ,bs sae sna dia her hsr
throat, and. although q careful search vas
made. no trace was found OF the knife or other
nurse was Mp placed Under arrest and taken
Il to the Congress- street station. She was TER
iectly cool, and told Capt. Orphan that Mrs;
sFSsde a. Wednesday. day and Just before fetIrine had
taken some morphine. Both iell asleep. and
kSsw netting until ,he vas sn awSksPsd ssPsd
si ruth. But. in view Of Inc mystery surIoundinE
ns Whsn she sI was un
Mrs. Marquette had In the mean time made
| this statement to Coroner kooney:.,
found N myself lying on the floor Of my ROOM
covered with blood. which came from wound
my thIoa, have been % very siek for son some
Ss sssvs sns wound 5 % myself but viii not say that
S such ior the past two or three days that really
did not know what l was doing during that time.
fieel quite sure that my nurse. who was ip my
sSs s a aseeo eOi sRs ana
positive that she knew nothing whatever about
poon the detectives discovered trail OF blood
hsdng from under the back stoop. up the SIN
% 81 5es1sd IL a S she Wen, down
nndea md Gf soo an"
40 :; and fell exhausted, on tho floor. The
blood marks were most abundant on the flag
.de Sedsr er the las SS eass n
!ScSsSs Mrs: @sraaette ma may have thrown the s
street Capt Durham and his detectives arc
satisfied that II was an attempt at suicide,
Mfs Marquette Was an enterprtsing business
vas printed and issued from the Willow street
hoggs: hon shs oyns p sl4S1o house in this city
Sheh sSs ved ana soms
Greenwich and other savings banks and is
"a esaadan ofs srmsr 'a las besa sa
M%cas MsssSsSsss;. VIZ Is = sss!s "a H!s
serted young wife and two children In
@SsooklIn. @ Y "a few years a.o, and hns not been
Mrs Marquette is greatly attached TO her
nurse. and q. year ago refused to remain nt the
aOt permitted to be in constant sttendance
rBeHlsn 4 Halssy. real estate dealers at ss
gnatte's business interests. Among her papers
this ,..n was found addressed to them as my
S;,;H 4 M,I Iw.n you e come hos.. 4
eospss I q sns
as g 6 my body
s.% ..4s ass fs,.wss L S.s
x. s f.':i 1a
p sn asss. ssanrD S hi Ss%l Soss. sSa M
~: ySs Y. is.s sos sns i ys
.ss. .y
iansLal Mal 10 The same !rnnk will be fonnd my gold
Saa,em when oeQneatied In my will to PhtOmene
There hsO are to be found bonds and shares in
H., ~ ioMpssa M Nan These bonds give 10 Mascot Ca.
,,s ,l%s ~ i,sm III: day. pn... otherwise ordered NO,
Jan. s. jssf. " " IL iy@ns ny n M,uaUs,,
IN. uhls note. without date was also found:
" nv wish that a. soon - I am dead bsfors nv
M, @ y Woosn', you should take possession Or my
W"Pey 81 Willow place. and rlAtbush. 4, l. as s9ents
s~a ,nN you Collect tie aud act a. re al estatS
Ism is,n Emy wish that the money collected should
aur 81. EYER to to 4nvsns Parry help her sons
an account Of 1t and return whatever boo9s
80 S,sI%asr party In case the will should be broken
.H.p sns ,s Win po'hnE she 'ha b, wscoms to
M Berrien and Mr.. Halsey both visited Mrs.
sSMStaoetta at the hospital last evening INT
Snrued no iurther information from her as 10
NV NV she received the cut In the throat tnan
,os s,s coroner had already got, The doctor in
S.sndance said that there wns no Immediate
s.SSser OF the womnns death, but as she is
SumollnG from cancer In an advanced stage ID
"T"fFes,y n, IS possible that she. viii recover.
n EDWARD A. Berrien said last night:
M. nnve Deen Mrs. AInrquette's agent for tbe
r.. SIX years, and my father was her agent
mi nn, many yenrs before that. Mrs MarIuette is
is i%ns ,n rich woman; ! should say that her for.
sSae S.e was within s50.00O. I do not know that
49, AZ WIS especially eccentric. She did NOT
ssn msss iashlopahly. not even aa well as her
ibssns might have nj owed. She hns not known
for iOrswoereabouts soSs 9i her son. George Edmour.
not ca,s some time He is provided Tor. but do