The sun., 1891-06-21
DOLLY DAVIS DROWN ED.
THE ACTRESS THROWS HERSELF INTO
THE HUDSON.

THE HUDSON.
A Note In m Empty rerfsme Bottle Found In
Her Pocket Requests that She be Buried
ir the Tnrrytown Cemetery-The Foster
Daughter srJ. Charles Dnvir-she Had
Compliance or Not Getting Money Dse.
The finding Of the body OF beautiful young
woman. handsomely dressed. in the water Of
the Hudson at Croton Landing yesterday
morning. caused . asensntion.
! As Philip Smell. tho proprietor OF tho brick
yards at that place. reached the foot OF the
wharf adjacent to his brickyard at 8h O'Clock.
he saw q womRns white straw sailor hat lying
on the pier. In the hat was 65 cents. lead
pencil and hat ribbon. Near the hat was
womans gosslmer.
!. Mr.. Smell believed that some one had COM
mitted suicide. and procuring q large brick
rake. he drew It along the bottom Of the river
which Is twelve feet deep at that place. In a
short time lie brought tho body OF woman 10
tho surface Tho body on being taken out OF
tho water aud placed on tho wharf proved
to be that Of q beautiful young woman.
with short curly hair. dark brown eyes. fine.
regular features. and dark complexion. 1twas
clad In a fashionable challie dress Of light law
ender color. russett shoes. and silk gloves
Tho undcrclothine was OF costly material and
mako.
Coroner Sutton OF Peekskill. who was sent
for. examined the body. and found q small
nerfumery bottle in the pocket OF
tho young wonian's dress. The pocket
hnd been pinned with safety pin. The
bottle contained note containing the
following written in q nne hand:
,. II an 70 sick apd tired -, q my lifs and Il my
'n' 1''''''"n 'sm''etlSsi tlSsisnedj M.E.J.
Dolly Davis was lieht-hearted girl. and
made many friends In Tarryto wn. Several
persons there have volunteered 10 raise fund.
II necessary. TO give her decent burial.
She was tho adopted daughter OF J. Charles
Davis, tho theatrical N anager. formerly OF the
firm OF Lock L Davis. and for many years the
confidential secretary and treasurer OF II. B.
Miner. $50
DR.. O. P. Byington. who made an exterior OK
animation Of the body. found no marks Of vIo-
water but a lew hours About 40 o'clock On
Friday evening s the M woman IAN; was nStieed pass.
n 10 wnaI M Tho o yG .SS hs
wsHan geias II ~ dirsstIon q .So vi Wharf: aAs
some time aDout midnight The bod, was re-
to snoD 10 oroon
clue was obtained to her identity.
o Scas Tho%ss Tia
Dolly Davis. the scsress, @ who had ba".dea I' up ID
TO week ago at his others house in Tarry
Mr.. Fairchill accom- panied the reporter to
body, ,reeognized it ss that Of Dolly Davis.
woman alive when she ieit his mothcr's houss. house
She was then depfessed in spirits over the dis
sst q nS some due
sa sst her Hr
sbou AGO spa during one Of hoy
sic Ssrsa tSs s'ass for
ana his % sSs S.ssd Sg
Tarrytown Tor tho first time. Every summsf
s .fs @ bis x and MD
Sss Eoas sa a RI bs .assi asa .So: ssi
He Il had d he, buried in slsepy Hollow Como.
tsry Atsr s DaEtss .h Nv wife died Dolly had very
started out for herself oA'
Her Is.nsr's actions. it Is said. often worried
S sssa ssspS hooW
Cemetery and Ihere strewed the grave oi her
. sh. went to TArrytown about q month ago.
She had then been en-, ont Of the Barry \ Fay
shs es sas ss did sSs s
about her affairs to her Iarrytown friends.
she spent % sSont Mn2 tire. s,a wssks
whom sue had known since CHILDHOOD. ''A''
Those with whom she stayed were plain.
named Dwyer psrt Of the time e. but butt the a srest
or part OF tho three weeks wore spent with tho
thinks. when HoIi, Davis ieis Ihs his T%S mothsTa
house: She She owed owed q weeks board when sho
nSs % 81. wl;Sh hsd isIeS e Come 1sem h'f
DO back in a day or two: They think now that
shs an g Get snohsr
1GhhSnlit She must have succeeded in getting some
oSnd
Her straw snilors INIT had evidently been nsw
ly bought. aud her russet shoes had been worn
0S%ly ieE zhs S'Is |sit rsrrysqwn .b. had Tam
very Of ana ses snds asfn
Tarryt1wn ,vnh's Sss sure that it was over her
The The Tsrrys"wn people are confident that
there Was no man in the case. They said yes-
terdny that they would carry ont her las, Wish
rf,1H!0T" bos DAVE ssssfi ~ss born in Sidney Australia
9
supposed TO be dead. but her mother Is still
In 1881 tfe Victoria Loftus Burlesquo Com
papy. after a tour over half the globe. came to
sidney. Two Of the members OF the company
were Jefferson DeAnEeis and James Mas
SSars to
byrlssane; and ~ one ,Si! Of those who who aEpled and
m inconsplcuogs part. and nobody noticed
hor. But behind the scenes and In tho dress-
soon won for her great popularity. She was q
beautiful chilI and. when she wanted to. could
easily make friends
Miss Lotus became very fond OF her, and
when she left Sidney took the girl with her
Mrs. 0urrlck was quite willing to part with her
daughter; being very poor. Miss LOTUS adopt
oil the child.
The comnany travelled through Australia
aud wont 10, Indir and many, Of tho British
colonies. and finally came back to New York.
whore i disbanded. When Miss Lotus mar
10 Dolly Davis. and was always known by that
NAME.
Mr.. Davis was then business manager OF tho
Peoplos Theatre and the right hand man Of
Harry Miner. He lived happily with his vile
for number OF years. and then. 1t Is said, he
nnEsr rYElnrNn Clrr