Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-30
LIFTING MYsTERY's VEIL.
The Mysterious Tarrytown Suicide Iden
titled for "A Certainty This Time.


New YORK, June 29.-The body OF
Marie Eugene Josephine Arigarza, bet
ter known as M. f. j." was laid to
rest to-day in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery,
NJ Tarrytown. On top of her coffin was
placed a small wooden box containing
the body OF Eugene Duval, her child,
who. ~ the age OF 6 months, died at
Mr.. CYRUS w. Fields home, near Tarry-
town. July 81, 1888. BE was buried at
that time in the public plot.
The Coroner's jury which had been In
ouiring into the death Of IN. Il. j
rendered Il verdict late on Saturday
night that she had committed suicide
by drowning They came to this con-
cl sion after learning OF the ldentihca-
II IN of the remains by the womans Sis
ter and her friend, Louise OreIl. Eu-
genie, aS the dead woman was commonly
called, went to live with Edward tleld :
family eleven years ago.
In 1888 she left the house and came
70 'hiA. GJEY, Waa.,f 1,viih. I, ne 'tiild was
then about two months old.
Eugenie told Miss Field that the
child'S name was Eugene Duval, and
that her husband was dead. She said
that he had committed suicide by
drowning.
When the body of ''M f. J." was
taken from the Hudson river, near Gro
ton Landing, nine DAYS ago, small
ring, made of white beads, was found
On her finger. 1t was very old ring.
No person who saw it remembered ever
having seen one like il.
1t is known now that before she com
mitted suicide Eugene visited her
child's grave in Sleepy Hollow Gene
ecrA She broke one Of the head rings
the little headStone and placed it upon
her finger. Then she went to Irving
ton, where she called upon Mrs. Ken
meth.
To her care soc instruSted the follow
ing letter, which was delivered to the
dead girls sister, Marguerite Arsgasen,
on Friday evening, and which leaves no
doubt that IN. L. j." drowned herself.
Here is thr letter:
~ made believe last Saturday | wrote
TO Marie that l was going to spend a few
days in the house TO take care of my
self. Everything went well, for you
believed all. There is nothing left 10
tell you. Ny trunks are in your house.
This letter will not come to yOu till
after my death. | sent it to Irvington,
so that she will not send it to you until
after eight days. Poor girl. She
does not kno what she Is going
to hear from me. | am going
away. The bundle take is but clothes
for me. You see am doing everything
50 that you will not be bothered after
my death.
II don't want you TO wear any mourn
ing for me. Tears will not bring back
the dead. / will go tomorrow to the
grave Of Eugene, and if nothing stops
me | will kill myself Goodbye for the
last time. am sick of my life. live
one day sick and one day well. | pre-
fer death.
81 have lived long enough to pay all
my little debts. | only regret To say
goodbye TO those who are dear to me.
For you | wish good luck if you 90 back
% France. Don't do Us l did, and re-
turn 10 this country. EUGENE"
Mrs Edward Field, in whose employ
Eugenie had been for nine years, had
sent word TO Undertaken Vanderbilt 10
give the dead decent burial 1T her ex
penSe.
1t was over the body of this woman
that a man representing himself to be
Frank Atwood, and living at No. Ill
Vine street, Philadelphia, created such
a sensation last week Atwood's story
was found to be wholly false, as ne
never lived in that city and the woman
was not his wife. He had a wife living
in New York city. The mans correct
name was Victor Herdling, and as he
seemed to know so much about the
lead woman he was locked up in the
town iail.