The sun., 1891-07-03
DIED TO MAKE HIM SUFFER.
Many sTETSG DETER LEAVES A LETTER
ACQUIRING HER LOVER,

And Ausr sbe Had shot Herself n
Turned Out That Her Fenr OF Disgrace
was Grouwdiess-Asksd to he Cremated d
spa That Her Ashes bo sscattcred.
Mary 81 ingoottcr, a sixteen-year-old ser.
want in the employ OF Mrs. Louise n. Campbell
OF 1877 South Fourth street. Williamsbureh
committed suicide Yesterday afternoon By
shooting herself through the heart
She was suffering from q nervous dread,
which was proved BY the autopsy to have been
unfounded In a farewell letter to her father
sho said man had wrongsd her and she
would kill herself to make him suffor.
! Neither the police nor Mrs. Campbell can ac-
count for her possession OF the revolver. 1t 10
new, OF o Cheap make, and loaded in four OF
the II ye chambers. The only bullet fired from
Il was tho one that ended the girls life.
Mrs. Campbell engaged Mary at Burns's
registry Office In Union avenue on May 81. She
had worked short time for family In Lee
avenue. but was then living with her father.
senior partner In the firm OF 6tslngoettor.
Reicks 4 Co.. manufacturers Of bar axturss.
1S4 Wallebout street.
The family moved on Tuesday to 21 Rock
street. Mary was rre.ty girl. looking loss
than her years. and soou became favorirc
with the boarders. On Saturday. accom-
panied By Florence Strickland. a servant at
l89 south Fourth street, she went to Fulton
Market In this city to purchase supplies
for the house. On tho way Mary told
hor companion that she loved Jack
Page. an employee Of the merry-go-round
In Union Gvenue and Mcserolo streets,
and that he had got her into trouble. ShO said
she did not care. as he had promised to marry
her. and would do so in tiros to save hor good
name.
Mary was very III that evening and tainted.
shs told her trouble 10 Mrs. Campbell
whom shs recovered. and begged for money
ito buy poison and bury her shame" COM
forted by kind words she recovered her COM
posure and fell asleep.
She made no reference next day to her Ill
ness and went about her work as usual. On
Wednesday, abe became hystsrical. and de-
slarsd, Il, that NO one had any right 10 prevent
ber r. kW.ihG hor.eiii o,s.,o. .,. o,,,od N M-s
Rouse next door. aud snid her mistress had
sent her to ask Tor 23 cents, Mrs House eave
h.r ce H the 81 .h. sns Mar,
asked psrm!ss,ion 70 yist her aunt, n Mrs Dohm.
An hour later from her bedroom window she
sss @ hs doos or W her and asked what
ad Vas the ,1 %1ste, Ths girl said she was only
Shortly after noon yesterday. when Mrs.
Rouse and Mra Can pkell were TALKING In the
kitchen. Mars said she would go up stairs and
o'clock. and Mrs. Campbell went TO look for
She found her spparently asleep on bed ip
4 revolver lay beside her on the bed. and Q
thin stream of blood was oozing from the
when Mrs. Campbell touched II. was lifted
again to the bod. this letter was found:
DEAR FATHER: I will write You these few
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Inder ihs direction OF The Coroner. DR..
Crenmcr mad. an autopsy.
henrt and death. must have been instantane:
ous. She MAS not IN the condition sne had
k,i~ ar! Cutting was in charge of the merry;
a'ound the an,i di o1d Jobs. but hs WIS not
an emnloyea and nAver had anything to do
with tn. girls who visited the place.
Detectives Corco'an and Campbell OF Can't.
Shorts command and Special Policeman
Charles Terry OF Justice EnGle's court learned
thai late oD We ine sday night Mary Steingost-
ter had called ut the merry-ro-round. and
asked for IaIc.
One OF the employees told her that Page had
b. Gu DISCHARGED and that as he was married
man it was no use coming there after him. It
tha' Mr.. ,'amp pbell found her weeping on the
doorstep.
The police gay Paeo has been arrested SOW
erai tiines. No proofs Of the charges that he
induced Young girls to leave their homes and
become inmates OF dsorderly houses in New
York were forthcoming. and he was never con-
vic, ed.
Mrs. weidmer Of 121 Graham avenue says
dausR,er ilosIs @ and T sold her t. the the Keeper Of
disorasrly house in Stanton street. Sew York;
her TO several houses Justice GoettnR
will compel her II arrested. TO appear as q
against Page, who Is under police sur
veillance.