The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-18
A WOMAN MISER.
Mrs. Larscn's Effects q Key to Hor
Strange LILO AMI Death.
WORTH MANY THOUSAND DOLLARS
And Left No will...A Miscrly Exist.
cncc for Thirty Years OF Widow.
hood...wns Robbed, Bound aud
Gagged by 0fen Whose Names sho
Would Not lscveal.-. Evidence Point.
iug to Suicide.

New YoRH, May l7.-Mrs. Mary Lar.
sem, cighty.two years Of age, Of No, 73S
Grand street, Williamsburg was found
dead on the floor OF tho main room OF
her old.iashlon two.story and basement
frame house yesterday morning. Tho
circumstances Of the case arc peculiar
and SO far rs elected by Coroner Lind
say and tho police OF tho Stacy strot
station, point to suicide on the part d
the deceased.
From the testimony Of eightecn.yeat-
old Harry Good, son OF Patrolm,n
Theodore Good, OF tho station abGvo
named, IT would appear tho lady cbn.
tcmplatcd suicide on Saturday eyering.
She is reported to have said to ybuns
Good that sho was feeling. badly aud to
have asked him, If her shndes wcrs not
up as no passed her home on his Yayto
church Sunday morning, to call aid for.
her, as 1t would indicate that. she was
very i'll.
As young Good passed THO olt.fash-
Toned residence, which is nov sur
rounded by immense business buildings
and stores, yesterday morning, he saw.
the shades OF the house were down, and
reported the fact ut once to-. his father.
officer Good went 10 the stagg strcet
station and told Acting Captain Brown,
who detailed ltoundsman McDcrmott
aud Officer Sweeney to investigate The
matter. The two policemen went to
Mrs. Larsen's house, and, after knock
ing awhile, broke open tho front door,
and found Mrs. Larsen lying dead on
the foo. in q first story room. a On tho
table was n glass half full ofmilk, and a
note containing only q few words, which
stated that she hadtaken poison by mis-
take. Coroner Lindsay was notified,
and in closet found n papercontaining
paris green and a box ofc"rough on
rats"
\ further search revealed, treasure
oncealed about the person Of the do
ceased and in her domicile. Twelve
hundred dollars, mostly in*S100 bills,
was found in her dress. Several bank
books, representing Sl2, 600, with inter-
est to he added for tho past ten to fiji
teen years, were also found. The prin-
cipal amounts were deposited in tho
Williamsburg, New York, and Blocker
Street Savings banks. DeedsTof build
ings and lots in New York and Brook
Ign, and n burial plot in Greenwood
cemetery, a~ggreSating in value about
$4,000 were found. 40
A number OF letters from relatives in
Illinois were found, the contents of
which, and the. names Of the writers,
the oronor did mot deem it proper to
disclose until he had communicated
with the parties.
The body was removed G9Sto iRouff's
morgue on Buahwick avenue, near
Grand street, to await the action OF the
coroner's jury. No will was found. So
lar as known no near relatives are liv-
ing. Nearly twenty years ago the only
sister OF the, deceased, Mrs, Belinda
Webb. OF New Rochelle, died, leaving
Mrs. Larsen $1,000.
The woman, who is supposed to have
poisoned herself, was in her girlhood
one OF the reiening bellies OF Brooklyn.
she was married to Christian;L Larsen
sixty-four years age. He was d type
founder in Duane street, New York,
and before his death amassed5a fortune,
all Of which he left to his widow. He
died about thirty years ago. Mrs. Lar
sen lived entirely alone, and after her
husbands death seldom wen; abroad.
She was miserly in her habits, and the
interior Of her room was kept in a
filthy condition.
On Friday, March %, Mrs. Larsen at
tracted the attention Of q boy named
Thomas Pecan. OF No. $50, Graham ave-
nue., by breaking a pane Of glass in a
window on the piazza OF her house on
tho first floor. This wa about noon on
the day named. Her bare foot pro-
,ruded from the window. Policemen
broke into tho front door and found
Mrs. Larson was bound and gagged. She
was nearly dead, and after being revived
told how she had been robbedRby two
men early that morning, who had
broken into the basement door under
the back stoop. She claimed she had
been robbed Of exactly $1,000. whichshe
a sewed up in the body Of her dress,
there being sixty bills, each OF $lUO de-.
nomination. She was very nervous, and
claimed sho knew the young mon who
robbed her, but was fearful OF telling
who they were, as they might kill her.
IN addition to the money found on tho
dead woman tho officers discovered
si'9'99S, mostly. in gold and bills, with
Two gold watches, four pairs OF earrings,
lou gold rings, a number OF silver
spoons, knivesand forks and other table
ware all concealed in different places
on the premises.
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