The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-25

EDNA pAuLprNo.
report was circulated In Peekskill the day
after hor death that she had committed sui
eide. At her fathers request Dr. James A.
Campbell OF 3l4 West Twenty-second street
who had attended her. certified that she died
Of congestion and in flammation OF the brain.
Mental annoyance or worry" the physician
wrote. was. in my opinion. the chief causa-
tive factor"
Edna Paulding and Emile de Riesthal were
children when they first met. Edna's father is
a descendant OF the John Pauldine who assist
ed at the capture Of Major Andre. He kept q
restaurant in Peekskill which the students at
the Military Academy freauented. and 1t was
here that the children met
Edna was then in her sixteenth year. but
tall and well developed. She was good look
ing. bright. ard attractive. She had thick.
auburn hair and dark blue eyes. From the
moment that young De Riesthal. a blue-eyed
and yellow haired boy. met her he paid her
marked attention.
Last June. when the summer vacation be-
gan. Emile de Riesthal left Peekskill and
Edna never saw him again. She became
strangely moody and sad. spending her time
at home knitting and sewing: When her friends
asked her to come out with them a1d dance or
that she could conceal her secret no longer.
When her father learned Of It he was, FURIOUS:
He wanted to shoot young De RlesthaL But
Edna said Don't do anythnf Hs s r;
to do it II know he will. We love each other
sac vent straehi 70 Sir. Aiphonse de Ries:
thai. He is tho boys father. and l demanded
ss hs IS ld %e haa one 9 a
and he said he would like to speak to his son
Ts H asked me to eqll The ns1t dsg did
ssfs as$ sseiS
two Sefs saSs one $3.50 ier
& = 2:s %hss IS Sssss rss
ses ns
se to M Inn and Day
came to the funeral. Then tho papers were
ss S Ssy k S Of psss her tG xh any
WY ast s6S %as faithful to the
never WE'VE i lay eyes on that fellow Tor I'd Strange
him with my own hands. have i've big sons:
t sna as Viii Eli hi ine"s 0' IN "sa'en one
Mrs. Addio Forge. in whose apartments at
friend OF tho Paulding family. having lived for
many years In Peekskill before she came to
Nv hat q. dreadful shame it is" she said. Ito
ted suicide. She loved her baby too much to
To be five 50
Mrs. Forgee said the girl had come to her
es %o 81 oons wn'n f shs so%s hs
S6sss shs sd hsf brdksp
CHI fab fo ha with yvhp
could comfort and take care Of her; Or. James
4. Campbell. who is Mrs. ForGee's physician.
''%s he thronsh her Miss Forgee said.
Ee sh to EnTope
and the idea that they were keeping him away
from her preysd upoa, her mind day ard ard night
Snqk to hsr 'es ne sSs n Eme SsS
as soon as n aed ana e
bound his promise by a ring he gave her. She
G3hs Sapy ON Wa her i s
call it rs near Emile's name as she could, and
had II PVT daTn on the doctors certificate as
Mrs: Forges will take care OF the baby for
a while until the girls family recover +. from the
s' %mI and Dc sr Ras H tie young
i@thers house; %oo hsWsss street; Brooklyn;
complexion. and doesn't look day over seven
teen. He was very much startled to hear that
news Of the girls death Tor The first time yes ,o
to-day, and understood the baby had died i'm
by e tha
or had ever mentioned the subject Of marriage
THE story Of the ring and the ceremony"
he said. lis entirely new to me: 1t is, alto
eether false, never gave the glEl ring OF
sS a aoV W q 70 su say n npE
against the girls character. especially now
that she is dead. but the case has been mis-
her, but he denied. that he could in any, way be
hsd met aetf tRe ILL., ss on the streets
feekskiIl: Many Of the other Students q tho
were Wn her well
thought would release him from any RESPONSE
Count Alphonse de Reisthnl. the boys father.
when questioned on the meter. said:
to SEQ me. and made serious, statement in.
sSd
her, lie went away. apparently very we'll sat.
ished, told ny son. as soon as 'conld. Just |
frankly Of his acauaintancs with tho Eli. but but
ne
g Il =" h% DS
Some weeks aiterward Emile was arrested
Goetting on $1,000 BAH. As We wero. leaving
the court room deputy sheriff M served papers
The criminal suit was TO have come up o-day. |
but their lawyer asked for an adjournment |
III. or course her death ends that case. We |
are prepared to fight the civil suit at any |
time"
Edna Paulding will be buried from the house
of her married brother this afternoon. The |
funeral will be a private one.
An Important Diasrsace.