The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-24
WHY DID MRS. CURTIS FLEET
sTR<HGE ACTIONS OF THE WOMAN
LOST FROM THE shRATOGA.


c..hea . Money Order OF which Her Has
s.,d Ensw Nothing-Atteupts at Suicide
Before She Lert-Hor Husband Missing.
There seems now no reason to doubt that
the woman who disappeared from the Troy
,tesmboat Saratoga on Tuesday night was
young Mrs Jennie Curtis Of 1877 Avenue D.
Bsyonne the wife Of Henry J. Curtis. chem
list employed at tho chemical works at Consta-
be Hook. Little light has been thrown upon
the question OF her motive for disappearing or
committing suicide, and the mystery OF the
affair was increased yesterday by the contin-
ued absence OF her husband from home
On Thursday morning Mr.. Curtis came to
Eey York and Identified the articles left by the
woman the Saratoga. including articles OF
clothing aud the verses signed f. ]. Coch-
r.ne." Then he returned to Bayonne and
dined at noon with the Thatcher family. who
live in the fiat under his. After dinner he re-
turned to New York In company with Frank
Conway. whom he met by accident at the rail-
road station. At 4 o'clock he left Conway at
the corner Of West and Liberty streets, saying
only:
well. I've got to go up town"
He has not been seen since. Some Of his
friends thought he had como to Troy. but this
theory Ia upset by dispatches from that city
Curtis and his wife had lived in Bayonne n
little than tny s The5 evenings Tsre
played on the piano for her husband until late
In the Ss, hsy Tsme4 was SO Sae4
remark among the neishb3@rS r,.,.
woman in Bayonne who knew Mrs. Curtis best
said to SUN reporter yesterday, that she
was lucky woman to have { man for a hus-
many as to attract attention. save on one &C.
week before the supposed suicide OF the wife
was discovered. on the morning Of that day
s s!ss on s
Gritiin was on the lookout for second story
euriss fat tf he asked er who they we're Mrs
Curtis replied. according to one version that
!hst set the Visit was NO business Of dn
According to another version. she replied that
Of R Tas Wso wns w,h
her. and that she guessed she would run away
with him when she was tired Of Bayonne.
Mrs. Curtis went out after telling Mary Hunt
woman employed to do the heavy work about
From " her manner Mary Il unit thought Mrs
S eSrs sse vile .he @
him some strawberries and had stopped to talk
with . friend on her way home Mrs. Mrs Hunt !iIt
the explanation. but refused to eat the fruit.
That 1ight Ne Iha'she5s Th9 live on the
greater part OF the night. The next morn
ABOUT abe 10 ocIoeS. She was pale and very weak.
Mr.. Thatcher helped her to chair. and the
BURST into tears. Then she said that twice
during the night, s s hGd rttsmpf s to take
!S%. her husband sad her home were lost
She told Mrs Thatcher that she was going
to get away and not meet her husband, She
sSd M M sfss roll her Of & hen sss
left and was not seen again. ,
Five minutes hi her Husband b.G entH n
her TiseheE a4 not tell him the
AT ca moments thought he turned to her
had followed her on Friday afternoon and she
had refused to return to me God knows what
On tuesday Curtis rep92rtsd the d dissepgear-
Ths only PERSON found yesterday
Gosh1aas ns Sas has f Rrsass
bakery near where the Curtises lived She
The fact that Mrs Curtis had so much m oney
Thursday By Mrs Curtis is the only hint Of
nat n on IhHrs s sishs and som thISe hsas
husband. there seems NO explanation OF her
flight and probable suicide From Friday until
Tuesday all trace OF her Is lost What she
did or where she went none of her friends
know. 1t Is probable that the whole mystery
will be explained when her doings on these
four days are made known. The husband and
tho unknown man to whom she wrote In her
stateroom on the steamb boat are probably the
only two persons who know the Secret OF her
disappearance.
Mrs. GEORGE Davis. whose brother in Troy
thought she might be the suicide. was found
alive and well on her husbands sand barge.
the Belle. lying yesterday of West Twenty
fRoY June 23-Mre. Curtis has not. II her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Wager are speak ing the
truth. been here. but 1t was learned to-day that
on Sunday last Mr.. Curtis visited the Nager's
In quest OF his wife.
The girls parents came to Troy this even
ing. and after identifying the clothing found
on the boat and known 10 belong to tho mis-
ing woman. expressed tho belief that 1t be-
longed to their daughter. While they could
advance reason for her suicide. they were
not surprised when they heard OF 1t. Mrs.
Wager SAID in answer to a question as to
whether she had known anything OF this affair
or any trouble that existed between her
daughter and Mr Curtis that Jennie had left
heard from her. and that she said she was well.
Mrs Wagersays this information game TO her
in a letter which she received on Wednesday
from her daughters husband.