The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-19
SHE LEAPED TO HER DEATH.
MISS EMMA GARRETT JUMPS FROM
THE biF1H S7ORT OF A HO7EE

Sh" hnd Charge OF the Pennsylvania blind
| Ch,idf'cn'- Esaibit nt tn" worid'. F,tr,
| md Ovcrwork Drove Her Ir4nue-II ~
Sister and Fiiend Saw Icr Fatal Leap.
CHICAGO. July 1aMiss Emma Garrett OF
Philadelphia. who, with her sistcr Miss Mary
s. Garrett. had charge OF tho Pcnnsylvnnia
blind children's exhibit at tho Worlds Fair,
| committed suicide this evening by enpinS
| from window at tho Briggs House.
She plunged headlong from the ne, fluor.
and her brains wcre dashed out on the plate
glass skylight over tho hotel Office. Nervous
prostration. that Ind been brought on by OVER
work in preparing tho blind children exhibit
had unbalanced her mind, She was to hive
| been taken to-day to n tiiS to sanitArium at
Geneva Lake. Wis. for treatment.
Miss CARROTS sister and friend, Miss Viola
Wilcox. also OF Philadelphia. were in tho room
with her when she lonrcd TO hcr death. The
three had been ut the hotel only ali hour.
Miss Emma Garrett was unusually morose
and her sister and Miss Wilcox were trying 10
choer her up. When they entered tho room
tho air was sitting. and window was rniscd
to admit q cooling breeze that was waited OH
the lakes.
Miss Garrett was SO nervous TINT sho could
not sit In ono place longer than five minutes.
She lay down on couch when she first en-.
tered tho room. while her sister leane over
her and famed her.
firing Of this position sho arose and threw
herself into a big armchair. All tho while hor
sister and Miss Wilcox were chatting pleas
antly with her in an endeavor to allny her
Although Miss Garrett had been lowering on
the borders OF insanity for several days, her
SELF -.
dow and sazed out at the roofs Of the ad,acent
buildings her sister paid no particular atten-
The spot seemed to have n strange iascina-
tn, window to look at some object Miss
out and discussed various things that seemed
to please the sick woman. Twining, her trins
led tho Invalid away aud Induced her t. liz
After few minutes she arose and hogan to
forehead she exclaimed:
sister. my head is bursting"
She then threw herself on tho bed and ask ed
there was 2 strange light in tho inva,id's eyes:
she lay on the couch her body writhei and
twisted. Shc soon became calm. however. and
nllectionntely kissed her sister. at the Same
NM" !:d nm IN saH.ins you lots OF trouble but
few minutes after thi. Miss Emma. who
srrane to her feet and bounded across the
o Her $! sister G md" md Miss Wilcox instantly realized
that the invalid meant to Jump to her death.
and thcy ran to the window to stop her.
They were too late. however. for Miss Gar.
rett pad PLUNGED headlonG. and q moment
WilcoN and tho sister were overcome by the
sight. amt they. ran shricking from tine
room down to the office. When the body Of
Miss Garrett struck the skyight 1t cracked
one Of the beveed glass pnnes. Clerks Adams
and Hamitsk5. who were in the Office at the
time: stood directly beneath where Miss Gar.
rett fell.
Policeman ]LLnngos wac. called and removed
the body by climbing ont OF a second story vim
dow. which Ia almost on u level with the sky-
light and then lifting the dead woman Ia
through the window to tho hotel attach -.
The body WAS then taken to sgnund's
morGue. whore an inquest will be held to.
morrow.