The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-09
A Beautiful New York Woman Meets
Death In a Chicago Hotel.
BIGAMY AND SUICIDE In A WEEK.
Supposed to Have Been Mrs. Pepper
The Man who Was with Her Missing.
They Registered Under Assumed
Names.

CHICAGO, Sept. 9.-Guests in the Gault
house were aroused yes erday by ashot
that was fired In room which nad been
assigned to a couple who registered as I.
Hastings and wife, New York The door
was forced open and Mrs. Hastings was
found unconscious in bed. In her left
side was bullet wound and near her was
a revolver. She was alone and all the cir
stances surrounding the case point to
suicide.
After registering at the hotel the woman
was shown to her room and the man who
registered as her husband left at once say
ing he would return in short time.
He did not come back, however, during the
night. A physician was called and he
stated that the woman's injuries would
not, in all probability, prove fatal. he
made prolonged efforts to restore her to
consciousness but failed, and she was re-
moved to the county hospital where she
died a few hours afterward.
Papers found in the room show that
the woman's name was not Hastings, but
that she was Mrs. Berthold Pepper.
In the womans trunk was marriage
cerrl ficate. showing thar Sep. 9. 1s93
Cornelius flynn, Alderman OF the FIRST
district of New York, had married Leila
A Hallock, of New York, and Berthold
Pepper, of Moriches, Long Island.
Among the woman's effects was a bank
book issued by the Merchants National
bank Of New York showing credit balance
of SS24.SS. The woman was about thirty
years of age, and stylishly dressed
Last evening letter was received for
the woman from Pepper, written before
she commi ted suicide. 1t was dated at
the Palmer house. and read as follows:
~ leave you on the 18Th forever. Am
ever so much obliged to you for what YOU
Lave done for me. So, now you see l oaiy
liked you for what you doue for me. /
will write TO You. My advice to you is,
go home to your husband at once. My
picture will send to you to New York.
told you was no good, and that you
uid not know me. Will return what you
have given me within one year"
NEwYoRK, Sept. 9-Berthold Pepper is
known mere as deadb beat. He is well
known ia the in moral neghborhood
around l4th street and Third avenue. He
a. an usher at the Academy of Music,
but was discharged. After this he wrot
to Mrs. Hallock, which is the woman's
real name, complaining Of his hard luck.
She came to this city to ne t him. She
took her wedding ring from her finger
and gave it to him. lie pawned it. After
ward she gave him her watch, aud he
pawned that.
lie did nothing honest fora living from
the time he lost his job at the Acad my
of Mus c. Neither did he gei much of a
living. He got money from Mrs. Hallock
every little while, and considerable sun 8
at the times she met him at the Ashland
House.
Among the associates he told freely of
his relationship with her and showed her
letters. According to these, she declared
that she had no love for her husba nd i.
and was going to leave him for Pepper
as soon rs she got sum OF money that
was coming to her. She expected that
money on August l.
At that time she came to the city.
Pepper said size had collected $500 of her
money. She bought him two suits OF
clothes. underclothes, linen, and lot OF
neck,ies. Before she came again Pepper
had pawn1d d most OF these things. Que
day In August Pepper showed n letter
purporting TO be from her husband to
him.
It said that Pepper could have her aud
welcome; that he, the hus 5and, had never
had n minute OF peace with her since she
had met Pepper. The letter, of course,
may have been "a forgery.
Last Tuesday night Pepper announced
that he was going to be married to her
and take her to Chicago.
"What are ycu going to do with herr'
was asked.
'Ob, she thinks am going to take her
to my folks in San Francisco" he an
swered.
"She has got her money, 81 go or 81 800,
and am going to get the Doodle and drop
her on the road"