Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-06
JUMPED FROM A WINDOW.


ner of Manhattan avenue and Clay
street, Greenpoint, and residents of ad-
joining houses were awakened by angry
voices at two o'clock Sunday morning
People who rushed to their windows
saw woman shoot down from fourth
story window and land on shed in the
yard of the adjoining house.
As she lay there groaning woman
who strongly resembled Mrs. Edwards,
the wife of Proprietor Silas c. Ed
wards, appeared at the fourth story
window, and as she shouted "Oh, you
migrate, you hussy, is this the way you
return my kindness to you" she threw
wash basin, pitcher, and other small
articles at the PROSTATE woman below.
Then all was still for few minutes,
after which three men opened second
story window of the hotel and lifted
Mrs. Sarah Evelyn, pretty widow,
who is twenty-eight years old and is
cousin of Proprietor Edwards, from the
shed and into the hotel.
Neighbors reported this to Policeman
Patrick Carter, who went to the hotel
and asked what the trouble was. He
was told that Mrs. Evelyn had attempt
ed to break the panel of door by
kicking at it and had sprained her an
kle. He said he would call an ambu-
lance, but was asked to call coach in
stead He telephoned for coach, and,
having accepted the statements made
to him, decided that the matter was too
trivial to report to the Sergeant at the
Greenpoint station house.
Neighbors are now wondering wheth-
er Mrs. Evelyn jumped or was thrown
from the window. She was brought to
this city iu coach, and where she is l
could not learn. As no doctor was
summoned to SEQ her, it is not known
whether she was fatally injured or not.
All who saw the woman say her leg or
foot was fractured.
On the fourth floor of one Of the
wings of the hotel is the room in which
the trsable of Sunday morning conf
menced.e TlNp5oin is occupied by en-
employe ofthc Greenpoint Ferry Com
pany who works at night. For some
reason he quit work at one o'clock Sun
day morning and went to the hotel.
The key to his room was not on the hook
behind the clerks desk and the clerk
called through the speaking tube, which
extends from the clerks office to Pro-
prietor Edwards room, to ask Mr.. Ed
wards where the key was. Mrs. Ed
wards replied that her husband was not
in the room and she asked what was
wanted. She was told that Mr.. Ed
wards had left the Office some time BE-
fore and that the key of the ferryman's
room could not DE found.
Soon after this the row commenced
in the fourth story room, the key OF
which was missing. What was seen
by those who looked from windows of
the hotel and adjoining houses has been
told.
Many guests of the hotel ran toward
the room from which the noise came.
They were met by Mrs. Edwards, who
said, angrily :-"There is nothing the
matter. Go back to your rooms and
mind your own business" Some obey
ed, and others went down to the office
and rt staurant. They saw Mrs. Evelyn
carried in. She appeared to be uncon-
scious, and those who examined her
said her right leg was fractured above
the ankle. She was carried from the
hotel and placed in coach, which was
driven aboard ferry boat bound for
east Twenty-third street, New York.
Mrs. Evelyn, who has daughter
seven years old, was employed by Ed
wards as head waitress. was informed
that her room is not in the same part
of the building as is the room from
which she fell.-N. Y. Herald.