The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-21
FOUGHT HARD TO DIE.
Novel; Read Rosetta Czeisler Drank
Carbolic Acid.
She Is Fourteen Years Old, Pretty
and Full Of Romance.
Mystery in Her Young Life Which
she win Not Reveal.

There is a romance in the life OF
years old. OF l92 Stanton street. but just
what 1t is neither her parents nor the
other people who live in the house can
tell. That It Is very serious and
| tragic romance to little Rosy--as she Is
| known to all her friends-is certain, for
last night she made desperate at
| tempt to kill herself.
At few minutes before midnight the
child staggered from the dark hallway
of As Sheriff street. Charles Steckler, OF
226 Rivington street, was passing and he
caught her in his arms to keep her from
falling. Then he called Policeman Har-
vey of the Delaney street station, who
| was near by. 1t was seen that the young
girl was suffering. and the odor of car
bolic acid was strong on her lips An
ambulance was called from Gouverneur
Hospital, and 1t was 8 o'clock this morn
ing before the physicians succeeded in
getting her out of immediate danger.
| She had taken nearly an ounce of car
bolic acid.
Policeman Harvey went back to the
hallway of the Sheriff street tenement.
found little bottle which had CON
tained carbolic acid. The label on the
bottle had been partially scratched off
and It was Impossible to discover what
| a little white handkerchief and novel
The novel was old and well thumbed.
Il was called THAT Pretty Young
On one OF the pages was written
Fred Montebello," and beneath the
| name was this passage:
L ' s.nss EAR She OF yin nS yf the
One Of the pages was turned down at
"If you lead Mrs. .Trevalyn to the altar
| 1t will be over my dead body. My curse
y that love you. Remember these
.. Hell {. hath no fury like a woman
At Rosy's home, 1872 Stanton street. her
on her life when an Evening World"
Ter. is a .furrier and the rooms in which
and cheerful.
~ cannot think OF any reason why
her tears. She e." was only a little girl girl,
makingartihcia flowers at Prince and
Mercer streets, and was always home
| by o'clock every evening She was
cheerful when she left here yesterday
| stayed out all night before
Mr.. Czeisler was equally, at loss to
suicide. He said that she had never eP had
any trouble at home and was apparently
happy at all times. He had searched
high and low FOR Rosy when hen she dli not
were visited, but they could tell nothing
| about her.
At the hospital Rosy struggled so
fercely against medical aid that it took
fve of the assistants to hold her. She
kept calling out: He told me so. He
told me so to-day" over and over again.
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| Kuyler and also gave a rong address.
1t was not until after three o'clock this
morning. that she would give her right
name. At that time all OF the poison had
been taken from her. and although her
mouth and lips were badly burned she
was out of danger,
where the lCzeislers have their home
said this morning that the little girl
| always had novel in her hand. and
that she would read for hours on the
to be. The novels were mostly OF the
modern erratic school, such as was
found In the hallway when she tried
In the novels. for she would often talk
about the heroes and heroines as II they
were real people.
which. In the light Of her action last
night, has a peculiar significance. She
began toying with her stepmother's
III Should come home with wedding
ring on some day, what would you say"
A few days after Mrs, Czeisler lost her
she WAS going to do the family wash
ing. She has never found IL since.
At the place where Rosy worked, max
mornig that she was laid off about
five weeks ago on account OF slackness
Of orders. They had seen nothing Of
mystery to the AFFAIR. for II was said
NJ her home that Rosy always brought
home her weeks salary every Satur-
day.
Where she has been passing her time
and from whom she has been receiv-
ing money. no one can tell She refused
to say anything about her actions at
the hospital, and her father, who called
there this morning, was not permitted
to see her. The only thing she has said
in the hospital. which can bear upon the
cause for her act, is: