The Portland daily press., 1894-06-04
found anywhere was on the corset cover.
That was name that had been carefully
rubbed until it was illegible.

found anywhere was on the corset cover
That was name that had been carefully
rubbed until it was illegible.
In one of the dress DO ckets was found a
silk wallet and leather pocket book In
the wallet were four SIS bills, and in the
pocket book was "A cents in change and four
bills.
In the pocket book was found slips of
paper on which was written something
about an insurance policy and note book
IN which were recorded a number of re-
lgious quotations. Among them were:
"God is love" and 1.-THE Transformation of
the SOUL" This also was found: why does
man commit suicide?''
The Coroner suspected that he might find
out something about the mysterious suicide
by inquiring at St. Gabriel's Convent, and
he sent a policeman there to investigate.
. Two of the Sisters came and viewed the
body and they pronounced it to be that of
their visitor of the morning. One of them
wrote the following for the foreman of the
jury that was empanelled:
Lulu Erskine, an entire stranger to us.
She called about ten o'clock and remained
about half an hour, and left us, intending
to take the 11.55 tran to New York and the
p. M, train to Boston, where she would
meet relatives and friends, and return Mon
day to Rockland, Me-
Coroner Apgar shortly after this tele-
graphed to the postmaster of Rockland, ask
ing if any such person as Lulu Erskine
lived there, and late this evening he re-
ceived the following despatch from T. @.
Knight, Mayor of Rockland:
Miss Erskine is one of our best young
ladies. Give the remains proper attention.
Mr.. Bird will call on you.''
The Coroner's jury after viewing the body
adjourned until Monday, when it will
assemble again. No testimony has as yet
been taken. A Sun reporter called at st.
Gabriers Convent this afternoon and saw
one of the Sisters. and she related the story
told in the first part of this article.
When asked if she thought the girl had
been insane the Sister said that although
her eyes looked queer she regarded her as
being entirely rational, but probably suffer-
ing from unstrung nerves.
Miss Erskine was five feet tall, with gray
eyes, had abundant brown hair. and would
weigh about lis pounds.
The Mr.. Bird referred to in the despatch
to the Coroner is thought to be one of the
students at the Peekskin Military Academy,
who comes from near Rockland, Me.
Rockland, Me-, June 2-NIiss Lulu Erskine,
was daughter of Andrew j. Erskine, a
well known insurance man of this city.
For some time past she has been employed
with j. f. Gregory & Co., clothiers, as book
keeper.
She left yesterday afternoon, as the
family supposed, to attend to her duties.
She did not return to her SupDer. a fact
which was not thought strange, as she often
took meal at the house of some of her
young woman friends. Late last night the
family became alarmed at her continued
absence and inquiries wore made in every
quarter. They revealed the fact that she
had been seen going toward the Maine
Central depot, the passenger agent of which
states that young lady, answering the
description given, bought ticket for the
11.30 train, bound West, yesterday.
In the meanwhile note had been found
n NJ iss Erskine's Bible saying that she had
gone to Boston. The next intelligence was
through a despatch from the Peekskill
Coroner directed to the Postmaster here
telling of the fatality.
Arrangements have been made to have
the remains forwarded to Rockland. She
was a member and Sunday school teacher of
the First Baptist church, an officer of the
Shakespeare club, and well liked in social
circles. Grip, of which she was sick several
weeks ago, is supposed to have been the
cause of her suicide.
The news is a great blow to the family
and a large circle of friends in this CITY,
Miss Erskine had a brother in Chicago.