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 Flu! OF Romance.
Mystery I'm Her Young Life Which
She VIII Not Reveal.

There IL a romance in the life Of
pretty little Rosetta Czeisler, fourteen
years old. Of 1872 stanton street but just
what 1t is neither her parents nor the
other people who live in the house can
tell. That 1t 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 IS Sheriff street. Charles Steckler, of
226 ltiyiugton street. was passing and lie
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 thae the young
girl was suffering, and the odor OF car
boliC acid was strong on her lip. An
ambulance was called from Gouverneur
Hospital, and 1t was o'clock this morn
ing before the physicians succeeded in
getting her out OF immediate danger
She had taken nearly an ounce of ca"-
bolic acid.
Policeman Harvey went back to the
hallway OF the Sheriff street tenement,
and by the aid OF the light from matches
found little bottle which had con-
tained carbolic acid. The label or the
bottle had been partially scratched off
| and it was impossible to discover what
| had been written on ii. He also found
little white handkerchief ana a novel.
The novel was old and well thumbed.
1t was called THAT Pretty Young
Girl"
ON one of the pages was written
| Fred Montebello," and beneath the
name was this passage:
! I.,ttic rs sinking fast she will not live the
| week out. signed, EARL OF DCNRANEN.
one Of the pages was turned down at
| this PASSAGE
IF you lead Mrs. Trevalyn to the altar
| 1t will be over my dead body. My curse
l. that ] love you. Remember these
lines:
Hell hath no fury like woman
At Rosy's home, 1872 stanton street her
parents had just learned OF her attempt
ON her life when an Evening World'
| Ter, is furrier, and the rooms in which
the, family live are comfortably furnished
and cheerful
II cannot think of any reason why
stepmotheV as she strove to keep back
surely had no sweetheart She worked at
Mercer streets, and was always home
| by 6 o'clock every evening. She was
cheerful when she left here yesterday
evening to go out for awhile. She never
stayed out all night before"
Mr.. Czeisler was equally at a loss to
account for his daughters attempted
suicide. He said that she had never had
any trouble at home, and was apparently
| happy at all times. lie had searched
high and low for Rosy, when she did not
We're visited. but they could tell nothing
| about her.
At the hospital Rosy struggled SO
tercely against medical aid that 1t took
| five of The assistants to hold her. She
kept calling out: 'Hc told me so. He
| told me so to-day" over and over again.
At first she gave her name as Mamie
| kuylei, and also gave a wrong address.
Ii 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 We're badly burned she
was out of danger.
The people who live in the tenement
where the Czeslers have their home
always had novel in her hand, and
that she would read for hours on the
'front.' steps aid wherever she happened
modern erotic school, such as was
| found in the hallway when she tried
to Kill herself Rosy took great interest
| in the novels, for she would often talk
about the heroes and heroines as If they
| were real people.
About IA month ago Rosy did something
which, in the light of her action last
! night. has a peculiar Significance She
began toying with her stepmother' 5
/ wedding ring Then she asked:
| IF | should come home with a wedding
! ring on some day. what would you say -
/ \ few days after Mrs. Czeisler lost her
! wedding ring. She had taken II of as
| she was going To do the family wash
ing She has never found II since.
At the place where Rosy worked maxi
| ing artificial flowers, II was learned this
morning. that she was laid off about
| ilye weeks ago on account of slackness
| of orders. They had seen nothing OF
her in all that time. This adds Il new
| mystery to the affair, for II was said
at heI 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 reCeiy.
| ing money, no one can tell. She refused
TO say anything about her actions al
the hospital, ana her father. who ca.ed
there this morning, was not permitted
10 see her. The only thing she has sail
in the hospital which can bear upon the
| cause for her act, is:
He told me so. He told me co to-day