The sun., 1894-03-11
THERE WASNO MARRIAGETIE
BUr ROSE MkSsFIELD CLUNs TO EU--
sENE STRONG ron FIFTEEN FE<Ra

9eetng Htu, Lest Her Hose, sna Fsn
H.to Poverty-shs s--ssies Herself n
U.s.r . Black vsii s.d Lsid so-e v,oists
I. Hi. Com-, bat was Not AiIorsdto ne st
ths Funerni-A Week Amer His Death she
Di.s PennIle,- asd wont 60 the Morsue.
Rose Mansfield. the English woman who
rvss taken I'll on Thursday in Mrs. Vests
lboarding house at 103 East Thirtieth strest
,snd died that night In Bellevue Hospital under
leircums stances that suggested suicide. had
been in this country about fifteen years 1t is
isaid that she came from q small town In Som
Iersetshire. where as q young girl she was cell
Aebrated as beauty.
Shortly after her arrival here che met Eu-
gene d. Strong Of this city and she lived with
him without q marriage almost continuously
luntil shortly before his death on March 1. one
week before her death.
Eugene r. Strong was . well-known man
about town OF middle age. He was the son OF
the late Thomas W. Strong. who for long time
was publisher at o8 Nassau street. being the
man who published one of the earliest OF
American comic papers, Yankee Notions.
Rose Mansfield and Strong lived last In
rooms q. 216 East Twenty-seveDth street. and
she was known to the people in the house as
his wife but his acqualntances know other
wise For ten years and until four years ago
Strong was the manager OF tho late Samuel
kpike's estate, from which he derived n very
lUooi income His income was cut on sud-
tdeuly by partition OF the estate and he was
left stranded. Some time previous to this he had
become estranRed from his father aud family.
and It Is said by some OF his friends that he
had hard timo to get along during the years
I1seo and 1891. All this time Rose Mansfield
lstuck to him and. Il 10 said. lent him her
lrnoney. His father was in Europe at the time.
lsnd with the family Eugene had no inter
Xouyse The father died year ago last stt yanr na
s1s e cssh ssd snd to ias
Eate the young man was comfortably provided
Dor. He Is said 70 have made the remark < then
III; tns Sa. whs With FssSns ESsS Man tho
sss ss up % DacSslor assTters % East twenty.
seeond street. He Is said to have talked mueh
would not care. to live after his death and
fhres three weeks zee 81 illness not long ssoi
..strons went to the last French ball: and
sni.. nsss eafs"s Ho was not Sod feeling well the time
h% eS to but me- sns
shs :sE iRs sS h' Ss Sst nsIs 9t
ie ioeek i 70 his bed At his lodgings in Twenty.sec.
f:sIrs from &. him o IL 'sgsra. ~ d,' sSs
TSsn moa. %onsy would baVs ps
shS had IL sad to haSa sss
prevented by Eugene's brother. Edward W.
s:s a.ys e FsSrusTy RHsn ,sE dsys s BE-;
ss, sP Psosrdina S % house at P6s East Thirtiets
sSS had Ssah ss paid s,s os wee. ssf S:
Msnsfeld who since arriving at the hopse bad
q hs tine awsy tSd H
ss disa she % did not % think she % would Vi % survive %
& %s. sas sSS so 8. sas nss
she SeSs had NO 10 nonsy. and Mrs West. not wanting
To nut her out sAid she could remain another
~ff1 Tsis death notice was published on March
sIsoNSHon Taar,ssr, March !. of pd.umon,.. I'm.
gene b strong son or Esther and the late Thomas
Nv w strong r",;.. ,o,,ov.. ,,. nav. dawn ,,,,
one: - '''''
TnS,sss.y March e as ~. r..
d.se: Of b: Sro.s.r;iasw q % ws.. E,gs.y;:ssSSd
. r.':rm;n' D5,'..s ,,.,..,..,...,
saS sn 2. b.Meen srons and Ss Ress
Mansfield that the one who should survive the
shsp 81 ths Vent ont tos
Sunday morning and was gone long time
The same friend. who says he was at the fu-
neral said yesterday that woman In
black and heavily veiled went to the house,
and was ad mitted and laid a bunch OF yiolets
upon the comm. but was not allowed to remain
at the funeral service. Miss Mansfield return
ed TO her boarding house late In the day limp
ing and said that she had been knocked down
reason W then to suppose that she had purPosely
got in the way OF the car Her ankle was
eprain ed and she went to bed. On Monday
she sent for her own doctor. On Tuesday Mrs.
West advised her to go to Q hospital, but she
said sha had no money. About 3 o'clock
Thursday afternoon tho cook OF the house
found her In semi conscious condition,
Although she had been apparently all right
not long before Mrs. WeAt sent for doctor,
who left prescription and went away. Att
o'clock In the evening Miss Mansfield became
worse.
An ambulance took her TO Bellevue Hospital
and she died there soon after arriving. The
doctors thought that q certain blush condi-
tion OF the Iips indicated that she had taken
poison.
Al the Morgus Dr. Donlin made an autopsy
and found 10 trace OF poison. Death. he said
was due, to aRgo0plsIy: Among causes q The
Al rnIanna in tha blood