New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-28
LOVED LIFE LESS THAN ART
EsrELLE COTTON. OF BROOKLYN. browns
HERSELF AT PIERMONT.
THE CAUSE BELIEVED TO RE DISAPPOINTMENT
OVER FAILURE TO SECURE A COVETED
PRIZE A YOUNG GIRL SURROUNDED

OVER FAILURE TO SECURE A COVETED
PRIZE A YOUNG GIRL SURROUNDED
ny HAPPY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Mss Estelle Cotton. the only daughter Of DR..
F. G. Cotton. a well-knovn man of Brooklyn.
drowned herself under peculiarly sad crcum-
stances at Piermont. near Nyack, Saturday
evening. Miss Cotton who was fine-ooklng
girl twen.y-three years OF age. warm
friend Of the family Of f. T Copeland. one Of
the best-known residents of Grand View. two
miles noi ith of Piermont. and frequently went
up to visit them. Saturday afternoon she
started by tram. but Instead Of going to Grand
View she got off al Piermont-on Hill. at 4:30
o'clock She was handsomely DIRE ssed In rich
black silk. with red waist and her stylish ap
pearance as snc walked toward Piermont VIII
lage attracted the notice of those whom she
met. About twilight she crossed the bridge
over the Sparkill Creek and was not seen again
alive.
About $50 O clock Louis Schue, German, who
lives near the river around the point Of the
mountain below PiermOnt, was going home. Just
at the turn OF the mountain he found a satche
in the road. He opened it and found several let
ters. He hastened home with his find and when
he got to his house found that one of the letters
was open and evidently intended to be read. Its
contents intimated that the writer had taken her
life and Mr. Schue fastened back 10 where the
satchel was found Close by. In small creek
that runs up through the salt meadows. he dis
covered a dead body partially hidden in the water
The man then ran to the village ana nouneu
Coroner Felter and several others. Ofhcer Hlckey
and Charles Riker. druggist took the body out
Of the water, and ii carried to the barn near
bv A sealed letter addressed 10 r. /. Copeland
Grand View was fourd in the satchel. ami Nj
COPELAND was telegraphed TO come down at once.
He identified the body as that OF Miss Cotton.
The open letter was addressed to the family
and told plainly of the suicide. Its tone
showed that Miss Cotton had become despon-
dent and intended to take her life. She spoke
IN kindly tones Of every one. and referred seN.
eral times in warmest words TO her dear friend
Constance" meaning MISS Copeland WHOM
Miss Cotton was highly educated. and her
taste ran especially to art 1t is said that her
dependency was caused by her failure TO reach
a desired promotion in the art school which she
attended.
come with grief. He insisted being taken
10 the spot where his daughter was drowned
and soon after returned 10 the city. The body
Of Miss Cotton was at Mr.. Copeland 5 house,
Grand View. until late YESTERDAY afternoon
when it was taken to the grief-stricken parents
DR.. Cotton father Of Miss Cotton. Is one or the
best-known dentists IN Brooklyn MS place oA
business being over Silsbees restaurant, at NO.
2ll FultOn-st His home Is in handsome three
story brownstone AT No. sc Livingston-st: Inc
doctor denied himself to reporters last night.
Miss Colton's home surroundings were pleasant
and she had been carefully reared. she attended
Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, on 'ne
Heights of which the late Rev. DIR. Charles ii.
Hall was rector. Here she made numberless
pleasant acquaintaiIces among some OF the best
people I'm Brooklyn
From her friends last night II was learned that
while Miss Cotton received attention occasionally
from gentlemen friends she was probably not en-
paged IN be married She impressed every one as
q sensible refined young woman with more than
ordinary claims to beauty
she had been attending the Art Students
League. in Fifty-nnth-st.. New-York her friends
said. and had applied herself assiduously 10 her