The herald., 1896-05-13

lice headquarters and the coroner noti-
ned OF the CHASTITY find. The body was
that OF female about 2S years old, me-
dlum height, brown hair ana well-de-
Veloped form. 1t was dressed in a black
ana White striped shirt waist and dark
skirt, stockings and Shoes From the
appearance it had been in the water sew
eral days, as the face was blackened
! and discolored and the flesh of the hands
shrlVeled and water soaked. on one of
the myers was an imitation diamond
ring, put in the pockets nothing To dis
close her identity or the reason for the
deed. Inc corpse was conveyed to the
undertaking rooms of kregelo & Bresee
where 1t was quickly identified She was
Mrs. May Emerson, by occupation a
waitress, and who has lately resided at
229 West First street, but who was for
merly connected with the Baltimore
motel cafe, situated on Seventh street.
near Olive.
READERS of The Herald will remember
that some SIX or seven weeks ago there
was published an account of a party
desertlng his wife and leaving his cred
ltors in the lurch, who had been con-
quoting the cafe in connection with the
MOTEL at that place. The mans name
was not given out of respect to the wishes
OF the deserted woman, who pleaded that
she did not wish her parents to know of
her disgrace. That man was Fred EN-
body now lies on a slab at the morgue
and whose last dying statement breathes
only love for the scoundrel who had
wrecked her existence. Emerson and
his wife, when the Baltimore hotel was
completed, leased the privileges of the
olnlng room from Mrs. Snodgrass, the
proprletress, and for short time con-
Quoted the place apparently success
fully. Then one day Emerson was miss
ing, and at the time ugly reports were
circulated that he had gone with another
waitress who had been employed by him.
he sent through the mail two letters,
one to his wife and one TO Mrs. Snod-
grass, stating that he felt unable to face
his creditors and had left, never to re-
turn.
At the hotel it was denied that he had
left in company with the waitress, as
she had been there after Emerson's de-
parture and secured some clothing which
she left behind when she quit several
days before he disappeared. However
he was gone and the deserted girl ac-
cepted position with the new manager
of the cafe and continued in that capa-
city until the place shut down altogether.
Then she took room at 225 South Hill
street and resided there for several
weeks. One of Mays especial friends
was Miss Lizzie Chute, who rooms al
No. 229 West First street, and is en-
ployed as waitress in q neighboring
il her trouble and received an invitation
to come and room with her. Miss Chute
saw that Mrs. Emerson was detected
and respondent and thought that her
companionship would tend to cheer her
up.
Accordingly. on last Thursday May
moved her trunk to Miss Chute's room.
No %, and the girls remained together
until Mrs. Emerson disappeared. Last
Saturday night the girls We're in the
room in company with two gentlemen
callers, one named Alex Zeckendorf,
who frequently came to see Mrs Emer-
son. Miss Chute and her escort went to
the theater at about 3 o'clock, leaving
May and Zeckendorf in the room. AS
she went out Miss Chute called to May
to cheer up, and asked Zeckendorf to re-
main and endeavor to arouse her friend
from her Respondent mood. This il
seems was not done, as shortly after she
dismissed Zeckendorf and when alone
made her final preparations for death.
On that day May had received a letter
from her mother in San Francisco,
which seemed to greatly dishearten her.
Miss Chute was made acquainted with
a part of the contents, which informed
the recipient that she was cast off as a.
daughter and would not be received at
her home. This action was taken, it is
believed, on account of the mothers as
pertaining or believing that her daugh-
ter was never really married to Emer-
son although passing as his wife.
When Zeckendorf had gone May wrote
three notes, one to a Mr.. Fowler one
addressed to her husband and one to
Lizzie. The note to Mr.. Fowler was left
lying on the bureau. Miss Chute's
epistle May placed in her own trunk and
locked it. while the third, to her hus-