Evening journal., 1896-05-18
THE MYSTERY SOLVED?
The Colonnade Hotel Suicide
Again Identified.
FORMER SWEETHEART FINDS HER

France-They Were Once Lovers, He
says-Ho Tells a Romantic story.
NEW YORK, May iS.-The young wom-
an who registered at the Colonnado hotel
as Mrs. Everett, Boston, and commit
ted suicide on May has been identified
ngain. The latest Identification was made
by Folicion Fauconniere Of Philadelphia,
who claims that the girl was Louise Lans
burg before her marriage and that ho
knew her In Calais, France. Fauconniere
cannot remember the name of the wom-
ans husband. although he says they lived
in Sheffield, England.
Fauconniere came from Philadelphia a
day or two ago and has been stopping in
Bowery,lodging house. lie claims TO
have pawned some of his clothing TO OBJ
rain money to pay his expenses. He also
claims 10 have wife, Hattie, as chamber
maid at 907 Twenty first street, n. W.,
Washington. lie is little, light complex
toned Frenchman and Is poorly clad.
In making the Identification Faucon-
Mere made statement TO John II. Mur-
ray, a clerk In the coroners' Office, In
which there Is some romance. Ho tells Of
his lovo for tho dead woman and Of her
love for him. He described two marks that
wore found on the body OF the suicide
one wart. the other a mole Besides
these he exhibited braided lock Of hair
similar IN color and texture to that OF the
suicide, which he claimed was sent to
him in letter mailed by the girl on May
q. That was the day Mrs. Everett rogis-
tered at tho Colonnade hotel.
Tho statement as made by Fauconniere
In the ooroners' Office was as follows;
Fauconniere's Statement.
"I know Miss Louise Lansburg from a
long date She was born In Calais, 1871,
from good family; was married In Eng
land, 1892, to a man whose name do not
now remomher. She and were children
together at Calais, France.
81 was two years older than She She
loved me, and l loved her formerly She
and grew up together, and / would have
married her, but my mother prevented
me. When was 8 years old, my family
left Calais and went TO Belgium. Louise
came with my family, and she stnid with
my family until was 10 years old. Then
/ went as a soldier for the king OF Bel
gium to Africa.
"The reason for my doing this was that
my mother would not let me marry Louise.
! was an adiutnnt OF the Belgium infan-
try. My family was living at Charleroi,
Belgium. She wanted me to run away to
America and marry her. hut 1 would not
be desorter When / could not marry her,
she married this man whose name now
forget
"She told me sho never loved him after
marrying him. She went TO Sheffield,
England, with him. She was married. the
same week j enlisted In tho army.
II got furlough and followed her to
Sheffield. She was married then 13
months. Her husband was then In Glas-
gov on business did not see her again
until May, 1896, when met her In Wash
ington, whero l met her at Pages hotel,
where she registered under a false name
u served four years In the army, and sho
used TO write to mo all tho time once a
month. She told me she always wished 60
be free, and that she married him only
for his money, and that she was going to
get divorce, and TO obtain this sho was
unfaithful 20 her husband, as l know.
Hor husband obtained the divorce. =
saw Her In Washington.
CT came to America on Nov. 10. 1898.
came to Philadelphia After that went
70 Wilmington, n. g. ] stald at Whining
ton, n. c., moro than nine years. work.
ed there In a lumber mill. l left there and
went TO Washington, whore l saw her at
Pages hotel In May, 1895. / never saw
her alive after that We staid together
one day. She again asked me 60 marry
her, but had no work and said / could
not because she had not been divorced.
She left Washington, and never heard
from her until May 9. 1876, when / re-
celved letter from her, which was, as
near as / can remember, the following:
NEW YORK. May @.
FRIEND am free. / know you are
married. 1 hope you will leave America
and give me satisfaction. i have suffered.
trusted and waited long enough, and 1
will die in the mystery and darkness the
Sth or 9th LOUISE
Her family was well to do, and they
are Rone--where, do not know. Her moth
er did not love her because she loved me,
and she liked better to stay with my fami-
~ than her mother My family was we'll
TO do. but bad speculations ruined my IA
ther, Helost n fortune In the Panama
canal My family are all dead. am mar
ried. and my wife lives In Washington. I
was married in January, 1896. married
my wife because she looked very much
like Louise.
Before making this statement Faueon-
Mere called on Coroner Hoeber, and, after
having been threatened with arrest, told
the woman's name and his own. He gave
O similar narrative to the coroner and re-
marked, 81 may follow hor soon by the
same means He also told the coroner
that the girl had written him that she in
tended killing herself and had asked him
(Fauconniere) not to disclose her identity.
The Frenchman Beats johnson.