New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-20

OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE COLONNADE
SUICIDE WAS MRS. f. E. HILL

AN EXPERT IN HANDWRITING GIVES TESTIMONY
SUPPORTING THE THEoRY-CoRoNER DoBBs
SATISFIED AS TO THE IDENTIFICATION
Coroner Dobbs. who has been investigating
the suicide of the woman calling herself Mrs
Everett at the Colonnade Hotel. came TO the
conclusion Yesterday afternoon that the woman
was Mrs Mary d. Hill, the wife or H. H. h'ii'
n musician. now living in London. Judge HILL
of Indianapolis, the father of f. f. HILL WHO
came to this city to identity the pouE' was
told that he might have possession OF IT, anu
no gave directions to have the body oremated al
Fresh Pond Long Island. on Friday
Tho Identification Of the body as that OF MIS-
I'm, was made more perfect yesterday WIG"
II f. Ricca. a theatrical and musicai agent
who formerly employed E. f. Hill and his wife'
won't IN the Morgue and exhibited photographs
Of Mrs Hill as she appeared In the stage oo'
tune of a Mexican dancer. the pho'osIap"'
removed all doubts from the mlnds OIL 'ie
Morgue authorities Mr.. Ricca's once at w.
163 West Twenty -third-st Is In the same puiiu
ing with that Of Z. r. Pedrick, VINO was ''ie
first to identify the body as that Oh |ia'" -
Glenfield.
Other evidence which helped TO sausiy Noi0
ner Dobbs was given by d. n Carvaiho' an eH-
mart In handwriting. After her ARRIVAL III 'hi'
c,tv Ave weeks ago, Mrs Hill stayed IoI
.;r,a az the Continental Hotel. and she regis
tered herself as Mrs. Mary D. HILL MI O"'
valho examined the writing In the resi9'ei va
the Continental Hotel and compared II WIZ" III.
signature of Mrs Everett In the rees'ei Va
the Colonnade Hotel and with the no'e SD"
by Mrs Everett. asking that ner pou! oe
Nc made an affidavit yesterday that
the writing was in the same manu. anu
the woman who wrote her name as Nlrs' nm
was the same woman who later wrote her NAME
as Mrs. Everett ...
Corroborative evidence that MIS- ENeie''
was Mrs Hill, Of London. whose malue" NAM
was Mary d. Keith, was founo aiso "
fact that when Mrs. Everett his'
a, tho Palat,ne Hotel, in Newburg. 1t was as
a. NJ n Everett the initials, NJ. D.. being
tho same as Mrs Hills. Then Mrs Evere''
unsohaa Newburg on May 2, the day after Mrs
hin was last seen at the law office OF j. han'ro-
,,,,,, ~ No 335 Broadway, in this city This
accounts Cor her movements after she ieft the
Continental Hotel Another fact In support Vi
IN. Identification as Mrs. Hill is that the letter
'Z" was found some OF the uhuercio'"'"e'
and Mrs Hills professional name was "ei'e"
Judge Hill. Of indianapolis. accompanied ov
ex-Congressman LATE Pence. OF Coiordoo' D.
Kantrowitz. and William T. Hoard OF column
rs Ind saw Coroner Dobbs yesterday he
said he would send to Columbus, mo- ana ask
Mrs Hilrs father Colonel John A. Keith 10
send on some additional samples of her hand-
writing for comparison with the handwriting OF
Mrs. Everett" Mr.. Hill had received mes
sage by cable from his son. the husband OF 'he
suicide saying: p,oo.o ha,,a that
always desired cremation Please nave 'na'
dome Am writing TO you To-Day
FeIicien Fauconniere the Frenchmah, WHO
identified the body of Mrs. Everett as as. tha t
of Louise Lansburg. was at the ooro rHne tho
hodv was to be cremated, he probably would
start on tramp back to PhadelPhia Core,
ner's Clerk Murray returned from rniaueipi 20
trousers belonging to Fauconniere. but there
was no letter from Louise Lans6urg IN t ne
pockets of the trousers Fauconnlere saiu nd ND
had two pairs of trousers in Philadelphia anu
Mr. Murray may have found the wrong pair