The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-11
MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE.
A Woman Signing Her Name rs Mrs.
Everett Shoots Herself at the ColOnadc
IIOtel-Idcntity Carefully Conce aled.

New York. May 1O.--A number of
persons went yesterday to the Colon
made hotel, at No. 726 broadway, to
make inquiries about the woman who
had committed suicide there. and most
of them went later to the morgue to
view the woman's body, but they were
not able to throw any light upon her
suicide. Nobody believed that the wo-
mans name was Mrs. Everett, although
she was registered as Mrs. Everett, Of
Boston, when she went to the hotel on
Wednesday and was assigned to room
No. 55
When her body was found In the room
on Friday afternoon 1t was evident that
she had made careful preparations for
suicide, and had taken much pains to
prevent her identity from being known
She had cut from her clothing all marks
of identification, except that one piece
of underclothing was marked by the
initials of TX. b." in red silk. AS the
body was cold when 1t was found, the
police thought the woman killed herself
| on Thursday night about midnight. On
| the mantel-piece was a sheet of hotel
paper with this written on 1t:
Hereditary insanity. Cremate and
pay landlord for damages, etc. Have
no family. so beg that my request be
observed"
There was no signature. Beside the
paper on the mantelpiece lay a small
purse containing $S9.13. A revolver lay
in the bed beside the wOman's body, and
she had shot herself over the right ear,
the bullet passing nearly to the left
ear. AS her hair was not singed where
the bullet entered her head, she must
have held the weapon several inches
| away when she fired the shot.
! The woman who committed suicide
was about thirty-five years old. some
| what below the medium height for a
| woman, and slender. Her features,
| finement. She had dark brown eyes,
| and hair which was almost black,
| slightly mixed with gray. The woman's
clothing was Of fine quality and fash
| ionable make. Her gloves and shoes
were believed to have been purchased
| in England, but she had been careful
to remove the marks from them. Cor
oner Fitzpatrick applied water to a
glove on which name had been
| stamped. The water so smoothed the
surface of the glove that the words
| 'Harrod's Stores were clearly visible.
A shoe-dea said that the shoes
We're not made in the United States, but
| probably in England. They are No.
| 2lh and Of expensive make. One pair
were bicycle slippers.
| A steamer rug which she had indicat:.
| ed that the woman recently had been
on boat or ship. 1t Is possible that
she may have had baggage which she
did not take to the hotel with her, as
the leather case which she carried only
held clothing enough for one day.
The bag is also believed to be of for
eign make. So careful was the woman
to conceal her identity that she
scratched the label from cologne bot
| tie found with her effects.
| About o'clock last night young
man with red hair and mustache and
light blue eyes called at the gate lead
ing into the morgue and asked permis-
sion to see the body of Mrs. Everett.
He was taken into the morgue by Night
Captain McCale He looked at the
body and then asked to see the letter
that the woman wrote just before she
| killed herself. When told that the let
ter was in the hands of the coroner OF
the police, he left the morgue. The
| captain asked the young man if he
knew the suicide, and he said that he
did not, and when he reached the plat
form he fell in dead faint. A doctor
was sent for but before the physician
arrived the young man regained coll
sciousness and left the grounds.
He refused to say anything about
himself and when followed by report
ers he became very indignant. He
boarded Second avenue car bound up
| town