The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-26
WICKED GIRL TOLD A LIE.
CARRIED A SUICIDE STORY AROUND
TO THE NEWSPAPERa.

said she Hnd wsrked FOR the Chicago News-
papers Herself. and wanted the News
papers All e Knew That HeF Dearest Friend
HAD shot Herselr In Bre~shiyn-Fsolea one.
A picturesque young woman told a circum-
stantial hb in the New York newspaper Offices
yesterday, and fooled q susceptible soul OF two.
She was a tall young woman Of good figure, with
a big hat, an attractive oval face. an olive COM
plexion. a musical voice. and dark hair, which
was trained down over her ears in waveleta
She wore a buff linen shirt waist with belt 10
match. and q dark brown bell skirt
She said that she was Miss-well, say Brown
OF Chicago. and that she had been living at 39A
Saratoga avenue. Brooklyn. for somo time. She
had worked for several Chicago newspaper
and had had "Oh. such fun with them"
THE reason I am telling this story to tho pa
pers," she said. lis because my friend. who shot
herself this morning. has some relatives living
In New York city, and want them to hear about
1t through the papers. Ny friend is Mrs. Smith
tshe didn't say Smith, q young woman who is
very conspicuous in Chicago society. She was
tho belle Of the d6butantes' ball there seven
years. ago. and soon after her coming out she
ran away with Mr.. Smith and they were mar
ried. Her father Is DR.. Jones [she didn't say
"Jones"l Of Cass street, Chicago. She has
two sisters and a brother there. After her mar
riage she returned homo with her husband and
they were forgiven. Five years ago they camo
on hero to Brooklyn to live. and I was persuaded
to COME on also about Q year ago at the earnest
solicitation of my friend. who was an old school
chum.
After I had been here awhile I noticed that
things were not going right with the Smiths.
Mr.. Smith could not control his appetite for
drink. and on the plea that he did not want to
contatninato his home by his habits he got his
wife TO agree to separate until he should brace
anle regularly from her husband. She seemed
night. Yesterday morning 1 received a note
from her asking me to call Immediately. did so
s see d fSuRS MFs, sixth SRits St TfbS ae' PHd MSsn l II noted xsi
the absence of tho child abe said the child was
on a visit to some friends. I tried to prevail on
with me, but she would not; SO ! went alone,
promising TO return rs soon as 1 had finished.
within quarter Of q block of the house I heard a
pistol shot. KNEW by intuition. what had hap
gEmnietRh' h and a lSn ' Rsps eff IN the heI left fe6 brea sta' ran
upstairs to q neighbor. and, after telling her
what had happened, ran out for a doctor. They
DIR. Hawley Of % Fourth avenue, and when I
returned found him there with q trained nurse
see Mrs Ism Smith, and Dr.. AsWioy said i he was
going to keep the matter quiet 1teiegrnphed to
Chicago; but have not heard from DR.. Jones yet.
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Mrs. smith is q perfect beauty, and has been
posing for the head and shoulders only for q
very well-known New York artist"
After having told this tale in THE Sun oflce
Miss Brown went on her wal. witt her romance.
She found an appreciatiye listener elsewhere,
and her tale was printed under tho heading,
Society Belle . Suicide" II sounded all right,
but an Investigation proved that:
street. Brooklyn. Mr.. and Mrs. William r.
Hunter have lived there for twenty-five years
and never heard OF ner. 1t is not q fat house.
A flock OF innocent ducks we're found padding
IN a pond at 334 Saratoga avenue. where Miss
Brown said she lived.
There 10 no Or. Hawley at % Fourth avenue,
and DR.. George r Hawley OF 800 Gates avenue,
who Is the only physician OF that name in Brook
Ign, never had any such patient.
The machinery OF the Brooklyn police and
| Coroner's ofice was agitated all tho afternoon
by the yarn, and the wires were hot until 1t was
disproved. Then the Coroner and the police
were hot. There may be no law against furnish
ing false Information to the press in Chicago,
but there Is one in this State, SO that Miss
Browns cueis evidently TO keep ouietfor awhile.