The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-19

New York, A Aug. 1e.-Louise Haas, aged
Axteen, OF Nc $50 Glennore avenue.
Hrooklrn, committed suicide hast night
by taking carbolie acid, after her mother
had forbidien her to associate with a
man she loved.
The girl. about $50 O'Clock, was found
UNCONSCIOUS by her mother In her r""rn.
Mrs. Haas, believing her daughter had
only tainted. tried TO restore her TO con
sciousness Finding her efforts mavail-
ing. she sent "A neighbor for an ambulance
The messenger ran TO Mas crug store,
MT Glenu,ore and Schenck avenues, aud
asked the proprietor to ring for an ambu-
lance. Mr. Haas notified the Liberty
avenue police station, and a patrol wagon
instead OF an ambulance was dispatched
TO the house.
Much valuable time vas thus lost. When
Dr Lea and Dr Phiilipsfinaly arrived from;
ST. Mary's Hospital the condition Of the
Young girl war hopeless. but the two ply
aicians woi Sed for three-quarters of an hour
bcfore they pronounced the girl dead. Her
man Haas. the father, Just then arrived AT
the house He rs the proprietor of an eN-
lyb, and a slrong, powerful man. He had
seen the patrol wagon and ambulance in The
street, and. fearing an accident had hap
pened, had ran home. All breathless, he
rushed into the room
"what has hsppened?" he cried Was
she run over by trolley carr"
One OF ths PHYSICIANS not knowing il was
the giri's father, answered ooldly' NO;
she has taken poison"
lie she dead:" Haas asked again, this
time with trembling voice.
The surgeon saw the look of anguish on
the mans face, aud, guessing his identity,
nodded hisheadaf ii rmatively. For minute
the strong man stood nIoiiOnlessi hooking
downu, ont he raceof hisdaughter, distorted
evenindeath h. and then Returned ava slow
ly. muInbiinE, That's enough: that's the
end. ~
Policeman James and Lotes attracted by
ms strange behavior, watched him closely
They saw tim 20 to a closet in the room,
where he rummaged around for q while.
suddenly he pulled cut an old shotgun and
placed the mgzz3e to his chest. Before ne
could reach the trigger the two policemen
Were upon him. Aterrific struggle folOwe'i
for the possession OF the gun.
Haas swi.iriedthetwobisp hi : policemenarOund
the room if they were children, curSing
and begging Il turn TO be allowed to follow
his daughter.
Let n,e go y be yelled. Il want TO
follow ny giri. / want to die with her"
The policemen succeeded in tripping
Haas. All three fell to The floor, where the
struggle was continued with renewed fury,
but At last Haas was overpowered.
The oolioenlen wanted TO take Haas into
custody fDr safe keeping, but the neighbors
prevailea Upsa them not to q o il, as they
were confident that the unhappy father
voud soon he himself again. DIR. Lee gave
Haas a strong hypodermic injection Uf
morpaiae under the influence Of which M
Quieted down.
No one knows positively why Louise
Haas coiamtied suicide. SO far as known
she left no'ietbeI or writing of any kind.
but her mother says that she had re-
proved the girl severely for clandeStinely
meeting 4 young man with whom she had
been foIbidden TO associate.
Mrs Haas refused to give the name of
the young man, nor would she state why
her daughter had been forbidden TO see
him. Tne police intimate that death re
vealed a se,Tet which the girl had ex-
pected o. hide from her parents knowl-
edge.