The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-14
miss WARNER" A SUICIDE.
"M. o.. "" or FORK KILLS HER
SCI T. IN A MONTREAL HoTB-.
only Her Name on tho Register ana the Lam
dry marks on Her Colinr rad Cum TO ndcn-
tiry Her-sho was Petite, Pretty, Well
Kent, we'll Dre1ued. Young, and ahnmcd,

Only Her Hamo on tho Register ana the LAM
dry MARKS on Her Coline rad cam to ndcn-
tiry Mer-sho wat Petite. Pretty, Well
Kept, well Dressed, Young. and shamcd.
MONTREAL, Sept. 19.-The Montreal authori-
ties are seeking to ascertain the identity OF q
young woman, who gave her name as Miss
Warner OF New York." who committed suicide
at the Cadillac, Motel yesterday by Saking car
bolic acid. F-om what can be found out about
her, from what the Coroncrs' physician says,
and from what belongings she had with her,
1t seems that in n ut OF despair at her con
dition, without friends or money, she concluded
that II would be better for her TO end 1t all. The
body lies 4 the Morgue dressed just as sho was
found in bed. Her immaculate undcrclothing,
part OF which was of silk, would 20 TO show that
hcr condition in life was not lowly. But every
mark that could identify her was taken off this
and tho other underclothing that was found in
her valise. She may have been anywhere from
% to 80 years old and is 4 feet GIG inches tall.
Her face is oval, with small, delicate mouth,
dark brown hair. streakcd lightly with gray,
put up IN a knot ct the back, and dark. straight,
delicate eyebrows. Her hands and feet are
small. She had no jewelry Of any kind, though
her ears were pierced for rings.
The only identification marks that promise
anything are the printed letters M. q. W."
made with ink on the inside of her collar and
cuffs. In her satchel was n small red notebook,
with q pencil attached. Some leaves were torn
out. Outside It had In gold letters, " Underberg
Boonekamp.' AT tho bottom Of the pages was
"Luyties Brothers, New York, sole agents."
There arc also In the satchel a number OF sheets
OF writing paper and envelopes. Tho paper
bore the water mark, Tho New North Mill.
Superhne." Several of the sheets showed that
she had started to write on them and then had
torn OF the written part. On one, however,
near the top she had written tho word "Sche-
noctady.' There were two kid gloves, No. @ with
blue embroidered stripes ON the back and a
small feather boa. There was q large pocket
flask half filled with port wine. She
had erased the label of the bottle that
had contained the carbolic acid. There was a
scrap of paper about four by I'VE that looked
like part OF n New York newspaper, and con-
tanned a little rouge. There also were a black
ribbon watch cnain. with a bow and q gold
swivel TO hold the watch; a black comb, cheap
stick pin, heart %shnped; g pair OF, COMMON scis.
sors. and n red mercantile pencil. No. ., Eagle
Pencil Company.
Her dress was a light blue diagonal skirt and
zouave jacket. with black braid and buttons,
ribbed cotton stockings and black carriers, and
good dovetnn shoes, with cloth. uppers: She
States silver. and nine coppcrs in her valise.
She arrived in town on SATURDAY evening on
the Central Vermont train from New York,
W ny az hhV 4 W " i''h ~ nv lNi'Df
who noticed her. AS far as is known. was c. b.
He,rn, the porter for the Cadillac Hotel. She
was then accompanied by n tall young man Of
dark complexion. The young man came up to
| Mr.. Hearn and said:
~ on are the porter for the Cadillac 7"
When Mr.. Hearn replied in the affirmative he
said:
Il have advised this lady to go to the Cadillac.
rs she wants q quiet. respectable hotel. VIII
you look after her -
Mr.. Hearn agreed. and the young man went
away after lifting his hat and saying Good
night" Mr.. Hcarn suggested n cab. but the
young lady replied that II 1t was not too far she
preferred to walk. When they arrived at the
hotel she asked him how much she owed him.
and being told Nothing signed the register
in a nervous manner. and was shown up to
her room by n bellhoy.. Mr.. Hearn said she
looked and acted a lady in every way.
On sunday morning one OF the chambcrmaids
trio the door but found it closed. and no at
tempt was made to open it till about supper
time. when they became anxious. After the
door had been opened they found her apparently
asleep on the bed with her face turned to the
wall. When they approached her they saw she
WAS dead. On the table were two half-cmrtv
carbolic acid bottles, and hcr lips showed that
she had committed suicide with part OF the
contents.