The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-06
A SCHOOLGIRLS SUICIDE.
ElR-OLD OECIBB
~ NJ RES ENTS REPROoE.
u..,,.., u,asr n European BriuEinE Up Auid
American suroundInEs sad BroodinE over
vr,by sisters Death. she steals Away
- ,r.. unome and KILLS Herself.

homo In East orange luuioNeS htbhbr eAhoA W.
inc seolded BY her father, and shot herself In q
hr,ar match n quarter OF q mile away. Cooilo
vas III, daughter OF Henry 7. Guimaraes, an
ornorter. with an Office in tho Now York Pro-
dpcc Exchange. She was q little ovor 10 years
old and tall for n girl. Her hair was done mp In
n braid. which hung down her back, and she
wore short dresses. She had been brought up
v.rv strictly. Her mother has been Ill much
NJ the time, and tho direction Of the
chi,d.s affairs and conduct has been tho
care of her father. She had not been per
mitted TO 90 out unless some member Of tho
family accompanied her. When she wanted
to take q bicycle ride q message was sent to the
bicvcle shop in Orange and q wheel was sent out
to ber. Even then she was strictly chaperoned.
She wanted a bicycle of hor own. Her father
refused to buy ono for her, not because he was
unwilling TO expend tho money, but because OF
his belief in strict discipline. Cecile went every
day to a school in Orange. She had few school
girl friends, for although the Guimaraes family
have lived in Orange for four years che had no
opportunity to make friends.
As for the young men Of the neighborhood.
however much they may have admired the
girls beauty they were not permitted to call
upon her or to pay her any Of tho attentions
customary among young people in this country.
Thomas Cullen, a young man who lives near tho
IulUlHTAtb nouSC, toiu u obtClu thAt
one young man OF whom he know had called at
the house during the week to ask Cecile to take
part in a village entertainment. Mr.. Guimaraes
met tho young man at the door and asked what
he wanted. The boy said that he wanted to see
Miss Cecile. He was thereupon escorted to
the gate without any opportunity to explain
himself further. The neighborhood 10 full Of
stories like this. There is no intimation any
where that Cecile was not q careful. obediont
girl. but more than once she complained Of tho
European strictness with which she was brought
UP as compared with the greater freedom al
lowed to other girls of her own age of whose
home life she knew. Both Of her parents arc
French.
Several months ago Cecile's youngest sister. q
baby, died after an illness Of several weeks.
Mrs. Guimaraes was seriously i'll at Long
Branch. Cecile, as the Oldest OF tho children,
took charge OF the nursing of the baby, and un-
derwent all the strain OF seeing it grow steadily
worse under her care. Its death throw her into
a succession OF attacks of melancholy, from
which she never recovered.
Thursday she was sent to New York unao-
companied. She was told to see a woman friend
OF the family in the city with regard to an i'm
portant business matter OF her fathers. She
was also to visit her aunt. but was OK
pected homo before dark. Cecile reached home
at about 6 o'clock. As to what happened at the
dinner table it was impossible to obtain q Co
herent account yesterday. The girls parents
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much difficulty. in collecting, The mere formal
cases. As he'll learned ar the story, Mr.. Guima Saes
reached home before his daughter, and was dis
pleased and a little frightened when he learned
that she had not come in.
When he met her at the dinner table he had
already learned that she had missed her train
from New York. AS folks In that part of East
Orange travel over a branch Of the Eric road
which runs few trains. the loss Of one means q
was perfectly satisfied with this excuse. and so
greeted Cecile without any expression OF disap-
well" he said. 81 hope you had a good time
in the city. How did you succeed with my or.
Papa" she answered, AZ am awfuIly afraid
you win scold me. but I didn't do the errand
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be reproved her severely for not carrying out
girl answered in a way that seemed to him i'm
pertinent and he began, to scold her excitedly
1 s1s snf Fl Was H Il. f 1essia1 sS n ss t 81 t nsa IL s sss
siiplinfb; a but ui i had sists not d been applied pr. d. to c Gee os
the room crying. In everything that the father
said yesterday it was perfectly apparent that
tho thought that hurt him most was that his
last memory OF Cecile was of her going out Of
the room crying. .
Whether she went to her room at all il not
s sRew went 4 4, shS her atd fa nSta!nE Io 5oe5o o was G,s1u faF 4
pages Of foolscap was found on his bureau. She
took her fathers big revolver from its hiding
place. She went outdoors through the kitchen.
As she went out she said to the cook:
II am going out to see the dog. He loves me-"
Cecile was not missed from the house for an
hour after this. When her younger sister,
i Mtid esakI ee SSid nat h CseiI heT ba IN 1 noe a nSns9 b sna
from the yard MIR. ,Guimaraes went upstairs
10 look for her himself. He found the long lot;
ter. He did not know that tho revolver had
been taken, but the letter in itself frightened
him. In it tho girl told her father that sho was
into the house alive. Mr.. Guimaraes gave tho
letter TO Or. Washington yesterday. DR.. Wash.
girls intention to commit suicide there was
nothing in the letter that would Justify its pub
When Mr.. Guimaraes showed the letter to
Cecile's mother she screamed and tainted. Mil
dred caught the idea that something was wrong
the nurse for the last baby, who is only 8 weeks
old. Joined the. group, and added to the fright
Of the neighbors was attracted. and soon search:
ing parties were out. Tho police were notife ID
alto o'clock The searchers seemed to have the
idea that the girl had gone out in the open coun-
out out % in that direction. Mr.. Culinary
with many Of the searchers stayed out ali night.
After a hasty breakfast at his home he started
OF OFT the wl siIi an oF Sn ise eS ontsRiat. t Of S s wnss de 5Sss
before leaving town he increased an offer of q
$500 reward for the recovery OF bis daughter OF
hSA. boNy w VfS Az Nfs'tiN SHNA 81 SiOSh
and went to a newspaper office. He was writing
out an advertisement increasing tho reward "a
81 900 when the policeman who had BEEN with
him came in to tell him that Cecile had been
found dead in a brier thicket not a quarter of a
mile from her home.
Gustav Gabel. the driver of a brewery
wagon. had caught a glimpse Of the bright
lavender and green Of the girls changeable sill
waist from his high seat. The girl was lyinl
face downward about fifty feet from East Parl
avenue. Near her was the big revolver with
which she had killed herself; A pool Of blood
the body indicated that the girl had fallen there
after shooting herself, and after lying there fol
some time had moved TO the place where sh,
died. There was no blood between the tw'
places. At any other time than when the entir'
ncighborhood was of in the outskirts OF thu
town looking for the missing girl, any consplcu
Gus object lying near a roadway in the centre o
the town would have been noticed, for thu
bushes were struggling and thin.
According to the custom in such cases thu
body was allowed to lie whore 1t was found II
orier to give the county physician an oppor
tunity of viewing l.. Since 1t was impossible 7
notify him at once and tho spot was 80 pu bill
and the evidence Of suicide SO clear. tho polic
body to Brepnan's Undertaking rooms at
o'clock. DIR. Washington camo at 8 o'clock
| His nVaRtipatinn allowed him that the girl lal