The sun., 1897-11-16
SHE KILLED HERSELF.
The Woman Drank the Deadly Liquid
Before the Policeman Could
Stay Her Hand,

Before the Policeman Could
Stay Her Hand,
New YopK, Nov. l5.-Mrs. Katllarin,
Stcadman, 26 years old, very handsome,
and bearing in her face traces Of refine.
mcnt and culture, committed suicide at
the house of Mrs. Best, at no. 23G East
Twenty fourth street, at hali-past l0
O'Clock lassnight.
Mrs. Best called at the East Thirty
fifth street police station shortly after 10
O'Clock evidently labJAns under great
excitement. She said that in her house
was Il Young woman who had evidently
been drinking and was attracting a crowd
by calling to people out OF the window.
She asked that Il policeman be sent to
quiet her il possible. She did not wish
to have the woman arrested.
The officer in charge told Policeman
Mccormick to accompany the woman to
the house and do what he could to quiet
her noisy visitor.
The house is a three-story brown-stone
structure. They went up to the first
floor, and in the front room, according
to the story told by Mccormick, was
seated a handsome young woman in a
white dressing gown. She was leaning
over a table, her face buried in her
hands, and appeared to be greatly dis
tressed.
"What is the matter?' asked the po-
liceman as he entered the room.
"What do you meant" replied the
young woman. 81 don't know of any
trouble"
"Why," said the policeman, "Mrs.
Best says you have been shouting to peo-
pie ont of the window. ! have been sent
around here to see if l cannot induce you
to behave yourself"
The Young woman looked him straight
in the face for Il moment, and then lift
ing her eyebrows, said in a tone of sar-
caSm
Indeed! Is that SOP
She rose from the table and went to
the dresser, taking tllerfrom glass con-
tanning liquid. 1t was colorless and the
policeman thought it contained gin.
Before he could make Il motion to stay
her she swallowed the contents OF the
glass and sat down on the edge of the
bed, and appeared to be in great pain.
"What's the matter with you?" asked
Mrs. Best.
The woman fell back without making
answer and became unconscious.
4 hurry call to Bellevue Hospital
brought Dr. Pumcroy and an ambulance.
The surgeon found she had taken car
bolic acid, and, though he did everything
that could bc done, she died in Il few
minutes.
Mrs. Best said the young woman came
to her house and engaged Il room about a
month ago. She seemed to have plenty
of money, and she gave hcrthe best room
in the apartment She was always very
ouict said Mrs. Best, and mixed little
with the other members Of the family.
The suicide, who was about rs years
old and very pretty, hired rooms at Mrs.
Best. five weeks ago. She said that she
was the wife of a wealthy cotton broker,
but that she had left her husband q year
since.
A letter found among Mrs. Steadman's
papers was from woman and was
signed "Grace.'
There were also a number of letters
signed 81. H." Some Of them told OF
undying affection, but there were others
bearing the same initials, which said
that the writer could never again see the
person to whom the letter was written
and that their lives lay in opposite ways
and that it was most unfortunate they
had ever met.
4 slip OF paper bore the maine and adj
dress "Wililn II. Hill, 40l Broadway
Mrs. Best told the police that she be-
lievcd her boardcr had been drinking
lately.