The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-01
WAGON WHEAT, 0OC
ACME MILLING CO.,
Old 352 West Washington ST.
AN UNKNOWN SUICIDE
HANDSOME YOUNG WOMAN TAKES
POISON IN A CHICAGO HOTEL.
Left a Note Begging "WhO Ever You
May Be'' Not to Try to Find out
Her Name or Home.

CHICAGO, Aug 31.-A handsome young
woman. whose name is unknown, killed her
self this morning in the Victoria Hotel
where she was a guest. The suicide was
evidently carried out with the utmost de-
liberation, as the young woman had evil
IDENTIFY slept in the bed during the night,
taken a bath in the morning, made up the
bed and then swallowing morphine lay
down to die
At 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon she en-
tered the hotel and informed the clerk that
she was on a long journey and wished to
remain in Chicago for a day for the pur-
pose of resting. She paid for her room in
advance, as she had no baggage and reg
istered as Miss Blanche Wilson. New York
city. She requested that if she failed to
rise early in the morning she be allowed to
sleep she was very tired She was
shown to her room and that was the last
seen of her alive. After repeated knock
ings had failed to arouse her, the room
was forced and she was found dead on the
bed. She was clad only in a night robe.
vial which had contained morphine was
on the bed, and upon chair was her cloth
ing folded neatly. The dress and linen
were of expensive materials. Sealed in an
envelope which bore no address a note was
found on the table. 1t read:
ITO whoever you may be: Please do not
try to find out who l am. 1 ask and beg Of
you, whoever you may be, and remember
it is my last favor 1 ask on earth, as
dying woman. And for my mothers sake
do not try. don't care what you do with
my body. Remember, please don't try for
my mothers sake"
There was no signature to the note. It
was penned in a small, feminine hand and
the formation of the letters indicated that
the hand that held the pen was trembling.
riedly after being slept in and the woman
mad taken a bath and dressed her hair
carefully before taking the poison. On her
finger was plain gold-band ring, and on
the inside was engraved "A. M. e." In a
bundle of four collars, two were marked
A. A collar which she had been wearing
was marked similarly to one of the collars
in the package, Il. H. G."
Late tonight the woman was partially
identified as Martha Forsythe, although it
is not known whether she was g. resident
of this city or came from another point
Yesterday morning she called at the Lee
lana Hotel and asked If Mr.. Forsythe was
stopping there. Being told that there was
no guest OF that name, she asked If there
was any mail for Martha Forsythe There
was no mail and She short time later,
called at the Great Northern Hotel, where
she made the same inquiries with the same
lack of success She then went to the Vic
toria, where she killed herself.
The young woman was about twenty-five
years of age, five feet two inches tall and
weighed $50 pounds. Her forehead was
high and her face inclined to fullness She
plexion. Her hands and feet were small
and delicate. She wore a dark green dress
jacket of the same color, pink shirt waist
sailor hat and wore low black lace shoes.