New-York tribune., 1897-11-04
MISS PARSONSS SUICIDE.
TROUBLE OVER THE FATHERS ESTATE
HER HALF-BROTHER'S THEORY

Tho hodv OF Miss Jessie X. Parsons. the rch
young woman who committed suicide in the Hotel
Manhattan, was taken to her aunts NOME III io,'
kers Yesterday and will be buried IN 'he i"h'',
plot at Pound Ridge. The relatives ana i'iehu' Vi
Mis-. Parsons were still at loss yesterday Tor. a
motive for her suicide. William IL. Faison'' '
half-brother Of the dead woman. who Is tooacco-
mist at No 4sl Broadway, declared yesterday that
he did not say he thought she had comH'-
ted suicide from remorse. lie admi''eu ina, II,
aid say her conscience might nave rouoiea
her and that that. coupled with some troupie Oh
which he knew nothing probably caused her ~ hii
herself.
Mr. Parsons was a son Of Dr. PaTsonss hrst
wife and Miss Parsons daughter Oh MS secoho
wife, whom he married about seven years aso'
DR.. Parsons separated from his first wire ABOUT
forty years ago. and the day following her oea'h ne
married his second wife who was his housekeeper
at the time Miss Parsons was born out OF "eu-
lock- but that Dr. Parsons had most sincere ar
fecton for her will be seen from the following
clause in his last WILL
"Inasmuch as J. the said William f. Parsons inc
testator herein. have heretofore pentiiuiiy ana
abundantly provided for all my children by my
first wife although the same are not herein named
or mentioned. am not unmindtul OF their reiatioh-
ship TO me. But. owing 20 my deep ana apoihs
affection for and gratitude to my daughter. Jessie
X Parsons residing with me, VINO mas SO
thoughtfuy considered my Old age and sacrificed
much of her young life for the care OF her old
father, / have made the following provisions FOR
her."
Then follows the description Of DR.. Parscns's es-
tate the bulk of which he left to his daughter
William E. Parsons. the half brother. declared
yesterday that he would fight the will of Miss Par
sons who left her estate to her invalid aunt Miss
Lois Pullen, of Yonkers. He said he thought 1t
strange that a young woman like his half sister
should have made Viii III ann sure on mai kncw
what it is" he continued "After my father deatn
wrote TO Mr. Werner requesting nm 10 @ nrng g MISS
tie the trouble out of the courts, ana had neen
able have an interview r s,v WITH my ha s'y' Wns
that she should have had a far share OF our
dansss nS esss sbs WON tHnk she felt that she
not entitled all the estate and that its possession
in later years troubled her os,,, from, INV unc,e
Reuben a retired merchant. My uncle hrst wled
his to y my m "nG rs it, This
will was contested and broken. and the estate was
DIVIDED up he%esn S eo W Know fsr the
Louis Werner the legal ADVISER OF MISS Ia'sonS s
Yonkers lie went there in the morning to See
Miss Pullen, He said: Mice sohoee,a tho cons.
in of Miss parsons who also lived with her, was
able attribute for Miss Persons s ,aking ka
Parsons had any love ENHANCEMENT or anything OF
that kind. She was brave girl. and not the kind
to have any secrets. / think that had there been
anything on her mind she would have told me nee. OF
have been S hsd In o Sens ao
ing: because of the illness Of her aunt She wanted
lectures more frequently. William E. Parsons her
half brother. says what Is not true when he says
told him that Miss Parsons going TO be mar
ried; and that she was going to Europe l never
beeye Miss qs Ss hs1 rs s
Of late that She concluded to XIII herself
"The Barretts are intimate friends Of Miss Par
came acquainted with them.