New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
LITTLE GTRL'S QUEER FREAh.
WROTE HER WILL. AND ANNOt N'tp maj ''
WAS GOING TO JERSEY CITY TO DlE-FotND
HIDING IN THE CELLAR OF HER HOME

o.porE HER WILL. And ANNOU need THAT SHE
WAS GOING TO JERSEY CITY To DIE-ForND
HIDING IN THE CELLAR OF HER HOME.
r,..o,,oo Gov fourteen wears old OF No Abins-
don souarc caused her foster parents much sorrow
and alarm Yesterday by telling a young companion
that she intended to 30 away and XIII herSet' ana
then hiding for several hours in the cellar. heoie
she left her home she wrote note saying lhat S"e
had decided to commit suicide. and another one
which read: "Tula. you can have my basket.
Gumpy. you can have my Andersens FAIRY laeS'
Tho ouilt s for mammals Christmas Inc notes
were found on the staircase in the morning. "hen
Florence was two years old her parents uleu, anu
her uncle Charles Cox. an expressman adopted her'
cox took her his home and cared Tor her aS 'uV'
nc no did for her three little cousins Emily, VINO i
..Tula" Charlotte who Is 'Gumpy. ana Ahaa.
uIororco behaved badly on Monday afternoon, ana
Mrs cox chastised her. The girls sensitive nature
WAS deeply touched by the punishment she hdu re-
ceived She brooded over the matter ana "''e',
night came she had concluded that she '""iu CIV,
all her troubles by killing herself She nhnoso'''e'
her thoughts TO young playmate. Nellie kuSse''
Of No 605 HudsOn-st.. Whilo 'heH "''V III
Square on Monday night
"Oh / can't stand being whipped any io"Sr''
exclaimed Florence 10 Nellie. as she told o' '''' "'
ishment she had received early in the DAY an.
going away to Jersey city. and there VIII i
Tonia was dumfounded by the terrible words OF
her playmate n'uI ~. +ogether''
,rb tUo girls parted in front OF flote,c. "o'ht h
after Forcnce had promised her friend I'M Ina' sp S.
ao,id ,,o do ANYTHING rash N"lli" coulI hot ~
~, rieht for her head was in whlri OWLS -,
49," s,r,nra behavior Of Florence. 81 Wds 50 Iii
i've that hcr companion WAS in ea'nest hoou h',
ing herself thar she thought II waS h.r os uoss IN
.nkk .nkk hr friends parents With this purpose III
,tnu she went to the cox hone about mdmisno mae
MY IN ~ trembling voice asked Mr. OK II + ~ ~loIelre
Was Si9 IL the house Mr. cox looked INTO me room a
w ,bicb Florence slept and saw ina, II W@r,
-, ~ There was evidence thar fne slI ndu le.'
ne house only few minutes before >Tii Nj ~ ~, ~
n ie,rning tho reason of the girls can MI aoS
harmed tha police hut they we're uid o." , ~ M
lnl"' m ,r,ro ~ the missing child. After returning
Sror,, Police Headquarters in the morning MI On
tarn1 ne notes written by Florence .,
Soon after 10 o'clock the following rotc wts iounb @
10 tha eftor-hox: Dearest Mamma: can dle WIN
mnr, ~ ~ Kidding YOU coodhy. want To KISS yoi once once
befora dc Come and hnd m. soon or shtI ~, @ u.c
~ 'e,arvatio~ This note led Mrs. cox to believe
~ W,b,, the absent girl was somewhere IN the hous"
M ,n1' M bsg1n 4 search Of the premises Florence
wns rt% found later ir the cellar of the houss cryns
ti,,.r',. Sha had been in hiding in the cellar from
he time she left her home she sad she was
md die 80 snc added. but when thought
1" ia 6ahV and mamma / could not bear 10 do II
"a T. = r,cn, into the basement. The more thought
a. Inc baby and mamma tn" more ddnt want TO