The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-09-28
Sad Death of Mrs. Horace Chenery

Eluding the vigilance of her nurse, Mrs
Horace Cheuery, a victim OF melancholia,
leaped from a fourth story window of the
: Hotel Maj site, Central PARK, West and Sew
enty-second street, Friday morning, Sept.
22nd- and was instantly killed.
She the daughter of George A. Fuller
a wealthy contractor and builder of Chicago
She was tw enty We years old. Her hus-
| band, Horace Chenery, is connected with
the National Tube Company, of this city, and
is a brother of Lieutenant Commander Leo
nard Chenery, of the United States Navy.
MIR. and Mrs Chenery had been married
three years, and six months ago a son was
born to them Mrs, Chenery began to
exhibit signs of nervous collapse two months
ago. She and her husband were living for
the summer at Larchmont. The Larchmont
physician who was called advised the re-
moval of Mrs. Chenery to this city, where she
could be under the care of a specialist
Mrs. Cheuery, accompanied by two trained
nurses, arrived at the Hotel Majestic six
weeks age. She was placed under the care
of DR.. William B. Prtchard, of No. 105 West
Seyenty-third street. The physician ordered
a thorough watch maintained over the young
woman. The nurses were on duty eight
hours each at time, aud of them was
supposed to be constantly with her. A suite
OF three rooms was selected for her on the
fourth floor of the hotel Everything pos
sible was done to give the patient rest, No
OilS W as ptllIllGGtt it set utE anu UST nus
band and friends could call only once in
three DAYS.
Mrs. Chenery seemed to improve. She ap-
peared in the dining room, went to the roof
garden OF the hotel, and once even journeyed
to Long Branch on one of the steamers. She
was young handsome and dressed in ex-
Quisite taste.
LONG LEAP TO THE SIDEWALK.
Mrs. Cheuery had been i'll for ten days be-
fore the tragedy. She was in a highly ner-
vOus state. She went to bed Thursday night
and was unable to sleep She called the nurse
on duty, Miss Arbuckle, at half-past three
O'Clock yesterday morning and asked for a
narcOtlc.w W Inch was kept cOnceale led II an adj
joining room. The nurse found upon her re-
turn that the bed was empty One of the
windows, which had been closed, had been
raised about two feet The nurse looked III
closets and behind doors and then out of the
window. She saw group Of men standing
about white clad figure on the sidewalk.
In Ieaplng Mrs. Chenery nearly cleared
the portlCo over the Seventy.second street
entrance Of the hotel. Her body struck on
wrought iron lamp on the roof OF the portico
aud then fell upon the pavement near the
steps leading to the entrance.
Several hremen on Engine No 10 which
was passing by on the way to a ire, saw the
form on the sidewalk. The engine bell vas
rung loudly to attract attention, and the fire
men yelled.
DEAD WHEN PICKED Up.
Policeman DAILY, OF the Vest Sixty-eighth
street station, heard the tirenen and hurried
to the hotel, He carried Mrs. Chenery into
the lobby She was then dead. The back
If her head crushed. He face was not
iistigured. The body was removed to an
uudertAker'5 estabiI5hm mt in Eighth ave-
me.
Police at Larchmont who had been in
formed of the tragedy, endeavored to find
Mir tiHrueTV before Ne started for New York