The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-22
YELLED WOMAN LONG DEAD
CLUTCHES 4 BIBLE AND LETTER
ACCUSING MAN OF PKRJURE.


Had Come Down to the Barest Poverty
Talked of nm Allowance That Had Been
withdraw and of Disagreement in n
Rich Mans servico--went ALWAYS Yelled.
Mary f. Mcvicker. an elderly woman. the
whole right side Of whose face was dsfgured
by a purplish discoloraton. was found dead
yesterday afternoon in her fiat in the
tenement at 1928 East Thirty fourth street and
the circumstances point to suicide. She took
the front fiat on the second floor July 49, came
there dressed in black and Yelled and paid q
months rent In advance. She had no furn-
ture and the rooms were empty save for the
cot on which she slept. She spoke to nobody
in the house except when It was absolutely
necessary She went out seldom and the ten
ants heard her walking the bare floor In the
night She came to be known in the house as
The woman in black"
Mrs. McVcker-it was believed in the house
that she was wldow-psid her second months
rent In advance on Aug IL. The rent became
due again last Friday and the janitor. Albert
Fredericksen. went around few days later to
collect It, He Knocked at the door but got no
answer Then he allowed the m after to stand
until Yesterday afternoon. when. suspecting
that something was wrong. he forced the door
dressed. on her cot. Clutchei in her right
hand was copy OF tho New Testament re-
vsed version. oxford edition. and on the floor
beside the cot was bottle that had contained
carbolic acid
Folded in the Bible was a sheet OF notepaper
on which was written:
Il swear before my God that Frederick Mead
has taken his sacred oath on this book. God
forgive him May Almighty God forgive his
perjured soul My last request. bury it with
me.
p. S.-There are others who can affirm the
same. MARY Z MCVtCKER."
On the pillow Of the cot was found another
sheet OF notepaper. folded. On the paper was
written:
What am to DO without "a"
The letters were uneven. Folded in the
paper was n newspaper clipping OF verses.
entitled THE End OF the Way" The verses
began as follows:
My life ia a wearisome journey,
I'm sick with the dust and the heat.
The rays Of the sun beat upon me.
The briars are burning my feet.
But the city to which am going
will more than my trials repay:
All the tolls Of the road will seem nothing
Whom get to the end Of the way
The woman had no money and little cloth
ing. The janitor summoned a doctor. who said
that she had been dead three or four days. 1t
was learned subsequently that she was last
seen alive on Sunday afternoon. when the ten
ants in the house across the street saw her
walk ing up and down her room with her head
bowed aud book in her hand.
Tho body was removed in the afternoon to
the morguc. The Janitor said he had no idea
who the dead woman was She had had no visi-
tors since she came to the house. The directory
gives the address OF a Mary T. McNicker. widow
OF James. at 800 Fast Eighty second street.
The janitress there. Mrs. Rooney. saws that
Mrs. McVicker lived in the house from Dec.
IA. 1893. to July IA OF the present year.
Mrs. Mcvicker moved in here" she said.
ION Dec. II. She had good furniture and oc-
cuped a fat on the top floor. She was ALWAYS
heavily yelled and never associated with the
other tenants. She very rarely went out and
seemed to shun society. When she wanted to
get fresh air she would go out on tho fire ss-
cape but would never remove her veil. One day
found her in tears in her room and she said:
Il wish had a home and q good husband
like you. had a good man once l said Is
he dead? and she replied Yes he 10 dead to
me- She then told me she had lived with this
man twentv-three years. that he was rich and
that she got an allowance Of $50 every five
weeks from him. One thing l noticed
was tnat Mrs. McNlcKer never referred
to the man as her husband. ana never
mentioned his name. Once she came into
my rooms very excited and began to talk about
the man. She had Bible in her hand and was
weeping. | asked her what was the matter
and she said she had not got her usual allow
ance, That man. she said. took IN oath on
that book that he would never forsnke me or
let me starve. After twenty three years Of liv-
ing with him and disparnging myself for him.
l think the least he could do now is to provide
a shelter for me-
she told me that she often thought OF going
into his church and denouncing him. On one
occasion she bought a revolver and went down
to his Office to shoot him. but when he came
out her heart failed her and she let him pass
Then she told me she went to Central Park.
intending to shoot herself. but her nerve failed
at the last moment. and policeman took her
away"
Mr. Rooney said that tho woman's allowances
ceased coming few months before she left t he
house and that she had to sell all her furniture
to pay the rent. She said that when her furni-
ture and her money were gone she would go.
too She said she would be So years old next
birthday The nan. she said was GO. She
said she was born in New Jersey. and had a
sister in the West
Two women called at 1923 East Thirty fourth
street last night and asked for particulars
about the woman's death. They said they
knew her. but refused to give their names,
There was quite stock OF provisions In the