The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-16

PRODOBLY A HOAX
Letters Found In a Ferry
boat Too Sensational
To Be True.
ADDRESSES NOT VERIFIED
Alleged Suicide Looks Like
An Ad. For a Low Glass
Variety Show.

Seeming evidences of a sensational sui
eide were conveyed to the Hoboken po-
lice last night in the shape of an assorted
collection of properties found by a deck
hand in the ladies. cabin of the ferry
boat Montclair of the Christopher Street
line, which left her New York slip at 9.lo.
When the Montclair put in at Hoboken
word was sent to Police Headquarters OF
the find, which was taken in charge oy
Detective Quinn. According to the story
told by the men in charge of the boat,
one of = the deckhands was walking
through the ladies' cabin when he STUN
bled over a package on the floor. lnvestl-
eating he found it to be a piece Of red
brick wrapped up in Manila paper. Lying
on a seat nearby was a lady's pocket
book. a kid glove and a pair of gold
trimmed spectacles.
An examination of the contents of the
pocketbook revealed that it contained
eleven cents and two letters. The con-
tents of the latter resulted in the notify
ing of the police The two proved TO pc
interesting scrips when read at Police
headquarters. One, written in a nne
feminine hand and covering nine pages OF
note paper, announced that the writer had
resolved to enc her life because a man
had thrown away her love. Parts OF II
read as follows
sMy Precious Darling and Loved
One:-You know that l left you MY
to sacrifice. home, family, wealth ana
even my selfrespect. I ave myself
to blame for this act, You warned me
not to come here, but he was SO cross
I couldn't help 1t. You VIII mo 70
Dispose of it as you see nj MY
dying request is that you will tell no
one that l did this act with my W
hand.
keeping me else she might Kill you as
she threatened. l saw you come out OF
1owsd Won TO --s restaurant.
For the love I bore you I did not want
to create a scene, SO I did not follow
you. I will soon be asleep never to
be awakened in this world. When /
asked you to kiss me last night you
did not think it would be for the last
saThe reason I asked you to stay with
me last night was that l might turn
On the gas when you We're asleep SO
that that we mS e : t die s4get apd. If I a Tle
to procure poison, will do so, If able
body come to the surface do not
identify me. Let me go 10 Fotters
love. If YOU love her you Will take
her away from - -
(Here the name of a low New York
variety theatre is mentioned.)
The writing concluded with illusions to
the shapely form of the woman referred
to as ''her," and a mention of the fact
that the writer would jump overheard
with weights, so that her body would not
come to the surface.
The second letter, written in a coarser
hand, was signed Charles Dunn" and
was addressed to My Warm Baby
Jenny" The writer, evidently a man,
stated that he would meet Jenny in front
OF the same restaurant mentioned in the
woman's letter, that he had engaged a
suite of rooms at a number on Fifth ave-
nue.. and that he had rented private letter
box A, at No.. 1874 Eighth avenue. 1t con-
cluded with: 81 sent her to DR.. Sim
mons, q West Twenty-seventh street"
Neither of the letters was dated. The
spectacle case bore the trade mark in gilt
letters of Wilson Bros. fremont street,
Boston.
Further the police had no clues last
night. The articles in the cabin had not
been discovered until after the Montclair
had put in at her slip in Hoboken and
when questioned by the police the crew
of the o said they had not seen a
woman jump overheard. Captain Hayes
could offer no explanation.
No. las Fifth avenue is occupied as
piano warerooms and bachelor apart
ments. The %janitor said no rooms had
been let recently and tina no one lived
there by the name of Charles Dunn or
Charlie.
Captain Hayes this morning was unable
to throw any light on the subject. The
Department, he said, had obtained no rev
clues. Some of the detectives expressed
themselves as believing the occurrence to
be either an attempt at blackmail or a
hoax.