The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-11
SHE CUT HERSELF ~ TINES.
MRS. BROOKS APPARENTLY TRIED TO
REACH THE HEART.
when She Failed She Cut Her Throat-No
Indication That She Took Poison-Hnd
SatcheI Full of Jewelry, 81 900 Worth of

when She FAILED She Cut Her Throat-No
Indication That She Took PoiSon-Hnd
Satchel Full of Jewelry, 81, 900 Worth of
Clothes and $500 on Deposit In Bank.
Lose BEANcH. July 1O.-The body Of Mrs
Julie Brooks. who killed herself in her room at
the Octagon Hotel. Seabrght. yesterday morn
! Ing. was taken to New York to-day by Mrs
Bruno Books and her daughter in law. Mrs.
Bruno Books. Jr. Partial invsstiR alton OF
the death OF the young womanlvas made to-day
hy the local authorities. but was cut short
! when Mrs. Books insisted on taking the body
OF her daughter to New York at once. The au-
thorties didn't succeed in unearthlng any mo-
tive for the woman's act. and have accented tho
explanation Of Mrs. Books. which is agreed to
by DR.. James J. Reed Of Seabrght. whose pa
tient the deal woman was. that Mrs. Brooks
was Suffering from extreme nervousness which
resulted in temporary mental arrangement.
What orought,on the nervousness in healthy
and apparently happy woman, as Mrs. Brooks
seemed to be- when she first went to the De-
tagon n week ago. has not been explained, and
Mrs. Books didn't vouchsafe any informa-
tlon on this point to-day.
The singular rart of Mrs. Bockss Wait to-
day was her staten ant to Coroner Hopper and
Deputy Coroner Morris that her name was not
! Books but Brooks. She had her name placed
on The death certificate IA Mrs Bertha Brooks
and gave Bruno Brooks az the name OF the
| father. Only short time efore that she in
| troduced herself to Proprietor Sandt. who al
ready knew her. as Mrs. Books.
! Mrs Brooks was popular with those who
knew her ut the Octagon. She was a fine
| looking woman. dressed well at all times ard
| apparently had plenty Of money. She shove
no evidence Of being i'll until Thursday last
when she complained to her mother that she
| felt nervous. Mrs. Books told several OF the
| tpnrIArG that her Inuphter aubnnt IN
| nervous urOstratiOn and that was tho first in
| timation that any Of them had that the young
| The knife with which the woman killed her
s"!t was. short. hladed chiropodist's corn
| bureau TO stab herself. for the ton was COW
tiel with blood But Tor the 'hortness Of the
stantlv. Tor. according tn!Deputy Coroner Nor
rs. she cut herself In the breast forty-e light
time. none, none OF he Snts being deen enough to
reach her, heart and 'inding she couldn't do
that. cut, her, throat instead, The knife was
.-ry dHIl and badly nigked along the edge OF
cut. across the throat
Mrs. Books DIDN'T appear to be very much
! aRtated over her daughter death when she
got to Long Branch to-day. She brought Tn
with her and tdH he sent T the body back to New
York on the $3.50 train. Mrs Books then went
to Seabright and claimed her:dau zhter swear;
trunk loads Of the former ard a whole satrhel
f%l 9f the Latter The R9 }Tss we're bJs
pev.r Lenn umrn Tio vnina ~ The entira
| warIroIo va s:tip,at ar aTnut "a Hno
| Nmopv the ,ew.irv thare wore do1en. ~ dia
| mnNT ,nd n1sn,i tr;yi',t. ana many min. NH
hro,b GU" .ha g. tna ,ri
hook showi1r asn%sits ~ OYER 800 was aisN
sn,,nI H., ,i -, ~ ,ri,h III othor -, II, %
was turned over TO Mrs Books Anumber Of
inSe togsthar lii N S',n ~ n,Nnsv war,. i.rt
ia the hotel safe by Mrs. Brooks. and are still
'"Cnvr,or.r u,rror ,rd Nrs pooLs mad, n
thornmrb searcb ~ The roon, IN iybirh Ms
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