The sun., 1899-07-10
KILLED HERSELF AT HOTEL.
MRS. JULIE BROOKS HAD BEEN SUF-
FERISG WITH NERVOUSNESS.

Dhu Juht tOt baCk from n Stuy IN tho
Green Mountains and Was at the Octa-
Eon Hotel, seabriGht, Having Taken Her
Mother, Mrs. Bruno Books, with Her.
WEST END. LONG BRANCH. n j.. July 9.-Mrs
Julie Brooks, a guest at the Octagon HOTEL
Seabright. committed suicide at 7:15 o'clock
this morning by cutting her throat She died
soon after the arrival OF DR.. James ]. Reed with
out revealing her motive With her mother
Mrs Books. she arrived at Seabright one week
ago. At the hotel they gave as reference Justice
Wauhope Lynn.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Books left for New
York. Before she went che called with her
daughter on DR.. Reed. and Mis-. Brooks. the
daughter. was treated for nervousness. She
had been Ill since her arrival at the hotel. Mrs
Brooks appeared dsspondent at times. yet was
cheerful up to ] ! o'clock last night at which
hour she retired. Before leaving for New York
Mrs Books. who appeared considerably dis
turbed about her daughter. consulted Mrs
sandt. the wife Of the proprietor of the Octa-
gon. The latter promised to look after Mrs
Brooks during her absence.
When Mrs Brooks retired last night nothing
moro was learned OF her until I O'Clock this
morning, when the bell OF her room rang
When q belboy reached the door Of the room
he heard Mrs. Brooks groaning and caught
the words: Send for tho doctor: I've taken
poison"
The boy hastcned downstairs and Dr. Reed
| was telephoned for. He gave orders for an
antidote and said he would be over in minute
The night clerk ran upstairs and burst in the
door. Mrs. Brooks in her night clothing was
lying on the floor with her throat cut and
several Rnshes across the breast. She was stl
alive when DIR. Reed reached her Mrs; Brooks
made two attempts to speak; once she MUIR
muresd Il want to die and again must
Tho wound extended clear across the throat.
The wounds on her breast indicated that she
cutting her throat. Coroner William r Hopper
Of West End. Long Branch. will hold an inquest
Tomorrow at seabright, when II Is expected
that the cause which lei up to the suicide Will
Little is known at seabright about the young
wom9n. Il is said her husband is IN Europe.
Mrs. Brooks, was about % years old and very
inE her to New York, hut in each I'M n
terday wit her daughter she told the physician
ness. ness "a" and that good deal oi her trouble was
imaginative. which the daughter acknowledged
it s said that there was nothing in her room
to indicate that she had taken poison. Death
was caused. without doubt by the wound In her
| throat.
| The dead woman was the daughter OF Bruno
Municipal Court. at i2s Prince street-Justice
| WauhOne Bynns court. Formerly Books was
| an interpreter in the City Court and kept
barber shop at 43l Canal street. The father
and mother live at $50 West Fifteenth street.
| Bruno Books a brother Of Julie. lives ut 5SS
| Broome street. He had not heard OF his sisters
death at 0:30 o'clock last night. His mother.
| on her arrival in this city on Saturday. eS-
| pressed. her son said. much anxiety over the
girls condition OF mind. Julie seemed to be
worrying about something.
For the last three months she had had apart
ments in this city at 12+ West Sixty-flfth street
| with n Mrs. Cailodny.
another There was no one in the house yes
| terday but caretakers. Julie was formerly
| stenographer and typewrteE, Her brother
knew OF no trouble she had. The mother said
| to a reporter that when they parted at Sea-
| bright on Saturday her daughter seemed to be
normal in mind and health
| The girl told her mother several months ago
| that she was engaged to he married to man
named Brooks, a .Jeweller. whom the, mother
| understood to be in business In the West. A
| few weeks ago the girl said that she had been
married, but that her husband had been sud-
| denly called to Europe and that the marriage
| was to be kept secret for while.
She promised to give her mother all the par
| ticulars later. Mrs. Books was her daughters
| guest for three weeks in the Green Mountains
| before she accompanied her daughter to Sea.
| bright Mrs Books said that Justice Lynn had
| known the girl nearly all her life.