The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-29
SWALLOWED BY THE DEEP.
Young WOMAN OVERBOARD FRoM
STEAMSHIP NACOOCHEE.

Ne,. york 90 savannah Was
bright Hnndsome and Attractive.
Told ConnictinE stories of Her
Past Ltfe-Announcemen of Her
Intention 90 KIN Herself Taken NJ
a Jest-snid to Be Miss Je-~ie Malt
by Of CngcnoNta, New York.
The steamship Nueoorhee. Of the snvon-
nah line reached her dock early yester-
day morning. lacking one % the passcn-
gers with whom enc had started from
New York. young woman. who had
given her name o. Miss Martin. and
who had attracted considerable attention
on the voyage.
/ what d known of nc AFFAIR does not
make Fun story and much must bo left
/ 10 the hazard OF conjecture What IS
| known. however. IS sufficiently distress
Ing ana she surmises that naturally
/ arise cannot Doe productive Of anything
/ Iess than deep sympathy with the necessi-
IS. or the apparent necessity. which
/ prompted tho rash act Of which the un-
fortunate young woman was guilty.
I Tho Nacoochee sailed from New York
/ or last Thursday afternoon. a ticket 90
I Savannah had been purchased for Miss
/ Martin" and the passenger who gave this
as her name insisted that she be as
signed 70 a atateroom on the upper deck.
such preferences on the part Of passengers
are not unusual In thc experience % ship
captains and pursers. and as the pas-
senger list was not large one the de-
ciared preference OF this particular pas
scuger was complied with readily. Snc
/ was assigned 20 an outside state room
Number p. which she shared with no
other
Miss Martin" was a bright attractive
ana good looking Young woman o. be-
tween = and - who fell readily into The
good grares or some 81 her fellow pas
seugers In her manner and conduct
there WEES no trace 81 DEPENDENCY. out.
on the contrary she seemed to Doc inter
csted in life and IN reasonably good spirits
AN 81 the time She was fond o. discuss
ing the political situation. and ais discuss
70 with the officers Of the Nacooehee aud
/ others.
She told her newly-made acquaintances.
however. several different stories Of her
SELF and her life. the disernrarc es In
which were not discovered until u was
found thar she was missing from the ship
/ She told Capt smith. for lnstau"e that
she was a school teacher Ia New jersey
but mad lost her position, 90 one q me
/ messengers she said she had lecn living
/ for some time in East Twenty-third street
] New York.
To SIN another passenger, young "o
man Of less than her own age. she uh-
FOLDED her intention. she said that she
/ had become Respondent since She had los
/ her positlon and chat she intended to com
init suicide She said this however. with
/ so little 81 the dramatic air with which
! such statements are usually accompanied.
/ and in a manner 80 quiet and free from
| display. that the girl who listened could
| not believe Il was meant. or AZ any rate.
| that suicide was Immediately contcmpmt-
/ 49, and thought % best 60 pass The remark
| OF with a laugh and "a jest and say moth
/ ing more about 70. She did follow thit
course. 90 her bitter regret Afterwards
Hatteras was passed late Friday after
| noon or early Ia the evening, aud about
| 10 o'clock Miss Martin retired. She
bade her shiphoatd Acquaintance good
night 10 her usual quiet tones. This was
the last ever seen Of her.
Saturday morning she was missing from
her stateroom and a patient search failed
10 discover her anywhere about the ship
She had vanished ia the night tho waves
| of the deep had swallowed her up and
none knew how. or whence or when. she
had thrown herself from the side Of the
ship.
This much Of the story comes from the
officers OF the Nacoochec and the passen-
gers Whatever else is known is derived
| from an Inspection Of the very small
amount of baggage and personal belong
ngs u Miss Martin" II Is piufuliy
/ small
Morning News reporter inspected it
| Yesterday afternoon There was small
hand satchel and small package in ad-
utlon, a cheap travelling hat and an um-
! orella Of black silk Ia the satchel was e
| purse and this contained some articles
that threw some light On the Identity 81
tho unfortunate young woman ON tho
| handle Of the umbrella also was craven
"a name. that may or may not be clue.
The purse contained $40 Ia small bills
! and sixty four cents In change. an un-
| used return coupon % "A ticket from Gaze
novia to peRuyter both small stations on
/ the Isehlgh Valley Railway. IN New York
state. a number Of the little descriptive
circulars or points Of interest In washing
I ton that the tourist is handed by his
| guide. a coupon tor a seat in the Metro
politan opera House In New YORK. bear
ing date Dec o. 1899. and such articles
| Of apparel as woman would keep ln a
| satchel such as that belonging 10 Miss
| Martin These were neat and clean and
OF good though not OF the best, chaf"'-
ter. They bore not one single mark OF
| Identification. nor was there n the purse
| or tho eatchel letter bearing name.
| There was card. on which was written
IN pencu = Howard street There Is no
such number on Howard street. IN Savan-
nah.
In the examination OF the umbrella, the
rop,r,er discovered what may be a clue.
On n very small portion Of the handle,
| from which the bark Of the natural wool
had been ecraped. had been written
/ name and an address. The name couhi
b. dscipaere1 -. L. Malthy," and, with
the aha Of a magnfying glass. the address
resolved itself into "CazeuoVia."
The coincidence OF this address with TIC
name 81 the station from which the ticket
| found in Miss Martin's purse read, IS
significant 50 indeed. BE- the slight sim
uarity between the names Martin ana
| "Malthy."
A telegmm from Syracuse. which is the
nearest city % Cazenovia, states That Miss
Jessie Malthy. school teacher Of the
latter place. disappeared from home some
time ago. This lends confirmation To the
theory that the drowned woman bore this
I name
Cazenovla Is little town and Is the
seat OF o seminary and other institutions
Of learning This fact lends additional col
or 10 Miss Martins" own statement that
.ne was school teacher. who had lost
her position.
These are the known facts. Everything
else is a master Of conjecture for which
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