The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-21
The Young Woman, He Says, Was m, and
Greatly In Need Of Attention
FOUND DYING WITH DAGGER IN BREAST
Case Was First Reported 10 PoIcs as One Of
Suicide laVssiIgsiIea Led Police 10 Take
ihs Young Man Into CUSTODY.

Boston. May 21.--Mae Butler, an un-
usually handsome woman, % years old.
and said TO have been married. was
found dead I'm bed at the residence OF
Mrs. A. Il. Wright. 50 Highland Park
avenue, Roxbury. early yesterday, with
a dagger in her breast, and Edwin L.
Wright, son OF Mrs. Wright, is under
arrest on suspicion of having commit
ted the crime.
The death was first reported TO the
police as a suicide, but soon after they
had visited the house and investigated
the circumstances OF the case, they felt
justified in taking young Wright into
custody. pending a more searching in
quiry.
Wright. who is but q years old, says
he became acquainted with Mrs. But
Ter at an Eliot street restaurant where
she was employed as a waitress and
where he took his meals. She was
taken III with peritonItis two weeks ago
and as she appeared TO be without
home or friends he took her to his
home. where she could have care and
attention.
Mrs. Butler occupied a room on the
upper floor OF the three-story house.
According TO Wright's story. Mrs. But
Ter asked him TO come and sit in the
room with her and he remained there
chatting with her until after midnight.
Then she asked him TO get her drink
of water. He went down stairs, and on
returning with the water found her
lying on her back with the dagger in
her breast just above the heart. He
pulled the dagger from the wound and
shouted 10 his mother. who. when she
reached the chamber, found him stand
ing by the bed with the weapon in his
hand. A physician was quickly called,
but the woman had died almost in
stantly.
BENJAMIN Wright, the prisoners
brother. notified the police that Mrs.
Butler had committed suicide. but they
found such suspicious circumstances
that they declined TO allow the body TO
be removed until the Medical Exam
iner had viewed the remains,
But little is known OF the antecedents
of the dead woman, except that she
had worked I'm the restaurants where
young Wright went, ana he evidently
fell in love With her. A friend OF hers
states that she was deeply in love with
a young man wnom she met some
months ago. and that he cared great
deal for her. Since she had been Ill,
however. she had periods of despond-
ency and at those times feared that
her love was not reciprocated. 1t was
thought that this feeling might have
prompted her to commit suicide. il is
the belief OF the police that the woman
could not have inflicted the fatal
wound herself. owing TO her weakened
condition and the position i'm which the
body was found. but II is understood
thatsth medical examiner declines 10
express any opinion as to whether the
wound could have been self-inflicted.
1t Is evident that an undercurrent of
opinion more favorable TO young
Wright set in last night, and al
though the suspicious have been by no
means cleared away. no additional
evidence pointing 70 his guilt has been
developed by the Investigations which
are being conducted by the authorities.
WRIGHT RELEASED.
Wright was discharged i'm the munic-
ipal court at Roxbury this morning.
This action was taken after a confer
ence between District Attorney Ste
vens. Medical Examiner Draer and Po-
lice Captain Dugan.