The sun., 1900-09-17
DEFENDS MISS SOUTHGATE.
.UyT SAYS SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN
PURE GIRL.
p.oIares That Young Barbour Talked So Con-
.tantly OF suicide TO Her That She Was
Fascinated and Agreed to Die with Him
ma smell Broken when It Was Too Late.

Fascinated and Agreed to Die with Him
-The spell Broken when II Was Too Late.
Helan Southgate, the young woman who
confessed on Saturday that II was she who
uent 10 the ST. Charles Hotel In Brooklyn on
Thursday night with Henry Grosvenor Barbour.
,rhere the young man first tried 10 kill her and
,heo killed himself. Is still In the Seney Hospital
in BROOKLYN. suffering from the pistol shot
wound In her left breast. The surgeon in
charge Of her said yesterday that the wound
uas not q serious one, but that complications
might set In, and that he had given orders
that no one be allowed 10 see her. In a week
or ,en days, the doctor said Miss Southgste
might be able to leave the hospital, but not
before then. as her nervous condition Is such
that abe needs oonst ant watching. The young
woman IL a mental wreck from brooding over
tho affair Of Thursday night. She said yester-
day 10 the doctors that IL was not news to her
when she was told by them on Saturday
that Barbour was dead, as she knew that when
,he left him behind In the room In the hotel
She was some time In that room before she
had the courage 10 make an attempt 20 leave
IN, hotel and the white face Of her companion
and the awful stiffness which followed the re-
mort Of the pistol that he had placed In his mouth
and fired told her that he was dead As yet
Miss Southgate has not been placed under
arrest but II was said at the Adams street
police station yesterday that unpleasant as II
would be, she would have to be taken into Gus
tody before she was allowed 10 90 free from the
hospital She will probably be charged with
attompting suicide, but will undoubtedly be
set free when arraigned in a police court for
her relatives, who live In various parts of the
south and West have all telegraphed her 10 como
10 them the minute she Is able TO leave the hos
pital and her aunt Miss Schell of 1892 Second
place, Brooklyn. will go into court and assure
the Magistrate that the young woman will not
make another attempt on her life
Ms, schel was in the hospital with Miss
southgate for some time after the detective
D. whom the girl made her confession on Satur-
day eft, and her niece talked more freely to
her than she had to the officer. Miss Schell
said that, in view OF the attempt Of the parents
of Young Barbour TO throw all blame for
tne unfortunate affair on her niece, she would
talk freely of the matter and tell all that she
knew personally of the relations Of Barbour
and her niece. as well az what the girl had told
her.
-Of course the world cannot take the view
Of things that | can, said Mise Schell. be
cause it does not know Helen. and It can only
lllkt I'T % NhdA Iu9 N'hlV Sh' iA' NNAh'N-
lion with this aw fu tragedy. II will be hard
for r.ople 10 believe that Helen was good
yIrtuous grl. because. not knowing her. they
will think that a girl who would 20 TO hotel
with a man and register as his wife could
not be a girl of good morals cannot blame
them for believing this. but when Helen told
me on Saturday that there had never been the
slightest wrongdolng between her and Mr..
=, fa1N nGf no a nd
could not have deceived me II she had wanted
to. which know she did not There was
the light Of truth in her eyes and while she
told me Of her innocence she 81 oke OF the utter
rnposslbulty Of ever convincing any but those
WHO love her that she was a good woman, She
realizes that the circumstances are against
her. and she viii 60 away as soon as she can
leave town
4 30 not know how much Truth there Is In
Tome Of The interviews that have been printed
with Mr. ant Mrs Barbour. but assuming they
are true want 10 sav that am deeply grieved
it their attempt To place all the blame for this
affair ou Helen. # they knew the truth they
would know that the girl was led 10 what waa TO
lave been her utter destruction by this young
man I do not hold her hlameless by any
means She Is girl Of sufficient strength OF
mini 10 have resisted him, and the only reason
that can see for his power over her Is In the
fac, that she must have loved him. She told
me that she didn't, but that she was very fond
NJ him and that he eVertei an influence over
her hut am afrai that she 4 not want me
10 know her heart in this matter and that she
really love him.
"Nlr Barbour is quoted as saving that Helen
had dark eyes that burned into the very souls
of mon and mred his son to destruction, "a
they had nred other men before him To
say th'ng like that Of Helen Ia little short
n crime She las always been q sweet
l1yahle grl, with n mind as pure a. that Of any
crl ever met, and determination TO live an
honest pure life | soc that all the others who
know Ter and have said things about her since
q is al g. came Ia light have not intimated in
any v.u t.at Helen was anything but an hon
oe' and dc.eut girl | tell Won that neither
tie Bar. ours nor anybody rlSe can point 10
au Incident iu tie hfc OF Helen, w 70 the pres
ent tiuc taat i di-a-edtable 10 her
II las been utImated that Helen left her
foster mother, Mn Southgate, because Of some
-candalous afInir that she had been concerned
Co., Tm- i false aud Mr.. Southgate will
hear me outiu the matter. Helen left the South
gate on the best OF terms with The entire fam
.y AID -he could have returned 10 them at any
LIuc Al Oi lhr tiuc ih0t Nle was away IRON
ueIl -hc wa- ~ communication with her foster
mother. and whatever their disagreement was
4 va, lot ,oriou, enough To break up tho
friendly relations that they had enjoyed for
yssS- much ha- been said, too, Of the travels
Of Nel,' aitrr -he left the uthgatc'. and IL
ha been iutimated that she could not hnve
b@e a very careful woman 10 90 an around
tie country alone at her age. She was away
for two years, and IN Justice 10 her am going
tOaccount Tor all OF that time. II will show how
grolrd d.e-- are some Of the intmations that
hay" Ur"u made. Helen left Mr.. SOuthgate,
A1dh",r x girl Of Il lcrdd education, she wrote
ne NAT he Wa going 10 Try aud do something
Tor hor.olf n he was tired of being deyeu dent
g. ttirr people for all that she had. She had a
fne' lg New York who had several children
d he wrote 70 her and A. ked her il she might
come 'n Ter and live for while Offering 10 take
charge Of the children IN return for n home.
Her FREUD would have been glad to have her |
cone oU any terms preferably az q guest but |
Helen va, bound TO live by her own effort as |
much n POSSIBLE. She went to this friends |
home AID -taycd there for some time, teaching |
The Children. When she left there it-was b. |
Gau'e she Wa homesiCk for her mother who |
lVe> IN the West. ! am not going TO say where |
her mother lives. because do not want her |
sGySSnd's name brought into tho matter
H".gm went there and STAYED for about a
eSr Tho newt heard was that she had left |
ter foster brother the Rev Edward Southgate.
Who is Catholic priest there, The Rev. Ed |
ward Southgate ls son OF the late Bishop
Snuthrate by mis- first wife who WAS | belieye |