The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-29
BORROWED A PLACE TO DIE IN
AND TURNED on A STRANGERS
GAS TO KILL HERSELF.
George W. Curtis Of bergen Point. Groping
About Ills KIT chen. Found Woman In.
conscious on Table -She'd lndresseti
and Put on q Clean NiKhtgOwn.


George W, Curtis would like to know
why Carrie Pohlman chose his house to
commit suicide in. II is a very nice house,
TO he sure, situated at 2l8 Avenue A, in an
attractive part Of Bergen Point, but Mr..
Curtis has been unable to discover that It
possesses any special advantages for those
who have determined to shuttle off this
mortal coil
Mr.. Curtis SAYS he had no previous ac-
quaintance with Carrie Pohman when he
found her using his illuminating gas for
suicidal purposes early yesterday morning,
and she docs not profess to have had any
claim to his hospitality.
IL Ii not cert ain that her name IL Carrie
Pohlman. Sometimes she says it il. and
then again she calls horsel! Lena Paulman.
She - a gooi-looking, intelligent German
woman and h II years old She saws she
Is unmarried
II was between and 3 o'clock In ( he morn
my whom she went o the back of Mr. Cnrtis's
mouse and with the iron tip of her UNI
prelia broke tn" pane of glass in the kitchen
door an inch or two from the bottom. The
opening was Just large enough TO permit
her 10 Insert her hand and force back the
bot. She lighted one Of the gas Jets and
st about preparing for death
She had been for hours in the heavy
ram, and her clOt hing was soaked One
ny one sh" removed her garments and
hung them SO that they would dry by the
flre. Her next act was TO unwrap small
parcel which contained a clean white night
gown, trimmed with lace and decorated
AT the throat with pink ribbon
lhe woman then went to three gas Jet =
ana large ga range and turned on oil
the burners. She took from the pocket
OF her dress small vial containing iodine,
which she had bought a few hours earlier
IN drug store NJ Avenue u and Eigh,eent h
street BayonAe. Having done all this,
she put out the light.
She lay down ON the kitchen table and
put the vial to her lips The poison evil
IDENTIFY burned her so that she could not
bear the pain. for she drank only a small
quantity and dropped the bottle. Within
few minutes the ga- filed the closed room
and she was insensible
Mr.. Curtis and his family and the house
maid were asleep on the floor above the
,dtchen Mrs. Curtis said Yesterday after
noon that her husband was awakened at
about AS o'clock by a frightful dream.
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10 him. George Curtis. the hand Of death
Is pointing at you Mr.. Curtis awlkc
with a start and at once detected a strong
odor Of gas.
He went downstairs and as he fung
open the kitchen door he was staggered
Afraid TO light a match, for fear there would
he an explosion he CROPPED his way abou,
the room, The rain was falling in torrents
and 1t was very dark
After feeling about the room for several
minutes and becoming weak from the gas
Mr.. Curtis reached the table and touched
the woman's body. He gave a cry Of alarm
AMI, running upstairs, awoke his family,
shouting" There il n dead man down in the
Kitchen The members of the family
ran downstairs and every window wa,
opened. The gas soon escaped and then
II was found that the body on the table
was that of a womaN.
MIR. Curtis rushed TO the street. fired
several shots from his revolver and yelled
for the police. This awokc every person
on the block, and several went TO the Curtis
house. Policeman John Murray sent for
an ambulance and Carrie Pohlman was
taken to the Bayonne City Hospital
Four hours later she recovered conscious
moss, but for some time refused to say any
thing Finally she told the doctors that
her name was Carrie Pohlman. When
Police Captain Foley had IA talk with her she
said her name was Paulman and that she
had come To Bayonne from Elizabeth
avenue, Elizabeth where she had visited
friends. She would not say who her friends
were. When asked why she attempted
suicide she replied that she had been una Die
To secure employment a. a servant, Lad
become respondent and had concluded
there was nothing in life for her She
added very emphatcaliy tina, she would
end her life as soon a. she got another
chance. Last night she was much i'm
proved and out of danger. II is thought
that the names she gave are fictitious
She had 80 In h,r r,,okatk,,l-