The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-12
CORONER is
CALLED DOWN.
Sharply Censured by Associate
for Not Reporting a Suicide.
UNFORTUNATE A RICH GIRL.
ErTIng Official Offers as an Excuse That
He Did Not Wish 10 Offend
Hotel People.
UNFORTUNATE A RICH GIRL.

Of ink forty-eight hours old appeared this
entry on the coroner's books yesterday
afternoon. in Ink SO fresh that the blot
ter had hardly dried It:
June 3. 1880 y. m. Alice Leviss. twen-
ty-three years old, Plaza hotel, Fifty
ninth street and Fifth avenue. suicide"
After II came two more big folios OF
coroner's cases. likewise I'm old ink. The
entry had been hurrledly posted up on a
back page after II became known yester-
day that Alice Leviss, daughter of ST.
Louis millionaire merchant. had hanged
herself al the Plaza hotel Coroner M. j.
Jackson, who was called at once. had not
reported the case.
There was nothing mysterious about
the suicide and no suspicion OF crime.
Miss Leviss came TO New York with her
brother, George s. Leviss, from st. Louis.
They were preparing to sail for Europe
with Mr.. and Mrs. Max Kahn to join their
father. Leo Leviss In London, and wit
ness the coronation festivities. Mr.. Leviss
Il senior partner I'm the Leviss-Zakosk
company. OF St Louis. wholesale dealers
In cottons and prints, and Is reported 10
be "A millionaire.
Miss Leviss according TO her cousin,
Simon Hirschbach OF la West Seventy
MIN street, IN MS eWbIn SlattHtnt 10 tue
coroner had been in poor health for two
years. Her mental trouble was paranoia
or melanchoia.
FOUND SISTER HANGING.
Brother and sister occupied adjoining
rooms on the fourth floor OF the Plaza.
| The two went out I'm the morning and at
noon the sister returned alone. Twenty
minutes later the brother came back. He
foslnd his sister hanging, fully dressed
and with her hat on. by the transom
cord in the bathroom,
When DR.. Bartholomew, the hotel phy-
sician, arrived there from his home, l02
| West Fifty-seventh street Miss Leviss
| had just been cut down. lie laid her on
the bed end In moment she gasped her
| last
II notified DR.. Jackson" said he. ysster-
| day. "and that relieved me of any
| sponsibility. You know. OF course. that n
hotel doesn't care for any notoriety In
| such a case"
Even II II were not necessary said
| Sergt. Powers. common courtesy de-
| mards that the coroner report all suicides
| 10 us. IL Is our rule always TO put a po-
uceman on guard until proper disposition
N made OF the body"
Two detectives were sent TO the hotel
. to make an investigation.
CORONER is CALLED DOWN.
|
the rack by Coroner Scholer 8 tier he got
| the details. Afterward Scholer said:
II told Jackson he was sery foolish
and that he ought 70 follow the proper
course. l told him ne ought to have re-
ported II at once"
Coroner Jackson was angry clear
| through when the reporters went after
him yesterday.
I'm not compelled 10 account TO the
newspapers" he declared. Anyway, I've
so much TO do that this long delay Is
. due to oversight on my part. When I'm
| convinced that IL is a suicide don't have
TO report TO anybody. Anyway. / didn't
have to report the case till l saw fit. Be-
sides | have had trouble with my eyes.
and am doing Coroner Browns work
besides my own.
"A suicide I'm u good hotel would mean
q loss OF a good deal OF money TO the pro-
| prietor. Guests would move out l don't
think the public cares TO know about
these things anyway. don't think they're
got any right to hear of them"
The girls body was secretely removed
from the Plaza TO an undertaking estab-
lshm~nt and later the brother started
with II to ST. Louis before Coroner jack
son made any report on the case.
TROUBLE OVER ANOTHER CASE.
Coroner Jackson also had another rum
pus with Coroner Scholer during the day
ME Haake. OF sos East one Hundred and
| Thrty-ninth street. who Is dying at the
Polyclinic hospital as the result of an al
legged criminal operation. Coroner Jack
son saw her there on Monday.
WHO was the physician who sent her
there" he was asked
"I don't know. Oh. yss, II was DIR. =.
Strauss, OF LII West one Hundred and
Nineteenth street. You sec, never saw
him I'm my life
"Wasn't the operation at the Poly
clinic one TO save the girls life"
"well, yes. When l saw DIR. Strauss
there l.
You said you never saw him In your
| life2"
| "Oh. not before the operation, meant"
! The operation to save the girls life was
| performed at the Polyclinic Where the
| first one was performed Coroner Jackson
| doesn't know He said yesterday he had
no right 10 investigate until the girl was
dead
What made Coroner Scholer angry was
| that when the Polytechnic reported the
! case he went out and investigated IL. II
Coroner jackson had reported IL Coroner
| Scholer would have been saved the trou-
HE Of going over the same ground.