Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-06
WOMAN A SUICIDE
Mrs. Van Weik Deliberately
Shoots Herself.
LIVED HERE ONCE
GRANDDAUGHTER OF BISHOP
AMEs, M. E. CHURCH.
She Had Been Married Twice and Only
Recently Secured
Divorce.

NEW YORK, April 6.-Campbell Royston
of Baltimore arrived in Jersey City today
to take charge Of the body of Mrs. Louise
Ames Van Weik. who committed suicide
there yesterday. Her body will be taken
to Baltimore today Mr.. Royston said that
Mrs. Van Weik had inherited about $4,000
and that she still owned property worth
about that amount in Baltimore and Wash
ington. TT is possible" he said, that she
has been speculating in stocks or gambling
on the races and may have found herself
getting into her capital This is merely a
surmise. but is the only reason I can as
sign for he suicide"
Mr.. Royston said that Mr.. Van Weik, her
first husband, is post office inspector in
St. Louis. Her box in a safe deposit COM
pany's vault will be opened today to as
certain whether her jewels are there.
Mr. Royston today discovered in Mrs.
Van Weik's box in a safe deposit vault two
sealed packages addressed to her daughter,
Dorothy Van Weik, who is living with rela
tives in Washington. With them were di-
rections that one be delivered to the daugh-
ter when she was fourteen, the other when
she was twenty years old. She is now aged
eleven. Mr.. Royston also found a letter di-
rected to him in which Mrs Van Weik
asked him to adopt the daughter. A'copy or
Mrs. Van Weik's will and deeds to her
property WHICH were dlSO lOuuu WciC lohcA
by Mr.. Royston as executor of the deceased.
Details of the Tragedy.
A dispatch from New York last night
says:
Mrs. Emma Louise Ames Weik, grand
daughter of Bishop Ames of the Methodist
Church, killed herself in the Hotel Wash
'ington in Jersey City today. She was per-
haps, thirty-five to thirty-seven years old.
a blonde and good looking. She arrived in
Jersey City from the west Friday oVeer the
Pennsylvania railroad.
'She seemed in good spirits and was well
supplied with money, and numerous pack
ages arrived from New York stores for her.
She was last seen alive Saturday evening
by one of the maids of the hotel
Edward Chase, son of the proprietor,
about noon today noticed water coming
through the ceiling from an upstairs room.
He forced his way into Mrs. WeikS room
and found the faucet of basin open and
the water overlooking. Mrs. WCik was
sitting in rocking chair facing mirror.
She was dead. --s's'-r ---. -
Mrs. Weik wore dressing gown, which
was open at the throat Apparently, while
sitting in front Of the mirror. she had
placed revolver against her breast over
the heart and outside her undergarme1It
and fired. The revolver, containing four
loaded shells and one empty shell, was
found beside her, well as a box of car
tridges, with five shells missing.
Several bundles of letters were found ad-
dressed to Mrs. L. A. Wolfbauer, care of
Mrs Pease, 1850 McCulloh street, Balti
more, and to Mrs. Edward w. Wolfhauer,
1917 18th street northwest, Washington, D.
c. All these were signed by Edward w.
Wolfbauer and addressed the recipient as
wife.
Letters From Cuba.
1.-THE most recently dated was in 1901,
and most of the letters were written from
various places in Cuba. From the sigma
lures to these letters and from the signa
ture to the woman's will, which was found
among the letters it is supposed that Mr..
Wolfbauer died and that she remarked,
her second husband being named Weik.
''The will was dated Sioux Falls, S. D.,
March 2, 1903. This document leaves all
the wardrobe of the testatrix to Mrs.
Henry Garland, Washington, D. c., no :;d-
dress being given. To the daughter of the
testatrix are left the houses and lots at
1853 and 1855 7th street northwest, Wash
ington, d. c. In case of the death of the
daughter before the provisions of the Will
are carried out all the share of the
daughter whose name is Dorothy, is to go
to William ]. Hiss of Washington d. c.
An insurance policy on the life OF the tes-
tatrix made out in favor of Otto B. Wek
for $500, Is willed to the daughter, of
whom the American Surety Company of
Washington, D. c., is named as guardian.
Mr. Royston and Mr.. Townsend, the men
to whom registered PACKAGES were inilleu,
are named as executors of the will
A dispatch from Sioux Falls, S. D., says:
1.-The woman who registered in New York
city as Mrs. Emma L. A. Wek and COM
mitted suicide, it developed is the Baroness
Wolfbauer, who was recently granted
a divorce in this state and who for about
a year past resided at Hot Springs and
Sioux Falls. She came from Hot Springs
last October and secured apartments at Il
local hotel, where she resided until a week
or two ago, when she was granted di-
yorce and departed for the east