The evening world., 1903-05-13
Mrs. Claudia Guesnsey Was
Registered at Navarro as the
Wife of John B. Walker, Who
Was Her Companion There.
HE is, HELD FOR CORONER.
There Was q Whipping Episode on
tho Street 4 Week Ago, In Which
Mrs. Walker Attacked Woman
Now Dead.

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property. and formerly residing at No
907 Seventh avenue. killed herself to-day
in a room in the Hotel Navarro. Thirty
seventh street and Seventh avenue. by
drinking carbolic acid.
Her companion. John B. Walker. as
whose wife she was registered at the
hotel. was arrested and is held at the
West Thirty-seventh street police sta
ton pending an investigation.
The death of Ms Guernsey termi-
mates a scandal which began fourteen
months ag, when Walker and Mrs.
Guernsey first met in Philadelphia.
She had lived there with her husband,
who died about three years ago Walk
er's wife. who lives with their children
at No. East Twenty-second street,
has informed the police that at that
time Walker left her and had since
been living with Mrs. Guernsey.
Horscwhipped the Woman.
Mrs. Walker. who said her husband
was newspaper reporter. stated
that a week ago she met her husband
and Mrs. Guernsey on the street and
horsewhipped the woman. whom she
accused of having such an influence on
Walker. that he could not free himself
from her.
MY husband called here on me last
night" said Mrs. Walker. land we ar
ranged It that ne was to leave this
woman and return to me. He said he
thought he would be able TO get away
from her last night. While we were
talking she called and insisted that he
go with her. AS he left he said he
would probably be back to-day, to stay
with u.s.
Mrs. Guernsey was very wealthy.
Among her property is the block OF
houses on Seventh avenue between Fifty
sixth and Fifty-seventh streets"
Walker and the woman arrived at the
hotel on April 80 and registered as Mr..
and Mrs. ]. B. Walker. City" While
they had since then been orderly and
apparently respectable guests, the police
now believe that the woman had feared
some harm, as In her chatelaine they
found a new revolver, fully loaded. and
on her l.tt arm were found severe
pru.ses and contuslons, as though
caused by pnysqcdI yIolence.
After miunlgnt this morning Walker
called bell-poy ana asked nun to send
as his wiie was very nj. When Max
well reached the room nc found the
woman. lu.y dressed, lying on the bed
apparently IN great pain. Her face was
the bea was Oottie when had con-
tanned black carponc acId, the crude
article generally used in factories.
Taken to Hospital.
Maxwell called House Physicians
GIuus and Droone. ana they oruereu
lne won-au sent 10 Roosevelt Hospital
tuIlcemdn Fitzgerald accompanied ner
IN tile dInbunnce ~ tAe hospital. Sne
uleu wItnout uelns auie 10 make
dtement.
III the room the police found the three
trunks the couple Drought TO the hotel.
On d dresser was II cldIelaIne contain
ing u new 32-caiiDre revolver, evidently
Just purchased. 1t was fully loaded.
While the bag contained no money Ii
had six rings, one large solitaire dia-
mond and another n cluster, both worth
several hundred dollars.
The bottle containing the acid bore a
label OF the Crystal Pharmacy. Pitts
burg
Apartment Closed Four Months,
Mrs. Guernsey's pretty apartment has
been closed about four months, and n.
q. Robertson, a real estate dealer un-
'er the rooms. did not know what had
become OF her. She had occupied the
Ing since coming here from Philadei-
phia in March. 1872 Mr.. Robertson said
that she was beautiful. attractive, a
widow widow and wealthy. but had only one
been accustomed to giving him dinners.
p, Mrs. t, NJ. Lynch. of One Hundred and
tighty.sixul street and Jerome avenue.
S q sister OF Mrs. Guernsey.
Walker was later arraigned in the
West Side Court before Magistrate Ho-
gan: His condition was such that he
'onld not tell connected story.
In which he charged Walker
with being a suspicious person. Magis-
rate Hogan sent him to the Coroner's
'fiice. where Coroner Jackson began sn
At the Coroner's office ne said:
81 am a newspaper artist. and travel
all over the country. on special assign
Guernsey a little more than a year ago.
She then lived with her uncle in an
apartment house at Seventh avenue and
street She was very
my travels, and We spent last summer
at Newport and Boston. / am n mar
rled man, and my wife lives at No. .
East Twenty-second street. Through
my relations with Mrs, Guernsey, and
while we were living in Boston she went
there and created scene at the hotel
at which we were stopping.
IOlu MTS, Guernsey then that
thought 1t would be best to go back to !
NY wife. She threatened to Kill herself |
md bought a pistol acknowledged |
hat was a renegade, though / always |
lai a full realization of my home duties. |
We continued to live together despite !
ne fact that 1 had been married five |
ears.
Travelled in Many Cities.
From Boston we went to Plttsburg. |
rom there to Baltimore. and then re- !
-urned to this city. We took apart |
nents In the Hotel Navarro, registering |
u man and wife. In the meantime |
mutual friends of my wife and myself |
lad effected a reconciliation. on Satur- |
lay morning Mrs. Guernsey accom- |
,anied me to the Office of the Brooklyn |
eagle, where / left her. promising to |
'eturn In an hour. ! went straight to |
ny wife's home. Mrs Guernsey sus-
,ected whore I had gone and followed. |
She saw a servant go out the basement |
loor and slipped In. herself and came up |
stairs to my den. A servant reported |
his fact to my wife. who ordered fve |
servants to eject her. Two OF them |
grabbed her by the asm-this explains |
he black and blue MARKS. The servants |
hen threw her out Of the house bodily, |
Ind two servants held me 30 that could |
lot 70 to her assistance. A
esI then lAft fhh house md Want hlnrlr n y