The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-12

FOLLOWS
RIDICULE
Sensitive Girl Gould Not En-.
duTs Taunts Of Shopmatss
and Drank CarblIIc Acid.

I New York. November L. Driven
to desperation by remarks about the
poor quality Of her clothing and hav.
ing been reduced from plenty to poverty
/ Charlotte NJ. Thomas. a stenogra pher
living a. No. SEQ East one Hundred and
Eightieth street drank carbolic acid
Tuesday afternoon on the eighth floor
of the Arnold Constable building at No.
! Ill Fifth avenue. She died before an
ambulance arrived from the New York
hospital.
In her dying moments she placed the
blame for her poverty at the door OF a
brother who is said TO have squandered
the money left 20 her two years ago by
her father. who had been a prosperous
real-estate dealer.
At the rooms OF the stephen Merritt
Undertaking company the mother of the
dead girl last night declared that the
dying words Of her daughter were true
and that the treatment she had received
from the brother had broken Cha arlottes
heart
Her father divided his property equally
between the widow and three children
One OF the brothers soon lost his share
and then began TO borrow his sisters
the girl was forced Ia begin work as a
stenographer Through the influence OF
Judge Kellogg, formerly OF the court OF
claims, who was guardian OF the girl
she obtained situation with A. Anargy-
GUS g. Co, manufacturers OF Turkish
cigarettes. whose offices are on the
eighth floor OF the Aruold-Constable
building. She was high strung, proud and
nervous and some of the EMPLOYEES
bnl n = .-Gf1. ,@rfti
Thomas wore.
AT lNSULTERS TREAT
Then a particularly disagreeable re.
mark was made in the presence OF Miss
Thomas. At tho noon hour she went
TO "A department store and purchased
two ounces OF carbolic acid AS she
stepped from the elevator on her return
TO work she met the person who had in
suited her
You didn't know all my troubles" she
said. as she caught sight OF her tor
mentor. Well | shall end them Then
she drank the acid. The girl fell 20 the
floor unconscious, and stephen Kelly
treasurer OF The cigarette company
teiephoned 10 the New York hospital for
an ambulance. Before IL arrived with
Or Reid the girl was dead. The 100 em.
ployecs were gathered around the hodv
when Patrclnan Earl % the Tenderlofn
station. arrived TO take charge OF the
case Officials Of the company ordered
the policeman out of the building and re-
fused 70 give any Information The po-
licoman insisted on taking charge OF the
effects In the girls desk. but there was
nothing 70 show Why she had committed
suicide
we were very well n do At one time"
said Mrs. Thomas. but when my hus-
band died all that was changed The
money left 10 Dottie vas loaned 20 a
brother She had 10 work hard. and As
We were poor she could not dress ss
well as the other girls and she felt
slighted. often she would CRY half tho
night Once when she returned home
she said
Mother. " I could dress like N.
other g1rls things would be 40 different,
They make little OF mo because do NO,
wear styllsh clothing. "
The girl was very pretty and among
her friends In the Bronx was populsr
She was q years old. well edIcated ana
vas member of 81. Marks Protestant
Episcopal church.