The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-20
ELOPERS DROWN TOGETHER.
HE A PROVIDENCE COLLEGE BOY;
SHE 4 GIRL HE FLED WITH.

They We're waiter and PantPywoman IN I
Little Restaurant and Had "spats'
Continually About Religion and Other
Thinss-she Jumps I'm the River-IIe
Following 10 Save, Dies With Her
young couple whose real names the
police believe to be Mr. and Mrs. Frank
j. Seeley were drowned yesterday at the
foot OF West Twenty-seoond street. The
woman. 30 far as could be learned, jumped
In to end her life. The man, the police think
Jumped In to save her, and she, rather than
let him do that. struggled with him until
both were beyond saving.
Policeman Harbordt saw the couple al
; Twenty-second street and Eleventh ave.
nue. at about +:3o O'Clock yesterday after
noon. The woman was small and pretty.
She wore no hat. In one hand she held a
Catholic prayer book. The other she was
waving to emphasize what she was saying
to the man.
He wore neither coat nor collar. They
were quarrelling, and they were so serious
about 1t that Harbordt went up to them
and asked them what the matter was.
oh, only a small difference said the
man. ITS all right now
| The policeman walked on down Eleventh
avenue. Ten minutes later Patrick Kearns
! OF 522 West Twenty-frst street heard a
man shout at the pier at the foot OF West
Twenty-second street Kearns ran down
to the pier, but when he got there
the only sign Of life near by was succession
OF air bubbles which kept popping to the
surface Of the water at the side Of scow.
Kearns shouted for help. His shouts
were heard by Policeman Harbordt, who
came up on a run. Soon after him came
Roundsman Pyle and Policemen Lunny
and Foy.
Somebody got graphing irons and after
working with them for several minutes
the young womans body was brought up
The prayer book was still! in her hand
Ten or fifteen minutes after that the mans
body was brought to the surface Dr.
Thorn had come with an ambulance from
the New York Hospital and he found signs
OF life in both the man and the woman.
He and the police worked for nearly two
hours over the pair but at the end Of that
time gave up the task OF restoring them a.
futile
Then the police began to try to identify
the pair. In the mans breastDooket were
found several letters addressed to Frank
j. Seeley OF I23 West Twentieth street.
They bore a Providence. X. l., postmark,
and were signed Mother He also had
little revolver with two cartridges in it.
Detective Brennan found at the West
Twentieth street house that the couple had
rented q room there about six weeks ago
from a Mrs. Olinger. She knew them a.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seeley. She said that
two weeks ago they went TO live at
Mrs. Kings, 20 Eighth avenue. Mrs. King
said she knew them as Mr.. and Mrs.
Williams
Williams. or Seeley, and his wife. she said,
were always having little spats. They
had one yesterday afternoon. Seeley went
to work a. q waiter about sia weeks ago
al the Little Waldorf restaurant at ara
Eighth avenue. Two weeks ago he got the
woman a plaoe there as a pantry woman
and as . waitress in busy hours.
They had a quarrel In their room yesterday.
Then Mrs, Seeley came out. got piece 81
paper and wrote a note on 1t. She handed
It 70 Mrs Kings daughter May. saying:
I'm going out now. When I've been out
Of the house a few minutes give this to
Frank
She went out then. As soon as Sseley |
read the note he rushed out after her with !
found the note In their room later. 1t read:
Won drove me u IL
ESQ Far as 7 have beeo abl. a, Iear, .
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Saiu MIs' mug ,aFi, tiey ran away aho
got married eighteen months ago. He, ]
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ner say. Was MAY Tollef ana ner iolks
live in Poughkeepsie. She said her people
were well-to-do. His are, too. think.
-She was Catholic and he a Protestant |
think she changed her faith 10 marry !
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In the room the couple had occupied |
were aone standard novels and essa Va |
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