The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-08
WOMAN IDENTIFIED.
Who Committed Suicide in Bridgeport
 and Who Was in This City Previous

Who Committed Suicide Tn Bridgeport
 and Who Was in This City Previous. ly. XXX @.. s4. Bridgeport, Sept. 7.-The woman who committed suicide by drinking carbolic
 acid at BeardsIey park last Monday
 has been identified by Hugh Mckenzie, proprietor of the. Hotel Fremont. Mid dle street. as the woman who came to his hotel Wednesday. August 26, and registered as Mrs Temple, Boston.
 Mass She remained there until Mon- day morning. August 31, and left be- tween and a.. m. She did not return
 but no investigation was made until yesterday. when MT. Mckenzie visited the morgue and looked at the remains He stated that the resemblance was very; strong, and afterward said posi- lively that she was the woman.
 During the time that she was at the
 hotel she left regularly every morning
 at about the same time, carrying with her small hand bag. Each night, af-
 ter dark, she would return. She did not mingle with the other guests of the
 house and had but little to say. As far as 1t is known she indulged in conver- sation only once-that with the house.
 keeper. She was going out and spoke. Knowing the regularity with which she went out and in, she was asked if she was a canvasser. No" was the an- swer. as the boarder smiled.
 It is said that woman answering the description of the woman who drank the acid called at the house of Philip J.
 Onkey, SAP State street, a week ago Fri day. in response to an advertisement,
 but failed to obtain a situation. At that
 time she refused to state where she
 came from or anything about herself Throughout her stay at the hotel she
 was surrounded by a we'll of secrecy. Pleasant always, yet never to the extent
 of allowing a person to intrude upon her. She is described as being refined,
 and evidently accustomed to good sur-
 roundings. Her only baggage beside l the hand bag was a dress suit case,
 which was left in the room. Yesterday this was turned over to the. police.
 There was nothing in it which would
 serve as means of identification. It was opened by Superintendent Birnning-
 ham and found to contain a black skirt, some underclothing, two books
 and some stationery. The skirt was of rather heavy material, such as a per- son coming from the country might
 wear. The underclothing was clean and had no marks.
 One of the books was After Death" by Dr. Minot J. Savage of Boston, and the other was novel. Neither of these
 books had a name upon it or anything which would designate the dealer who sold them.
 Up to the present time there is noth- ing other than the name of Mrs. Tenn pie by which she is known. She had previously been in New Haven, for among her effects was some stationary purchased at a store in that city. Among the effects of the woman who committed suicide was some medicine erom Woods pharmacy, New Haven.
 The fact that the New Haven mark was found on these things led to the belief that she was a woman from Mad ison, Conn.,. and had registered at the hotel under an assumed name and ad- dress. This theory is dispelled as the woman in question is safe at her home. Efforts to find a clue to the where abouts of her relatives will be renewed. The body remains at the morgue and unless it is claimed will be inferred in Potter's field.