New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-10
FATAL FALL AT WALDORF.
CORONER SAYS SUICIDE.
Daughter Of Late ,Johr DoIbeer a
Tictim Of MeLanchOLio.

Wife suffering fran sr attack of meiaucholiR
Miss Bertha poIbee-. twenty-five years cid. o.
san Francisco daughter % the late JoH-1 Dol
seer L millionaire OF that CIT. was killed by A
fall frGm window OF the ninth floor o. the
waldorf Astoria 10 a small courtyard late yes
,.-iaT afternoon. Every bone in the Young
-ro.ra-'s body was broken ard death was ir-
s;aHtaD eous.
Mss Dolbeer and h-c cousin. Miss Marion
warren also Of San Francisco. had Been at the
WALDORF since June 80 and occupied suite No
g23 At the time they vent there they had re-
rurned from an extended trip IN Europe to- Miss
r)olbeer's health
since her fathers death Miss DoIbe-r had suf-
sered from melancholia. and had needed con-
slant watching. Yesterday morning the young
women went for a walk. and visited the shop
Ming district. Detective Sergeant sullivan OF
the West Thirtieth-st. station. who investigated
the case. says Miss Warren told him that Miss
Lol5eer compIaineS q the heat in the room
after they returned. She insisted on opening the
windows wide and famed herself vigorously.
ABOUT o'clock Miss OoIbeer vent out into the
man corridor
About $50 o'clock Miss Dolbeer again com
planned Of the heat IN the room. and said she
vas going out into the corridor again. Il cant
stand this heat, Il viii kill me-" she remarked.
When Miss Dolbeer started for the door lead
fnS 20 The corridor Miss Warren who had beer
reading, LAID aside her book and followed her
cousin. Miss Dobee- reached The corridor first
s-d fastened her footsteps Fearing that all
vas aot right. Miss Warren also FASTENED. but
in passing the door the hem OF her skirt caught
IN tire hinge and held her fast. x hie she was
releasing the skirt from its ENHANCEMENT Miss
.)olh5er yea 1hed an open window. When Miss
WaTreu 7ohea I'D Miss DOIbeer was poised on
sr,s- EEa
sppeare--
Mss Warren screamed. and several employees
% rhe hotel rushed 10 where she was She
r,oiptrd 20 the open window. spoke her cousins
.am= Rnc tainted. a bellboy went TO The win
doR ara looking down the airshaft. saw the
YOUNG worlEns body living there motonless-
The shaft is near the Astor Court
DIS Calvin Adams and Homer Cibney, the
hotel physicians. pronounced Miss Dolbeer dead
when ner body was carried upstairs maid
had carried Miss Warren back TO her room, and
the physicians were called TO attend her. She
recovered consciousness after they had worked
over her for half hour. and was able 70 tell
4 little Of the story.
Detective Sergeant Sullivan. who was sent 10
make an investigation. declared the case TO be
one Of suicide
Il had a talk with Miss Warren said Sulli-
van. and she tells me- that Miss Dolbeer jumped
from the window while signify demented. Her
father died about year ago. Miss DOlbeer
and her father had been much together and had'
travelled extensively in each others company.
Miss Warren saws that when Nj DoIbeer died
suddenly his daughter went into Mysteries and
could not be Gained for several days. She be
gan 70 grow melancholy after that. and often
said she wished she could join her 1atf-ar- Her
physician ordered a trip 10 Europe and Miss
Dolbeer went abroad several months ago. with
Miss Warren IS her companion. Al times dur
ing her travels through Europe Miss Dolbeer
seemed 20 recover from her low spirits, but it
lasted only short while When she returned
80 this country s6e failed rapidly"
Coroner : .ts~ called al the hotel about
oc.ock. ana it;.r atewilg the body and obtain
inE statenlent from Miss Marion Warren. he
declared the case TO be one Of suicide, and gave
permission for the removal OF the body TO an
Undertaking establishment in Seventh-ave. The
coroner declared that Miss Warren told him she
saw Miss DoiDeer lake the fatal leap. Her
story q what occurred was practically the same
ez she told IL 20 Detective Sergeant sullivan.
except thar she gave Lt-Ie more detail
Mss roloeers father. she said. vac million
sire lumber and r-a. estate operator. When ne
a-ec, about a y-ar ago. ne eft Miss DoIbeer
abou- 100000 IN property ana securities. in
Guiding The Doioeer mansion Tho young wonl-
ans mother died when Miss Dolbee- vas a child
and she grew -p o 0ea utifuI girlhood and WON
anhood as Ter fathers coIrpasl.3l They rode
drove and travelled together ana were churs
Although MISS Joiberr was beautiful and had
many Euliors she declared that she would never
marry as long rs her father lived His su1cer
css-h nearly caused her own
after Hr. Dolaeer's death. Miss warren went
to aTa with SIS daug..l-r- Miss Warren told the
coroner she had not S.eqr Hel for three months
- sne lad 5aen constantly watching her cousin
N hotels ara on he g5-sn-ships she MAS >orced
20 7a71n ire "irdoF - eioseiy and vas scarcely
"Ter -lar~ mar q faf C-ct from Miss Dolbeer
During ;ieir nrst "-la = ne corridor yesterday
afterll-or. 8i:sF Ferre.. SAYS. she closed down
re window through which her cousin &fterwa-d
-e7re1 70 ler death.
The BODY u Miss Doloeer vii be shipped .
san francisco Today. Her relatives 81 tha- city
"=-- f0forr1ed Or her death last evening