The San Francisco call., 1904-12-28
Hurls Herself From Third
Story Window Of a House
in New York Under
Mysterious Circumstances
JOCKEY JOHN H0AR
INVOLVED IN CASE
Wearing Apparel of Well
Known Rider Found in
the Room From Which
Woman Leaped to Street

NEW YORK, Dec. IA young
woman known as Cecil Hall. but whose
right name is Cecilia Moss. killed her
self to-day by jumping from the third
story window of a house near Broad
way in West Forty-sixth street From
articles found in the room from which
she jumped it is believed that with her
before she hurled herself to the street
was John Hoar, a jockey, who had re-
Gently returned to this country from
Russia 1t is believed the woman and
Hoar came to this city from Washing
ton, D. c.
Her act created a commotion in the
neighporhood. where 1t was declared
that the girl was screaming for help
after she was seen to fling herself
headforemost from the window.
Coroner Scholer took charge Of the
case to-day and gave it as his opinion
that the girl had been detained against
her will and was attempting to es-
cape. The woman's clothing was
found scattered about the room from
which she leaped.
She had been at the house only q
few hours before her death.
The suit case found In the room
contained women's and mems clothing.
The police believe that the marks on
the mans clothing show that it was
bought in Warsaw, Poland. A mans
overcoat bore the name Of "Hoar."
Other articles of mems clothing bore
the mark u. H." The initials found
on the clothing and on siIver-backed
hairbrushes found in the suitcases
correspond with those of the jockey.
The tailor whose name appears on
the overcoat found at the Forty-sixth
street house said tonight that he
made the coat for j. Hoar, the jockey.
Among the womans effects was a
newspaper clipping which said that
Jockey Hoar headed the winning list
of jockeys on Russian mounts and
spoke in complimentary terms Of him.
Hoar was located in Hoboken by
detectives, who are trying to find out
what he knows about the dead woman.
Hoar informed the police tonight
yesterday afternoon and that he went
with her to the door of her house.
There he left her, he said, and about
an hour later he called her up by tele-
phone She appeared to be in good
spirits and asked him to write to her.
He admitted having met the young
woman while he was riding at re-
cent Bennings meeting and that he
came to this city with her at it's close.
LANCASTER, Pa, Dec. 27.-The
young woman calling herself Cecil
Hall, who was killed by plunging from
the third-story window Of a lodging
house in New York to-day was in reaIi-
ty Cecilia Moss of this city. She was
% years of age.
Her mother is unable to give much
information as to the girls recent
career. About a year ago the girl
went to Washington, d. G. Later she
wrote to her mother that on Septem-
Der s she had married Clifton Frazer
OF that city, who, she said, was
clerk in the Government employ.
The girl also stated that she and her
husband had adopted the name of
Mr.. and Mrs. 1. J. Hall. She directed
that letters should be addressed to her
under the name Of Hall, in care OF
Mrs. Webb, at the Forty-sixth-street
address.
A photograph Of Frazer which she
sent to her mother showed him to be
a rather handsome man about 80 years
of age and smooth-faced.