The sun., 1904-11-15
TO BURY SISTERS TOGETHER.
FRIENDS CRAFTY LAST WISH
OF LOUISE AND VALERIE.
Mount Sinai Hospital First to Make Oner,
waivinE All Claim 70 tho Bodies
Deportation or Boy to Vienna Was
BEGINNING Of Trouble-Many Mourners.

Beginning Of Trouble-Many Mourners,
The story Of the lives Of Valerie Fischer
and Louise Abel, the sisters who COM
mitted suicide in their five room fat at 33o
East Fifty-first street early Sunday morn
ing, after they had been ordered to move
because they couldn't pay their re MT, was
told yesterday by persons who knew OF
their family In Vienna and who had be-
friended the young women since they
landed in this country.
Their fathers name was SuBs-Anton
Suss. He was we'll known in mercantile
circles in Vienna and was said to be worth
considerable money. That was twelve
or fifteen years ago. The two sisters were
brought up in the best Of circumstances
and were literally educated Louise, the
elder, when she was barely II years old,
was married against her wishes. Her
sister, Valerie, sided with her and did every
thing in her power to prevent the marriage.
Louise gave birth to a son, and shortly
afterward her father died. He left his
daughters some money, but that was lost.
Then came trouble between Louise and
her husband. and she got divorce six
years ago, being at that time "a years old.
She wanted to leave Vienna and her old
friends on account Of the unhappiness In
her married life, and her sister, who was
then about 20, insisted on accompanying
her wherever she went Together they
came to America, landing In this city In
lSp9 They had only enough money to
keep them for month OF 80, but before 1t
was exhausted they secured positions
with a jewelry manufacturing concern.
rlr an ThAvy
learned quickly and soon were able to COM
mand wages high enough to enable them
to live In some comfort.
Louise had brought her son with her
When he was old enough abe got him a
position as bellboy In the Waldorf Astoria.
Everything went we'll with the sisters
until little more than q year ago. Then
the boy was taken sick. His illness left
him with deranged brain. He was kept
for q time In Bellevue Hospital, and then
was sent to Wards Island. The sisters
visited him regularly once a week there.
One week, about a year ago. they learned
on their regular visit that he had been
sent back to Austria. This. friends Of
the sisters say, had been done without
notification being sent to the mother. Her
grief and ner fear that some harm would
come to him on the voyage were intense.
She Immediately raised all the money
she could get, and, taking also the little
ocean liner for Hamburg. She landed
there on the same day that her son landed,
and, taking him under her charge, con-
tinued the journey TO Vienna, where she
had him put In an asylum. Then she
hurried back to her sister in this country.
The strain on the income OF the two, how
ever, was too great, and when they got out
of work few weeks ago they became
despondent.
In the letter which they left in the gas
filed room where their bodies were found
they asked that they i2o should be buried in
"may be used for the purposes OF medical
science. We would be some use after
we are dead Perhaps they can use them
at Mount Sinai Hospital. In return for
this we would ask a proper burial They
also wrote: 4We have lived enough. We
The bodies will not be used for the pur-
poses OF medical science The Mount Sinai
Hospital authorities when they heard yes
terday OF the letter left by the young women
telephoned at once to the Stephen Merritt
undertaking rooms that the bodies should
be given. proper burial at the expense of
the hospital.
1T Is our DESIRE the hospital people
said in letter to the undertaking estab-
lishment later, 'to bury the bodies side by
side
The hospital. however. will not have to
Duty Une DOQlts TTltnus Vi tIle sSlsttTb
called at the undertaking rooms late in
the afternoon and insisted on being allowed
to arrange for the burial. One of these
friends is Armin Muller, who is connected
with the Waldorf f-Astoria Cigar Company,
and another is Harry T. Curran Of 3o6 West
Fourteenth street, an employee in the GUS
toms service.
The letters which the sisters left to Mrs.
Paul Frankel Of PA East Eleventh street, Mr..
Curran and Mr.. Victorius Of ia East Four
teenth street were delivered yesterday.
None OF the parties cared to say what the
contents OF the letters were. 1t Is known
though, that the letter addressed to Mr..
Victorius was merely a note OF thanks to
him for the kindnesses which he had shown
the sisters In their work. He is the fore
man for the jewelry concern by which they
we're once employed
-They were most attractive young
women" said one Of the proprietors Of the
establishment yesterday, so quiet, refined
and 30 quick to learn. They never talked
about their family affairs. they always tried
to be happy, and most Of the employees in
the shop thought they were. Everybody
liked them. In fact the shop Ia just about
broken up to-day over the news
Valerie was married after she came to this
country, but her husband died.