Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-29

Edith Kendrlck, daughter of Mir
 and Mrs Patrick Kendrick of Euller
 street committed suicide last night In
 room kept by William Sears, in the
 Meigs block on Bank street where 1t appears she had been in the habit of l making calls on and off for some time past The girl was in the room at 6 ociock last evening when Sears left there, but he claims to have told her
 to go home. This was the last he saw of her until about 1 o'clock this morn-
 Ing when he went to his
 apartments and found the room
 filled with gas and the girl lying
 on the bed dead of asphyxiation. The police were notified and the girl was carried Into the hallway and an effort
 made to revive her, but all to no avail. Acting Medical Examiner Graves viewed the body and reported the facts to the coroner. pr Graves said today that he didn't like how Sears and others about the place act cd None of them was willing to say that he knew the girl and Sears tore up the note which she left fin the room Instead of keeping it intact and turn ing it over to him. He did produce 1t, but 1t was in scraps and the doctor made 1t to read that she complained Sears had not kept faith with her and as a consequence she preferred to dle-altnost the identical words of Olivia in Goldsmith's exquisite poem: When lovely woman stoops to folly,
 And finds too late that men betray; What charm can soothe her melan-
 choly,
 What art can wash her grief away? The only art her guilt to cover.
 To hide her shame from every eye, To bring repentance to her lover
 And wiring his bosom, is to die
 That's substantially the story of this unfortunate young girl. As matter of fact. she was only about eight cen, child and like others her family were not aware of the downward ca reer she had started on within the past year. and people who knew of 1t and would like to save her were loatl to break the news to them. Besides her parents she leaves three sisters and two brothers Her father kept q tailor shop on Bridge street for years and is hard working. industrious man. The family are well liked by all who know them and everybody has n word of sympathy for the alilieted parents and grief stricken sisters and brothers.
 The assumption is that she got huffv over what Sears said to her, brooded over it for time. and finally thinking herself an otitcast, planned to commit the rash act. What pity she didn't resolve to return to her own home and take counsel with her par ents. .,
 The remains were removed to Mul- yillp's morgne. The funeral will be private.
 Medical Examiner Mix came to Wa terbury this afternoon and heard sey- eral witnesses In the office of the bu- reau of detectives in the City hall building An autopsy was also eoii. ducted at Mulvilles morgue. Coroner Mix told q Democrat reporter that nc didn't expect that there would he any thing new to give out this afternoon nI have lust come 10 town" he added. | "nnd don't know what there ls to this yet. If there should be any new de velopments between now and press hour I'll let you know"
 II was hnted about town that some | doubts exist ns to the cause Of death, | some claiming that it does not look | like case of asphy xiation. but the | public will not know until after the | result of the autopsy is made known.
 The hearing closed at o'clock. after | which the coroner stated that so far ns he could see lt was . straight ease pf suicide lie learned that tie gifl | had been intimate with Sears Tor about a year and made practice of calling pt his rootn. she wus there nt ,elork vesieriay afternoon and he told bcr tp ro home md leave the key | tndcr the door mat. adding that he was to have company later on. She fD de s0. Sears went out iud spent some time in the bowling alley. When he returned he c0uldnt 1nd the key and after hunting around 5a finally got one that opened the doot If ffr w IN Ft~NNNfNhNa " NfH " sdt In he found the dead body un the ,ed and beside it note which read is follows
 "t take it that thls Is your work. lf Fou had been a better friend to mo 1 never should have done this. Good iye. Biii"
 Its showe,i ihe note io inc officers md then tore lt up. but by pastinz t ,u a sheet of paper the coroner was ible to read r. This is all the coroner iad tS give ont and C is not likely that he autopsy will reveal anything ig ihe contrary.
 some difficulty was experienced ln nratinr Sears for thc hearing before lia coroner. but Detective kennaugh insllr found him at his home nn flaw. ilns street
 Frank I Hcison. of fI0sISon < Bfo. informed a representative of this Isarer hat the statement Co The effest that ;sars i- in their efnpsay i- not true. Ie dIii work there for short time. but ia was discharged over a month ago Iuf hss not ben with them since