The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-05-12
DESPONDENT WOMAN
COMMITTED SUICIDE
Upbraids Man In Letter Before
She Ended Her Life.
RESIDED AT THE FINEST HOTEL
Apparently the Couple Was Happy and
the Woman's Tragic Death Revea!e5
Her Sscret-Former home In City
of New Orleans

of New Orleans.
New York, May S.-A handsome We
man about IS years Old, who was sup
posed 10 be MS. j. W. Gray, Of Ne.
Orleans. attempted 10 commit suicide
early today III room al the Hot.
Imperial by shooting. She was found
IN an unconscious and extremely seri-
GUS condition, and was removed 10
hospital. The surgeons there say
there is bur little chance for recover.
Accompanied by man a few yeas
her senior, the woman appeared al the
Imperial April 20. The couple It :
istered as j. W. Gray and VIE, New
Orleans.
The woman died at the hospital
without recovering consciousness
None of the employees OF the hotel
remember TO nave seen Gray during
the night. and he could not DC found
around the hotel at the time OF the
shooting. The suite occupied by the
Crays was the finest on tae =. o..l. .7-.,y
side Of the hotel.
The woman left four letters. one Of
these was sealed, addressed 70 Chas-
H Sjoneham, fl Broadway On the
back OF II was written:
4 Wish that no one would open this
but the person addressed"
4 second sealed letter was ad-
dressed TO a storage warehouse, This
city.
The third letter was unenclOsed, and
written on two sheets of paper. Il
appeared that one portion had been
written yesterday afternoon and the
other sheet early today before the wo-
man shot herself. The letter began:
Dear Sweetheart: When l called
you up on the telephone you talked
so cruelty TO me that l went OUT
and bought a revolver intending TO
do it then I was brought up in 2
convent and my religion teaches
against such things. but | can't stanG
il any longer"
Here there was a break in the let
in a different ink Again and again
You have disappointed me, Charley.
What in Gods name nave l done:
you were anxious to get RID Of me
that Were easy. Why did you have
me 10 come 10 New York? Here l
am as your wife. II you had said
Ollie. I 90 not want YOU to return. ?
would never have done 80. We
Charley. this is the last. wish You
all the luck in the world"
Here the writer seemed 10 hare
paused again. and no more seems L.
have been written for awhile. S.hr
resumed:
How I am suffering. l cannot stand
it any longer. 1t is now past O'Clock
y fourth letter left by the woman
was found which was addressed 10
Charles Sweetheart" and read as fol
lows:
L love you better than my life |
love you so much; and TO think I have
20 60 and leave you-I hate so to die
What little I have after my bills are
paid | wish to be sent to Olivia Park
er, 1928, St Andrews street, New Or
leans. | have a lot f furniture
had shipped from New Orleans
wish also that returned to New Or
leans TO Olivia Parker, a negro girl
[ have no relatives
This letter was signed Mrs. Gray
A bundle of letters addressed TO Mrs
J. ". Gray" at various places were
found when the woman's effects were
| searched. On the back of two photo
graphs found among her letters was
written the name Charlie H. Stone
f; ham," the same as on the letters left
! by the woman.
At the offices of o. F. Jonassen &
Co., mining brokers at Al Broadway
! it was said that Charles H. Stonehan
| was a member of the firm. A member
| OF the firm said that Stpneham was
| married and lived in Jersey City.