New-York tribune., 1905-04-10
MISS GALLAWAY SUICIDE.
DyES IN HOTEL SEVILLE.
Bank Presidents Daughter, an In
1ald-NurSe in Room.

aah-st.. yesterday at $40 p. M,
rorcner scholer found a letter IN the waste
,.,s- basket in the room where Miss Galloway
i5nes herself He said that he had not been
.be 70 decipher Il. as II had been torn into
,,irute fragments. He declared that the nurse
rho had been with Miss Galloway had assured
r,ro that she believed it was letter which
,Uss galloway had written 10 her mother in the
-norning. Where Miss Galloway obtained the
,,volver is a mystery.
Dr. Ellsworth Eliot, jr.. OF No. As West 36th-
:. sna DR.. George Roe Lockwood jr, OF No
7e East 5od-st had been attending Miss Gal
,ez-ev and her mother for some weeks at the
csBaway home. No. 6S East 55th-st. The
srughter. Dr. Eliot said last night, had been
erFering from neurasthenia and acute indiges-
,,on. and the mother from heart disease. Their
,,z,e for each other was 80 great that each wor-
-4,s constantly about the others condition
ANXIETY on the part Of each for the other finally
hsosue so detrimental 10 their chances for re-
cove-v that DR. Eliot told Mr.. Gallaway his
ssuebter had better be removed from proximity
70 her mother.
Accordingly five weeks ago Mr. Galloway en-
-,gss a suite OF three rooms one Of the finest
!, the hotel at the Seville, and his daughter was
.sten there. she having agreed to go for her
v,o+hers sake. a trained nurse. Miss Margaret
Vitbers. Of No. 163 Glenwood-ave., Yonkers
vss engaged TO be IN constant attendance on
Miss Galloway
Most Of the time up TO yesterday Miss Gala
nav had spent in bed, and whenever she went
ont the nurse accompanied her. Dr. Eliot con-
,jnued 10 attend his patient at the hotel
Yesterday afternoon about $40 o'clock DR..
Eliot went 10 the hotel to make his usual visit
He stopped al the clerks desk 10 telephone TO
the nurse that he was there Miss Galloway
Was sitting on the bed. When the nurse ap-
n-ise5 her OF Dr. Elot's visit, she asked Mis:
Zvirbers 10 get her another dress which she
wished 10 don before the doctor arrived. Her
dresses were kept in a wardrobe at the foot Of
the bed
The nurse went 10 the wardrobe and opened
the door IN doing this her back was turned 10
her charge. AS she grasped for the dress desired
Miss Wlthers heard pistol shot. and turned 10
see Miss Galloway sink back on the bed with the
blood streaming from her mouth.
Dr Eliot as if al the behest Of premonition,
had not waited 10 receive word from the nurse
that Miss Galloway was ready for him, but had
gone upstairs Immediately after telephoning
As he reached the corridor he saw Miss Withers
come from Miss Gallaways suite. screaming
She told him what had happened He rushed
into the room. Miss Galloway expired as he
looked at her
DR.. Eliot at once called up the GaIlaway home
on the telephone and asked the butler for Mr..
Galway. Mr.. Galloway was not at home, nor
were any Of his Sons. Mrs. Galloway was the
only one OF the family there. Dr. Eliot after
telling the butler that an accident had befallen
Miss Galloway, told him not to breathe hint
Of il 20 Mrs. Galloway, not even TO tell her
that he had called up the house but 10 go at
once in search Of Mr.. Galloway.
Then Dr. Eliot called up Coroner Scholer. Il
was three hours afreTyvard before he u0lice
knew Of the suicide.
Miss Galloway had been a confirmed dys-
peptic for seven years" said Dr. Lockwood
last night. 'The only explanation I can give
FOR her shooting herself is that she became
tired Of living the life of an invalid and decided
10 make way with herself I cannot give any
explanation as 90 how she could have come into
the possession OF the weapon. In fact have
not heard any suggestion made about il. 1 was
called 10 attend her about two weeks ago: and
at my suggestion, on account Of Mrs. Gala
ways Illness she was removed 10 the Seville
from the town house as we believed she could
receive better attention there than at home
Her death was practically instantaneous
She fred only one shot so far as we have been
able 70 learn. That one penetrated the brain
through the roof Of the mouth"
According 10 the statement Of the manage
Hent of the hotel Miss Galloway had not been
out of doors since going there
Miss Galloway was thirty-one years old. Her
brothers are John and Merrill ". Galloway
John H. Tbbe-s, sexton Of the Madison
Square Presbyterian Church which the Gala
ways attended late last night after the body Of
Mss Galloway had been given into his charge
Went 10 the home and told Mr. Galloway OF
MS daughters death. He was almost pros
trated
10 explanation was made 10 me-" said Cor
oner scholer last night, "as TO Why Miss Gala
way should have had revolver. when it was
known that she was ia a highly nervous con-
olton. She had been removed 10 the Seville
70 give herself and her mother opportunity to
regain their health There was so intense a
D0ha of affection between mother and daughter
l''st eaca worried unnecessarily over the others
condition"
EoOeft b. Galloway. besides being the presi-
esLt OF the Merchants National Bank and the
Ae|-Kork Mutual Cas- Light Company. is a
1iee'or o. the American Mailing Company. trus-
zee oi the Bowery Savings Bank, director OF the
~-cago' Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad
hoaklng Valley Railroad, Iron Mountain Rail
.oaa' Lincoln Trust Company. Manhattan Life
Insurance Company New-York Mutual Tele-
graph Company. Panama Railroad. Rio Grande
/" "eAlefH Railroad. St Louis. Iron Mountain and
oo'iiefh Railroad, 81. Louis Southwestern Rail-
Ioaa Southern Railroad and tho Texas and
Pacific Railroad
he Is member OF the Chamber OF Commerce
---a"ooa. Union League. Metropolitan. Union.
SIVersity and Yale clubs St Nicholas Society.
Andrews Society. Riding and New-York
1lt clubs, Society for the Prevention OF
cisty
Ny sister must have been out OF her head
sa She shot herself" said Merrill W Gala