The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-04
ARTISTS BRIDE A SUICIDE.
DESPONDENT NOTE FOUND IN
MRS. LARNED'S CHATELAINE.

Became ComatOse on sunday After Drink.
ing Oaret-The Husband, Alarmed,
Gained in a DoctOr-Aconite Poisoning
suSpected-TWO He'd, Then Freed.
Mrs. william Laned, wife OF news
paper illustrator, died. apparently poi
soned with aoonite, In her apartments in
the Victoria, $50 Leno1 avenue, early yes
terday morning. The circumstances we're
such that II looked like FIRST class mystery
at first, and her husband and Anna Miller,
the housemaid, we're detained by the police
After an investigation Coroner Golden
kranz made up his mind that It was plain
suicide, and the two prisoners we're paroled'
The Iarneds had been married only about
ten months. Mrs. Larned was from Atlanta
Anna Miller, the housemaid, good looking
German girl, had been with them for sew
eral months.
Larned worked at home last Sunday.
In the middle OF the evening DR.. Pixley
Of 40 Manhattan avenue got hurry call
from the Larned apartments. The young
wife, unconscious and breathing heavily,
was in bed. Her husband and nurse
were working over her The woman's
extromities were blue. DR. Pixley saw at
once that the case was serious, and sent Tor
DR.. Mcbride Of West li5th street and
DR.. Garrison OF 2i0 West iSOth street. The
three physicians worked over the woman
for hours, but with no result. She failed
rapidly and died at ? o'clock yesterday
morning. DR.. Pixley notified the Coroner's
Office and also Policeman O'Daughlin OF
the West i25th street station.
"A case Of poisoning, DR.. Pixley called
IL. The officers began to look into the
case.
Anna Miller and Larned told a straight
enough story. Late In the afternoon Mrs:
LAned had asked for a drink. The maid
filled tumbler from a decanter Of claret,
and Mrs. LaTned drank It. A little while
later she went to bed, Larned added that
she had been acting hysterically-fTom
the unaccustomed drink, he thought. he
paid no attention to Il, though, and went
on pounding his typewriter. Mrs. Larned
undressed and went TO bed. She TEL asleep
almost at once. The housemaid, looking
In from time to time, heard her breathing
heavily. At about o'clock LaTned looked
In. Alarmed by his wife's heavy breathing,
he turned on a light, II was plain that she
was IN bad way. Her fingers were blue
about the nails and her breathing was
choked. He tried to awaken her and failed.
Following that, he telephontd for DR..
PiXley,
The police found in the fat bottles Of
carbolio acid, wood alcohol and oil Of cloves,
There was an empty vial labelled iodine,
but below that label was written 'aconite.
An empty whishey flask which had held
wood alcohol was also confscated. The
police say that, when first questioned, the
Miller woman declared that she had given
Mrs. IArned her drink out Of that flask
She denied this later in court, incidentally
calling the police liars.
With some misgivings Capt. Burns had
Anna Miller and Lamed detained. In the
Harlem police court they were ordered
detained as witnesses and sent to the Cor
oner's Office for examination.
Late in the afternoon Coroner Golden
kranz, who had been moving mysteriously
in the case, said that Mrs. Lamed had left a
letter In her chatelaine bag which indicated
that she had committed suicide. The
Coroner did not show the text OF the letter.
1T vas written In pencil and was found
In Mrs. Larned's handbag" he said. 1t
was to the effect that she was Jealous OF
them that she was tired and discouraged
with this loneliness and humdrum exist
ence,' and that they didn't care for her.
1t was IN Mrs. Larned's handwriting.
On the strength OF this. Larned and
Anna Miller were paroled in the custody
Of George French, a newspaper illustrator,
who promised to produce them for fresh
hearing at IL o'clock this morning. Assist
ant District Attorney kenochan, who
looked into the case, approved the parole,
An autopsy will be performed by Coroners'
Physician Schultze this morning. DR..
Leblanc, who had the case yesterday, says
that Mrs. Darned probably died OF mar
cotic poison, possibly aconite.