Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-07
shot Herself Through The Tenn
pie in Hotel imperial in
New York.
BROKER TIC MAN IN CASE
Sister Says Charles stoneham Prom
ised to Marry Mrs. Gray, and Pre-
tended to Be sinoIe-Death of Child
Sent Hin Temporarily Back to
Paths of Virtue.
0sy Associated Press.)

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NEW YORK. May G.-Nirs. !. w.
Gray. believed TO be wealthy and said
10 he The widow of n Chicago broker
i;,nd who was described by her friends
as remarkably beautiful woman, com
m:ttc1 suicide in the Imperial hotel
here today by shooting She was
found lying unconscious before a mir
ror9'in her he'd room with q bullet
wound IN her head. and died few
hours later at n hospital without re-
gaining consciousness. Letters left by
the suicide indicated that she was the
victim ol M unfortunate lnv, affair
and that. although possessed Of am
pie means, she had no desire TO live
without The man she loved.
Accompanied by man n few Years
her senior. the woman appeared mt
The Imperial on April 90. The couple
registered as a. w. Gray and wife,
New: Orleans" They went ont togetn.
or frequently aid the man was away
y saieSday lin but thcEe was ;natl,c
thaM tn fex oil
to:eSt.
Waterman Heard Shot.
When Waterman was making bis
roantls early today he heard mndle.l
repor: like a pistol shot, i'm the room
occupied by the Grays. Looking over
the transom the Waterman saw the
woman lying on her face OIL the foo:
beside The he'd with, her hands out
stretched. She was III her night dress
and n stream of blood was flowing from
an ugly wound in her right temple.
Sne was alone in the room The door
was forced ard the woman was hur-
ried TO n hospital.
None of the hotel employees remem-
bcr having seen Gray. during the
night and he could not be found
around tho hotel at the time of the
shooting. The suite occupied by tho
Grays. was the finest on the Broadway
side Of the hotel
+ The woman left four letters. one Of
these, which was sealed. was address
cd TO Charles II. Stoneham 44 Broad
way. on the back of 1t was written:
u wish that no one would open this
but the person addressed"
Letter to Sweetheart.
second letter was addressed TO
storage warehouse. this city.
FIR The third letter was unenclosed and
written Oil TWO sheets of paper. IL ap.
peare1 that one portion had been writ
ton yesterday afternoon and the other
sheet early today before the woman
shot herself. The letter began:
Dear Sweetheart:
when called yon upon the telc.
phone YOU talked SO cruelty to me
that ] went out and bought a rcvol-
yer intending TO do 1t then. was
brought mp in convent and my rail-
,sinn teaches against such things, hut
can't stand ii any longer"
Here there was break in The let.
ter, and when it was continued it was
with different tone:
The Query of Despair.
AGAIN and again have you disap-
pointed. Charley, What in Gods
name have done If you were anx-
ious to get rid of ME hat were easy.
Why did You have ME come to New
York? Here am as your wife, If yoii
had said. Ollie, do not want you 10
return I would never have done so.
Well, Charley. Ibis Is the last. wish
you all the luck in tho world
Here the writer seemed to have
paused again, ard no more seems to
have been written 10: a while. 1t re.
sumcd:
How am suffering cannot stand
1t any longer. 1t is now past 4
O'clock"
A fourth letter left by the woman
was found. which was addressed to.
Charles Sweetheart" and read in part
as follows: ~
~ love you better than my life. +
love you so much and TO think. have
to go and leave you; hate so to die.
What little have after my bills are
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