Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-22
HAS Her BODY
GRE MATED.
President Roosevelt Carries Out
Last Wishes Of Mrs, Grover
Cat to White House.

several days ag, here by taking chloro
form and who aroused national in
terest by leaving all her property t
him. President Roosevelt has takcl
personal interest in the ease and or
dered that the last wishes Of the age'
woman he carried out.
Acting under the presidents orders
United States District Attorney llcnr!
l.. Stimson. In conjunction with th'
public administrator, personally super
vised the cremation OF the body aho
took charge of the ashes. He also for
warded two pct Angora cats to INC
White House. whore they will bc taken
care of by the presidents family.
Secret service men also saw TO II
that all the property left by Mrs. Gro
yer wa taken in charge by the public
administrator and advertisements in
serted in the newspapers notifying her
relatives of her death.
There is little doubt that throughout
her life Mrs. Grover had a romantic
admiration for Theodore Roosevelt.
She once before spoke to Il friend OF
having met him in her early youth.
Mrs. Grover said:
MIR. Roosevelt as Il young man Wis
tied my father several times n was
treated as Il friend of the family. l
have followed his career since with
admiration and interest"
Behind the pathetic story of the wo-
mans death comes the news that she
was a mysterious donor of gifts to
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr,, for many
years and had at times caused Presi-
dent Roosevelt no little concern be-
cause of her vagaries.
In the opinion of United States Dis
trict Attorney Stimson Mrs. Grover
was weakminded and imagined she
was on friendly terms with President
Roosevelt. The latter denies ever
knowing the aged woman and had no
knowledge of her except through the
gifts sent to his son.
1t was while the president was gov
ernor Of New York state in 1898 that
a shotgun, n compass and watch ar
rived at the capitol addressed to young
Roosevelt. Inside the package was a
small slip of paper which bore the
words, prom l.. h. Grover, Nc. 20Sa
| Lexington avenue, New York city
The presidents son showed the gifts
to his father, who ordered him to write
a note of thanks. President Roose-
welt, however. also sent a note to Mrs,
| Grover asking her not to repeat the
donation.
Mrs. Grover, it is said, told a story
of having known President Roosevelt
when he was a youth on a ranch out in
Dakota and of meeting him in this city
when he rose to prominence in subse'
quent years.
The only molirners at the funeral
outside of the undertaken and his
daughter were Mrs. Richard ii. Con
nor of this city and Secret Service
Officer Tate. The body was cremated
ut a crematory in the Bronx.
Mrs. Connor was Mrs. Growers clos
est friend and knew more of her his
tory than any other person. She said
that Mrs. Grover was the daughter of
o Dakota ranchman. She was married
ut the age of seventeen, and when
eighteen years old became a widow.
While still in her teens Theodore
Roosevelt, fresh from Harvard, went
to Medora, Oak, and bought Il ranch.
Mrs. Grover lived near Mcdora and
was one of the few women in that sec
ton in those wild days. She often told
Mrs. Conner of the long rides she took
over the prairie with young Roosevelt.
The president has written Il book about
Grover expressed her wondcrment that
she was not mentioned in it.
There appears to have been an in
terval of many years, according to Mrs.
Grover. between the time she knew
Mr.. Roosevelt in Dakota ana when she
met him again in New York. Her
first meeting in this city, she told Mrs.
Conner, was Mt the shop of a seller of
old books. She was Il book worm, and
Mr.. Roosevelt was also an enthusiast
on the subject of literature.
1t is reported in the neighborhood in
NHltH MIS-. pIONcf lNeu tldl Wuell
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., went on his
hunting trip about a year ago Mrs.
Grover sent him Il diamond studded re-
volver.
\ letter left by Mrs. Grover said:
ITO the Coroner or the First Police
Officer That Finds My Body:
- beg Of you to telephone to Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt. He will have
my body cremated. l have written to
him, have made my will. and all l
have is his. He will have everything
attended to just as | wish it to be, and
all will be right. He knows where to
find everything.
''Please find inclosed So and a thou
sand thanks for your kindness. Please
do not let my poor kittens he fright
ened or annoyed. President Roosevelt
will take them as soon as he receives
my letter | mailed tonight TO him.
Please LET them stay here until then.
MY heart is broken, so | take my
own life in the familiar way | know
by drinking chloroform. No one is to
blame but myself. l trust my spirit
and future life to a merciful and low
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