The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-24
Has BUDY CREMAlED
Roosevelt Carries Out Last
Wishes of Mrs. Grover,
TAXES ASCORA CATTOWHIT HOUSE
uo,.d by pip, President HeEnrd'
Requests ct MREnsiae writer who
Committed suicide Ia New
NorL-Iefi iIim Estate.

NEW YORK. D1c 22.-Moyel u pity
hy the s,mpc trust of tie eyed Mrs'
Lum II. Grover who committed suicide
several days ug, here by taking chloro'
form ana who aroused national In
terest by leaving all her property 10
him. Prcglicnt Roosevelt has taken
per.onnl interest In lbc ease ana ~
derrd TINT the Inst wishes Of the aged
woman be- carried out
Acting under the presidents orders.
United States District Atinrncy'llcnry
l.. St.mson. ln conjunction with ih'
hubble administrator, personally super
ylscd the cremation of the body aud
took charge OF ihr ashes, lie also Tor
wnrdrd two pet Augnra eats to The
White House. where they will Ice taken
cnrc of los tie presidents family.
Secret service men also saw 10 1t
that all the property let 10y Mrs. orc.
ycr was taken In charge by the public
administrator aud advertisements In.
serted In the newspapers notifying her
relatives OF her death.
Behind the pathetic story Of the We.
mans death comes the news that she
WIS n mysterious donor OF gifts Ia
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. for many
years and had at times caused Presi'
dent Roosevelt no little concern be
cause OF her yagnrirs.
I'm the opinion of United Stntcs Dis
trict Attorney Stmson. Mrs. Grover
was wcakmlnded and Imagined she
was on friendly terms with President
Roosevelt. The latter denies ever
knowing the aged woman aud had no
knowledge Of her except through the
gifts sent 90 his sou.
II was while the president was gov
ernor OF New York state In 1888 that
n shotgun. u compass and watch ar
rived al the capitol addressed to young
Roosevelt. Inside tie package was q
small slip Of paper which bore the
words, From L. u. Grover. No. 2Os9
Lexington avenue. New York city
The presidents son showed the gifts
10 his father. who ordered him 10 write
a note OF thanks. President Roose
Welt however. also sent note TO Mrs
Grover asking her not 10 repeat the
donation.
Mrs. Grover. II Is said. told a story
Of having known President Roosevelt
when he was youth on ranch out In
Dakota aud Of meeting him In this city
when he rose to prominence In subse'
quent years.
The only mourncrs 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
at crematory In the Bronx.
Mrs. Conner was Mrs. Growers clos
est friend aud knew more OF her his
tory than any other person. She said
that Mrs. Grover was the daughter Of
Dakota ranchman. She was married
at the age Of seventeen. and when
eighteen years old became n widow.
While still In her teens Theodore
Roosevelt. fresh from Harvard. went
to Medora, OAK. and bought ranch. .,
Mrs Grover lived near Medora and
was one OF the few women in that sec
ton in those wild days. She often tcld
Mrs. Conner OF the long rides she took
over the prairie with young Roosevelt.
The president has written book about
his ranchlng experiences, and Mrs.
Grover expressed her wonderment that
~, la.
There appears to have been an in
terval of many years, according to Mrs.
Grover, between the time she knew
Mr.. Roosevelt In Dakota and when she
met him again in New York. Her
first meeting in this city, she told Mrs.
Connor, was at the shop Of n seller Of
old books. She was a boOkworln. and
Mr.. Roosevelt was also an enthusiast
on the subject of literature
1t Is reported In the neighborhood In
which Mrs. Greer lived that when
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. went on his
hunting trip about Il year ago Mrs.
Grover sent him diamond studded re-
volver.
~ ieltcI itit ny MIS-. pTONtI hHlu.
ITO the Coroner or the First Police
Officer That Finds My Body:
81 beg Of you TO telephone to Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt. He will have
my body cremated. | nave written to
him, have made my will, and all
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 S. and thou
sand thanks for your kindness. Please
do not let my poor kittens be fright
ened or annoyed. President Roosevelt
will take them as soon as che receives
my letter | mailed tonight to him.
Please let them stay here until then.
"My heart is broken, so l take my
own life in the familiar way i know
by drinking chlorosorm. No one is to
blame but myself. l trust my spirit
and future life to a merciful and low
ing God, who knows and judges our
sorrow"
Another resident of the house in
which Mrs. Grover died was Il. NJ
Taft cousin of the secretary of war
who, with his wife. occupied room
dirnctly ovar that nf Nrs Crnvar