The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-11
LILLIAN BROMWAY
COMMITS SUICIDE
Shoots Herself at PrOminen,
Zion Hotel Few Hours Af-
ter Registering.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY
Family of Unfortunate Young
Woman Resides in Salt
Lake City.

A pistol shot emanatlng from room
306 al the Wilson hotel, the forcing of
the locked door by the employees.
young woman writhing in the throes of
death IN pool of blood upon the floor
these marked the self slaughter of
Mrs. Lillian Bromway at 3 clock
Thursday afternoon
Mrs. Bromway is said to have arrived
from Denver early in the day. II was
2 o'clock in the afternoon, however,
before she appeared at the hotel. She
was a preposscssing young woman, not
over %, neatly attired, and had bag
gage which she ordered taken care of
by the clerks. She registered under the
name of "Miss' lillian Bromwav,
city. She handed over to the clerk a
quantity of iewelry, consisting ot a
wedding ring and three other finger
bands, pearl necklace and a gold
chain with thirty-second degree Ma
sonic charm. She was assigned to room
306. and that was the last the hctel
people ever saw of her alive
Fired the Fatal Shot.
Shortly after the Young woman s ar
rival. man giving the name of c., II.
Beggs. who said he was cattlcman,
called and sent his card up to her room.
BY the bellboy she sent word down that
she would ''see him shortly He came
again Just before 3 clock and received
the. same message from the lady up
stars 1t was few minutes after
this last call that the pistol shot was
heard. and several Of the hotel en-
ployees rushed 10 room 300 to ascertain
the cause. The door was locked. and,
receiving no response to their repeated
knoclings, they forced it open. A
ghastly sight confronted them. With
blood, gushing from wound in her
mouth the young woman lay stretched
upon the floor, Just breathing her last
She had held the muzzle of the Weapon
IN her mouth and fred the fatal shot
Coroner Dana T. Smith was notified
and, after ordering the body sent TO
the Evans undertaking establishment
on State street, lie began an iuvestiga-
| tion which will not be completed. from
all indications. for several DAYS, as the
case. is surrounded by much mystery
! and there is an evident disposition to
conceal the facts
Family Reside in Zion.
There is well-grouuded belief that
Mrs. Bromway was sufferer from
| melanchoGa and that she took her life
while in a fit of despondency. She has
mother. brother and a sister, living
at 1913 Blame avenue. a small thor
oughfare running from Ninth to Elev-
enth East. between Eleventh and
Twelfth South. The dead woman was
the daughter of Mrs, l.. j. Duncan
| (widow OF ]. X. l.. Duncan) and sister
| to Idabel Y. and Gale Duncan.
The present tragedy recalls the sui
eide, about a year ago, of Elmer Dun
can, mere boy, brother of the young
woman who has just died by her own
bnd, 1t has been asserted that both
Lillian and Elmer had often shown
something akin to suicidal mania.
The cause of the suicide OF Mrs.
Bromway is at present and Will, in all
| probability, for some time remain a
mystery, Speculation is rife however,
as to the real motive behind the suicide,
| but friends of the family have seen fit
10 veil the actual cause of the woman s
| desperate act, and time alone will re-
veal the true tale of the tragedy,