The evening world., 1907-09-20
SHOOTS HERSELF in MILLIONAIRE'S
HOME WHEN BARRED FROM HIS ROOM

day. A telegram had been sent her IN
forming her that he WAS on the verge
OF breakdown. But her arrival at
an early hour this morning WAS entire-
ly unexpected
Every possible effort had been made
TO get the body OF Mrs Carter out OF
White But the wife reached the house
IN ca before the tcphen Merritt men
cuaid get the corpse into their wagon.
There was distressing Ssene. and DR.;
Foster. who had remained In attendance
upon Mr, White after being summoned
to ths side OF Mrs Carter. remained TO
attend Mrs, Waite.
Maid. Knew OF Her Intent.
Eliza Walters, Mrs. Car,er's negro
inAid. was completely prostrated over
,ae death or her mistress. She said shs
knew that Mrs. Carter had contemplated
suicide for some time
Il hrst Went 10 work for Mrs Car
ter said Mrs. Walters. .'fye year,
ago She knew Mr.. White a, that
time. He visited her frequently and
paid her an allowance Of 500 month.
Mrs. Carter always told mo that this
allowance came from Mr.. and Mrs.
N--aA-ll.s-
she was u very fiose- moutned wo-
man and neyer told %;iia anything ABOUT
her He except about Mr.. White. About
three years ago Mrs. Carter found that
she mad tuHior and she threatened
suicide then From that dime she was
continually talking about being tired OF
itfe found box of pills marked
Poison in hcr room about year ago
aud destroyed them. She told me .hc
had intended to take them. She-had
revolver and | have no doubt Il Mas
the one she used to kill herself with
About 4 month ago har illHess be-
came so bad thar she wen; 70 DR.. Bnll's .
sanitarium IN East Tarty-tiird street
and submitted 10 -nxatnlnAiIon-Z The y
found that sne was all tuit OF tumors
and told hef an operation was neces-
saTy right away. She wouldn't have
m operation performed and was very
much depressed
!.hoa. .he ttn4e j found the poison
Mrs. Carter mad a lawyer named Whit
new draw up Viii for her. There WAS
clause In that will ordering that her
tho Will Is. Mrs Carter had an account
with tho Lincoln Trast Company. and
also had safe-dspost box there
Mrs. White Would Call for Her.
Mrs. white 1. ane Christian wom-
an and member of the Christian Sci
but( when Mr.. White would gel one OF
his ats and leave home Mrs White
would call up Mrs. Carter and ask her
to go out and look for him. have
answered these telephone tails myself
Whenevsr Mrs, White asked Mrs. Car
ter TO look for Mr.. White she would 20
ons r.. and snG i,.n. him FS and send him home
close friends OF Mrs. Carter we're Mrs
Mary Lewis, OF No, rs East Thirty sec
ond street. and Mrs. Ashley, OF No o
Livingston place, Mrs. Lewis was
dress, which Is The home OF Airs A. r
Bates, Mrs Lewis Is one OF her board.
NY ood.' said Mrs Lewis. when
81 JACK she fefcrred dt,AA 70 Mt. Waite.
when told that ne was safe she said
she was not surprised TO hear OF Mrs
Carter's suicide
You kiow confded Mrs Lewis
that Mrs. White and her butler have
been here at times looking for Jack.
and Margie was greatly worried about
him Margie. think was addicted 10
morphine she carried II around with
her all the time. She often told me
she would commit suicide some day.
Thinks She Was an Alsatian.
II knew Margie for seventeen years
In this town. Met her right here on
Broadway. She Was a nice, refined lit-
tie woman. | think abe WAS an Asa
tan She spoke French. Spanish and
German. and mad been ati over me
world
II knew that ,Margie had made a will.
She left me some OF her effects in H. I
didn't see very much OF her this sum-
MGR. She spent some time as gues,
I9--5 f.asssssEs
gressmnn William Astor Chanler's wife,
Town on Long Island After coming
from there she Went down TO Maryland
FOR visit on place owned BY her coll
nred servant, who was deeply devoted
10 her"
alrs. Lewis announced taat she was
going TO leave town on the first train
she could get She said she didn't want
20 be drawn into the case. and she she
would look after the funeral
Congressman Chanlfr'a wife, knew
Mrs. Carter, She 1iI'r iss-- some elk
years ago at the Dog STOW. wnnre Mrs
..sha was a sweet little woman. said
Trs. Ashley to-day She met my
daughter through me and was our
guest FOR. a time last july down al
from pain from physical ailments and
TOOK drugs 10 alleviate her agony :,
colllas Lika a Father to Her.
j. s. Collins, who called occasionally
NOON Mrs Carter nj the Twenty
street nddress. Is manager OF the hard
ware department OF Wanamnker's phil-
his once IN the store To-day, The Eve.