The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-11
MRS. BR0MWAY
SHOOTS HERSELF
Shocking Suicide of Former
Salt Lake Woman in the
Wilson Hotel.
SEPARATED FROM HUSBAND
HER BROTHER, G. w. DUNCAN,
TOOK POISON LAST YEAR.

quiet unassuming little woman went
10 the Wilson hotel yesterday afternoon
and registered as Miss Lillian BromwaV.
Denver Colo. An hour later pistol shot
was heard and the woman was found I'm
her room writing in the agony of death.
The case was evidently a suicide. but the
motive was not apparent.
Investigation revealed the fact that the
victim was the wife Of Hugh BrOmwav
former Salt Lake man. Her mother
Mrs. Lillian j. Duncan, lives i'm this city
at 1919 Blaine avenue. Her father. j. X
L. Duncan. has been dead for some years
Left Valuables With Clerk:
Mrs Bromway came TO the hotel about
O'Clock yesterday afternoon and checked
her suitcase and hand satchel She gave
her jewelry and other valuables TO the
clerk for safe keeping. The jewelry con-
sisted of her wedding ring, three other
rings. pearl necklace and a gold chain
TO which a Masonic emblem was at
tached with the insignia of the thirty
second degree of Masonry.
Shortly after she had gone TO her room
&. H. BeSgs, Colorado cattle man, who
said he was acquainted with her. sent his
card to her room. He received word that
she would see him later i'm the afternoon
He returned about 3 O'Clock and again
sent his card to her. but before the bell
boy reached the room he heard a pistol
! shot coming from room GOO, to which she
had been assigned.
The boy ran TO the door and knocked
loudly. but received no response. He tried
the door. but found that II had been
locked on the inside. He then climbed
on the door knob and looked over the
transOm.
BelIboy Finds Corpse.
Lying in the middle of the floor sur
rounded by pool of blood the woman lay
| in the throes of death In her right
i she old INrfar.
the muzzle of which was in her mouth
She was bleeding prOfusely from the
mouth and from her nose and ears.
The bell boy hastily notified the mana
ger. who forced an entrance to the room.
The woman was dead when they reached
her death having been almost instan-
I taneous Acting Coroner Dana L Smitn
was notified and after viewing the body
/ ordered il removed to the undertaking
| establishment of s. ID. Evans. The coro-
ner examined several employees OF the ho-
| tel yesterday afternoon and VIII continue
his investigation today.
Absolutely no clue was discovered which
would indicate the motive Tor the young
womans self destruction. Her TRENDS
said last night that she was OF mclan-
cholic nature and that dependency prob
ably prompted her suicide g H. Beggs
said that he had known a Mrs Brom-
wav in Denver and that when he saw her
name on the register of the hotel had de-
cided to call on her. He sald ne could
conceive Of no reason for her suicide
Was Married Here.
Mrs. Bromwav was % years old, and
native of Dewitt. Neb. She came to Salt
Lake where she married Hugh BromwaN
seven years ago. They lived IN SAT- Lake
for three years after which they sep
arated. and the present whereabouts OF
her husband is unknown.
Two years ago in St. Louis Mrs. Brom-
way was taken seriously i'll with nervous
DrostratiOn. and her life was despaired OF.
She never fully recovered. and IL Is be-
Iieved the effects of her illness was par
tally responsible for her suicide
Brother Kills Himself.
For the last two years the young woman
lived in Denver and studied music under
a private tutor. Eight months ago she
was called to Salt Lake by the suicide OF
her brother. Gale w. Duncan, who killed
himself by taking morphine.
The young man had come TO Salt Lake
from Montana and had sought for work
without results. He. too. was Of a mel
anchOlic nature. and in a moment or de-
spondency took poison. The same lack or
motive which chaTacterizes the suicide or
Mrs Bromway leads to the bellet that
both the brother and the sister were pos
sessed of the same sort of suicidal mania
The grief Of Mrs BrOmway at her
brothers death was inconsolame she
brOoded over IL continually ana oIteh
wrote her mother that she was very dc
iected and wondered if her dependency
would lead her TO the same course that
her brother had taken. A few days ago
She wrote her mother that she was com
ing home She left Denver "Wednesday
morning and reached mere over the RlO
Grande yesterday morning.
Familiar Scenes Increased Despond-
ency.
on the train she met some friends TO
whom she said that the nearer she got 70
her home the more melancholy she fell.
She said that Salt Lake and the familiar
scenes wildly recalled to her the suicide
OF her brother
From the mud on the shoes OF the young
woman it was evident that she had wan
dered about town several hours before go-
ing to the Wilson hotel, though she had
not visited her home.