The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-09-18
MRS. NEUMANN's
UNT|MELY DEATH


| Chronicle. September 6-When Mrs.
Hermann Focle of Honolulu went down
to the wharf YESTERDAY morning to
meet her mother, Mrs. Paul Neumann.
who was expected TO arrive nm tbe civ
of SYDNEY. the purser came ashore ard
informed her that Mrs. Neumann had
jumped or fallen from the vessel on
the night of September ], few leagues
eff Mazatlan.
While Mrs. Neumann. who was the
widow of the former Attorney General
of Hawaii, under the monarchy, was
coming up the coast, her daughter. Mrs.
Focke. was crossing the Pacific from
Honolulu, expecting to meet her in this
city.
When Mrs. Focke looked M to the
deck of the CITY of SYDNEY Yesterday
morning. she saw her mother Is span.
ish travelling companion. Mrs. Emilia
Billings. standing there alone. and n
few minutes later learned of the tragic
death of her mother.
Mrs. Neumann had been in Aeapulco
settling the estate of her stepfather.
She had extensive business interests.
and always managed her own affairs.
hei friends speaking of her as n re-
markablv' clear.headed woman. The
heat of the tropics. however. together
with business cares, brought on an at.
tack of nervous prostration, and dur
ing this illness she became intermit-
tently delirious.
Asked Daughter to Meet Her.
Mrs. Neumann cabled her daughter
in Honolulu that she was i'll, and asked
her to meet her in this city. She was
placed aboard the CITY of SYDNEY on
August 81 by n physician and the
United States Consul, a travelling com.
panon accompanying her on the trim.
Mrs. Neumann had several attacks of
delirium on the vessel, but, on the
whole, seemed to be improving.
The City of Sydney sailed from
Maza,lan on September /. and Mt II
o clock that night Mrs. Neumann and
the chief engineer were sitting ON the
deck, where they had been engaged
in conversation for some time. Mrs.
Billings, her companion, had gone to
her stateroom. Mrs. Neumann remark
ed that she was going to retire. so the
engineer arose and left her. That was
the last ever seen of her.
In the course of an hour Mrs. Bill.
lings became alarmed at the non.ap.
pearance of Mrs. Neumann and spoke
to the purser A search of the vessel
| was made, but no trace of the missing
woman could be found. 1t is presumed
that, in a fit of delirium, she Jumped
over the rail- She must have gone into
the sea in her night clothes as her
other garments were found in her
stateroom.
AS she had been missed for some
time, it was too late to lower n boat.
and the vessel continued on it's wav'
Mazatlan is the last mort of call. so no
word of the tragedy could be got ia
this city until the vessel arrived YES.
terday morning.
| Arrived on Mongolia.
AS soon as Mrs. Focke received hel
mothers cablegram she packed hastily
and sailed for this port on the Mongo.
liza, arriving here last Thursday. She
went to the home of a friend, Mrs. A.
j. Moulder, Mt 194l Clay street.
| Yesterday morning Mrs. Focke, ac-
companied by friends. went to the
wharf, expecting to meet her mother,
although She knew she was ill. While
the vessel was being warped in, the
Spanish travelling companion eould be
seen standing on the deck. but there