The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-30
MO OTHER ISN'T A
SUICIDE, CHILD
INSISTS
LITTLE DAUGHTER or MRS.
DREW, TEARFULLY cLik0s TO
STORY THAT PARENTS DEATH
IN RIVER WAS ACCIDENTAL.

MY mamma didn't kill herself, but
she must have fallen through hole in
the dock while she waited for her
friend" declared little eight-year-old
Grace Wood, whose mother, Mrs. Flor.
cnce Drew, was drowned at the foot
of Third-st., Wednesday night.
Grace. a daughter by Mrs. Drew's
4 st husband, has been boarding In
the home OF Mrs. F. E. Hogarth, No
40 Cameron-ave., for the last few
weeks, but as she had not been feel
ing well, and had been very nervous.
Mrs. Hogarth, who is second cousin
OF Mr. Drew, sent the child to her
mother, Wednesday morning, with a
note urging her to take the little girl
to a physician.
Grace gave the name Of a man, who
she said, had been coming to see her
mother for some time, and declared
he worked In the Michigan Central
railway Offices.
He came about l o'clock Wednes
day afternoon and stayed with mamma
until after 4, but they didn't have any
quarrel. for was In the room all the
time" declared the child. II had been
playing with the little girls across the
street from No. SO Adams-ave. west
where mamma lived, and got my dress
so dirty mamma said couldn't go 70
see the doctor She said she would
go and get me some medicine. SAFE
left about 8 o'clock in the evening and
said she would be back early. We
followed her to the park. just to tease
her, but she kissed me and told me she
would be back in a little while.
Il waited and waited until | GOT
50 sleepy | couldn't keep my eyes
open any longer. Then l went to bed
In the home of the little girls where
| played. Mammals friend came lit
tie while after she had gone and stay
ed at the house until after | had gone
to bed.
This morning when woke up. /
rushed home and asked Irene
Cameron, the lady that stayed with
us, where my mamma had gone and
why she wasn't home. She told me
she would be home soon, and then be-
gan telling me about woman that
was shot last night. 1t scared me so
I screamed and said maybe 1t was my
mamma. Irene said II wasn't, but
got so nervous that I kept on crying.
Then Irene told me that II | would
stop crying she would tell be about
mamma. stopped, and then she said
my mamma was drowned
Then, screamed again, because
mamma was good to me and | won't
have anybody now, but my little broth.
er that Mrs. Freer has taken.
f5aa hn fvyY
of the dock as the papers say she
did She wouldn't leave me like that,
for she told me she'd come back" and
the little girl wept again as she re-
counted all that her mother had done
for her.
II Is said that Mrs. Drew, who Is
about rs years of age, committed sui
eide by jumping from the wharf, after
having gone to the Michigan Central
station to meet her affinity" with
whom she is said to have quarreled.
The womans calls were heard by
three young men In a launch. and al
though her body was taken from the
water before going down. she failed
to revive. Mrs. Drew Is survived by
her husband. Benjamin Drew, who un.
til three months ago worked for Jas.
Vernon, the ginger ale man. They sep.
arated some time ago, since which
time, Mrs. Drew has been working
by the day and sewing. Her other
child, a 3-year-old son. was adopted by
Mrs. Charles Freer. Of No. $50 Nc
Clellan-ave., about three weeks ago
A sister, Mrs. Rose Stoner. lives In
Wyandotte: another sister in STRAIT
ford, Ont. and brother living In
Los Angeles, Cal.