The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-10
MOTHER AWAITS LETTER TELLING
 OF CHILD'S SELF CAUSED DEATH
Louisa Jessnp Jones, in Good Health, and Enjoying Independent Income
 Turns on Gas.
Was Wife of Alexander K. Jones, a Rich Eccentric, From Whom She Had Sep. arated - Said to Have Been Melan. choly Over Decease of GeOrgiana Fox Popular High School Girl, Her Sister.

! Mrs. George Fox. of 351 Beechwood avenue, this city is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the letter addressed to her by her daughter, Louisa Jessup Jones, who committed suicide Satur- day, in San Francisco. The letter is one of three written by the unfortun- ate woman a few moments before she decided to die.
 Louisa Jessup Jones was the wife of Alexander K. Jones of New York city. She and her husband had lfF- ed apart for the past six months by mutual agreement But the wife seem , ed to be reconciled to her lot for the past few years, and her many friends and acquaintances in this city are shocked by her suicide and are at a loss to account for her act.
 Mrs. Jones' mother who was shocked on Saturday afternoon to find that her home had been ranSacked by sneak thieves during an absence of a few hours is deeply affected by the more recent news of her daughters death. The arrival of one of three letters left by Mrs. Jones is awaited by the fam fly, in the hope that it will clear up the mystery.
 Friends of Mrs. Jones are of the opinion that she never recovered from the shock caused by the death of her half sister, Miss Georgianna Fox to whom she was greatly attached, and who accompanied her on several trips a bout the country.
 Miss Fox was a very charming girl and was very popular with her class mates at the Bridgeport High School at the time of her death, in July, 1906. Shortly after the death of the young girl Mrs Jones was heard to say she did not care whether she lived or not.
 Mrs. Jones was native of New York. but lived for several years in Stamford. She was well connected with New York families and at the time of her death she was visiting cousin. whose maiden name was Wright. She was 27 years old.
 The members of Mrs Jones family never knew the secret of the separa- ton of MT. and Mrs. Jones and never made inquiry. Since the separation she has had no permanent place Of residence, although the greater part of her time had been spent in this city She had travelled over the greater part of this continent and Europe Her marriage to Alexander K. Jones took heard of him by his New York attor- neys was that he was spending the winter in Washington.
 He has been a paralytic for several years, and without the use of one arm. He received an annual income of $3,600 from the estate of his father and al lowed his wife s10O per month to care for herself.
 Mrs. Jones was tall brunette ol striking appearance and made many warm friends. .
 Her only brother, Harry Jessup Fox was drowned about 20 years ago, while skating on the Housatonic river, when the family resided at Paradise Green hi Stratford. Besides her mother she is survived by a half sister. Edward S. K Johnstone of New York, coun- seI for Mrs. Jones, has informed the family that the deceased left note, expressing a wish to be buried in Cal tfornia.
 Her lawyers can assign no reason Tor suicide, asserting that Mrs. Jones was in perfect health when they last heard from her. Jones used to be a familiar figure in the numerous courts in this city. He seemed to take a great delight in listening to trials of criminal cases