The Washington herald., 1909-07-15

Staney Brae, Muskoka Lakes, Cnt.,
July l4.-2Iiss Mary Z. Stewart. OF PITTS
burg. Pa, in whose society Lieut.. James
y Sutton, United States Marine Corps.
passed several hours OF The day on which
he met his tragic death at Annapolis.
spoke reluctantly 20 a correspondent who
found her in this remote place to-day.
Miss Stewart denied emphaticaIly that
the young officer was killed in a quarrel
over her; that Is impossible. she insisted:
she had known him only three or four
days; he could have no cause TO quarrel
about her.
She denied, too. that she knows the cir
cumstances Of Lieut. sutton's death or
its cause or what Immediately preced-
ed it,
4 know nothing about hts death ex-
cept what the people Of Annapolis told
me" she declared
Cheerful When He Left Her.
Miss Stewart said that when Lieut.. SUIT
ton bade her a polite good-by at CarveI
Hall, the Annapolis hotel that fatal night
he was not 'upsy;" he was cheerful: he
had not spoken Of any trouble in which
he was involved or that threatened him.
She resented being dragged into the
case, % and blamed Sutton's mother for Il.
But Miss Stewart resented equally the
imDutation that she came here 20 avoid
testifying al the new inquiry into sut-
tons death which the Navy Department
Is about TO make
"All I know is Miss Stewart began,
that on the morning after Lieut.. Sut-
tons death Or. Murphy came to me and
told me the lieutenant had committed
suicide"
Can YOU tell me any OF the events
leading I'D TO the death OF the ueuten-
antE- she was asked Where had ne
been?"
There was a dance that night at the
navy school"
And were you and Lieut. sutton
there?"
l wasn't there" she replied.
Then was Lieut. Suttong"
No no; he was with me-
Where were you?"
AT the hotel"
spent Evening Together.
Did he have dinner with your
Yes; I think so. Then we spent the
evening together in the reception room
Of the hotel"
What time was IT when he Ieft?"
About ll:l5 o'clock, when the others
came home from the dance"
Had you been invited 10 the dance?"
Yes. but we didn't need any invita-
ton; they were informal affairs"
why didn't you go?"
I hadn't any clothes to wear to a So
cisl function"
Did Lieut. Sutton refer TO any trouble
with any Of the other officers or did
he seem melancholy or out Of sorts?~
she was asked.
No He said nothing whatever about
being in any trouble. and he did not ap-
pear TO be melancholy"
Had he been drinking when he left
your"
Not that I know Of His mother
asked me that too. All that 1 can say is
that If he was drunk when the thing hap
pened, he got drunk after he left me-
Had he ever Introduced you 70 any
OF the other officers?"
Yes; / think i met a Lieut. Adams "
Do you think Z was in a quarrel over
you that Lieut.. Sutton met his death. or
because Of you2'
I most certainly do not was Miss
Stewart's emphatic reply. why. I had
only known him two or three days.
The whole thing is. said Miss Stew
art, I happened to meet Lieut.. Sutton
and was out with him three or four
times and then most unfortunately he
died suddenly. His death was unfortu-
nate for me. too; had 4 not occurred. my
name would not have been spread need
lessly all over the country
Letter from Mother First.
How did it come that you wrote to
The heutenant's mother2~
Because she wrote and asked me 10
tell her all knew. Her daughter. Lieut..
Sutton's sister, came TO see me in An
napohs, but I was too III to talk"
Later her mother wrote. and she
seemed TO have got a rather favorable i'm
preston Of me from her daughter. She
0egged me 10 tell her all I knew OF the
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