Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-27
GROWING WEARY OF
LIFE WOMAN SUICIDES
.r or PIERRE LoRlLLARo' JR-
las The UNFORTUNATE.
-. A, evening Of eaysty, Wealthy
woman Is Found Dead in Her
washington Home.

n
- II the gay whirl Of society and
- face. as she believed, with
-. a. physical suffering, Mrs. Pier
ToriIlard. Jr.. aged ~, wife OF the
1900 magnate. committed suicide
!, ..phyriation at her home near the
.s,o,able Du Pont Circle In this
-anrsday. Her tragic death has
.,.,s.d the first social circles OF the
-,,.I az has nothing else I'm years.
!. sulte Of the coroner's certificate
. A..fh by suicide. members Of the
~..g,v declared that Mrs. Lorillard
90 Of heart failure. The death was
- more dramatic by the fact OF its
..-urrence only a few hours after Mr..
- Mrs Lorillard had been the guests
= urs Richard Townsend at a din
- aiven IN honor OF Lady Padget.
!, f,et. n Is believed that as soon as
- Lorillard reached home shortly
,frr midnight she began TO prepare
b. Der death
Butler Finds the Body.
About $3.50 o'clock I'm the morning
a. butler in the LOrillard residence
sAected an odor Of gas. The origin
he fumes was traced to Mrs. LOril-
hrds apartments. Opening the door
4 he bath room, just OF her suite,
ihs butler was Mortified to behold the
tsdy Of the mistress Of the house
stretched ilfeless. Her face was
armed 20 the mat on the floor.
The alarm brought Mr.. LOrillard
I'm bis apartments across the hall
81 and the butler carried the body
3 Mrs. LOrillard's room. Mr.. Loril-
hra attempted to revive his wife by
neans OF artificial respiration. Two
ACTORS summoned resorted to every
tientiac method to restore life. but
lhsr an hours efforts gave up in de-
walr.
Shortly afterward DR.. J. Ramsey
ksTitt. the coroner. visited the LOril-
hTa home. and ordered Deputy COro-
naf GlasscOck to perform an autopsy.
upou completion OF which DIR. hewitt
h1ued certificate Of death by sui
eds By gas poisoning He said later
mar gas was escaping from one OF
nme Jets IN the bath room when the
hdy was discovered. and that the
nnditOn Of the lungs indicated death
y sas poisoning.
Deny stony Of Suicide.
Extreme retieence is being maintain
q By the IOrillard family and all
Nes who possess information con-
~fnlng the sudden death. Only a few
9 ne most intimate friends have been
SHIFTED 10 the home since the news
giead Of Mrs. LOrillard's death.
inquiry az the residence met with
ne aeeiaratiOn that Mrs. Lorillard had
lot committed suicide. She died OF
A'au allure" retorted the servant.
ma. Lorillard left a note which the
'oner has seen. but which Mr.. Loril-
has declined TO have made public.
m Lorillard was subject to frequent
AAeEs Of dependency. IL is said.
Was Adorned With Diamonds.
Afs. LOrillard had disrobed after ar
"''ls home and when found her body
clothed In a dressing gown. The
ooiiar OF diamonds she wore al
uhner had been removed before
~ vent TO the bath room. but the
80 eirclet Of diamonds that adorn-
-ef hair had not been displaced.
ne Lorillards have lived al the
'1 place since January Imme-
- preceding that time Mrs. Lorll-
vas IN Europe.
Ma LorIllard. before her marriage
i'sl' vas Miss Carolina J. Hamn.
She Is survived by two sons. one
-nom Is now travelling In the
Asv York ." ''''' ."
''@uons were sent out for a
.leon Thursday al the LoriIlard
'u' were recalled Immediately.
70 cure a COLD IN ONE DAY