The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-03-26
WIFE OF TOBACCO MACNArE
RETURNS HOME FROM FuNc-
TON AND SUICIDES.
DIES BY ASPHYX|AT|ON
Wealthy Member Of WASHINGTON citv
-Four Hundred" Goes Into Her
bathroom, Turns on the Gas and
Her lifeIess Body Is Found Upon
the Floor by the House Butler.

Washington, March 25.-Wearv Of
the whirl of society and face to face.
as she believed, with years of physi-
cal sufferings, Mrs. Pierre Lorillard,
Jf.' aged 49, wife of the tobacco mag
nate, committed suicide by asphyxia-
ton at her home near the fashionable
dupont circle in this city today. Her
tragic death has shocked the social
circles of the capital as has nothing
else in years.
Ihe death was made more dramatic
by occurring only few hours after
MI and Mrs. Lorillard had been the
guests of Mrs. Townsend on Massa-
chusetts avenue at dinner given in
honor of Lady Paget
About $3.50 this morning, the butler
in the Lorillard residence detected an
odor of gas. The gas was traced to
Mrs. Lorillard's apartments. The but
Ter was Mortified to behold the BODY Of
the mistress of the house stretched
out lifeless on the floor of her hath
room.
An alarm brought Mr. Lorillard
from his apartment. The servant was
dispatched for a doctor, while Mr..
Loril1ard attempted to revive his wife
by artificial respiration. DR. NJ. E.
Cuthbert and DR.. Fl. B. Deel vainly
used every scientific method within
their power to restore life.
Gas Poisoning.
Coroner Nevitt ordered Deputy Cor
oner Glazebrook to perform an autop-
sy on the completion Of which the
<y-tt
by gas poisoning.
Extreme reticence is being main
tained by the Lorillard families ana
all others who possess information
the sudden death. ONLY a
few of the most intimate friends have
been admitted to the house since the
suicide.
Inquiries met with the response that
Mrs. Lorillard had not committed sui
eide. She died Of heart failure, de-
c.ared the servants.
When Coroner hewitt notified the
police detective was sent to the res
idence to investigate, but was denied
being referred to the cor
oner for such information as the DO
lice department might desire.
Mrs. Lorillard left note which the
coroner has seen, but which Mr.. Lor-
lizard has declined to make public. It
IS understood that it contains no
declaration of any intention on the
part of Mrs. Lorillard to take her
ife.
The last person to see Mrs Lorillard
live was her husband, who bade her
good night as they separated to GO
o their apartments after returning
bout midnight from the Townsend
'esidence. Mrs. Lorillard seemingly
vas in the best of spirits. She had
oined freely in the social festivities
f the evening.
Mrs. Lorillard's bed had the appear
nee of not having been occupied dur
ng the night. She had disrobed after
rriving home and when her body was
ound it was clothed in a dressing
own The dog collar of diamonds
he wore at dinner had been removed
efore she went to the bathroom
Mrs. Lorillard, before her marriage
o Lorillard in 1881, was Miss Caro-
me J. Hamilton. She is survived by
wo sons, one of whom is now travel
ng in the Orient, and the other is in
ollege in New York
Since the Lorillards began passing
he winter social season in Washing
on they have entertained and been
ntertained largely. Invitations out for
lncheon today at the Lorillard home
'ere recalled Immediately. Last Sum-
ay the Lorillards gave one of their
sual Sunday night dinners