The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-28
MISS REID LURHD ON A YACHT
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. ORk GgRI's ma arm ar NaPIgS.
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e1ss sui~Aar gn~svy wna-n tsasat
eeerpi~ Ns~ twsst.ss - 30 Wssp~
last lgttsFs lasil-ate e.aasi aulrtts.

nsfHn p ono NFHn'NfH % II ~ SIS
NArtts tprl % II - likely that .
-r~nud p'-r murt~n wiil 30 held On tho
body q Miss f..i.li~ Rsii for the punvsa~
- entertaining sh.ther she vas chls -
FORMED i's.fpr- ~" 50. druwnsd
Ah-- Read VIM Va IN tho -ni"vu 'snt
- CONSIDERABLE, furt,in". - -a.d o. nave
h.hsvsd THAT ..rrmis- wsr" attempting
." rob h~r - h.r inheritance She hid
w Italy ~ uri.t tu ayuid contact with
Americans.
few ally- ~, an tm~Vican YACHT ar.
rived ~ Sspl.-- and -um- uf the pllics
have th.'rv that MIS- Reid was sntics.i
"n b.s,rd ~ result 20 What oc~ilTF,-'i
On N. yssrht tas-.. spectators think
she ATTEMPTED g. s.raT," by jumping into
the ia and Wa iroNn..,l IN" Yacht story
- a tina. vague ~ any rate her s,lb-e-
qtlsri tnpvr'u.nt- cannot h" 'r..r,,d
II 10 brliays.d that Miss R.id vas kid
nnppcI m Npril ~. md that she Was
Kept almost without clothing ~ prevent
her .,-Dar. Tn. rutpn-y showed that
~. had ss,isu nothing fer many hours.
MNsHiN"r'>. April . ta-uar \
Crownin-hIeld. Am"rIran tonsiIi az Naples
Italy. cont ~ the stat" Department to
day a preliminary repor' Ipon the death
81 Miss FSt"l,' t. q. tip' American girl
whose budy 49, Washs~l ashore there
RECENTLY The circumstances. ne said in
dicnt"d she had been drowned. either
accidentally pr With suicidal intent Mr.
Cruwuin~hi-ld ad,i'-i that h" would send
a NOR. complete report by mail
NJ. Rrrtha X We'll, ~ New Work ap-
gr,ai~i g. tn STATE Department TODAY for
= --,.gauss. "a a-,s-rta uing ~" facts - her
81 ~" contents ~ 90" dr-I1tci..- from Nj
tTBW nIu. aIs-ll
Mr. Bertha Rod Wells IT iIn Riverside
bTtEs. elder ,t-i'.r - she dead Etrl s'ih
cItnt- - the bsIisl that Ma. Reid Wa-
murdered hy bpatu."n g." p,.rT "ses ot
robbery ACc.tlin arr cunt ~ plau>lbtlity
attarilss- tp thiS theory t'srar-s'. aCrurd-
ING - the latest report from Naples. two
stan Wound- apparently made hy nile.
" ere found IN th. dead g,Ti'- breast Mrs.
Wells laid rmphdti"ally that she con
~idsr.l tb.. idea ct suicide ~ connection
with her sister a. utterly absurd
-Sha could have had no possible reason
for sI.h actIYn she sad Yesterday after
noon she Vas a highly intellectual
Civ. high spirited and possessed Of unusual
poi=.. She was not IA tn" least morbid,
although she was not tpnd of society ann
hk 81 - travel about by herself NV
SISTER Mrs Blair. and ! have frequently
urged her 90 stop wandering about IN
Italy and return home We did not
approve of her going about unprotected
a. -hs did p,it ~. " AZ perfectly fearless
Mrs Wells denied that h"r sister was
IA he. habit - avoiding Americans or
that -h. could have any p'sS-ibls reason
fnr doing
-She had plenty ~ money 10 d. "a nat
ever -h.. i-hed -hs. said. and her
fortune Was settled upon herself That
talk about rn~rnis'- - probably ruse
on the part ~ the Italian police for the
purpo-s of saving trouble for themselves
Neither have I The slightest idea that ~
would m. J,u=-Ibls for any one - entice
my sister on hoard a Yacht She vas
thoroughly independent and was not
dr-pO-ad - mlngi- with -trang~r- She
seldom talked 20 psr~yn- " HON she met
~ hotels
Mrs Wells said thai she could not de-
stds - neither ~ ouid h. Is-Js<-ary tur her
and her sister Mr. John Blair ~ Chicago.
- ~ 'o Naples until their COUSIN. the
Princes Ro-pIglt"-i. Who had gone there.
Cabl.d tire. result ~ h-r invest CATIONS
Nr- Blar 49, Frustrated bv the news
IT her sister = death that ~" - not vet
a,sl. tO travel
In. Ia-t l.t,~r reviewed by Mrs Wells
from Mis- k,'.t a. a. Writt..n pu thu. back
~ a little -Aet n IN" had painted II th.
Bay ~ Naples. show ana Ne-IviI= euvel
op..d "a cl"Id- Il read a. foil"N-
NJ DI,u . re. Ihf- f- s portrait 81
prol,ahlr fh' uul, pu" 'aksV. a. tu.. Italians
de- uUf ~r"N Hua 10 Hppr-' at % lir any
wor" than ~. Nw"ti'ar- Am-r.a
IN. lat--f stNls 10 RANT for iadt.- q
Wa'ar color 200 rr. 81 fashion. not fDuar.II.
~ al much ruuI" tHHt-lrg. aud rbs- ,lIi,k-
49, Hnd u,o~t direct saN n O.. no, =.
-r,uofhly bispd'd a.. th. satet 'olor that
- not lIk- uh Nut perhaps thi- PAPER t. NOT
stNli-h "uun '"f -aue Auvhou I hop "
ga suI-s votf. Tor ! don ~ 10 for Tggf
p1Bf i'l'. mass pDHr Irt Ii"Ur sJu.sr 20 -.
slNst. TuttIug health ana common sense
Hr.'
del 'bi> hsfoF" having lunch TODAY
aud -uop,hsi little paint on b, ,sudie
Iigtt after dinner Please -sy got ~.
pHIr' 20 me righ' plHc"
The letter contained al=o n few lines
about statuette which the writer had
-ent "a MIR Wells and ~ az Al xnsd A. ever
yours F@telle
The last word received by Mrs Wells
postal card