The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-31
Tried to Conceal identity
After Shooting Self
at the ASt0r.
CAME FROM ATLANTIC CITY
Daughter Of Henry Fitch OF Oak
land, CAL, Disappointed
Over Career.


Hotel Aston late on Monday night went
20 the operating table in Flower Hospital
late yesterday afternoon resolutely con-
cealrng her identity. Late Last night sho
was identi fed as Vera Fitch Of Oakland.
Cal She had been at Atlantic City for
the summer with her mother. She ~as
daughter Of the late Henry Fitch.
A. midnigh, last night Dr. Bernard
Hughes Of the Flower Hospital stan told
the reporters that man who did noe
a.. ~ o. have his name revealed but who
declared he was a member 81 the family
- the young woman had called at the hos
pital s0out 10 O'Clock and positively
Identified her. Upon the facts which this
person had given him Or Hughes formu-
lated the following statement:
The Young woman Who attempted sui
cid. a, the Ho.el Aston on Monday night
i- Miss Vera Fitch. daughter 81 Henry
Fitch % Oatland. Gel. who died two years
ago
Mrs Fitch and her daughter had been
spending the summer at Atlantic City.
hut came TO New York few days ago
visiting friends She had talked in
manner that had caused remark by her
friends, but no serious apprehension as
10 her mental condition had arisen.
Miss Fitch never was a member % any
theatrical company. had never heen on
th. stage and had no intention TO appear
upon the stage She was detected over
her literary failure her greatest interest.
but had no reason other than that which
her family can trace Now that the name
has been published her mother, who Il
Frustrated. gives out these facts. there
being no reason for withholding infor-
nation any longer. as It was hoped that
n she lived her identity might remain
unknown
Or Hughes replied IN answer TO
quest ion that the conclusion VI his state
ment did not signify tina, Miss Fitch was
dead She was doing fairly well NJ mid
night. he said
you should know said Or. Hughes
gently, IN trying ~ induce the girl 10 give
her own u anne durir < the day. that your
cprIi,iur l. very serious. Wouldn't u he
h.t,er 10 tell w. " no you are or to give the
names Of friends or relatives ~e could
communicate viii
4 want TO die. she said i want NV
condition to he serious. | won't tell YOU
who ! am or where came from. My
people shall never know
will you tell us your name;- SAID the
doctor.
oh. ye-. I'll give Won a name. said the
girl Alice Cole
But she smiled queerly when she gave
th.. name ard IN. doctors Ielt convlrcai
that n wasn't the right ore.
AtSpP DR. Hughes. the house sur
geon. DIR Stewart and Dr Roberts admin
istered ether and began the operation.
They found that the bullet had entered
her left breast little below the heart
and that IL hGd penetrated the left hung
and punctured the Zip ~ the large lnte--
tine II IL buried IN the muscles ot IN"
hack and th. surgeons did not make an
effort tn remove II The bullet had
struck n corset stay Of steel and had been
detected. otherwise IN. girl would have
been successful al ono" IN her attempt
To end her life
She stood the shock 20 the operation
very well. DR. Hughes said last night.
but she hasn't an even chance IN get well.
The puncturing 81 the large intestine
makes her case look bad said Dr Hughes.
.Thirty-six hours will tell
Three letters which were found pinned
in the bosom Of the girls dress indicated
that she had been in New York two years
and that che had grown tired Of struggling
to make a living a. u writer In thees
letters she complained of the insincsrity
and sorcldne-s and disillu-ionm.nt Of
lfe.- and that ii u really d"plorabis that
a girl cannot get along honofably In New
York Sh. wrot. that she might have
succeeded had she conceded 10 the
wishes Of sn-cultur~d. yes, usually
mon eyed. yes' hat never moral Death.
she concluded. was preferable 10 such
things
II seemed probable that tho girl had
made an ATTEMPT 60 earn a living by writ
ing. Several pages Of manuscript verse.
entitled -Thessalia.' were found in her
pocket. In on. az her letters she said
she had been at work on a book which
" would take a year to finish. On ons
piec. of manuscript she carried che had
written. This is nv pet story. ] want
IL bu red with me"
The letters were written to her mother.
n a sister and to a friend. She did not
address any Of these by name and she
did not sign her name. After the letter
IN her sister she had written name which
looked like Norah. but was probahlyNeri,
but the word had been hlott"d over AMI
scratched out. She wrote this for her
mother:
Never reprosoh yourself for why ! am
about 20 do You have been an angel ot love
to me. and 1 regret that cause you this
trouble The .orce Of Fate hes psoveA too
,ronR for me 90 cope With and 10 has driven
me against the wall and oeine deiencsless
,e.oTt 10 this ooWardiy ? act.
Then too I hate the insinoerity. sordidne--