Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-03
ART MODEL
Whales GAS To
END YOUNG LIFE

Working on the theory that the death
of Miss Jessie Miller, the young and
pretty art model who was found dead
from gas in her rooms at 1924 Broad
street by her landlady last night, was
a suicide. the police of the Second
discover any motive which may have
animated the young woman TO take
her life. Whether a love affair or de-
spondency because of lack of m
ployment was the impelling force no
one as yet knows. Shortly before Miss
Miller went to her room yesterday
afternoon, about l o'clock, the last time
she was seen alive, she mailed a num-
Der of letters. about eight or ten. The
explanation of the mystery surrounding
the girls death will come, the police
aver, when the recipients of the letters
notify the police. Miss Miller's body
is now at Mullins Washington street
morgue. No n has called to claim it.
Little is known about Miss Miller at
her boarding house, and except to say
that she had been always prompt in
her rem payments since she first came
to the Broad street house, ten weeks
ago, Mrs. A. b. Ridden, the %landlady,
refuses to make any statement. Plain
clothesmen Owens and Volk, of the
Second Precinct, who were at work on
the case last night, interviewed several
of the boarders at the house, cut were
unable to learn anything definite con-
corning Miss Miller's friends or rela-
tives. Plainclothesmen Harmon and
Goodwin, of the Second Precinct, were
detailed to the case this morning.
Miss Miller's death was discovered
last night at 7:25 o'clock by her land
lady, who went TO her room to call her
to supper, %presumfng that she was still
asleep, as the girl was believed to have
gone to her rooms to take "a nap earlier
in the afternoon. Smelling gas, Mrs.
Ridden tried the hail door TO the girls
and found it locked. Entering
by a connecting door through another
room. Mrs. Ridden was almost over
come with the outrush of gas. When
she finally succeeded in getting into the
room she found Miss Miller fully
dressed lying in an aleove dead, a gas
tube near her head. From the fact
the tube was eighteen inches from
her face, the police theory is that the
girl had taken the tdbe in her mouth,
on the floor. II that becoming
unconscious, had fallen backward, re
the tube.
A thorough search of the girls room
not disclose anything except the
cooking utensils she a used in light
housekeeping, and a Catholic prayer
book with &C. E. NJ. D.. March /, 1910;
With many pleasant memories on the
hy-leaf. In another book an inscrip-
ton, Caroline f.. Miller. 40 Elm street,
Albany was found. 1t is thought that
the latter name is that of a sister. The
inscription in the prayer book is pre-
sumed to have been written by some
friend In church, whittier Miss Miller
had gone almost every day last week,
according TO those in the boarding
house.
AS far as could be learned today Miss
Miller's sole callers were W. elderly
men. who. had not been seen for sew
eral weeks. Up to two weeks ago the
girl was employed as a cloak model in
a New York clothing house.
According to a dispatch received by
the STAR today nothing was known
Of Caroline Miller at 49 Elm street,
Albany, nor could any trace of such a
person be found in Albany.
County Physician Mckenzie said to-
day that ne had decided not to hold an
autopsy on the body of Miss Miller.
He gave as his opinion that death was
without doubt due TO gas poisoning.
STAR WANT ADS BRING RESULTS.