New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-19
GIRLS BODY IDENTIFIED
Mount Vernon Suicide Elsie
Oswald, of Philadelphia.
CORONER QUESTIONS NAN
Police Aroused by Fact That She
Killed Herself on Lawn OF
His House.

The young woman who killed herself on
the lawn beneath the dining room windows
OF the home OF Charles p. Miller at No.
q Cottage avenue, Mount Vernon. on Sat.
urday night. was identified yesterday as
Miss Elsie Oswald, daughter OF John Os-
wald. Of No. $50 Leverington avenue. Phila-
delphia. The Identification was made by
means Of letter which Coroner lies, Of
Yonkers. discovered in the woman's hand
bag
Coroner lies has refused 70 dvulge the
contents OF this letter. but II became
known last night that the note was adj
dressed to Oliver John Miller. the twenty
wo-year-old son Of Charles p. Miller. IL
is also alleged that in the letter the girl
directed that in case anything happened 10
her. her father be communicated with. Mt.
Oswald telephoned TO the Coroner last
evening from Police Headquarters in Phila-
delphia, saying the girl probably was his
daughter, and that he would arrive in
Mount Vernon to-day. He said his daugh-
ter had left her home a few months ago.
with the intention of coming TO New York.
When the body Of the young woman was
searched a revolver and forty-five car
tridees were found. After making this dis
coyery, and learning that she had killet
herself on the lawn OF the Miller home.
Coroner lies called young Miller and his
father before him. This was ~ midnight
on Saturday. and the men were together
for many minutes. II is said the young
man told the Coroner that he had known
the GIL since last February. and that he
had seen her for the last time only a few
days ago.
Or Bermanus L. Baer who performed
an autopsy on the body Of the girl. said
the bullet entered the right temple and
came out on the left side Of the head.
ollie Miller told me that he knew tho
girl since February last" said DR.. Baer.
"He said that he saw her only a few days
ago. and then decided to give her up.
said to him. Now. Ollie, make a clean breast
OF it and tell the truth l asked him il he
had married the girl and he said, Upon
my word. I didn't
According to Or. Baer. he first saw tho
| girl in a drug store at Prospect and Park
avenues Mount Vernon. on Saturday after
noon. She told the clerk there that she was
going to XIII herself. and when he laughed
she followed the physician out Of the store.
! Or Baer saws she asked him where she
could find young Miller. and a moment later
told him she was going to xiii herself and
asked him the best way to do il. at the same
! time placing finger first TO her right tenn
! pie and then to her mouth. and saying.
This way or that?"
! Dr. Baer said he thought the woman was
Joking, and told her to stop kidding" He
advised her TO shoot herself in the foot II
she wanted to create a sensation.
/ According to the physician. he then tried
to lead the young woman TO the railroad
station, but she refused to go that way
and walked in the opposite direction. He
did not see her again until after she had
shot herself DR.. Baer believes Miss Os-
valid was out of her mind at the time.
A few hours later. while DR.. Baer was
eating his supper. he heard the sound OF
revolver shot When he ran across the
street to the Millers' lawn he recognized
the woman lying dead there as the young
woman who had spoken TO him earlier in
the afternoon.
The police officials at Mount Vernon
caused inquiries to be made at No. ia West
96th street regarding Miss oswald. 1t was
| said there last night that girl supposed
! 10 be Miss oswald and a man who gave
! his name as f. T. Miller came TO the house
| last March and rented an apartment They
| were supposed 10 be man and wife Miller
! was not often seen about the apartment,
| and his companion kept largely TO herself.
! She IS said TO have left the place on Satur-
| day morning. giving no hint as TO her In
! tentons.
! At the home OF c. p. Miller. in Mount
! Vernon. all information concerning the case
/ was positively refused.