New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-26
MAILS SUICIDE THREAT
Lawyer Gets Letter, Then Wom-
an Sending It Disappears.
HER HUSBAND GONE, TOO
She Was a Writer, He Press
Agent and Theatrical Man,
the Story Goes.

Mrs Mary Van Crost Davis, writing yes
| terday morning from the Hotel Marlbor-
! ough, Broadway and 36th street. Informed
| Jerome Wllzin. a lawyer, of No. 81 Nassau
! street, that she would soon he dead. Mr.
wilkins only knowledge Of Mrs. Davis. he
| said last night, was through the fact hat
her husband was once employed by the
William Morris Company, proprietors of a
string of vaudeville houses, OF whlch ne
was the representative.
When Patrolman Cunningham. Of the
West Goth street station. sent out on receipt
at Headquarters Of n telephone messaG"
from Mr.. Wilzin. arrived at the hotel, the
room which Mrs Davis had occupied was
found deserted. Mr. WilzIn thought from
statements made i'm her letter that perhaps
she had gone To Lindenhurst. Long Island,
10 carry out her deadly threat. Up to
late hour last night no trace of her, there
or elsewhere. dead or alive, had been found.
At the Hotel Marlborough II was said
Mrs Davis had come there about week
ago, apparently nervous and worried. but
was Of refined appearance and we'll "du-
Gated When her bill for the week was
handed her yesterday morning her nervous
ness increased vIsibly. and she asked for
time i'm which to nay That was the last
that was seen Of her.
II was learned from one who knew Mrs.
Davis slightly that before her marriag" she
was a Miss Newman. ~ Boston, daughter
of q clergyman Of that city. She had been
q writer for The Boston POST before
coming to New york fifteen years ago.
soon after her arrival here she met her
future husband al" Davis. who ~ that
time vas presS agent for theatrical con
corn
Mr.. Wilziu. asked for information about
her said that he knew little beyond what
the letter contained Her husband, he said.
had been employed in various capacities 10y
the Morris company. being AT one time as
sistaut manager Of one of its houses.
broadway. however. had laid too strong
claim upon him little by little, until finally
he was retained only hecaus" Mr. Morris
knew Of the family dependent upon him.
About eighteen months ago he was dis
charged
Nothing further was heard from him. Mr..
WiIzin said, until Saturday. when Mrs.
Davis. after yainly trying to reach IN"
lawyer over the telephone. cam" 10 his
Office This was the first and only tim" h"
had ever seen her Mr.. Wiziu said. Sh"
asked him whether h" could tell her whcr"
her husband was When he assured her
that he had lost sight OF him since his dis
CharE" she said she had learned b" was at
the HON. Of on" of wilkins friends. Some
whrr" out 81 town Mr. Wilzin told her he
knew nothing about il. but that If he could
learn anything ne would let her know. APP
pYr.Dfly satisfied. she left.
Il thought nothing more OF tho matter"
Mr. WllzIu continued. until this afternoon
when tho letter came. on reading 1t i'm
nlodiatcIy called mp Headquarters and
FASTENED around to the Marlborough whore
found she had gone. At first / had not
the faint.st idea what could have become
Of her and then it occurred to me that
som" of Ia" people at tho Morris company
might know something about her. | found
out there that she used to live down on
Long Island at a place called Lindhurst,
think. and / prosum" that Is where sh"
has gone
The message that gave mo the Gu" as
to her possible destination was at the end.
and read as follows:
~ YOU ever meet my husband toll him
couldn't beg. n that IS what his game Is.
hours from now, down IN tn" last little
rcaccful upUsc In the country We once
called home"
Mr. Wilzin added that the letter covered
about four pages Of close writing, evidently
the work Of a highly wrought up mind.
After going into detail about the way in
which her husband had deserted her, II
related that she had only recently come
out OF the hospital from long attack Of
pneumonia From the remarks about her
children I'm the letter Mr.. Wilzin conject-
urcd that she had been forced 10 put them
I'm an asylum OF some kind. She had three
OF them he believed.
Another passage told Of her recent ef-
forts to make both ends meet through her
talents" which the lawyer took To mean
that she had turned either to acting or
writing as Il means Of support. This part
ended with another indication Of the
thought that was uppcrmost in her mind.
II ran:
But I never wish to see Broadway again
Heaven knows Broadway Is only losing one
more shipwrnck.
pWC'S EMPJOYE IN TONES