New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
MRS. B. LOR|LLARD A
SUICIDE BY HANGING
Body Found by Husband in Bath
room of Their Apartments
in Holland House.
USED STRAP FROM TRUNK
No One Able to Assign Motive
and No Message Was Left Be-
hind-Couple Prominent
in Social World.

Mrs. Beeckman Lorillard committed
ment on the eighth floor Of the Holland
House, occupied by herself and her hus-
band. by hanging herself with an insido
trunk strap.
The body was found by Mr.. Lorillard.
who had been with his wife only few
minutes before she killed herself. She
must have decided upon suicide almost
upon the instant he left the room, for
none Of her preparations had been mado
in advance.
The strap which she utilized was made
of canvas and was torn from the int
riOr Of a trunk in the sitting room Of
the apartment 1t was then necessary
for her to tie II to a pipe near the cell
ing of the bathroom and fasten one end
of Il around her neck.
All this she did In the space of time
which was consumed while her husband
was going downstairs to hire an auto
mobile and returning directly 10 the
apartment In fact. Mr.. Lorillard was
too late by few bare minutes. He cut
the body down with a razor. and
physician who was hurriedly sum
moned tried artificial respiration for
more than an hour before he was willing
to concede that the case was hopeless.
Coroner Feinberg searched the apart
ment to discover whether Mrs. Lorillard
had left any message, but there was not
a scrap Of writing to he found.
Unable to Assign Motive.
Mr.. Lorillard was unable TO give clew
TO any motive. and said that his wife had
appeared to be in good spirits when. he
left the room to arrange for the auto
mobile ride. The Coroner suggested that
the act was the sudden impulse of n
neurotic woman. He could conceive no
other cause. Mrs. Lorillard was serious
! " injured last November I'm Ashevile
y. c., whom she was. thrown from cart
| but II was thought that she had entirely
recovered from the effects of the acc-
dent
Mrs Lorillard was Miss Kathleen Les
lie Doyle, of Asheville. the North Caro-
| lima mountain resort She and her hus-
hand were leaders Of society in that CITY,
and they were also we'll known in New
port. where Mrs. Lorillard was n fire.
quent visitor at the home OF her aunt
Mrs. James =. Kernochan. Beeckman
Lorillard is the third son of the late
| Louis l.. Lorillard His brothers are
| George l. and Louis l.. Pierre Lorillard,
| whose wife committed suicide in Wash
| ington, according to the Coroner. in 1909.
| Is his cousin. His mother was Miss
| Katherine L. Beeckman before her mar
rage Mrs. 7. w. Raoul, of New York,
| is sister of the dead woman. f-.
Mr.. Lorillard returned from a trip
around the world only a week ago. Dur
ing his absence his wife divided her time
between Newport and Asheville. She
came from Newport TO join him in New
York two days after his arrival, and
they took rooms at the Holland House
Yesterday they had luncheon together
in their apartment, which was made up
of three rooms. Mrs. Lorillard had sug-
gested an automobile trip for the after
noon, and at 3 o'clock her husband went
| downstairs to engage a car
Ready to Go on Auto Ride.
| Mrs. Lorillard knew that he would be
| gone for only few minutes, and she
had on her coat and hat in readiness to
leave as soon as he should return to the
apartment. Mr.. .orillard was away for
fifteen minutes. 1t did not take him
very long to find the body Of his wife
after he had returned to the apartment.
for he was surprised to See her hat and
coat tossed across the bed in the front
room Evidently she had discarded
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