The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-08-23
Secrecy Thrown About Identi-
ty at House Given as
New York Address.
ATLANTIC CITY TRAGEDY
Fooled in Attempt to Drown
She Took Gas in Room
of Hotel.

Invest sato.n to-day into the history
~ the mysterlo,n Veronica Bishop. =
s,rikinGiy handsome young woman. who
committed suicide two weeks after her
wealthy swsetheart. Louis lArocque.
killed himself. failed to nft the veil
CO sering her identity. liar body . stiil
In Undsrtaker Crowiey's establishment
at Atlantic city. where II was taken
after shs was souno dead from a.
Crowley said ne a.d not know what dis
position WAS to be made Of I. Ne had
heard that her father was on hh way
to claim the body. but until late this
afternoon I'D member Of the family had
appeared.
AZ the Now York address from which
Mhs Bishop was driven on Q previous
trip. the object Of which WAS seif.de-
struction. nothing Of the girl could be
learned. II was admitted early In the
week at this house. the Anglo Danish
Institute. = massage parior. st No. q
West Forty-ninth street. that the girl
Vas Identified With the establishment
hut to-day all knowledge Of her was de-
MED. and the utmost psins taken to
throw mystery about her Identity.
otRL WAS FOND OF MOTOR.
CYCLE rRIPs.
In the neiGhborhood II was learned
that tho young woman had bssn noticed
through her fondness for motorcyciins.
knowledge Of her ceased. however. with
the statement that many who knew her
M Miss bishop noticed her starting OF
Oh long rn6toscycle trips
Tho girl. who IL believed to have
been n virxinian. achieved her smbi-
Kill herself at the same spot anAtn the
same manner In which Larocaus
drowned himself In Long Island AQund.
Al the Hotel Islssworth IN the New
Jersey resort. whore she vas rss1stsrsd
as Mis- Burns Of Philadelphia" she
cunrkngly contrived . rubber mask. Into
which led . small tube extending from
a xaA Jet She turned on ths-jst and
placed ths mask over her eaes. the
beauty OF which had stirred those who
seisei her at Port Jefferson. L. l.. -
she was about to spring Into the water.
She was dead when found Thursday
ana her body was placed In the morWus
beside that OF Miss Edith A. Rsa Of
brooklyn. who had not herself on the
beach. Roth suicides we're al that time
mysteries. Miss Rea Was Identified BY
her mother.
TRIED IN VAIN TO PREVENT
oiRL's SUICIDE.
The Atlantic City police felt pretty
sure the dead girl with the costly
clothes and long. curling hair was not
Miss Burns Of Philadelphia" Their
surmise was proved correct when
Frank l.. Talbot OF No. ISL Eass Fifty.
hrst street. Manhattan. . friend Of Miss
Bishop. was shown the little diamond.
STUDDED watch the suicide had worn
Talbot for days, had made Q chivsi.
rous attempt to save tho Girl from self.
destruction. II was his telsphoned warm
ing that led 10 her apprehension at Port
Jefferson. Talbot took the tiny jewslieA
WStcH W VIE "ssso s0ot UIButs lOOHe0 Al
It an instant and said. huA,sily:
She's done II at isat! The dead giri
is Miss Veronica Bishop OF New York.
hancee Of Louis Larocqus."
Tho watch. by means Of which Talbot
nrst Identified his friend. vas the same
| the young woman had shown Justice Of
the Peace Jacob Drsysr At Port JeRsr.
son when her wish TO die thsrs was
frustrated. on that occasion. she said.
her voice sQuiv0. This was . gift from
Louis"
She had on her person other trinkets.
less expensive than tho watch. which
she said tho wealthy suicide had given
her She carried. too. Newspaper clip
pings telling Of his death. . handksr-
chief that had been his and . one dollar
| bill to which some sentiments! value
was attached In her grief for Lsrocque.