The evening world., 1913-06-06
GIRL SEEKS death
BYPO|SON RATHER
TAANLOSEflANcE Eff:
Pretty Artists Model Who
Took Drug in Subway
Tells Her motive.
SHE FEARED SEPARATION
Man She Loved, tuberculosis
Victim, She Says, Had Told
Her They Must Part. =
SHE FEARED SEPARATION

Elizabeth Maiden. . ninstssn.ysar.
old siri with the spiritual face Of q
child sursevsd In fluffy. eorn-soid
hair. lay on . cot In Lincoln Hospital
to-day and told Dr.. L. oray. the house
surgeon. why she had swallowed nftssn
grains Of biehiorids Of mercury In the
subway station at One Hundred and
Forty-ninth street. the Broax. ct :
o'clock this mosnins.
She pleaded with the doctor that he
let her diA She could not live longer,
she said. because her sweetheart, . clerk
In the once Of tho Metropolitan Insur.
ancs Company. had told her he believed
hs had tuberculosis and that he must 70
away from her forever. The Girl de-
clared. In . voice ch0lssd with sobs,
that II she and Frank Frensel could not
be wed life oven At nineteen held no
more happiness for her.
HAD gxPGcTGD 70 % MARRIED
- coon.
rhs stri, an artists model for the
last few months. since she left the
home Of her father. DR.. Madssn, at
No. n South Elliott Place, Brooklyn,
sscapsd last night from the homo Of
frieads. ths Cswleys, at No. ioot Fox
street. In the Bronx. and for nearly
three hours rode back and forth on
subway trains from the Bronx to tho
Atlantic avenue station In Brooklyn.
trying to nerve herself to snap the
thread of. life
Last January" she began her story
70 me doctor. Il went to . dance and
there ] mst Prank Frsnssi. who lived at
No. - nsse One Hundred and Fifty.
sixth street. and who was q clerk in
The 1stRnpoiitAa insurance. Offices. I
fen dspiy In love with him At firs,
sagh& and. - hs admittsd istss, he did
WITH Ne
''as. sams 70 - me and ws went to
dances and tcoh walsks through the pars
at night ana ~ wsrs. obi - happy.
vyonk soshet 0s 10 nasSy hin ana I
~ AiA I Would. Tor he waS the dearest
uan In the world 10 me- He was twenty
and such IN Industrious boy. He earned
nj . Nssk Whsa I nrst anst him ana
then he got p ralss and We were SURE
vs could b married soon.
~ few wseaEs $50 Frank hsd 10 70
away. He ala not tell me then Why
hs went and did not know untu lster
that II was bscauss hs vas sick. He
wrote 70 ne the most beautiful letter.
ad ne time he wAs Gens, and I poured
est sn ny heart 10 him In my answers.
Thea hs oams back last Monday. and
he canas TO 80 ne that nisht
ave oWGGrHgARr TOLD HER
THEY MUor PART.
Crank was vssy grave and hs would
not Kiss ne q the mouth. WaSn I Of.
fsrsd ny lips 70 his ana hs turned
sway biz head I could not understand,
for love was on my lipe. Then hs took
my hand In his and bis eyes were full
Of tears. He said;
'Dusabsth. We will have 70 part, I
have the dreadful diseesA have tu.
bsrculosis ! must 60 away to some
place whore the cir y more hsaithful.
cannot think Of marriage when have
the dreadful disease I cannot even
kiss you.'"
1uO oJs Ot Vuo 8ITt On Mo COZ
0rimmsd over - she rscountsd 70 the
Doctor this little tragedy - fresh in
her memory.
"Ana then. Doctor. I told Aim II he
abandoned me would kill myself rlsht
before his sysa. told him I wanted 10
b with him. even In sickness ana pain.
But hs said hs was going away on Fri.
DAY and that must try 70 forget him,
"1.Ast night ] rot TO thinking that
the morning would b the dayi when
Frank would leave me. and % I vent
out 70 XIII myself. After ! had rid.
dsn back and forth - many times on
the subway. trying 70 nerve myself.
went to . erug store near One Hun.
drsd and Torty.ninth street. bousht
the mercury tablets and then slipped
into Q rear room Of . cafe ana bought
glass Of bees. When the walter was
not looking ran out With the beer,
down into the subway and there puj
two tablets In the beer and drank it
am not sorry. for ] want to die"