The evening world., 1913-03-01
F|ANCEE Of DOCTOR
Who KILLED SELF
ATTEMPTSSU|C|DE
Horiense al pareiis, Who
Asked Police TO Protec, Her
From Vendetta, Takes Gas.
HEE NOTES SAVE HER.
Mailed Farewell Messages ard
Recipients Reach He' Be.
fore Too Late.
HEE NOTES SAVE HER.

Hortenss d! Paredis. a bsaut.evI young
Chiliap woman who three weeke ago
asked the police 10 protect her from a
vendetta she sa!J was sworn over the
cofia o. her suicide admire& Dr..
GugIiemo Cecliio Of No. 10 washingtop
place attempted to kill herself to-day
with gas In her apartment in the
Grstchei. No. Is West Th'rteenth street
Before !yirs down she put on
tire rose silk evening gown which she
had always told her friends Or. Ceeillo
loved best and dressed her coal black
hair high on her head with tortoiseshcii
oom,,S IL the styie which he had always
most praised.
Hc escape from immediate dca;h
was duo TO the number OF rarewcn
notM which she sent her friends ali
over the city. and which began to
roach them ut about II o'clock to-day.
just about the tine when she lay down
on her bed 30 Ge. With the sas pour.
ing into her ugnt-sealed bedroom.
Jose Cazaxia iano OF No. 40 HOFFMAN
street. the Bronx. was the nr.t Of tho
persons 10 whom she had wAitten 10
arrive a: the Gretchsl. He had known
Senorfta di Paredis many ycarS asv.
whan she came 70 this country from
Paris. where here relatives were stay
Ing. for treatment Cor tuberculosis-
The letter he had from her to-day
sa.d that since the death OF DR.. Csc!lio.
who was To marry her as soon As he
cleared himself o: the debts In which
t IT, tA a.,sl t,fa tnAV
lance among the poor had Involved him.
life had been made = torture for her
worse than death.
The friends OF another woman, who
was jealous OF her on account q DR..
Cecilio. had caused rumofs that she was
in some way responsible. for his death
and had stirred up the Coroner. the
District-Attorney and the police to an
investigation. in which she was oom-
pletely exonsrated. Word had been
sent TO her OF n vendetta oath aiken
against her over the phys!eian's tead
| body. Shs had asked for a police guard
and had been In an agony OF fear every
time the apartment elevator s,opped at
he- floor.
The police had given orders to the
| employees OF the apartment not to ad-
| NIT any foreigners to the building y
| they seemed inclined to 10 TO the apart
ment OF the senorlta. II was only oy
| translating parts OF her letter that Caga-
giano vas able 70 persuade William
Baroxa to allow him to go up The door
was locked and there was no answer.
The 3ani,or broke through a window
by means Of fire escape and
found the young woman unconscious on
her bed. She had stripped tho walls o.
pictures and had packed al! OF her Ce-
long.ngs for removal
Dr. Murray was called from New York
Hospita, and found the senor.ta's con-
dition so grave he rushed her 20 st,
vinoents Hospital, where 1t was said
there was only bare chance Of her
recovery. The ambulance was met on
the street BY Detective Frank Allen,
| who had received an unsigned letter.
asking him to go 20 the Gretchel "a
take charge Of the body OF Senor.ea al
| Paredis.
| At the time OF the Investigation into
the death OF DR.. Cccllo, who died by
gas after a quarrel with the senorita
she told the police she belonged to a
very wealthy Chilian family which
| had moved to Paris.