The evening world., 1914-01-17
AMERICAN WOMAN,
WRITER IN ITALY,
FOUND SHOT DEAD
Miss Eileen Giles of Phila.
delphia Believed Victim in
Mysterious Murder.
NOBLEMAN IS SOUGHT.
Roll of Bills Clutched in Her
Hand and Revolver Lay
at Side in Home.
|NOBLEMAN IS SOUGHT.

sASsARI. Island Of Sardinia. Italy
Jan. i7.-[5aimins to have svidenc,
Of murder. the police to-day abandoned
the suicide tissory IN the death Of Miss
siisen oi'es. forty years old. an Amer,
loan writer. formerly OF Philadelphia
who was shot TO death late last night In
her cottage here.
Mlw 0f1es was shot through the lef,
breast. near the heart. In her hand
was clutchsd a roll Of banknotss. On
the floor near the victim was found q
revolver.
The weapon near the body ana the
location Of tho death wound led the
police. on superficial examination. ia
believe tho woman novelist killed her
self. but closer inspection LED them 70
suspect murder.
The police were searching for a
young Sandman nobieman who was
known TO be infatuated with Misc Giles
and whose advances she repulsed.
Tho nooieman 10 missing from his
homo. Al the Same time the police
were working on the robbery theory
and looking for brisands. though the
presence Of the money IN the dead
giris hand gave little ground for the
robbery belief.
MIS- 0iiss lived In . sman cottage
with her aged mother. Mrs. BROWNING.
The mother was not at homo when the
siri was killed. They came to sar-
dinia about . year ago. Nio Giles be-
ing In search Of local color for italian
stories.
Miss oiLEs HAD MANY FRiUNps
IN PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. II. Miss
Eileen Oiiss. the Phiiadsiphla artist.
writer whose death 10 reported from
Sardinia. Italy. resided IN this city more
than twsnty years ago. friends Of Miss
0iies here. whore her education IN art
prsesdinO her foreign rssidsncs, was
received. wsrs startled ~ the sad In.
.:,ils.nss' ana al secuted the possibility
In this latter position they we're up
held BY the statement Of friends Of the
young woman whess efforts 70 clear
tAs mystery put the Sardinian police
avthoritiss In possession Of facts
which made II quite plain that . erins
had bssn committed.
She was . student At the School of
Design for Women and at Bryn Mawr
College.
Miss Giles had many friends IN this
city. For several years. during her
girihood and school days. she and her
mother resided at No SSH Chestnut
street. After she reached Italy she
had kept up . correspondence with
several Of her former schoolmatss and
amons them Miss Isabei
dean Of Bryn Mawr COLLEGE.
Dean Madison received only ysster-
day a isttsr from Miss Giles. This COM
munication 10 couohsd In cheerful tones
and sivO no intmauon wha&svsr Of
assp0odsncy or any trouols that nisht
convey Athought Of suicide. ANON her
former associates N this city Niss Oilss
10 recalled - . person a high ssnne-
ment and Realistic Temperament. and Of
charitable incllna<aons.
Ai0 GILES. who was forty year, old.
sntsrsd ne Philadelphia School Of DE-.
,isn In 1857 whom shs was thirteen
vsass cd. and grAduaAsd four years
later. adiss Emily sartain. prinoipai Of
shs school aosaks IN ne highest tssuns
u her.
Nias 0artain DECLARED she was sxcsp.
tionaily brilliant and was GRADUATED
with the highest honors. her talent for
writing being marked. Miss aartAin
Daid she never met the girls father. but
her mother and aster made frequent
trips 70 the school ana were exception.
ally interested In Eiiesn's work.
Mrs.. Giles. mother Of the dead srtss<.
author. had made her home In Sapsri
with her daughter. According to ~
ports reaching here. she left that city
about . month ago. and her present
are not known. Mother
and daughter while In philadelphia are
remembered for their warm mutual At
tachment and the absence Of Mrs. Glllss
1T this time psrplexss frisnds In this
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