The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-14
MONEY GONE, WIDOW
AND son TRY TO DIE
Hwhat's in a NameS Why Ask
Mine?" Says Woman Who
Hides Identity.
ONCE RICH, SHE ADMITS
Wealthy Relatives Hero Worse
Than Strangers-Young
Man Also Silent.
ONCE RICH, SHE ADMITS

The last Of an inheritance Of 100000
~as used on Thursday afternoon by n
white haired. middle aged widow and her
con to engage apartments In Cathedral
Plaza at loi West 109th street, where
oA<y sought death by gas.
The widow. who said yesterday as she
Ny In the womens ward in the Knicker.
hooker Hospital. next to bed In which
another woman was gasping her last
breaths. that she was As years old, stiii
refused TO tell her name or where sh>
had come from. Her son. in bed in
the mems ward on the floor above. VERT
fed the generallties OF their lives which
his mother had Just given.
What's In Nance" the widow
quoted with a hard little laugh VIII
asked who she was. why ask me mine ?"
She would answer questions freely
enough at times, so long as the questions
ala not lead to her identity. Again her
responses would merely be the bitter liz
lie laugh or shake of the head in
silence
May Try IL Again.
ehe doesn't know. she said. whether or
not she will try TO take her life again
after she leaves the hospital. which will
probably be next Monday. Her son says
he knows now that the suicide agreement
between his mother and himself was an
Offence against God" lie will not at.
tempt II again. he said.
MY husband was commission mer.
chant In a certain city-not here" the
mother said as she lay in the public
ward yesterday. when he died ne left
my son and. me about 100000 In real es
tate and cash. My son had Just been
graduated from a military school. / don't
care 10 say where.
That was ten years ago. when my boy
vas IL years old. We came to New York
Of that time because my son wanted to
take up business course here When
he had finished the course he began to
do advertising work and then combined
real estate business with this The ad-
wrtising business did not prosper His
real estate ventures turned out badly.
The money his father had left began
70 go then as the real estate transactions
failed. There were other ways in which
~ into details about these extra Losses
When my boys business was gone he
Answered great many advertisements
for advertising men. but could not get n
position.
The other day almost nothing was left.
We knew we were facing starvation.
There was nothing else to do but to end
4. was there
Didn't you have relatives to turn tor
We have relatives. some of them
wealthy. here In New York" the mother
answered.. But relatives. you must
know. lose interest In one when one 10
without money. They are worse than
strangers. I've found. And In my recent
struggles I've learned too that New York
ia bad place for good woman who
has no means of support"
Why did you pay your last $50 for
an apartment OF pretension?' was asked.
Used To Nice Things.
Because my son and l have been
used 10 nice things" she answered. I'VE
cd not want TO die in n hovel. We began
20 talk Of suicide about three or four
Gays ago, think. The idea DEVELOPED
gradually. ] think ! began II by saying
early In the week to my boy. II II were
not for you. my dear. I'd end II all II
yoG go mother. I'll go with YOU he said.
We began 10 look about for an apart
inehi then" the mother vert on by
accident We came across the apartment
house where they found US unconscious
amer midnight this morning.
In m. public ward on the floor above
we son asked what his mother had said
ne nodded his head In affirmation AZ her
story was. repeated to him. He had little
TO odd to Il.