Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-06
MAYO TO ESCAPE
!. FURTHER INQUIRY
Coroner Believes Blame for
Miss Cooks Suicide Must
Rest on Her.
ENDS INVESTIGATION OF
STENOGRAPHER'S DEATH
States Attorney Declares Girls En-
ployer Cannot Be Held Crimi-
nally Responsible,

MEM HAVEN. Conf. March 6
Coroner Eli Mix today completed his in
vestigation of the circumstances sur
rounding the suicide of Lillian May Cook.
the young Brooklyn stenographer. who
Went to a lonely spot in West Rock Park
here and sent a bullet into her heart.
The coroner said he would file re
port Monday stating that Miss Cook came
~ her death by her own hand. and that
she and she alone was therefore re-
sfpnSible for her act
States Attorneys Views.
States Attorney Alling. in a statement
issued early today. said that his office
was satisfied that Virsinius j. Mayo. her
ciI ployer. not criminally responsible
for tine death of Miss Cook. aud that
this. of course. ends any further in
Nestigaticn on the part of the coroner
shortly after he arrived at his office to-
day the coroner announced that he was
waiting for final report from the
autopsy upon the body of Miss Cook.
Mayo was instructed to disregard a
subpoena requiring him to appear be-
lore the coroner on Monday.
Nothing to Establish Cause.
An .icial connected with the investi-
cation said that the physicians who
had performed the autopsy upon Miss
Cook had found certain conditions, one
of which might have indicated prepara
ton for an operation of some KIND.
but nothing, that would positively es
tahliSh :. cause for the young woman
To go To q lonely spot and send bull
let into her heart.
The same official was responsible for
the statement that Frank Cook, the
q HOP had tCl ht nor III
examination yesterday that his dauGh-
tsr had been Respondent for more than
year.
The autopsy was performed II" Ned
zeal Examiner NJ NJ. Scarborough and
Dr. Richard ]. Rand of the Yale Med
zeal School
Witnesses examined by the coroner
included Frank Cook of Brooklyn. y.
y. father of the dead girl, and Miss
Helen Wilson, her roommate here.
Father Promises Punishment.
Frank Cook said last night: If any
one is to blame for my daughter kill
ing herself | will not rest until / find
out who that person is. and then 1
shall make sure that proper punish
inent Is melted out
Miss Inez Hull, superintendent of the
Y. W. c. A. building, in which Miss
Cook had a room, told the coroner that
Miss Cook had frequently arrived at
that building in an automobile owned
by Mayo. She did not believe, how
ever. that Miss Cook had ever been out
at night in any one of the numerous
machines owned by Mayo.
Lois Waterbury Talks.
NEW YORK, March 6.-Lois Water
bury. head of the home Virginius ].
Mayo maintained in Brooklyn under
the name of James Dudley. says that
she received letter from Lillian Cook,
written q day or SO before Miss Cook
disappeared.
1T is ridiculous TO suppose that Mr..
Mayo had anything to do with Lillian's
disappearance said Miss Waterbury.
He was interested in her because of
me. ] became very fond of her Before
She left she became fully acquainted with
the facts of the relationship existing be-
tween Mr. Mayo and myself. She knew
that / wasn't married to him. But she
did not leave because she learned of this
She left because she was intelligent, am
bilious. wanted TO improve herself, and
the place as nurse girl wasn't the kind
Of place for her
In my opinion, Lillian wandered away
while Temporarily deranged. She was
studying Very hard"