Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-25
DEATHS in HOTEL
END WAR ROMANCE
Pair Found Dead Believed
u. S. Officer and
Fiancee
GIRL HAD WEDDING RING

Tho mystery Of the two deaths in the
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in which a man
died apparently Of acute Indigestion, and
young woman killed herself with pistol,
was partly cleared up today, revealing n
| possible tragic romance n the war.
Alexander Schoiz. lOl West l23d street,
New York, told Captain of Detectives Tate
and j. NJ Frazier, manager Of the Bellevue
Stratford, that he believed the pair were
Frederick Alexander, an officer Of the United
states army or navy. and Miss Louise
Jones, Of near Saratoga y. Y. lie went
10 the morgue this afternoon 10 identify
the bodies II possible.
Miss Jones and Alexander were engaged
10 be married and had come to Philadelphia
for the ceremony he said. Alexander was
to have sailed for France today.
Miss Jones roomed at my house" said
SCholz, who hurried over from New York
when notified of the shooting. "She was a
girl of fine character and was wC!l-to-do.
Alexander was "a frequent visitor at my
house. lie and Miss Jones were engaged
When they left New York Saturday Miss
Jones told us all she was going to he mar
ried
Alexander was to have sailed for
France today. / know this, because Lieu
tenant Cotton called up at my house Satur-
day and told Miss Jones to be sure to tell
Alexander to be ready to sail Monday
Alexander was an -fiicer in service but |
do not know what branch"
BODIES FOUND
The couple registered as Mr. and Mrs
+. Alexander New York" at the Bellevue
Stratford Saturday. Yesterday afternoon
they were found dead in their room in the
h,,
died Of acute indigestion and the woman
had a pistol wound in her head, with n
pistol lying beside her She is believed to
have preferred death rather than face the
disgrace that would follow the sudden
death Of the man in her room.
Word is being awaited from Lieutenant
r. B, Cotton, of the United States cable
ship John Henry, Norfolk, Va. A note writ
ten by the woman asked that he be notified
Scraps Of letters torn up by the woman are
being pieced together by Detective Gala
han
There was considerable speculation todav
as to whether or not the man and woman
were married. George Miller chief clerk Of
the Marriage License Bureau, told deteC-
tives that at noon Saturday a man teIe-
phoned from New York asking IL il was
possible 10 get marriage license on Sun
day and was told that the earliest he could
get one was early Monday morning.
The dead woman wore a wedding ring
without an inscription
A post-mortem examination of the mans
body will be made today by Coroner's
Physician Wadsworth. Doctor John Wanna
maker, Sd, chief police surgeon, who exam
ined the body, said he believed he died of
acute indigestion, or possibly ptomane poi
soning or heat prostration. The mans
lower lip was bitten, he said
Mr. Frazier said the couple arrived with
baggage about 3 O'Clock on
Saturday afternoon and registered They
went directly to their room and nothing
was seen of them again until s O'Clock YES.
terday morning. At that time the woman
at the door and asked the maid
on the ninth floor II she could borrow a
kimono, The maid said that none was oh
but finally returned with night
robe, which she passed I'm to the woman
The maid said that she heard the mans
voice in the room
At II: 80 o'clock the maid knocked on
the door, but received no responso Sbo
paid no attention to that fact then and
repeated her raps at 1880 o'clock and
o'clock When her third attempt TO rouse
the occupants failed, she reported her sus
picions TO the woman in charge Of the
floor and at 1880 o'clock one of the clerks
was notified. He sent the electrician 10
the room, and when the employe tried the
door he found II was locked Repeated
knocks failed 10 arouse the persons inside
so finally the electrician climbed the tran
som. He found the man lying face down
ward on the bed, while the woman was ON
a couch, the revolver in her hand. He |
notified the clerk Of his discovery, and Mr.
Frazier was summoned from the White |
marsh Country Club. He gave orders that
nobody was TO touch the bodies or dis |
turb the room until his return