New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-25
Pair on Honeymoon Found
Lifeless in Phila-
delphia Hotel
Man a Naval Expert
Attacked by Acute Indiges-
ton After Wedding to
New York Woman

Philadelphia. June PA man and 4
woman married less than twenty-four
hours were found dead in a room a.
the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel tonight
the woman a suicide after her husband
had suddenly died in her arms.
They were registered as Mr.. and Mrs
Frederick Alexander, of New York. H.
is believed to have some connection
with the navy She had been Miss
Louise Jones. of 1O3 West 123d Street,
New York.
Alexander is believed to have died
from an attack of acute indigestion
while his bride sat on the edge of the
bed trying to ease the terrible pain
which left him dead, grasping the bed
covers in clenched hands.
On a couch across the room, when
detectives and hotel employees en-
lay the bride, her face turned
on one the side, her arm resting so
that she could shoot herself in the
mouth. Beside the couch lay heavy
rearl-handled revolver and note.
Woman Leaves Note
This note read: Notify Lieutenant
K. b. Cotton, United States Cableship
Joseph Henry, Norfolk. Va
1t was written in the shaky hand
writing of the woman.
In the waste basket were bits Of torn
paper, parts of letters which Alexander
had tried to write to Lieutenant Cotton
and to Mrs. Alexander Scholz, of New
York, with whom Miss Jones lived dur
ing the last seven months. Nothing in
the room was disturbed.
They registered at the hotel at 3
o'clock Saturday afternoon and went
directly 10 their room. on the ninth
floor. No one saw them again until at
o'clock this morning, when Mrs. Alex
ander rang for a maid.
Maid Gets No Answer
AT 1880 the maid went TO the room
TO make the beds. She knocked and re-
ceived no answer. The door was locked
from the inside. She returned to the
room at 80 and again received no
answer. She tried again at 4:30. This
time she notified the chief clerk.
An electrician, accompanied by the
house detective and an assistant man
ager, went 70 the room, found the door
locked and bolted from the inside. The
electrician entered the room through
the transom.
The woman was beautiful. She was
about five feet six inches tall and
weighed about 1875 pounds. Her hair
was auburn. her eyes blue. She was
about twenty-eiGht years old.
Alexander. a man of about thirty
two, had a small black mustache He
was about five feet eight inches tall. and
g. said 10 he writer on naval tactics.
Until day before yesterday Miss
Louise Jones had room in the home
of Alexander Scholz, at 10i West l23d
Street, Manhattan.
Left Here Saturday
"She left at noon SATURDAY." Mr..
Scholz said las; night. "only telling me
that she was going TO be married TO
Mr.. Alexander. and that they were to
spend their honeymoon in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Alexander had called on her sew
eral times while she was at my home.
He was in some way connected with
the navy, ! understood. Miss Jones
told me that the marriage had been
fastened because Mr.. Alexander had
been called 10 the colors.
Despite the fact that Miss Jones
had had a room IN my home since
April, | knew almost nothing of her
personal affairs. She was retiring.
and kept TO herself"