The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-07
POLICEMAN SEES
WOMAN KILL SELF
She Fires as He Rushes at Her
to Seize Her Revol-
yer.

Patrolman Thomas Carmody of Traffic
Squad B was directing traffic at Madi-
son avenue and Forty-second street last
night at o'clock when Frank J. God
dard OF So Marble Hill road rushed UP
to him and said:
There Is a woman in my offico with
a guni'
Carmody immediately went with God
dard to the studio apartment and office
building In 4o2 Madison avenue, adjoin-
ing the Ritz-Carlton Hotel at Forty
seventh street. where Goddard has an
office as an agent Of the Briarciiff
Lodge Association. Accompanied by
Goddard and Fred Jacobs Of 21s East
Thirty-nfth street. the elevator operator.
Patrolman Carmody walked up stairs
and knocked at the door OF room 400.
There was no response. although n rustic
In the room Indicated that there was
some one in the ONCE.
"She 10 still there" said Goddard.
"She said she was going to kill herself"
Sees Woman at Table.
Goddard produced his keys. and Pa
troanan Carmody unlocked the door and
threw II open. It was raining outside,
and the shades of the windows In the
office had been drawn. so that II was
dark. The policeman called but got no
response. He turned on the electric
lights. Then he saw. seated at a desk
by a window, Mrs. Sybil p. Bobblitt,
widow. IS years old. who formerly
lived in Memphis.
The woman sat with both elbows on
ihe desk and In her right hand was a
revolver. pressed against her temple.
"War a minute" cried Carmody. put
that gun DOWN.
at want Frank IN emma In hera - a.. "A
MIRA Bobblitt
Lay the gun down." replied the pa
trolman, land he'll come in"
II know what you want said Mrs
Bobblitt "and you can't interfere with
me. am going to kill myself Tell
Frank TO come in here"
Carmody turned to Goddard and
Jacobs, who stood peering over his
shoulder at the woman. He pointed to
Jacobs and told her that Jacobs was
Frank. but Mrs. Bobblitt told him he
couldn't fool her. The policeman thon
began edging into the room. but was
halted by a sharp cry from the woman.
Keep away" she cried. Tor I'll blow
my brains out You can't keep me from
killing myself"
Carmody saw that he would be I'M
able to reach the woman before she
could IRE. 30 he tried to brighten her.
He drew his own revolver. pointed II
at her and said:
IF you don't put that gun down I'll
kill you r.
You can't scare me-" said Mrs. Bobb-
litt Anyway, 1t would only save me
trouble"
She then lowered her revolver,
stepped away from tho desk and got
behind a table in the centre of the
room, putting the table between herself
and the policeman. Carmody put his gun
In his pocket and while Goddard cried
to the woman to put down the gun,
and while both he and Jacobs tried to
attract her attention. the patrolman
rushed at her. But before he could
she fred. the bullet entering her temple
and killing her instantly
Asks BODY He Cremated.
When the policeman examined the be-
iongings she carried IN her handbag he
found this note:
"Have me cremated. Don't tell my
ulster, who Is all I have"
Goddard told the police that he had
known Mrs. Bobblitt for about seven
years. and that she came TO New York
last Friday from Atlantic City. where
she had been employed as a saleswoman
In a jewelry store He dined with her at
the Manhattan Hotel last night. he said,
and when the rainstorm came up he went
back to his once. leaving her with an
other woman at the hotel. A few min
utes later she came in. sat down at q
desk and announced that she was going
to kill herself.
"You get out of here" she said. II
don't want anybody around when !
shoot"
Goddard said he tried to persuade her
not TO commit suicide. but when she
persisted that she was going to do II
ne ran to md a policeman. He said
thaerhe returned day before yesterday
from France, where he had been for
a year. and that he did not know why
| Mrs. Bobblitt had suddenly decided to
commit suicide. She had been stopping
at the Park Avenue Hotel since she
came to New York from Atlantic City.
Detectives found In Mrs. Bobblitt.a
handbag two diamond earrings, about
$40 and an address which said, Sister,
| Mira L. y. Foster. Colfax avenue, Dem
YER" also the address "2s North Penn
| syivania avenue, Atlantic City" and
that of Lesser Bros, 22s Broadway.
Goddard said that he had purchased
ticket to Denver for Mrs. Bobblitt,
and that she was to have left for there
this morning.