New Britain herald., 1919-01-29
PALISADES VICTIM
ARMY MAJORS Wife
Soldier Husband in France
Threatened Suicide

New York. Jan. 39.-The young
woman found dead on the Palisades
opposite Riverdale last Sunday was
identified yesterday as Miss Azeele
Fleetwood. daughter OF George n.
Fleetwood OF Tampa. Fla
The Identification was made at noon
BY Mrs, Bradford Ellsworth, a friend
Who lives at S44 West s7th street
The results of an autopsy perform cd
on the body seem to Indicate con-
,eltiSiveiy that the young woman COM
mitted suicide.
Was Majors Scored Bride.
In ar interview given out
last night Mrs, Ellsworth said thnt
Miss Packwoed was secretly married
10 a najor In the army, who died last
October In France froua influenza,
His death broke the young wonans
near, Sha refused to DO corsoled
and wno1 Mrs. Ellsworth visited hor
thar, sha calmly declared she would
make away with ha+saif in such n why
that it wou1d not disgrace either her
family ar the It9d Cross
Mrs, Ellsworth explained TINT sne
seldom rehd tho nowTpnpers ana the
at si1s made tho identification was
tha result of Il mysterious telephone
cell she received Monday afternoon.
4 maA, who did not give his natno,
asked her il she knew n certain per-
taa-Il eniioning a name sha was un-
RDia 10 recall last night When she
replied that she did not Tho taa9 6us'
gested that bhe buy newspapers and
read of the dead woman who had
been found on the Palibndoe,
a
titled until sha soT1t out for tho eve
atng papers. The description OF Miss
Pacit~ood. sha said, WIS so excellent
that SHE recognized i,er Immediately.
ana ;he girls threat To ta1to her life
flashed into her mind.
HeF Recognition Was Instant.
Il decided IL was my duty" said
Mfs, Ellsworth, ito look Al. the body.
] arrived In Englewood about noon.
There was no doubt tho instant saw
tha body. Then / wont to f+acl<onsack
and told my story ia Prosecutor
Ruekin, my Identification being con-
fiFFasd whom I looked AZ ti:2 clothes.
soma Of which / .ecogniz0G
II had known Miss Packwood about
NJ year. became acquainted with
tleT IL thn rooms Of the Rod Cross
Motor eoTrh Fer O. long ttmo + didn't
know her rhE*o or that n1o wng mar
tied.
A short tin13 after October / she
failed 10 appenr at the Rcd Gross.
thought Bho wan III and went to her
nome OF 9b Eaat 4sth street. !
found her very mninncholy. She thoa
eenf.ded thnt she was secretly mar
rted TO a. major In tho army who had
baen In Franco. Size had just learned
Gn hoT 4 70
~ tried to console nor and asked Il
thoTe was anything that could do.
She gfnii9d pGthot!caily end thanked
nae She was aIwoy3 SELF possessed
and mover hyBtoricni II vas then
taGt she threatened suicide.
II remember hc3 eNact words, i
shall DO away with rnysolf IN such a
manner that j. viii reliert mother on
tho Red Cross nor my family
HCpotl Is Go to Ez,sAcc o. Nurso
''fs0e wac a pretty ald Charming
woman about so years old That she
loved her soldier husband was appar-
ens. The reason that abe kept her
marriage a secret. ] have been told
by two OF hor friends, was to enable
hGr TO go to France as a nurse The
army regulations prevent Il woman
going overseas for such work If she is
related In any manner to Il soldier"
Corroboration Of her marriage to
an army offacer and the scene the
night she received notification of his
death from the war department was
told last night by Hugh Cameron,
superintendent OF the apartment
house whore she lived
MIR. Cam eron said she rented
t1To-roon apartment on the third
floor about two years ago for which
she paid 500 q month. She a!way1
lived alone and had no visitors Ho