New-York tribune., 1920-02-10
Woman Crouches Beside
Body of Daughter so
Hours, Unable to Keep
Resolve to End OwnLife
Visitor Wrests
Pistol From Grasp
Letter to Lawyer Telling
of Debt-Harried Writer'S
Purpose Gives the Alarm

At 9:30 O'Clock last Saturday morn
ing Mrs. Emily May Favre, slender
dark-ha;red woman of thirty-four, while
, respondent over financial difficulties
shot and killed her twelve-year-old
daughter, Emily Margaret, IN their
room on the second floor of the Hotel
Ashton. 1912 Madison Avenue. The
muzzle of the revolver was pressed
against the little girls left breast and
the bullet entered her heart.
AT noon yesterday the room of Mrs.
Favre-No. 21-was entered and she
was found in bed. The body of her
daughter, clad in a silk night dress. Law
beside her. She confessed that she had
killed the child. and said she had
intended to end her own life, but had
lost her nerve.
During the time that elapsed from
the moment she shot her daughter until
the room was entered-more than fifty
hours-Mrs. Favre, with revolver be-
meath her pillow, lay beside the body
of her child. She was trying, she said,
to get courage to take her own life
She did not leave the room from Friday
night until l o'clock yesterday, nor did
she touch food.
Letter Tells of Her Purpose
In a letter which was mailed Friday
to Hector Jackson of the Hotel ST.
George, Brooklyn, Mrs. Favre declared
chat she was wretchedly unhappy, that
her funds we're exhausted and that she
intended killing Margaret, her only
Mr.. Jackson has been looking after her
interests in the estate Of her father,
New Orleans business man, who died
recently. The letter did not reach it's
destination until yesterday morning.
Carl Gerow, of Ills Gates Avenue, an
associate of Jackson, hurried to the
hotel With his arrival, Mrs Favre
appeared to find her courage and seized
the weapon under her pillow. Gerow
snatched the revolver from her grasp
and flung it to the floor.
The woman was arrested Suffering
from lack Of food. she tottered as she
stood in the center of the room. A
breakfast of pork chops, toast and tea
was sent to her, and Mrs. Favre, ap-
parently with perfect composure, ate
heartily. AS she drank her tea the
body of Margaret was taken from the
room.
When she had finished her meal Mrs
Favre, betraying not the slightest emo
ton, told the detectives that she was
ready to accompany them. She walked
to the East Eighty eighth Street sta
ton without assistance. She told the
police that she was a native of Eng
land, that her husband was Simon
Favre, of New Orleans, and that she
had been divorced for twelve years
She came to America when child.
Faces Charge of Homicide
She was questioned by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney p. Francis Mario and
held on charge of homicide. She will
be arraigned this morning in Harlem
court.
Mrs. Favre is Of slight build, has
dark eyes and an attractive personality.
Yesterday she was attired in dark
blue coat suit trimmed with fur, and
a black velour hat. She carried large
silver purse. 1t was said at the hotel
she had only SIG in her possession.
Mrs. Favre and her daughter came to
New York on October from New Or
leans and registered at the Hotel Ash
ton as miss Fanett and sister" 1t
was Mrs. Favre's ambition to play in
motion pictures. and she had chosen
this as her stage name. Since her ar
rival in New York she has supported
herself with the income from her
fathers business, but of late she has
been unable to obtain funds from this
source. A checking account in the
Empire Trust Company was exhausted
Mrs. Favre and her daughter were
assigned to an expensive room. Some
time later she gave up the room and
moved with her daughter to the second
floor.
Daughter Had Been iii
The little girl had lately been ser-
ously i'll and was indisposed when she
was shot. With her daughters eyes
closed, Mrs. Favre pressed the revolver
against the girls breast and pulled
the trigger.
Upon receipt of the letter ftom Mrs.
Gerow to telephone the woman nine-
diately. This Gcrow did. He talked
with her for several minutes, and in
this conversation she did not mention
the fact that she had slain Margaret.
Not satisfied with the information he
had received Gerow hurried to the
hotel. He explained the circumstances
to Leigh Walker, manager of the Hotel
Ashton.
Together Gerow and Walker went to
Room 21 and knocked on the door Mrs.
Favre assured them that everything
was "all right" and the men went
back downstairs. Gerow again called
Mrs. Favre's room. Convinced by her
hesitancy in replying to his questions
that something was wrong, he sum
moned Mr.. Walter and they paid a
second visit to the room. Gerow en-
tered and found the body of Margaret
on the bed.
"I've killed her." cried Mrs. Favre,
"and I'm going to kill myself"
Takes Weapon from Woman
Gerow took the revolver from her
and called the hotel manager, who had
remained outside.
All of Mrs. Favre's belongings had
been packed in small black trunk
at the foot of the bed. with the ex-
ception of a manicure set on the
dresser In her letter to Mr.. Jackson
she gave directions as to how the prop
erty should be distributed.
Mrs. Favre told Assistant District
Attorney Marie that she has not seen
her husband since the divorce action.
While being questioned at the police
station she was quiet and self-con-
tanned, speaking in calm decisive tones.
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