The New York herald., 1921-07-07
AMERICAN DUCHESS
IN SUICIDE ATTEMPT
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both to herself and he. son George. the
later of a type which would lend itseii
to sulride, which were responsible. Last
night. after dinner, wishing 70 make up
a bridge party, / telephoned to Nine.
de Guise's room. 80
"she answered, but refused to JOIN
us. we want to thank you for all you
have done for us you have all peen SO
good. but there Is no use holding out.
She told me with a sob in her voice.
but I didn't even then think sne mean.
suicide. Good night and goodpy' she
said. George and ! are going on
long voyage. Call at the hotel To-
morrow morning. They VIII tell you
all about it.
"With that she hung up the receiver
Tho words haunted me all through the
night. Early this morning / asked the
Countess Opinanski 10 visit Nine De
Guise and try TO cheer her up.
woman Found Unconscious.
When the Countess arrived at the
hotel employees refused TO open the
door, but they were finally persuaded
They found the woman unconscious, haif
dressed, lying on the bed with a bottle
OF veronal and the final message on tho
table. The Countess notified the police
and telephonsd to Mr.. Tektonius. who,
fearing another tragedy, went to the
cheap hotel where young Harboush
lived.
At the hotel desk he learned that the
youth had come In early the previous
evening. apparently no more depressed
than usual but he had not yet sent Tor
the morning papers as is the custom
NJ. Tektonius was accompanied Dy Mrs
FraA FlRA
at the Hotel Ritz. where she had made
the acquaintance of Harbough and his
mother, and the two went to the young
mans room.
The telltale bottle of veronal was
found beside the bed on which lay the
young man. The hotel doctor was
called. but was unable to restore con-
sciousness and the youth was taken
to the hospital, where another ambu-
lance arrived almost simultaneously
with his mother. Additional mystery
was injected into the case by the dis
covery, when he reached the hospital.
that Harbough was weak from loss or
blood from two gashes on the wrist.
His friends declare that yesterday his
wrists were not cut and are suggest
ing that during the night he cut his
veins in a first suicidal attempt. taking
veronal after he had telephoned to his
mother and found that she had kept her
part OF the suicide pact
Several days ago Nine de Guise told
n group Of frienGs w;io had been trying
to help her financially as we'll as TO
obtain a suitable position for her son
that personally she had no fear of death,
but che hoped George could be spared an
early death. His father had been ap-
preached several times for assistance, II
was said, but had refused to extend aid
In any way since his son chose to live
with his mother and went to France.
"It was a case where two souls could
not live separated" snid Countess Opin-
anski tonight Mime. De Guise adore6
George and could not die and let the
boy live. He wanted TO end IT all. an6
she agreed to go with him. That's al
there is TO Il"
Inquiries In French social circles to-
night failed to flnd any corroboration thai
the divorced husband of Nine. De GuisC
had any right TO pretend to the de Guist
title. De Guise-Hite, It was said bases
his pretensions upon the fact that his
grandmother, born de Guise. married ar
Englishman named Hite. but no trace OF
such family connection appears in the
French blue books.