The New York herald., 1921-09-24
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heard the woman ascend the stairs anS
approach the door OF Miss Gottschalks
apartment. But there was nobody In
the Gottschallx rooms. The police be-
lieve she was in the hall when the party
did arrive. As far as can be learned
Borland and his two companions got TO
the Schermerhorn street house soon after
1 o'clock. Either the opportunity was
not good or Mrs. Lawes was not ready
10 shoot. At any rate. she waited until
Miss Hanan and Borland emerged.
According to witnesses. Borland and
Miss Hanan were not inside Miss Gctt-
schal1's rooms more than fifteen or
twenty minutes. And here the police
story is supplied by Mrs. katherine
Strong OF 80 Scher,nerhorn street-diag-
onaliy opposite the apartment house
where Miss Gottschalk lives. Inciden-
tally Mrs. Strong's story makes the whole
incident even more mysterious.
She says she was awakened by shots
She is almost certain there We're but
two that she heard. 1t was otter l
o'clock.
Third Man In Mystery.
Mrs. Strong says that there was
motor car In front of No. so and another
in front of No. 35. the latter probably
Miss Hanan's. Both cars were headed
toward Court street. She says she saw
three men in the street near the curb on
her side. One was Borland Another
may have been chauffeur. Who the
third one was remains mystery.
On the third step on No. 81 she saw
woman. Mrs. Strong describes the
woman as being doubled up The men
did not go toward her for a while. One
of them. tall fellow with soft hat.
appeared to be fearfully agitated. Mrs.
String threw up her window.
Mildred, Mildred" cried the tall fell
low. For Gods sake don't do that! !"
And then, Mrs. Strong says. some one
yelled:
"Come down out OF therer
Mrs. Strong Is sure the man speaking
first used the name Mildred and rot
Grace. However. this may be a wholly
natural error inasmuch as It seems GER
tain he must have been talking to Mrs.
Lawes. who. despite the fact she had just
shot herself through the head. was still
alive and. apparently, leaning against
the front OF No. 35, although Mrs. Strong
saw but one woman--tne one doubled UP
on the steps at No. 81.
Then the tall man ron toward the op-
posite side OF the street and apparently
struggled with some one. At any rate
street and threw something into the yard
at No. 20. 1t broke like thin china or
glass. Obviously he had taken it from
MRS. Lawes.
Tnen. Mrs. Strong says. she blew a
police whistle aid policeman came
running into the street accompanied by
another man she took to be a detective,
but who is described by the police as
one William Gibson of Philadelphia
x..ln t.oI it,ct -
along Court street when the whistle
sounded and accompanied the police
man.
And then. Mrs. Strong says. the street
was deserted for a brief time. Five min
utes later the crowd began to collect.
Letters Show Dementia.
Thus the police do not know whether
Mrs. Lawes meant to kill Miss Hanan
or Borland. They do not know whether
the woman was demented. although her
letters intimate a far from normal state
or mind In addition to this they have
ample evidence that she had been drink
Ing hard and that she had taken to the
use OF morphine. At the Morgue a thor
ough chemical analysis of her stomach
Is being made to verify this.
Although the contents of the five let
ters she wrote Miss Hanan were not
revealed. and although none OF the mem
bers of the Hanan family would give any
information that shed additional light.
the two letters. one to her sister Mrs.
NJ. Z. Dittmar. whom she addressed
Mother Darling" and the other to
friend. found in Mrs Lawes handbag.
suggested tumultuous nervous condi-
ton. They read
(Undated.)
Mrs, NJ. L. DIrTMAR.
316 Walnut street,
San Francisco, Cal.
MOTHER DARLING-You never can
understand what have gone threagh.
Don't try to learn. 1t is past. ] am
too tired and i'll to try TO overcome
the great obstacles / have placed In
my own way. Too much high life.
The pace Is too fast ana ti1e liquor
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