New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
Evelyn Nesbit,
FacingEviction,
Tries Suicide
Takes Morphine as Furniture
Movers Arrive, Because
of Overdue Rent, but
First Aid Saves Her
Art Sale to Tide Her Over
Was Ignorant at Time That
$4,000 Had Been Re-
allied ON Her BELONGINGS

EVELYN Nesbit, who has been con-
sueting a tearoom at 235 West Fifty
second Street since her retirement from
the stage and the films, became hys-
tsrical when city marshal began the
execution Of dispossess warrant for
compartment Of rent and took several
morphine tablets shortly after midday
yesterday in an attempt at suicide.
Al the time of her attempt $4,000
had been realized during two days Of
the sale OF Miss Neshit's objets dart
at the Broadway Art Galleries.
Less than half an hour after the
morphine had been taken physician
had administered restoratives, and
Miss Nesbit was being walked up and
down her apartment two floors above
the tearoom. At the end of three
hours it was said that the drug effect
had been thrown off and that the pa
tent had been put to bed.
The premises at 235 West fifty
second Street are owned by the Tre-
huhs Realty Company.
Furniture Movers Arrive
Back rent to the amount of $500 was
owing and after the company had
served q second notice upon her city
marshal, William J. Kelly, went TO the
tsaroom with squad of furniture
movers and announced that he had
heen sent 20 remove the restaurant
fittings to the sidewalk. The maid
awakened Miss Nesbit, who spoke to
.he marshal over an extension tele-
phone, pleading with him to wait until
she could raise the money.
The marshal offered to communicate
with her friends or attorneys. A re-
Guest to a close friend bringing no re-
sponse. the marshal called up the firm
Of House, Grossman & Vorhaus, 115
Broadway. explaining the situation.
Miss Nesbit's maid also called up an
other attorney, Hugh McCurty, Of De-
troit, who has been stopping in New
York for some time at the Prince
George Hotel. A telegram was sent to
Miss Nesbit's mother In Philadelphia.
After wait OF three hours the
marshal proceeded with the dispossess
1t was then about 1890. The tearoom
tables had been moved to the sidewalk
when the telephone bell rang again.
The marshal answered. Miss Nesbit
was speaking.
1--WE taken enough morphine to kill
truck horse" she said, sobbing, "and
don't care what you do"
Finds Her on the Floor
Marshal Kelly said she then dropped
the receiver and he heard 1t bang
against the wall. With two Of the
mattresses he rushed upstairs. Miss
Nesbt had fallen to the floor, and the
maid had picked her UP and laid her
on the bed.
Kelly and the maid at once began
telephoning for doctors. A neighbor
called Policeman Patrick Harty. Of the
West Forty-second Street station, who
in turn sent for an ambulance.
DR.. Howard o. Rothman, of 439 West
Forty Street, went to Miss
Nesbit's apartment. She told him
sleepily she had taken ten or twenty
grains of the drug. A few minutes
later DR.. Lille Jedlicka arrived in
Flower Hospital ambulance, but left
the case in DR.. Rothmans hands.
The physician gave Miss Nesbit
black coffee in large quantities, and
the mattresses walked her about the
apartment to fight OFF the drowsiness
induced by the drug. By a o'clock in
the afternoon the patient was better.
Benedict Leerburger, of House, Gross
man Vorhaus, who arrived after the
drug had been taken. said that Miss
Nesbit had been given an extension
until Monday to pay her rent
Yesterday was the second attempt to