San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-26
GIRL WHO SHOT
.|uP MANS HOME
| TAKES OWN LIFE
"
Poison Potion Ends Career
is, of Brilliant Woman
Lawyer. y
DIES In DETROIT HOTEL
Slew Caretaker When He
I Protected Wife of Man
sFA She Loved. .
DIES In DETROIT HOTEL

n Detroit, April ga quick acting
and deadly poison, self-administered,
according to the coroner, in a hotel
room here late yesterday, ended the
career of Wanda Elaine Stopa. once
"a Polish immigrant girl. who became
a brilliant lawyer, distinguished for
her mental attachments, and also q
gay figure in the life Of Greenwich
Village in New York.
!. Miss Stopa died just a few hours
before Chicago police, who were seek
s1ng her in connection with the sl.y-
ling of Henry Manning, aged carstaker
,at the home of Y. Kenley Smith.
wealthy advertising man. THURSDAY
had informed local officers she was
registered at Detroit hotel.
\. The woman, according 70 the %
lice, in a jealous rage. went % tse
Smith residence for the purpose ~
killing him and his wife after he had
refused to obtain a divorce. ard shcs
Manning when he ATTEMPTED 70 pro-
!. tect Mrs. Smith.
/ Mystery Surrounds Death
i Mystery surrounded TIE death %
Miss Stopa in Detroit. She register
led at the hotel under the rame OF
Glasgow. A guest at the korsl saw
sthe woman in the writing RON and
Thought he recognized her from news
..paperl photographs. He looked over
her shoulder and saw she vas writ
ing letter TO Mrs. Inez S-cps. 1905
sAugusta street, Chicago. He then
inotified Frank A. Duggan, assistant
manager of the hotel.
When the assistant manager went
ITO the place where the woman had
been sitting, she was gone. according
!, to hotel attaches. According TO the
! coroner the letter was not among
Miss Stopa's effects when he was
'ealled later.
Shortly after the hotel men was
told that Miss Stopa was there,
I. call came from the room occupied by
[, the woman who registered as Glas-
: gov, saying she was ill.
81 A house physician who went to the
room, raped. and receiving no re-
Spouse, opened the door, just in time
to see the woman fall backward on
the bed
She died within a few minutes. On
the dresser was bottle that had
contained poison. .--. ..
The corOner's office was notified
fehu thc UVuN was ldheu 10 du uHutT-
taking establishment. The woman
was fully clothed, extensively but
plainly.
} No report of the suicide was made
to police, according TO officers.
~ Police Get Report.
! Three hours later police were noti-
fled BY Chicago officers that Miss
Stopa had been seen at a hotel in
Detroit. They were told to look for
iher also under the name of Glasgow.
After looking over the hotel register
they discovered the woman had
checked in. At the undertaking es-
Establishment police detectives identified
the woman as Miss Stopa.
According to the coroner, Miss
Stopa had no baggage except small
bag containing lingerie and some
toilet articles.
A letter, signed "Kenley" and ad-
dressed to "Dear Wanda Jean" and
an address book were found also.
The letter threw no light on the
tragedies in Chicago or Detroit.
The address book showed the names
,ef number of prominent persons in
New York City, many of them writ
iers or artists.