Evening star., 1932-06-11
PLANNED TO RESIST QUIZ.
Violet Sharpe Told Other Servants She
Would Not Submit to Questions.

ENGLEWOOD, N. j., June IL R.-
"Thevll never take me from this house
again. They'll never question me
again" This hysterical exclamation
was attributed to Violet Sharpe. wait
ress by fellow servants who talked with
her several hours before her suicide IN
the home of Mrs. Dwight w. MorroW
yesterday.
The English girl was questioned four
times before she finally identined q
picture Of Ernest Brinkert, 30-year -oio
cab driver with a criminal record, as
the man with whom she went riding
Charles A. Lindbergh was kidnapped.
Police Go to House.
The girl was uffering from an illness
which abruptly halted the questioning
NV inspector Harry Walsh OF Jersey City
and other police last Thursday night.
She was in her room On the second
Noor when Walsh and his men arrived
tn take her to the State police station
at Alpine for renewed qulzzlng: Mrs.
Morrow's secretary told the maid to get
ready. Blanching, she ran to the outier
and exclaimed: ,,. J.,
won't CO." .,,.,.r,.
nantry seized a water glass and ran to
ber room. There she poured poison
crystals into water and drained the
glass. IN
the butler's pantry. collapsed on the
fioor and died almost Immediately with
out uttering a word Emily Kempalrien,
another maid, found her there. huo-
died mas of starched linen, and ran
screaming to summon other servants
Col Lindbergh was one OF the nrst 10
reach the pantry.
Found No Note.
Police swiftly searched the girls room
for note throwing light on ner act'
hut found none. The can OF poison
half spilled on the floor, was found In
a closet.
The body was taken to an Englewooo
morgue. where DR.. Raphael Glllaoy,
Bergen County physician. performed an
AUTOPSY and pronounced the maid
suicide No plans for disposition OF the
body were disclosed.
Police said their investigations had
disclosed that March / was the nrst
time she was known to have kept COM
panv with man since she entered the
employ of the Morrows. Most OF her
davs off she spent at the Morrow home
In common with other servants In
both the Morrow and Lindbergh homes,
the waitress had spent some time with
the Lindbergh baby the baby having
been favorite Of the servants in both
households. Last Summer she was AZ
the Morrow home in Maine when the
Lindbergh baby was there, but as Tar as
could be ascertained she had not visited
the Hopewell home Of the Lindberghs
prior to the kidnapping.
Miss Morrow in England.
At the Morrow home at the time the
waitress committed suicide were Mrs.
Morrow, Dwight w. Morrow. jr., who Is
home from Amherst, and Col. and Mrs.
Lindbergh.
Miss Elisabeth Morrow. it was dis
closed, sailed for Europe last week and
arrived in England Wednesday. Miss
Constance Morrow. another sister Of
Mrs. Lindbergh, is still in school In New
England.
Mrs. Morrow, her son and daughter
Constance plan TO sail next week for .
brief trip to Europe, where they will
meet Elisabeth. They plan to return
about August /. and meanwhile Col. and
Mrs. Lindbergh, it was said, will spend
the Summer either at Englewood or at
the Morrow Summer home in Maine.
The police searchlight in the Lind
bergh cose centered on the Morrow
household here from the outset, because
It's members were among the few per-
sons who knew of the Lindberghs