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Show TlllUt UrtnUli1 1 Wealthy Woman, Arrested Ar-rested For Smuggling, Hangs Herself New York, March 20. Mrs. TJlancho Carson, of. San Francisco, who was arrested here for smuggling several thousand dollars' worth of jewelry on her arrival from India, committed suicide sui-cide early today by banging herself out of the window of the Hotel Brog-tell. Brog-tell. The body of Mrs. Carson was seen by a pedestrian, swinging from a window win-dow on the eighth floor of the. hotel. Tho clerk was notified and the door ( of Mrs. Carson's room was forced. A rope, tied to the radiator, passed out I of the window and at the end danglod I the body of the woman- The body was still warm. Two notes wore found in the room, one of which was addressed to hor attorney, Harrison Osborn. Their contents wero not made public. Mrs. Carson reached here day bo-fore' bo-fore' yestordaypa'.Jthe' ateamBhlp George Washington. ' She was arrested arrest-ed on the charge of gross undervaluation undervalu-ation and smuggling, af"tor she qon-fessed qon-fessed that she bad smuggled Jcwel-rj Jcwel-rj which the authorities valued at 520.Q00. On her arrival Mrs. Carson had declared de-clared a package of unstrung pearls, but had undervalued them. On her appearance for examination she broke down, and told of the large amount of jewelry she had brought into the country concealed In her hat ' and in her baggage. Released on $2,- 000 bail for further axaminalion Friday, Fri-day, Mrs. Carson presumably went to her hotel. She registered as Mrs. Edwin Carson Car-son of Paris. She was abouC 50 years of ago nnd was making a trip around the world alone. Mrs. Carson evidently had sat up all night and some time after 5 o'olock she untied n rope from a largo package In her room and, fastening one end to a radiator, slipped tho noose around her neck and dropped out of the window. The body was discovered at G o'clock. The second note left by Mrs. Carson Car-son "ft as addiessed to Paul R. May-berrj. May-berrj. No. 919 West Twenty-eighth street, Los Angeles, Cal. In her statement befoie the customs cus-toms officials yesterday Mrs. Carson said: "I will confess that theso unstrung pearls are not the only gemB I have. 1 have also a pair of diamond earrings ear-rings which I conccalod in the lining of my hat I was told that the duties collected here were excessive thought I ought not to pay excessive duties. I regret what I have done. 1 am willing to tell all and give up everything I have purchased, for fair aluatlon. I am willing' to pay the duty - lawyer Oshorn said he did not know of the prcxlous affairs of Mrs. Carson, bu.t said she came from Los Angeles. In her room was a card with her name on It and bearing the address 1925 Gough street, San Francisco. Fran-cisco. Mr. Osborn declined, to open the letter addressed to him until the coroner had completed his examination examina-tion The lottcr addressed to Paul R. Maybcrry began, "Dear Brother," but Its contents were not disclosed. Family Is Wealthy. San Jose, ?al., March 20. Mrs. Blanche Carson' was a daughter ofjho late Hiram Maybury, for .years ono of tho most prominent residents of this city The family is( one of groat wealth and after their mansion hore sas wrecked by the earthquake of 190G, removed to Los Ahgelos |