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Show odefu raqedylniifinishgd , ove ong - i'is J Shocking End ? 1 of the Beautiful Mrs. Brewster's Romantic Shipboard Friendship, A i I Abort: A ''SE . Photographic lV mSS ' . Copy of the Last Psrt of JKX I he Fatal Lov LWtot 1fifc' I Which Brewster Found in His i Wife's Waste Paper Basket and Piecrt J Together, With the FlrBt Few Notes of the Old . Spanish Love Song. Which Was Associated r With the Meetinr on Shipboard Between Mia. IO 1 Brewsttr and per Romantic Admirer, th ' Mysterious "Rod" or R!" I Fi-iehds of Mrs. Brewster have -J claimed that this f ileiidcMrj between s. rA the mining engineer and the pretty fs(i society woman was entirely i'ifW- vr"Sj-leas--a few strolls on the dock to admire the dartling Ironical -naooh, XI two voices blefutod togetfer In some ' ' half-forgotten melody, or long, in- ( j timate periods of silence, a a mail t and a woman leaned together over fjVm Above: Mrs. Frances Tracy s. fY. Brewster, Talented and Beautiful Young Wife of the Jealous Society Man, AfXY Whose Interest in the ft) Middle-Aged Mining Engineer Resulted in the Awful Tragedy of Murder Aa and Suicide in Her Long (JlgS Island Home. "Hardly had tne seven notes, in six-eight ttme, died awuy tha n two shots from a .45 caliber arrov - followed a funeral dirge," "Yet each man kills the thing he loves, "5fS-i wfe etch let this be heard, y j 9K Some do it with a bitter look, v5 ' Some with a flattering word, e coward does it with a kiss, ojN The brave man with a sword. Aj1Q T UT it was a single bar of music, a snatch oi t II a tl'PicaI 've song, that a grizzled engi-(fUvj engi-(fUvj neer, unknowingly, used to bring death to J his beautiful sweetheart, three thousand miles J away from him, in the heart of Long Island fcTJy society. Sydney Brewster and his wife had been VV quarreling, the listening servants later told ( lj h Romantic Shipboard fne,"S" S ; " j r j j ''' 3f her and himself. tl en had killed both . healft. - . n t, o c ' ' HI letter and this is just a line or two to catch -(oiie Back in 1923 the New York social season was c:,' Ana of the iK Frait line Mrs down the continent searching for gold, WT JB 1 e post, which goes out very soon. I wai brilliantly opened by the marriage of Frances far "was a musician At toes, under e copper-and peace. He was an un- ' ' V Hltk ' " " TvT," V? ' W ' M fw Tracy Lyon, member of the New York Junior soft ravs of the Southern moon she would enter conventional type, a man far from 1 tSWmMKKWTl" I i you, for I have thought and held you ln.'hiy J4 If N? League, to Sidney E. Brewster, wealthy descen taf t I dMh the gilded superficialities of society, ' JMBT''- 1 mind and thoughts so much and w long you HI ' fU dant of the Mayflower Brewsters. Theedding ni' foTgf U at ' sh ad i," ed " p tLe toughtened by a life-long struggle with 'I - LTw the miles f , J C was Performed at Calvary Church and practically tropics, accompanying herself on a banjo or the world and the elements. '.BEf f. . . ,. -. between us. . . 11 si every notable or New York society was present. ukulele while he reflected the adven- JS ? I, ', , r t-Stf Soon I will write you more of mywlf and my U i wl iJR The young couple at once took a prominent Among the other passengers who were at- turer's life, and his sunburned hands I W i I , ' Jjs doings, .rave at my interesting thought .'I'm j4Afj;, place in Long Island society, Their entire lives tracted by her charming voice was a bronzed Lad frequently demonstrated their , ilft 3jjt ' ? 'I 1 rVi'Jli lone'y nd miseraMe as can be and Jurt have kj aO were devoted to social functions and they were mining engineer, a man old enough to be her ability with , a gun, those ;hands were f 'WMJT , ' ? ! I J one houghl and that, to'Jet aWT whwt I ffSl universally popular and respected. father who also known m a hundred mining camps ' ' W ( J vfm4 yw even for a Uttla. ; Oh, I have ''Afv Vvl Yet as on season followed another ..,. had grown or the music they could transpose on fl s-i i Jm J'.ftJKftf iisvd you so ami even-thing you mean. Of JW with their only interests in each other ' erav wander- tf"' inKHng kcy of some music hall f M j" 'gf I- T 7 couwe ' ' I should; bur never drearhud RfCK I PVM and in the formal entertainments of 'mmm&896&'' ins: up and piano. For music was thel mistress of i li 8 7 I ffl If how hard ' was fo'n to be. V .. . iHfJ.( f II ivt their set, friction gradually began to f' 7 ,ji ' U i i 8 ' t" ' f 7 ou lear, stray girl. Tracy, whose name f VJP j "j C '''''' ' ' 1 ' ' '.l i1 'j V; "'ypto the Pana. ? aplLl '"g -IT .-''j : T PotoltI'al,hTrfkMr"!;hs',dtney ,eilR ben..W U'ncd' I' ll hi fl of Samuel Sturgis, wife f IUeEtST; 8UCnal Thc Brawestere were dressing for dinner, the lsjf j by her' sister, P Mrs. S XjS0 pny' such un interesting lsh.-d husband and the mUM'a-ac-i ovVVtrr.'' Sh-rir.!.n '! . ..''' , m,0'mWBT'' ' voice as Mrs. Brewster's on , At any rate she wundvTad.raro Cite Bjrt;roojn Tnll T Mr- : the 'piano. And before the evening had closed, and sank to the, njapo stpul, iUrfUMpi Strayed bV .MIR' weeks were spent m vr .... B. .... , ... , , his playing bad made him a welcomed member over the piano keys, striking bSSta chords 'MF ! the Canal Zone, and at ' 1 Brewster Home at Glen Ove, L. I., Where of 1ItUe group for ,e remainder, of the and then almost unconsciously 53Sjj((i Idle :: J V ' ' I -S the Popular Young Society CopIe Lived and voyage. the Spanish love sbrig, the rnftlody ft WnTh W 'W nE n r v j ' Where the Terrible Double Tragedy Occurred. But he had done more than fascinate these the other man hail signed his :!ova;)et&ir. Hf'tYfc , e-V5J fmcers H. K.King and new friends with his music On the lilt of. an It was -.a fatal choit on her, part. "BtwaUr. I aS I .Her"an H?(k.0 i ' - ,v y a A ' v eerie Spanish love song he had edged his way with theletter In W pocVet, Vrtn the bid- or I A0 i.JM Glen Cove L I., Police S: ; ' this grizzled adventurers soul. K is was the rest- . polished heart of Frances Tracy music scaring his brain, leaped1 through the J,.-r, L tN , aminlntr the .4o- ... . . less wandering of a composer without a medium, Brewster, feaqh night she begged him tq repeat Spinning the beautiful, woman around he fairly ENTrfU 1 VP C wbru 4rumy- A"-,mll,c .,-.. ; W & a musiemn forced to turn his hands to the reah- that strange melody of casual gypsy-love. To drag, her bk Sfto Verion.. Vat his ft. 1,1V VUE With -Which !': j J y$f ties of life. her it reflected not only the heart-hungry singer, caught up his aro auU)mla. Tw; criiip shot. fVUi. ; lr nrewster tiiew nis ue JJM ,i-l Timidly, at first, he edged hte way into the but it also echoed all the romance and adventure were the . r o-oke"! aft c; ::.i.y treia MTWyi.J I s 811 unse BS. - Kay STOUP of society folk who made up the deck that her own life had never known. three thousand miles u-ay. sT-J Y B hJLI "&!. Nwipw- Fum amice. HOC ihi il WilerrMwf iJUtt' Sen l) 1 1 1 S '! -v the Coroner. In a fit of re-i re-i bellion at her husband's scorn-J scorn-J tul words and her own society bound life, the woman turned away, was heard to stroll to her piano in the adjoining room. A flyv few noisy chords, and then her yL V fingers strayed into a song of Wjt romance, a melody she had learned from an unconventional man who had wandered into her J married life and then disap-(V?vl disap-(V?vl peared before it was too late. )fJt The tragedy lay in the fact "y that the music was also known TOvC to her husband, according to the k Coroner. The torn bits of a HOy letter were later found near Brewster's body, a romantic It letter written to his wife by the I f man in far away Mexico. And the end of that time Mrs. Brewster was once more in radiant health. yyfl the letter had ended with that same bar of la Wy music his wife was now playing, music that echoed of madness and moonlight. Msr Hardly had the seven notes, in six-eight "jit time died away than two shots from a .45 Jtvyy. caliber army automatic followed a funeral wH 'Jj d'rge. Sydney Brewster had dragged his beauti- 'SESt w'e away from the piano back into the bed- 4(t room, slammed the door and then had killed both u . vai her and himself. Mf s Back in 1923 the New York social season was h JT V brilliantly opened by the marriage of Frances I rr Tracy Lyon, member of the New York Junior I I lu i League, to Sidney E. Brewster, wealthy descen I? I'll dant of the Mayflower Brewsters. The wedding k7 was performed at Calvary Church and practically Tnit every notable of New York society was present. )jV The young couple at once took a prominent place in Long Island society. Their entire lives , XfCaW were devoted to social functions and they were the prow pondering together on the phos- lA jC phorescent waves and their own many-colored j thoughts. But before either man or womsn knew their T3 ow;n mind, perhaps, the steamer had rvAched ThtJ' Ne York. On the wharf to greet her was her 3uf husband, Sydney Bwwstet. For -a tiint l.e'r aWT? new friend Was forgotten. Society osm gPt her n6 I up once mote in its ttrennous lound of arti- V' CM I I ficial gayety. . , tS I One other meeting occii-rd between the I mining engineer1' and ti.e cocirty vS1'!!. At yP-J the hjirne, of Mrs. Slmui- .jht, Mr:-Bre"w- . . star's sister, a dinner wm fivtn in-his hoiW, t arid Mr. and Mrs. rJrewtr were Invited. along 1 pnT with several other mcj'iibors of the steardar TAl. i Just what occurred 'hat evening has never ' f been made completely public. It is believed, 4 j however, that FVances T.-ccy Brewster made leJ an all important decision that night. Also wN that her husband may have sensed something itVi. of the conflict which was going on fn her '?j mind. At. any rate, a few days later the rn'in- ita rS feg engineer abrupfly sailed from Ne York - i for the rhbuhtains' of MeSifco.' It was also d1s- ' covered, later, that Sydney Brewster . made ' 1 a new will the f116wing. day cutting 'ttt his V-7' ; wife entirely. . -" , -jflCX What took place two months later will never tP? be known in all detail. But clever work on . the part of tne Coroner, the teatlrriony of. the SXRv' Bervants, ahd the evidence' oi intimate friends PVSS of the family, have pretty well reconstructed K Vt 1 . , the tragedy. . y ; , Mrs. Brewster had received a letter from 13 far away Mexico. She had evidently torn it II up.- And her husband, hfs jealousy aroused fttyn by a farewell scene, whieb he is belieVe'd to VysL have witnessed between the Mesican mining S ingineer and his wife, had carefully pieced iff VOj J the letter Sogether when he had found' it In lrat" the waste basket St .-' The letter read in paril itv VKX Tracy Dearest: I J JJ I 1 am just back from a long trip By tnuls 1 In the mountains of Purango. I found yoiir vl vS letter and this is just a lius or two to catch j ! . , . the post, which goes out very soon. I wis ff r1 happy to nave yduVleltef and to Show fcout ' T 1 you, for I have thought and held you lti'tny Vy ffs f: mind and thoughts so much and so long you f fT 1 must hae felt some oi U across the m'les j ' I L9 between1 us. . . ! "Vd ' Soon I will write you more of myself ancrrny v, TiNH & doings, .rave at my Interesting thoughts. -'I'm SrHp,.' m lonely and miserable as can lie and jusl have rnji M W one hourht, and that, toet avry where I , iBHSw' f. can see you-even for a lfttle, Oh, 1 have '''JBttfyK f niissvd you .so arid everj'thing you mean.. .0 WtiiSf1 p - edurse f' knew- 1 should;'' but never dreirmod kBs&T how hard it was going to be. : . ;' I ' You dear, stray girl, Tracy,, whose name VJk ' ' the wind sings in the trees arid whose face ' T-V ) : lingers in the dusk of twilight that cloud I these old hilbj. Are you well, and (juita all Jft I I ;, nght, 1 wonder ? All my thought i with 'you f nd of vou, and I reach again for yedr hand H JK nc;ross the, miles between us. I mnst hurry ( j' , i this. Please let me know soon" about you, n(r will you, dear? Always youriS, BOD. 7 I Below the impassioned sentences was a single , fl.H bar of music from the" haunting parrish love IKSSll song of the steamer rorriamfe. .And Brewster ' V I had learned that "Rod" waa the- nlok Bfcme of a , ' well-known mining engineer,, JRoscoe Conkllng, )?r1 '' who had been his wife's const-nt foWpSnToh on : Iff M The Brawesters were dressing for dinner, the III ff ' heart. them., biakettr. ac. Jtt) My " been their habit mcrSasltrgry of ite. FiaspenKd KTJrf) at last, Mrs. Brewster turned h bai en Itt ytw'' husband. 1'erhaps for on matajit alie rfgraud frC the choice that 'sW 4tW-rh Bifvap 'lldr 'to? ' ished husband and the midd!o-sri adventurer. jSr , Af any rate-she wandered, tr.ro Cle pejrttrooii 1r . 1 and sank to the, njapo stpul, IUr..fbjis itryjld H J over the piano keys, striking bwuHfuJ chords and then almost Mnconejeiouslv ftiMil lute a i the Spanish love sbrig, Che rnelody VfttTV-nTch WT the other, man hail signed his :lova;)eteT. l'fS It was.a fatal ebon on her, part. 'Brvalr, I tVS 5 . with the; letter In W pocket, Wi the bier bjf I " A0 music searing his brain, leaped throug--,th or, Ifrv ill Spinning the beautiful-woman arpur..'. he fairiy pSjirfS dragged her biA JSlo th beroem. foer ha RlIi f caught up his uroiy jiitorns. Twc rriirt) aVota t?Zr' I were the a-utwt i to . t.-oken 'aft, ci r.'.sli-iy ircm tvWiiJ three thousand m"jtfW. B"' Then came the return journey on the S. S. Santa Ana of the United Fruit line. Mrs. Brewster was a musician. At times, under the soft rays of the Southern moon, she would entertain enter-tain her friends on the deck with haunting sentimental senti-mental songs that she had picked up in the tropics, accompanying herself on a banjo or ukulele. Among the other passengers who were attracted at-tracted by her charming voice was a bronzed mining engineer, a man old enough to be her down the continent seardhing for gold, copper and peace. He was an unconventional un-conventional tjnpe, a man far from the gilded superficialities of society, toughtened by a life-long struggle with the world and the elements. But while he reflected the adventurer's adven-turer's life, and his sunburned hands had frequently demonstrated their ability with a gun, those hands were also known in a hundred mtining camps for the music they could transpose on the jangling keys of somes music hall piano. For music was theimistress of bS universally popular and respected. KiuS- as one 6eason followed another II w' their only interests in each other llfi and 'n e formal entertainments of aljv "their set, friction gradually began to iTl occur between them, n j According to friends, however, 1 1 they might have drifted on through I U lif e acclaimed as a happily married UWjP couple but for a fate- I lw -u Jntervention. Mrs. it Brewster developed an attack of appendicitis IsSft last Winter. And not oSu, rallying as fast as she U W should the doctors rec- yai ommended a sea trip IHlfitX as beneficial. Photograph of Mrs. Sydney Brewster Taken Shortly Before She SaUed On the Ill-Fated Trip to the Canal , Zone for Her Health. party. He begged that he might be allowed to accompany accom-pany such an interesting voice as Mrs. Brewster's on ' III I A trip to the Pana- isl lu ma Canal as the guest ffl u Samue' Sturgis, wife fsajw e American gen- JH'Z eral commanding the yfiay zone, was finally de-cided de-cided on. Mrs. Brow-ster Brow-ster was accompanied mlWe" by her sister, Mrs. lHllr Sherman Haight, and UMvr Mr. Haight. Seven IfB weeks were spent in , the Canal Zone, and at Mi Oncers H. R. King and Vi i Herman Huck of the Glen Cove, L. I., Police ?"NJVel) i Examining the .45- u 1 Yr Calibre Army Automatic ) r With -Which Sydney iSjT Brewster Slew His Wife JosfVTfi and Himself. the "piano. And before the dyennighad closed, his playing had made him a welcomed member of the little group for the remainder of the voyage. But he had done more than fascinate these new friends with his music. On the lilt of an eerie Spanish love song he had edged his way into the polished heart of Frances Tracy Brewster. Each night she begged- him tq repeat that strange melody of casual gypsy-love. To her it reflected not only the heart-hungry singer, but it also echoed all the romance ahd adventure that her own life had never known. th ... . - . The Brewster Home at Glen Cfeve, L. I., Where the Popular Young Society Cofcrple Lived and Where the Terrible Double Tragedy Occurred. i this grizzled adventurer's soul. B'is was the restless rest-less wandering of a composer witlhout a medium, a musician forced to turn his hands to the reali-L reali-L ties of life. Timidly, at first, he edged hjfe way into the 1 gay group of society folk who made up the deck X NewvpeiMr Ft Smloe, HOC '"" ' 1 ' '" - ' " . :,'.:.:.: - - i ' i: -r " - - ,. -.rv-'- x-i, i .',;s,vl , . - w . ... i . 1,1',! . V-. 4-'. V ,tT - |
