Show PROBE BEGUN IN MYSTERY HOTEL DEATH Stepdaughter of Admiral Admira Hangs Herself Police K Kep ep Note Secret OFFICERS TRACE CLUES S. S Report Frantic Telephone Calls to Room By SIDNEY B. B WHIPPLE United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK Dec 17 A 17 A sealed scaled letter etter to the police which authorities authentic refused to make public held the secret today of the thc suicide of ot Mrs Reeves Brace artist author and stepdaughter stepdaughter step step- daughter of ot Rear Admiral A. A L. L Par sons ons This will explain everything Mrs Bruce had written on the envelope before she made a noose of ot a silk stocking and died from strangulation in her suite at the Hotel Governor Governo Clinton There was however one other unexplained unexplained un explained phase of the case casc In a note directed to Inspector Albert Moore of the New York state police at Woodstock N. N Y Mrs Bruce said Dear Al AI This is a happy land landS ing Ing Reeves tog Moore Moor found at Troy ore pr-ore 1 dJ t know kno Mrs Brace only slightly I I knew her he said not no too well He l said aid he was unable to throw any light on the mystery Mrs Brace a year old woman o of culture and beauty had been separated separated separated sep sep- for a short time from her husband husband hus band according to Woodstock re ports Her husband Ernest Brace i ia is isa isa a relative of or members of oC the publishing publish ing firm of Harcourt Brace Co and Mrs Brace had recently completed com a childrens children's book which was scheduled for early publication ADMIRAL ON WAY While her stepfather Admiral Parsons Parsons Par Par- sons was on his way from Washington Washing ton to New York with Mrs Braces Brace's mother police checked the lives o othe of the literary and md artistic set at Woodstock Wood stock of which Mrs Brace was a member Mrs Brace registered at the Hotel Hole Governor Clinton Thursday after the police pollee say she had visited her parents in Washington During the four hours before beCore her body was dis discovered frantic telephone telephone tele phone calls had been made from Washington to her room the result it is believed of ot some disturbing let Iter ter Mrs Brace had written her mother To each of these telephone calls the hotel operator gave the thc same reply She is out Becoming suspicious John Mc Me Sweeney an assistant manager of the hotel forced the door to her room and discovered the body swinging from a bathroom door She had been dead several hours The artists' artists colony at Woodstock lock where Mrs Airs Brace was a familiar figure fig ure tire was shocked by news of ot the sui cide Friends of the family pictured Mrs Brace and her husband a sculptor tor as very devoted quiet and con DEVOTED TO CHARITY The Braces made their home In Woodstock several years and in addition ad to her literary work Mrs Brace devoted herself to pain painting tin and charity The Thc suicide note left for Inspector Moore pro provid provided d one of or the ing mysteries s of the case casC Adding to his statement that he knew Mrs Brace only slightly Moore said later that he had become acquainted with Mr and Mrs Brace Admiral and Mrs Parsons and other relatives cc at a dinner din dinner ner party part in Woodstock at the home of a mutual friend I saw her only twice he said and have not communicated with her or seen her since that time |