Show REVISED HER NOTION TO DIE DIEL Fannie Stern Wrote That Shed She'd Go to Drown Herself but A dapper young foreigner hurried into I Ithe I Ithe the East Fifty-fifth Fifty street police station late on 0 Saturday night When he lie re removed removed removed re- re moved his hat to address the sergeant the latter sa saw sav that that great drops of ot sweat stood on his forehead Mr Officer said the young man my sister has drowned herself What can I do do Sh She sent a letter to my other sister that she was going to do it Then he translated into English this message written In pencil on OD the back backof V of a a. postal card My Dear Sister Sister Sister-I I have my hair cut down short and I go to drown myself in the Thirty fifth street river It is no longer worth While to live When you get this I will be no more alive God be with you FANNIE STERN We Ve haven't heard of any suicides to tonight tonight tonight to- to night said the sergeant She may not DOt have done it Why dont don't you go where she lives and try and find her and prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent her I d dOnt dOn't nt know here she Is replied t the e brother She left us three months ago Since then I saw sav saher her on the street once only She wouldn't tell me where she Was vas living but said she would be married soon She wouldn't tell me 01 of the man but I think he have what y yot you u say thrown h her r down and she will surely kill herself He explained tearfully wh why he knew she would keep her word Once In the theold theold theold old country when another lover sallee f for r America did she not Jump into int the river and Was she not saved by a brave gendarme who Jumped in after her Monday a very pale and tired young woman walked Into Bellevue She gave the name of Fannie Stern and her address address ad addreSs dress as her brothers brother's house but her mind wandered constantly from one subject to toan another to t er The doctors said she was crazy and sent her to the insane ward but th thy they y could not tell whether her disappointment or the long night of ot wavering between doubt and desire of death had made her mad nor what whal instinct instinct- finally had led her to the hos hos- pital New New York Sun |