Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-08-30 | Page 1 | Well Dressed Girl Shoots Herself

WELL DRESSED GIRL SHOOTS HERSELF New York. Aug. 30, Willie surgeons sur-geons In Flower hospital were making mak-ing every effort today to save the life of the fashionably attired young woman who shot and seriously wounded wound-ed herself In the crowded hotel Astor late last night, the attempts of the authorities to obtain a clue to the woman's identity wero unrewarded. She still persisted in refusing to answer an-swer questions. Whenever an effort was made to get her to say who she I was she would bite her lips and shake her head negatively. Surgeons today said the young woman's wom-an's condition was serious and that an operation would be necessary during dur-ing the day. She walked Into the hotel -shortly before midnight last nlpht. seated herself her-self In the woman's room and a moment mo-ment later shot herself lu the breast. She was conscious when taken to the bospltal. ' I did It myself" was all she would say, steadfastly refusing to tell who she was or where she lived. She Is alout 25 years old. medium height aud light complexion, wore no jewelry and had only a email amount of money with her.