The New York Times/1916/11/22/Rent Due, Kills Herself
Mrs. Wallace Drinks Poison and Dies Clutching an Unfired Revolver.
RENT DUE, KILLS HERSELF.
Mrs. Wallace Drinks Poison and Dies Clutching an Unfired Revolver.
Miss Clara Frazee returned home to her apartment at 164 West 147th Street yesterday afternoon and found her friend, Mrs. Mabel Wallace, 24 years old, who lived with her, dead in bed with a revolver clutched in her right hand. The revolver had not been fired, Coroner Feinberg said later, but evidence that Mrs. Wallace had taken cyanide of potassium was found in a glass on a dresser near the bed.
Miss Frazee explained that Mrs. Wallace had been unable to pay the rent of $9 which fell due yesterday, and had become morose when her husband left the city to find work several days ago.