Marriage: 10/13/1886, Concord, New Hampshire

Burial: 7/31/1901

∼"HAD A BULLET IN HER BREAST
Mrs. Edith Thomas of the University Settlement Found Dying in Her Bedroom.
Mrs. Edith Thomas, manager of the branch home of the University Settlement, at 38 King Street, was found lying on the floor of her bedroom last evening with a bullet wound in her left breast. She died soon afterward. It is believed the woman committed suicide.
She was thirty-seven years old, and lived at the home with her husband, Bond Thomas, who was also employed about the place. At the time of the shooting the latter and Mrs. E. Hodges, an elderly woman, were on the top floor of the building. Thomas ran down to the second floor and found the two doors leading to the hallway locked. He forced one of the doors, and going to his wife's bedroom found her lying on the floor near the bed. She was partially dressed and blood was flowing from a wound in the left breast. She was unconscious and died in a few minutes.
Dr. John Hodgson of 29 Washington Square North, who was summoned, but arrived too late to be of assistance, said he had treated the woman for nervous prostration three times within the last three months. About a year ago she had taken the "rest" cure. Detective Lawrence Cornell of the Macdougal Street Station was detailed to make an investigation, and the Coroner was notified.
At the main home of the University Settlement, Eldridge and Rivington Streets, it was said that Mrs. Thomas was a lawyer and was attached to the Legal Aid Society branch at the building until her removal to the West Side Branch at 38 King Street. The latter was opened in November, 1900, its principal work being among the Italians.
Mrs. Thomas a few years ago became known as a writer of fiction by winning a prize offered by a newspaper. It is said she has written several novels.
It was said that the dead woman before her marriage was Miss Edith Carpenter of Concord, N.H.
It was said by some residents in the neighborhood that the woman was seen playing the piano during the afternoon, and that she seemed to be happy."

The New York Times. NYC, NY. 15 May 1901