Personal Life
Carus fainted at the Great Northern Hotel in Chicago, Illinois after hearing of her lover's suicide in June 1897. James Burrows killed himself in Nashville, Tennessee, where he managed a theater. Carus tried to commit suicide with a revolver after learning of Burrow's demise, but was prevented by her friends. She believed that his mother tried to influence Burrows against her.
In April 1913 Carus secured a judgment against W. Lewis Stevens, a broker. Stevens and his partner, James W. Henning, were accused by her of embezzling more than $2,200 of her money for their own use when their company failed in 1910. Stevens was arrested at the Iroquois Hotel, 49 West 44th Street, New York City.
She was an avid baseball fan who followed the New York Giants of John McGraw. Carus attended every World Series from 1905 - 1913. In a syndicated column she predicted the Giants to be victorious over the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1913 World Series.
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