Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-11-27


yas dropped on llrr So went nto sbagms sbc
liad her sesses after she bctame easier would
dfpwses and lhen, ,startsuddenly and awtkc Re.
ufed MYSELF pbouf three or f0nr O'clock, saw her
-soop aftSrAve said she lelt Relieved Think she
ate piece of toasted bread and roasted apple
IN the morning, not certain Hiram came there
ABOUT eleven o'clock, had not been there since he
went away with the Doctor before daylight, She
wanted some coffee and toasted bread fsh dinner.
about twelve fixed hcr'some, she said as she toast
cd 1t, Aunt this coffee is very ine it is seasoned
just right" said she could stay alone wbud I'VE
eat t-dinner.--ll lliram--got- Through frst aud went
up stairs-whllc Adela,. was washing the dishes
he came. down and said she vented more coffee ;
ook the cup aud turned II ott himself his Sis
ter told him he wosld understanding IL The pantry.
be went in, After finishing my work, went 6p
into the northeast room, and found Hiram wing
on the floor !; he asked me il she had not better
take some salts ! told him 81 burst not nd.
wise" l. offered her rh0bnfb- ind Soule's pills
she siid She could not take them ! looked and
found some sults but they werenot good (slaked, J
she said she did not wish to take hhything more
afraid her spasms wore coming on again6 went
down at a quarter to three and hay down till
four found MhcnI got up he had been to the
| Center and got some salts aud was mixing them
! in n tumblcr Couldn't say that went into her
room till / heard her scream i nIigbt have been
Ihalf an hour or more after he mixed the SalUS,
she was ia awful distress, as fast as she was out
OF one spasm size was in anUther My husband
! was near the house and was called in, also some
of the neighborS think something was srid abpnl
going after The Doctor; think Hiram spoke OF
lit. Her spasns grew harder frothed at the
mouth towards the last did know and now think
she had FIVE or seven spasuls last one very hard,
(witncss evinced some emOtiou,) as 1t passed OH
iher countenancc became familiar AMI llea'anl
mouth, was cosed-tried to shut her eyes aud
couldn't [; she was dead SpasuiS re,eubled tlpSc
of the previous night but were harder, louger and
more frequent. d. Some of her words were " vi
my mother ! shall die :" think she said during
her last sickness, Oh Hiram meet me there y
/, Did not notice anything unusual about Hiram
conduct ; thought he caught her, by the shohde
and raised her up harshly, just before the las
, spusm so we could put pillow under her back =
r Mrs Briggs said to him DON'T do So" Ate
she died, he lay down on the side of. the bed an
! exclaimed "Oh. my God what shall / do"s Dd
ring the afternoon of her death she said 'f Hirar
Ihold me down, hold me close, don't let 60 of me.
: After the fHneral he came to our hoase &c. sal
to inc when he drore aYaylho would be back i
| half an hour. DID not See him again till the tria
G in Chardon / told his brother | was. anXiou
the body should be sent back to York State
fasked him, (IIiraml why not? lie said "fC
various reasons" His brother took the satche
away from our house. Think she said 81 mus
| have taken the wrong vial" '.taai ..rtr-sA
t Cross, Er, was somewhat lengthy bnt elicitc
nothing Of Importance except that witness wa
very positive that difficulty of breathing attende
e the SpasrDS.
Court adjourned to 50 o'clock tomorrow morl