New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-05
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onntSius The 1OlfONDR psisiStsoAo Va VIZ
srsslay suicide at Maiden, Mass oi "ncn soino -
s1nat vac given on Wednes1sy , - ~;
- nsmed Munroe, carrier oy usae, ana IA,
c ssys been heard Of late TO declare thst they di
N;p 20 i've spy ionger-tbe man, IT IL we're no.
lo' 49,. liz And ste being somewhat s'cky, sad she
,SanI uisb 20 die, il il were not for her husband.
a,rss,s tbs. they made agreement TO ole to.
,stbsI by suicide and TO make the oct c,moete Ana
sss';, ;bsv in the FIRE. place took s1dsnun, after
1h;eh tbsy msde the chamber cir tight, and before
s.i;rc .o ksi placed vessel of lighted charcoal 10
tss center Of the Some OF the inmates OF Inc
louse were awakened oy the iumes OK tae oulnps
chs,oos and suspicious being aroused the door OF the
room occupied by the Murroes was burst open.
r Here strange sight presented itself. Inc woman
Tss quite dead upon the bed with her hands 20 closely
EcSed in those OF her husband tbs. they were sepa
,.tId only by strorg effort. The husband wss not
dssS but insensible, and attempts were made 10
restore him, with some probability OF success
Mr.. hanroe wass curier, N business ~ nauou'
he formerly resided in Cambridge, and also 10 Charles
tovp but more recently, we believe, In Dednsn. ne
Wss about 81 years Of sge and bis vile 10. Inc
woman was bis second wife, and they had been mar
hv.d h a double one owned by Mr. FSrsr. who occu-
med one half Of it, and it is the last house on SPragae
street at the foot Of the bill The sst that was seen
Of Mr. and Mrs. MuDrOe was on Sunday evening, wnen
thew seemed in good spirits and both called INTO Mr.
Fsrya,s froIt room N the other side of the entry and
exchanged q few pleasant words. Mr.. VIM. Harlow,
whose place Of residence well as bis business sand
as ma, bic worker close by states that MS vile
bsd occasion 10 rise account of sore foger, sew
ersl times Sunday night, and saw hght burnog IN
the sitting room Of Hrs. Muoroe late as O'Clock.
Ire bedroom which the old folks occupied was rlgh.
of the stting-room, back; IN tront room on the
lower floor their slept, VINO is between 5 and 70
years Of age, ard proftsbiy engaged IN the segar
business in Boston; and maiden lzdy, VINO occupied
the poet of bousekeeper, slept up stais The house
keeper, on coming down at o'clock on Monday
morning. discovered empty vial, LABELED " Iauda-
num-" on the table Of the stingroom and also let.
fer There was smell Of charcoal in the room, aud
vbs. alarmed her most that the door Of the little
bach bedroom was shut. Overwhelmed with q con-
scnusness that something fearful had taken place. she
tot,.red through the entry TO the young mans roon
and called him; but she was unable to state why
she wanted him. he supposed It was hrs usual morn
ng csI and did net get up until che called agSn: lie
went into the back room, saw the vial, opened the
letter and, after reading fentence or Two, rusned
into the street. MeBsre Falrsr and Harlow had by
this time been called and, opening the door OF the
little bedroom, were nearly stiiled by the fumes OF
charcoal. Tne window was thrown open, and Mrs.
hunrOs was found to be dead, while Mr.. Murfoe was
insettible, but breathing heavily.
AT the foot Of the bed stood pan OF lighted char
ooa II is yet uncertain how the deed was accom-,
plshed-that Is. whether the audanum was shared
between them, taken by only ons-or at whst time
in the history ef the tragedy the charcoal was lighted
Nothing but the post mortem osn throw any hgnt on
that subject. Mr.. Munroe lay insensibe from the
time he was found With little change, up to O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, and Justice Is. G.. I'LL Of alden
wss awaiting the result befor proceeding 10 mold the
Inquest Several doctors had been in attendance and
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recover in that case Of course he could refuse TO an
swer spy question: person is bound to criminate
hin self ard be would if he lived be- liable Tor diieet-
ly OF Indirectly causing the death Of his wife. The
letter left behind, which is supposed to be in Mr..
Munroes sn6writing, bore reference simply TO the
distribution of the little personal property winch the
deceased possessed.
the part of Mr. Munroe at least, the affair has been
pIemeditated for months. He has been repeatedly
heard 70 make Of expressions indicating that ne
wss tired of life, that he did not care how soon ne
would leave off work forever and the like, coupled,
however with deeire that ne should not i've longer
than his wife. She has been al invalid for long
time, and depended on bim for assistance 10 movipg
arourd the be ouse and il is said no one could have
been more devoted than be was, albeit, enc was Elk
teen years his senior. They were neither OF tasm
members or attendants on any Christian church. The
psokng pp their worldly goods in trunks to be dis
Of according to the directions Of the letter they
ie and even articles for srouds were placed on the
top Of bureau drawer. They were not in strsg,ened
cicumstsrces and if they hsd been, would have
been cared for, one of their cons is married and
resident al Lynn aud the other, who lived with them,
is single and has repeatedly urged them to make
themselves comfortable on that score. The old lady
has been heard TO that she would not care TO hve
afflicted she was, If 1t were not for her hush and
Mr. Muproe expected loss of 900 on some hides
which he possessed but this Is not thought TO nave
affected the result. -
EXCITEMENT on BOARD OF STEAMBoir-SBocK-
ING ScESE.-Lsst evening as the steam ferry6oat
Eclipse was making her last trip to tins city from
Gloucester wild Of excitement was oc cssioned
by q disturbance on board between two females dur
ing which the alarm of fire sounded This caused
the greatest excitement board particularly among
the females and children several OF the tormer anseo
Iepreservers sought for, aud was with gress
difficulty that some OF the passengers could 0e pre-.
vented from jumping overheard. On the ARRIVAL OF
the boat at the wharf, the womsp who cauesa the
difficulty was arrested by police officer she beng
nevbst intoxicated, aud great difficulty was ex-
her along the street, Inc ON 'cT
was about putting the nippers upon her ou. the crowd
demanded II at they should be taken OIL Sac was
then shouldered by six and carried TO the Union
street staop. .honse followed by large crowd of men
and bows The efforts Of the woman to be released
from ksr cspors stripped her nearly OF all clothlng,
Sxd portion OF the way she was slmost naked. AS
the steamboat Peytons returning from Gloucester
TO this city, after the above occurrence two or three OF
the grdefs supporting the upper deck on the rlgnt
side OF the boat, gave way with a loud crash Inis
caused quite panic among the passengers, ana cry
Of ire raised which still further decreased the ex
ci.ement. The greatest CONSERVATION prevailed and
lie preservers were in great demand These articles
were taken possession CT by the male passengers
While tae females, with bat one exception, ware al.
kwedto do the best they ooald. passing vessel
stopped and offered TO render assissoce. but was
soon g. ascertsinsd that there need OF hsr ser
vice, and the boat came up to tue city without any
further delay. No one injured. TIE scarcity OF
hfs pYeseivers much complained Of by the pas
sepcers, many Of whom searched in vain for them,
ana pasterger states that there was not more than
some of the ropes attached 70 the corks eH,sey
600 short for ordinary sized nan, while others
se weak ss 10 bresk on being handled 10y the pas
sereeYs Philsdelphis Lsdssr, Aug.
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