Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-01-24
Sad Case of Love and Suicide at
Manchester, N ii.

Sad Case of Love and Suicide at
Manchester, n. II.
We condense from the Manchester N.
H., Ntrror, the following garticulars of a
melancholy incident whlt6 Nranspired III
that city On Thursday evening 9Th January,
1862
Miss Sarah f. Watson, young lady
nearly II years Of age, suddenly disappear
ed, and under such circumstances as to rem
der almost certain the apprehension that
she has been her own destroyer. On Tues
day she received letter from one Daniel
Emery, now at Port Royal with the 4th N.
II. Begiment, stating that Mr.. John p.
Smith, to whom she is said to have been
engaged, had died there. Her own wishes
and feelings prompted her to disbelieve the
statement, but from Mrs. Smith, the wife of
Of her lovers brother, she learned that the
report was true.
From that time settled melancholy has
attended her, which together with slight
Illness this week, may have caused her
mind TO wander. The last seen Of her was
last night, about o'clock, when she left
her boarding place. No. As Manchester Cor
poration. Her roommate inquired for her,
and being unable to discover her where
abou;s, ventured to open letter letl lying
on her table addressed to Daniel Emery,
which stated, in substance, that she had nc
friends to live for; that this was cold un-
charitable world, and that having lost her
lover, she had nothing TO live fer, and be-
fore another sun she should be in the spirit
land. The letter limited that drowning in
the Canal would be the means of her de-
struction. a search revealed her tracks in
the snow near the canal between the two
bridges above the Stark Mills, and indica.
tions are that she threw herself into the
water at that place. To-day the canal is
beng dragged, but al the time OF Eririrg
her body had not been recovered.
She was a respectable young lady, was
employed in the Hosiery Room of the Man.
chester Mills, under Mr.. Z. Ames, and had
been at her present boarding place about .
months. She has an aunt and uncle a
Manchester Centre, with whom she made
her home.
The Mirror of Saturday thus continues
the melancholy record
Raking the canal yesterday afternoon did
not discover the body of Miss Watsno, and
last evening It was deemed best to draw il
off, there being no doubt that she had met
her death in IFS waters. Tie boats used
during the afternoon search had, it seems,
passed two or three times over the spot
where the body was at last found, but the
depth of water prevented its recovery,
About 10 o'clock last night there being then
but two or three feet Of wafer in the canal,
she was discovered lying oa the bottom,
near the Amoskeag Counting room, at the
foot of Middle St.
On the side of the Mills running nearly
the whole length, and about foot above
highwater mark, is a narrow platform, used
more particularly for the purpose of wash
ing the windows. To this it was attempted
to raise the body by means of ladder on
which the body was laid, and ropes. On
the platform stood AIr. Wm. G. Perry,
Sup't. of the Amoskeag Corporation, his
son, and Mr.. Geo. +. Judkins, for the pur-
pose of raising the body, when the platform
gave way, precipitating the three persons
above named to the bed of the canal, dis
tance of 8 or 10 feet. Mr.. Judkins
struck on his head in the water, and re-
ceived a severe cut on the forehead, and al
SO suffered sprain in the right arm and
shoulder by the falling planks. This morn
ing he is quite comfortable. Mr.. Wm.
Perry was uninjured, but his son received
some bruises.
The body was finally taken out and con-
veyed to her boarding place, No. rs
Manchester Corporations.
Mr.. Smith, whose death is alleged to have
been the cause of this melancholy suicide,
was a corporal in Co. f, 4th n. II. Regi-
ment. She is reported TO have said that
sho should never again visit the depot until
she went to welcome him home.
At The time our reporter left ii had not
been determined when and where her fu-
neral should take place, but there was some
talk of having Mr.. Smiths body sent on
from Port Royal and having the lovers
buried together.
Wepubiish below her last letter, directed
to Daniel Emery, frOm whom she had just
received the news of Mr.. Smiths death.
which gives her whole history, and sets
forth the causes for her recent act:
MANCHESTER, Jan. oh, 1862.
Mr.. E-Kind Friend
Once more seat myself to write
10 you. You viii please forgive me for