The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-06-22

SUICIDE OF A GIRL-On Sunday even
ing last, about the hour of nine o'clock,
young girl named W1LH1lMrxA TAGE
aged nearly sixteen years, jumped into the
Manitowoc river about quarter of mile
above JONES Mill, and wilfully drowned
herself, under circumstances most appalling
and lamentable.
Notice being given to justice SIBREE Of
the occurrence, he summoned jury to
make an inquest concerning the death Of
the deceased. The Justice and Jury, con-
sistlng of ?. J. BLEscH, JosEpu W.
| THoMDs, MICHAEL MAHuNEY, CHARLES
KoRrEN, JERE. CROWLEY, and JOHN ROB
1NsoN. Immediately repaired to the house
| of the father OF the de eceased, where the
following facts were developed on the
INQUEST. Late IN the afternoon of the dav
above mentioned three half grown young
men-one named BATES, another VEG
EARTH and The third called BILL. Ghe last
works in the ship>yard,) went 10 the vicin-
itv Of the deceased's home and enticed
her and another girl to 60 into the small
pines with them. The five went off
together, but were followed at a short
distance by two lads sbou. twelve years of
age each, aid each brother to the girls.
The lads kept on the track of the parties
for some time, when one of the three
above named came to them and offered
them a trihe of money to go back. The
little bows took the bribe and returned,
and about the same time the girl whose
name is not mentioned above, returned to
the home Of deceased-the latter refusing
to 90 with her. 1t was now nearly dark,
and the parents anxious to preserve their
child from further corruption and sin,
went, together with the two lads and
girl spoken of, in search Of their wayward
first-born. They searched for sometime
without success, but after time dog
that went with the father disodged the
party from pine thicket not far from the
river. The father took after the young
scoundrels who thus before his eyes he
found debauching his 6aughter-tEey
and the girl ran in opposite directions.
The mother encountered the cir. near the
road, where she took off her bonnet and
threw it on the ground, and went straight
wav toward the river. Her mother called
her to come back, but Cd she went. The
two lads and the other girl tried to catch
her, but she kept in advance Of them all,
and reaching the river bank she went
down the steep declivity in haste till she
reached the waters edge, and there she
stopped deliberately took off her hoops
skirt; took the net off her head, and the
comb out Of her hair, and threw them on
the ground. BY this time the boys had
gone down the bank, and had got within
ten feet of her, but she forbade them
coming near her at their peril. Aud Just
then, when the unhappy mother had
reached the bank of the stream, with her
eyes full upon her erring daughter, this
rash, thoughtless, needless, unfortunate
girl, with curses on her lips, and anger in
her heart with the eye of God and the
light of the pale moon upon her, took one
fearful, fatal leap into the deep engulfing
stream. and with loud splash sank be-
meath the surface of the waters. The
water closed over her, and nothing but
the circle on The face of The stream indi>
Gated the place of the suicide. The father
of the unfortunate girl arrived too late to
be of any assistance. The body was not
recovered till the next day about 10
o'clock in tie forenoon, near the place
where she jumped in. An examination
by DR.. BALLOON disclosed the fact that on
taking the fearful leap she clenched her
teeth and took in little or no water.
The jury in accordance with the above
facts brought in averdict of willfull suicide
by drowning. The verdict of the iury is
according to the facts in the case, but is
there 10 lesson to be taught those three
young scamps who preliminarily brough,
about the circumstances ;Lat terminated
50 fearfully to the poor, unfortunate
suicide. We direct the public eye toward
them, and should they be caught at such
work again we hope some one will give
them their deserts.
FoURTH OF July -Phce.
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