Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-26
THE LOST BRIDE RFFURNEp.
MFs.D. N. Furry, of Ravenna, Returns
After a Six Months Random Jaunt-.
Insanity h CRuse of Her Depar-
ture-Brler Story Of Her Erratfc Ca
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After a Six MOnths Random Jaunt--.
Insanity the Cause of Her Depar-
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We gave, a shorttime after its occurrence, |
an account Of the departure of Mrs. D. N.
Furry, from Ravenna, Portage county, on
Monday afternoon, September 4th, 1865. 1t
will be remembered that a vigorous search
for her was made that night and continued
for several days, without avail. Mrs. Furry,
formerly Miss Lucy C. Wing, whose family
reside in Brimfeld-was married upon the
SOth Of August, six days previous to her
disappearance, and became the second wife
of a most respected citizen, and step-mother
of n family of four children. She was a re-
ligiously conscientious person, of exemplary
mind and habit, of a sensitive tempera-
ment, retiring manners, with a predisposi-
ton to periods of morbid melancholy. 1t
was supposed that she left her pleasant
home in a state of temporary arrangement,
which could only be attributed to a wantof
confidence in herself to perform her duties
as wife and mother in the manner in which
she believed they should be done; and
these grave doubts, preying upon her sens
tive organism, temporarily overthrow that
judgment which had ever before character
lied her, and caused the abandonment of
home, family and friends, which filled them
with unavailing grief. She left her resi-
dence on Prospect street without in any
manner or by any demeanor indicating her
purpose, and it is probable that she had
premeditated and resolved upon no such
step as she was lead, in a moment of insan-
ity, to take, although she is said to have
made some remarks, a day or two previous,
to her step-daughter. Miss Furry, a young
lady, which suggested that she had medi-
tsted leaving home.
1t was suspected that Mrs. Furry had ia
ken the train either for Pittsburgh or this
city, but as the police were not able to find
her, the theory came at length to be &C
cepted that, in a fit of mental alteration,
she had committed suicide.
The mystery was cleared up on Friday
last, the 2Sd inst, by the sudden and un-
ceremonious temperance of the woman,
sound and clothed in her right mind, at the
house Of her friend, Mr.. Starr, of Kent.
On Friday morning she took the C. L. F.
train in this city, and went as far as Earl
vile station, and walked from that point to
the residence of her friend. Her husband
was notified that she who was dead was
alive again, and on his arrival at Kent,
there was a most affectionate and affecting
meeting.
She gives, in brief, the following account
of the manner in which she came to desert
her comfortable home and take up the "pil-
grim's staff:
From the time of her marriage she in
dulged grave doubts, which quickly ripened
into fears, that she could not discharge the
duties, as she ought of SO responsible a Pc
sition as that of a step-mother in a large
family. She brooded over these doubts and
fears, became despendent, and in a moment
of insane conviction that she was not in the
right place and not qualified for the duties
which her position imposed upon her, wild
ly resolved to leave home. She set forth
and passed out of the village, and entered
the woods not far from Ravenna, near the
line of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Rail
road. After wandering about for som
time she became exhausted, laid down on
the wet ground in a clump of bushes and
fell asleep. She woke up, however, before
morning, and, carefully avoiding the watch
man at the junction of the c. &. P. and the
"A. d 6. W. railroads, by taking a circuit
tous route around him, struck the C. &P.
track and walked to Hudson, reaching that
station before daylight. She wandered
about the streets of that village some time,
called at the hotel, but, concluding that all
thought her an insane person, she made up
her mind to take the train for this city. On
arriving ct the depot, a perfect stranger,
she came up town, walked the streets for
several hours, called at one of the public
houses, but, getting the impression that all
thought her insane, she suddenly conceived
the idea of taking the boat for Detroit. No
sooner thought than done. By the time
she had reached that city her money
was gone. She engaged there as servant in
a private family, where she remained until
Wednesday of last week, when she started
for home. She appears now to be in her
right mind. She had not yet, on Saturday,
returned to the residence of her husband,
Mr.. Furry, in Ravenna.