The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-15
SINGULAR SUICIDES.
A Lady Kills Herself with MOrphiae
because sac is fired Of Life-AnOGhor
Destroys Life fer q Within, Etc.
From the Syracuse IN. ~ Journal, 10 h inst.


From the Syracuse (N ~ Journal, 10 h inst.
Lest night about Six O'Clock resident OF thi
city, Mr.. Moseley, returned from his work. aud
found Mrs. Moseley lying on the lounge, who
asked HIM to read to her, which ne did, she
laughing at several paragraphs She finally
tod him to go and eat his supper, which was on
the table In another room, remarking "that he
would find some OF the incest bread he ever at te,"
and then throwing her handkerchief over her
face, turned over, remarking that ''she was tired
and sleepy
Mr.. Moseley went on reading, and in a few
moments a Mrs. Blood, who lives across che hall
In the same block. came in with white waist
which Mrs. Moseley had asked her to do upr
for her as she was washing, and seeing Mr..
Moseley, told him that there was Mrs. Moseley's
waist, AID Mr.. Moseley replied that she was
asleep, he guessed but tnat he would wake her,
and stepped TO the lounge and lifted the hand
keIchief from her lace, and Immediately saw
that something was the matter with her. as her
eyes were open and turned back.
He Immediately went tor the physician, who
administered the proper antidotes, but without
relief TO the sufferer. One OF the friends on
looking about the room discovered the following
letter lying open on stand, with pencll,
several rings, and thimble lying on it:-
TUESDAY, P. M.-Dear Husband: Il will
write few words in regard to what am about
TO 90. take poison because | tired OF living
Tell the public 1t is not caused by ill treatment
for you have always been very kind to me. /
attempted the same thing several years before
l was married, but was discovered and saved
and have always blamed them tor not letting
di. then.
at is useless for Coroner Didama to make
any examination, for this will prove that /
killed myself with my eyes open, and in the
fuD enjoyment OF my Senses and will also prove
what have always said-that am not afraid
to de- want you to send my mother all my
clothes, and remember tits my dying request that
you shall always help her as long as you have
anything lett TO divide; give her what you would
have given me had lived.
II should have done this long since, but for
hpr-it has hepn constant etudp TOR ha .t
year. Do not mourn for me / love you both,
and do not wish TO make you trouble, but / am
SO tired of life cannot be happy myself nor
make others around me. l shall take iifty.6ve
cents worth OF morphine (515P. M.
"Mrs. MARY MosELEY
'P S.-Keep me ts%e 9F OF three ntg6ts Certain
? spread my blue veil over my tace, not a sheet.
1t is twenty minutes of six, and took it five
minutes ago. Good-by, darling Don't forget
to help mother
'LATER.
81 am not sorry nor frightened the least,
though know / am dying. Do what you think
best with my rings and trinkets Remember,
always loved you. Love to friends.n
This explained the illness of Mrs. Moseley, and
Doctors Searle and Mercer we're also called, but
the large dose and length of time it had been
taken, prevented all efforts to overcome the
effects of the poison, and she died at about IL
O'Clock last night. Mrs. Moseley was aged about
twenty-five or three years, and has been married
nearly three years.
Puo was u WODldu VI eACtllcub qudllJLtS, anu
during yesterday she was engaged In soliciting
subscriptions to aid poor woman in purchasing
a sewing-machine, and collected six dollars,
which she handed to the woman for whom it
was intended. She washed and dressed herself
with scrupulous care before taking the fatal
potion and from circumstances must have writ
ten the first part of the letter prior to taking the
poison, as the two latter portions of the letter
were written very poorly, showing that she was
under the influence of the drug. Mrs. Moseley
was spritualist, and believed that she could
be present WI h her husband in spirit as well as
in body, and this may have been one of the in
ducements which led TO the sadact.
WANTED TO DIE BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T GO TO A
BALL.
A Mrs. Zerringer who lives on West street.
Indianapolis, attempted self-destruction on FRI
day afternoon, by taking opium. She was mar
ried to her present husband some months ago.
and It has been a favorite plan with her, when
ever the course oil her domestic lite did not run
smooth to threaten self-destruction. On the
day above mentioned she desired to go to a ball,
to which her husband quietly demonstrated,
urging that be could ill afford to incur the at
tendant expense.
The rash woman concluded that if she couldn't
go 10 the ball she would, with all convenient
haste, go straight out of the world. Putting on
her bonnet, she went TO drug store and called
for opium, of which she purchased sixty grains.
She took the entire quaint y in four doses-the
last about one o'clock on Saturday morning.
OF course, she was soon completely under the
influence OF the Lethean draught. She was in a
comatose state the greater part OF Saturday, but
at night the prognosis was more favorable, and
1t was expected she would recover