The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-07-21

we cxtract tnc ioliowing from the
Manitowoc (Wis.) Piiot, June 20;
On Saturday evening, about the
hour Of nine o'clock, young girl
named Wilhelmina Tagc, aged nearly
sixteen years, jumped into the Mani
towoc river and willfally drowned
herself, under circumstances the most
appalling and lamentable.
Notice being given to Justice Sibrec
Of the occurrence, he summoned a
jury to make an inquest concerning
the death OF the deceased. The JUS
tice and jury Immediately repaired
to the house OF the father of the de-
ceased, where the following facts were
developed on the inquest Late in
the afternoon Of the day above men
toned, three halfgrown young men
went to the vicinity of the deceased's
home and cnticed her and another
girl to go TO the small pines with
them. The FIVE went of together,
but were followed at short distance
by two lads about twelve years Of
age each. and 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 10
them and offered them a trihe Of
money 10 go back. The little boys
took the bribe and returned, and
about the same time the girl, whose
name Is not mentioned above, returned
to the home Of the decased-the lat
ter refusing to go with her. II was
now nearly dark, and the parents.
anxious TO preserve their child from
further corruption and sin, went, to-
gether with the two lads and girl
spoken Of, in search Of their wayward
6rst-born. They searched for some
time without success, bat, after time,
dog that went with the father dis
lodged the party from a pine thicket
not far from the river. The father
took after the young scsundrels-tbey
and the girl ran in different directions.
The mother encountered the girl near
the road, where she took of her bon
net and threw II on the ground, and
went straightway toward the river.
Her mother called her 10 come back
but on 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 decliviiy in haste ill
she reached the waters edge, and
there she stopped, deliberately took
off her hoop skin, took the net Of
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 ter
feet Of her, but she forbade then
coming near her at their peril. Aut
just then, when the unhappy mother
had reached the bank Of the stream
with her eyes full upon her erin,
daughter, this rash, thoughtIess, heed
les, unfortunate girl, with curses o.
her lips, and anger in her heart
with the eye Of God and the light o
the pale moon upon her, took on
fearful, fatal leap Into the deep, en-
guIfing stream, and with loud splasl
ank beneath the surface Of the wa
ters. The water closed over her, an
nothing but the circle on the face q
the stream indicated the place Of th
suicide. The father Of the unfortu
nate girl arrived too late 10 BE- Of m
assistance. The body was not reos
: cred until the next day about te
o'clock, 4. m, sear - place wher
. she jumpel 10. Al Examination b
, DR.. faIeom di>rio~ed the farf that o
! tak,ng the fearful leap she elenehc
E her teeth and took In little Or n
] water.
The jury IN acconlsnce with n
] above Eels, bfoaehs IN = verdict !
, wiIfnl suirislc ~ drcwninr.