The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-06
UNION HOTEL,
WHEELISn- WEs.r Va

Mr.. EClitOT-No doubt you and others
will shudder with horror when they
hear OF the desperate deed / have COM
mitted. The young and happy may
shudder, but the heavy heart will think
how sad she must have been. Yes,
/ very sad indeed. 1 hav'nt time to say
much. I've thought ofdying ever since
| got married. My mother, sister-in-
law, and brother are the cause of my
death. Oh, / have many friends to-day
who would lay down their lives for me,
many who would suffer. Many sad
hearts there will be when they hear 1
am dead. But mother 1 forgive Won:
you drove me to this. You caused ali
our family to mistreat me without IL
cause, but forgive you, and L want
you to be "a better woman before YOU
die. You will regret this forever. What
clothing have at home, burn up eve
rything that 1 have left. Jennie, too.
don't hate me no more, God knows l
nave tried always to do right as near
as l could, and l beseech those who
love me most deeply not 10 grieve, but
to be glad because Minnie is happy
Sister, want you to never cease pray
ing for me and others. l feel happy. 1
feel that God is near me. l meant to say
great deal more, but don't feel like
writing. Somehow 1 must die soon. A
last and long good bye. l have some
enemies, but none who will injure me,
none who has attempted to. / don't
want any one to grieve for me, but L
have request to make. Lizzie, help
our folks to lay aside hard thoughts,
and say nothing when am gone, but
try and do better. / might have been
and might be happy; but they are the
true cause of all this. May God forgive
them as i now do. GOod-bye once
more. Mrs, MINNIE NUGENT
Marietta, Ohio.
want my friends to never cease
praying for me. Mary, Il cannot call
you sister, cease 20 Islander and lie on
me when 1 am gone, and hope nv
brother Russell will think of the in
suits and abuse he has shown to me.
and try and be better. I forgive all, /
have committed this deed because
mother and father always hated me.
I've thought OF it for IA great many
years. NIINNIE,
want to be buried in the new ceme-
terry at Marietta. Lizzie see to this.
Bury my child in the same grave and
same collin. Don't remove my body to
my fathers house. Take it right to the
Baptist Church in Marietta-haye fu-
neral preached, and now don't grieve.
MINNIE.
Dear Mary: 1 will be dead before this
reaches you. Keep all l lett at your
70 bring Jennie's remains and mine to
Marietta and put them in the new GEM
etery. Come 10 my grave sometimes.
Give this picture to -, for me, and
tell nothing of what tell you. Tell the
rest to say nothing. NY Mother and
and Father and Rus. are the cause of
this. Take picture to Yourself
some day. Say good bye. Tell him to
always pray for Minnie, and be "A good
boy. Forget me not. You can have
all my clothes il you want them. will
mother to pray for me often.
Your true friend MINNIE.
Twas my intention to kill myself
when left you. That was why left
my clothes. oh! my God, am afraid
twill kill -. Comfort him for me.
How would like to kiss him before |
go, but we will all meet again. Good
bye, my sister, and may God forever
bless you. Tell - to keep this for
my sake, and kiss it sometimes. Tell
to come to my grnve,-tO be good
to pray for me every night, and be
better. May God forever bless him,
How love him tonight. Tell him, /
shall never forget when last we met.
Don't think hard OF me. Tell Lizzie
not to grleve. I'll soon be with Anna
and brother Henry. How long to see
them. Farewell, forever. Tell -
I've constantly thought of him. Tell 10.
Jet good bye, and tell them to think of
me kindly. Show this to -. Plant
a willow tree by my grave. See thar
they bury me whore tell them to, for
l can't rest eontented here so far from
my old friends. It is so hard to die
among strangers. Good bye! Good
byel Good bye!
Yours, MINNIE.