Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-07
EVENING STAR
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/ htesrtul tragedy. one that nav vrrsI exuss
~ osood 70 eurdle IN Tie veins and nil me soai
on sny sensitive mortsl win horrur. vas 60
sc'eo ~ me Planters HOUSE csrn~r on gIua
SIG IEfd streets. yesterday afp-rsco~ me
~ -. $3.50 prompted 20 the Commission OF
ene ~ are sun an, olyed In ystery mt OF the
Iesun enough Is known q stamp a As = trnx,>dy
which, ioT the credit OF hunanity We srr No..
.o s&y, Is not Often witne~sed-that OF a Has
band and wife quieuy resolving % end tAe,r
lives together by SUICIDE '''
The parties 10 the tragedy arrived IN tn,s e,,v
py oos', sno TOOK qnart-rs a the fisns<rs'
George Baker and lady, OF Madison Wkooa
sin. Both were well dressed, and apparently
used to moving in the hest socsety The par
were assigned TO noon No. n, and remained
m uch Of the time in quiet and secluSioa, bot
nothing unusual Was nouoed On their con YER
ssuon and demesnor. About thrre O'Clock yes-
terday afternoon. as Thomas Hard,e and An .
other gentleman were passing By lie ho,et.
tney nouced n man who csrne out on the out
slue Stairway, and start 20 come down street
lie had 20; down about bali way, when NJ
missed hls footing. and ieli hesd forenoss,
striking the pavement below with much furce
on raising him up, y bottle WAS fou nd has lef,
hsnd, crushed 10 atoms. while ms wrist
cut severely by The broken glass. he was re-
moved 20 his noon. here has wife was found
IN sirong COMMISSIONS.
RegsinIng consciousness, the man stated. ~
TIE amszement OF an IN present, thai Ne ana
bis vile he'd taken lapdNnurn with tha dsgtb.r-
ATE intHnuon OF committing suicide. aud end
~ & their troubles together. OF the motiye.
winch lmpelied them the deed ne r.ye No
eNpiarSiion- he said that he and Ms u,te
We're m the room together; that she took the
Iaudanum Zone ounceD nrst, and ne followed
but tearing that there was not enough OF the
poison 20 Kill him he had started out 10 procure
some more, when he met with he accident We
haNe mentioned. When the state OF affairs be-
came known the best medical talent an the csty
was summoned. and all that humanity skill
ara science could suggest was done for the re-
hef OF the suHerers. The msn was soon "
ieyed, but the deadly poison had Got too deep
~ seated m the system OF the womsn 10 b.,
eradicaied. and she d,ed about 81 O'Clock las;
evening. The husbar d Is now confined IN ths
county Isll.
"A memorandum book found IN the room con-
tains lew entries IN female hand writing
the majority OF which are couched IN amhigu-
Gus terms, and afford but little explanation.
One of these states that the woman was mar
ned 10 George A. Baker, Oct I, Is6s Prom
IL as IL seems that the parties not marrIed,
but soon expected TO be. Another a. 70 the ef-
feet that 'lf L do not marry Won 4 shall not
marry any one else; but will seek happiness An
another and better world-or worse one
On the table WAS an open Bible, with 4 pencil
mark At the IL h verse, 2d chapter of Isaiah
which passage the woman had evidently baap
perusIng before the commis sion of the act The
book bears evidence OF having bees freely used
and u would 1eem that the nm fOrtnuata woman
was probably member of some church.