Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-08-20
A Distressing Accident.
A LOVER KILLED BY NEEDLE IN THE
HANDS OF HIS MISTRESS

LOVER KILLED BY A NEEDLE IN THE
HANDS OF HIS MISTRESS
SUICIDE OF THE YOUNG LADY.
From the Nashville Tenn) Times, July q.
A young gentleman named Joseph
White, very respectable, industrious,
quiet, good-looking fellow Of about eigh-
teen years of age, and a resident of Ger
mantown, went to South Nashville Sat
urday night to visit his lady-love, a Miss
Barnes. He had been frequently to WIS.,
it her before at various times. They
were engaged to be married. He found
her in the parlor, sewing as proper
young girl should be. She was anxious
to finish the article, and therefore con-
cluded not to throw it aside when he en-
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her on her pretty appearance, with her
beautiful face, bending over her work,
and her slender fingers flying as she
piled the stitches with as much grace and
rapidity as other girls display when
skimming over the keys of nice piano.
He took his seat beside her. They chat
ted very gayly. After waiting a few
minutes, which to him seemed hours, he
became impatient, and longed to imprint
kiss upon her lips. With the view of
carrying out this design, he let his arm
circle her waist furtively, and as he was
drawing her close to himself she object
ed to being disturbed until her little
work was finished but he insisted. She
made motion to shove him off, as girls
are said TO, generally. This motion
proved fatal to her happiness and to his
life. He became impetuous, and draw
ing her to him with much violence, the
needle, which was caught in her thin
Bile, got between them, the point toward
his heart. 1t entered, and as he was
about to imprint kiss of love upon her
lips his own became ashy pale. His Wig.
orous grasp relaxed. He sickened, fell
back upon the sofa, quite helpless. The
young lady was much alarmed, and ran
for assistance. The family all ran into
the room and proceeded to open his shirt
collar, thinking he was in a fainting fit
and that the usual restoratives woulC
suffice. In undoing his vest it was fount
that the needle had entered his side yer,
deeply, circumstance which the youn,
lady never noticed in her fright. TIL,
doctor was sent for. He administered
what remedies he could. Partial con
sciousness was restored, and the youn,
fellow enabled to walk. The scene be
tween him and his first, last love, wa
extremely affecting. She wept like on
who feels that all happiness on earth
lost. He consoled her by saying tha
she would get another lover soon to fl
his place, who would be more worthy Q
her than he could hope to be, and VIII
would make her happy. This but in
creased her sorrow. She sank down ur
on the floor beside him and cried alout
When he was becoming worse. and tn
doctor gave the opinion that he coul
not live, she started suddenly to her fee
and, running into another room, swa
lowed heavy dose of laudanun, whic
was kept there for the use of youn
member of the family that was SICK
1t was some time before she was disco1
cred, and it was with the utmost difficu
ty she was brought back to consciousness
The first words she uttered were, "(
where is hef let me go to him; will |
with him." At the same instant Il
young gentleman was resigning his spi
it into the hands of its Maker in the a
joining room. Hedied about 10 o'cloc
She is still in precarious condition, ar
evinces symptoms of insanity.