, 1869-07-21
DISTRESSING SUICIDE.
4 Young Married Woman, Residing
at Hyde Park, Takes Laudanum.
Her Husbands Condnot tho Alleged
Cause-A Socrot Bu4ia1
Frustrated

A sad c.se ol suicide oecuued IN Hyde PARK
yesterday, the victim Icing = beautiful yonng
Wonao, e ycals Of nsr, named Mrs.. SaEzh A.
IAFortle. The circumstances attending this AZ
fn1 are ez1rc1e!y Interesting, tnd leave but litt!e
room for doubt that tnatteutiou aud other question
able conduct Oh the part OF her husband, induced
the m,sguldcd woman 10 commit hersen to The
tender metclts OF tauoannm. We gather the fol.
loving particulars:
The fessdcnee OF the LaFort!es Ia aocated On
The husband Ii . builder, At present connected
with tho erection Of church oa Michigan avenue
spent The night about town: ana arrived at the
house about { O'Clock on Tuesday morning. lie
raped loudly and necessarily for adtnlstsuee, but
could elicit no rcp1J. Going % the Edc Of the
force IN entrance. He did so by breaking through
q eide window, which led him into his w1fe's
BEDROOM He found the inmate IN commissions
nnd In state Of insenstbility. DiY1ulng the
canse, he hurried 70 the nearest uelshbor and
requested him to Gait y physician. Drs. Goodale
and Eagan answered the summons, but found
O'Clock IN lie noinipx. Beslde her was found q
txo-ounee ylal marked "iaudanrn, swhtch lsAd
nesn during The d7{ a5 dsag stote
bitcd the entire potion
1t has been nsceTtatned that the deceased nnde
An effort to poison herseif about two ycaH aEn,
and Ths nearly successful. She WAS With din
cuity returned to consciousness: she had been
That Ehe hAd informed her husband on several
occsstons recently thai II he remained from home
nj night, according TO an old habit, he would nnd
her dead on his return sonc mornlrg- She kept
htr word
The police Of the Twenty second Stree. sub-
Station heard OF The affair during the daS. Thc5
Eotthed the Coroner, aud several 0tticeta were
despatched to the sceDe IN the afternoon to HaEe
inquiries And gtve what Assistance they could IN
tut matter. TN arriving at The house they 1o1nd
II clofcd. and the body had also vanished Fol-
lowt.S mp some newJy-nade clt11age trackE, tney
traced Them to ssate md ThlnJ,nrss streets.
when they learned that heaIse and
,sns aai or eosse ze ssoe s@ saSse
this clue they traced the tracks TO No 1lso state
street. where they found The bod5 ready for burial
without a Doctors certificate, . permit or al IN
quezt having been held over IL The heaT1e and
tablEtncnt located near .Twenty-HlKth, on State
eIeet- On this sudden End unlaWfu! burial the
police placed an ilst1ut veto The Coroner vas
s1tnmoned, and ct 10 O'Clock last night m In
Qucs, was held, which resulted tn verdict Of
aprcmedltated suicide" III. -....
The house where the body was found BY the
police ts the residence Of the parents Of the DC
ceased. Their act1ou, they Ri1e9e ~as the ttsnlt
OF ignorance OF the requirements Of the law 10
such cases, and did not arise from desire 70 con
tie true, but the uDde1taker should certainly hare
FaGs. fnGsA t' There IL The deceased was 1eIl
ander and
has produced profound feeling of sorrow and
grief, The husband Ia nut. tntelilgentlookln
man, and the sudden death Of Ills wife, taken IN
connection NTH the share which ratnor alleges be
had In bringing 1t about, has thrown him int
g7ca. despondency. lie partly dlsc1alms tho Il
1,ccn ntscnt from homo but three nights during
the paEt year.