, 1869-11-03
THE QUINCY SUICIDE.
A Young Lady Jumps Into she
River OFF che Railroad Bridge.
HoN tbs Qainey tIA) EAg, 0es -.

Aoout 5 o,c,oek ,es,esd.y ai.eraoou soung
!aiy OF ths etiy. Mss Pes Aeka!, committed
bridge. The particularly o! TINS Nj occurrence, IS
0btAiLed from Mf. WM. Wood, An eup1oye on the
ouoRe, are Is iol.ors: BIZ. Wood was going tosn
ter hsIo1e : oclocEt wien he noiiced a
Juung lady IA block ia front OF him, oetweea Sec
oud md Tn,Id, On Oak, also going 10 the same
near The C5ton ssocx Ystda, and passed along TO-
wards tbe bItdgt, while sue 4urued o1 70 tho rgnt
ana walked up the track Of the G, i O. \ r
drst .stch. mouse oonneesed viii tss br1dsr,
which il located II the axtretne east sud. OF uu
This psde OF the ha.. Here Be stopped 70
While there he xa% surprised 10 see the soung
lady, whur, he hna noticed. coming down the
uaek to~ards the bridge. and remarked that she
pAss, thluklng abe merely Washed to cross over 10
the otner tide A. taas portion q the bridge
eTs5 as ny so5a
quite nsruraliJ .ad Aeaued perfectly II her case
IN thls rather n.zsruous undertaking. Lie
ep 70 esr ssoot h. aY he
sic sns~esea, aWnats that your nas!aess r
reeded 20. s.si-tauce from htp, 70 he crossed
over 10 the left side Of the trsck, which 4 This
point tpans alous3, wnere tnere Is trcatle cor
Of her ard pnsed on 70 iha main bridge, upqn
which = footpa.h two bosfds vide II laid between
the tracks. AfreT Walking eOUe distance be turned
and noticed her d1daenls take her hauu do ri
itom her throat aa though the wss unbu1ton!ng
her clc1t. This It once aroused hls susplctoas,
be say her with the CLOAK in her nanda, fodin9 OF
bctIooinR It together. tic II once turned round
and starred u run towards her she dellbefase-
When When hs w.s a Within about sreusf.nss 1T asI
q her, she stooprd coxn. and gathering her
nIR fhAl I'll FrtItfA tST%1a hSf
cIost, c1Avled under he iron rods rn:cn aoppoft
the bridge, nnder lbs telegraph wires, and tanped
,ss 70 a.
aHeted, "I,ln gone!" Nj. Wood u ones naio
poal. u me sans ume running tovarss ihem.
She did not Sink entirely out Of .tGnr for soma
tsne, bat ~ noatsd od ny The rspid currents
III. Wood notlced tnAt aathpugn She did mot aiak,
sh< l4t& Afs Ataf 6orr, only o0ce looking no aud
glancnx at him - be r1a for Aaststaace and thau
By The time be reached the draw, ,tse
sftn wss ready, and be, NTH some other men,
y 's III
ed 10 The bnose, nnsaeeeeMul. 1hs last ssen of
re- a. % 20. oso ia 1ss 10
about the distance OF tno books down the
stream. Ttn Point ~ which she jumped oF WAS
apour three spAnl nom the EASTERN end OF
ma,u bridge me current u very s.lft u this
potnt 10 mat she mas rapidly ctrr1ed down stream
sunk 10 rise no more II 10 fut tu1ttce to etate
thxtMr. Wood says he II uDab1c to swim, or be
would save Jumped II to sase her when ahs aEss
The following l. 4 copy OF letter found pinned
upon her CLOAK, which expresses, better tt1n re
csn state, The feelings that prompted her 10 cou-
'-'> ''''' "oetoeer ss.n, 1852
"Nr FRIEND, the tnder Of this closk and hat,
tnn to my mosaef. Tou .Dl md hes =: the Tre.
mont 1Inuse. Her name IL MckxJ. Tell her TINT
my body lies IN the Mississippi. I dill not dro~n
81 pure u The btaus,fuI snow. Thank the Tori
tnAs have no Nn OF snAt KIND TO anawaf Tor. I
have rotpug 70 lirc fos-uo friends EFerJhody
ID cold, treArJ world to live IN.
"So xor*,.bIe, mother, sftrert, and brothefs, for
an setux 20 the land "h'Fe 'in 80 .qg. %cs cone
The papef upon wh!ch this note waa written xas
identInef a. The came obtained from The store Of
AeaaEA Meyer Nhitehesh. on Hampshire street,
Ehezc she stepped Ia and Er0te It, shout O'Clock
tn the afternoon. She Was seen TO leave the Tre-
naont House, whe1u hersclf xnd mother have been
s, = sss
suieiae before aas left the nonae and deliberately
Mlss Mckay uas Jnuns lady about Ii years Of
AEa quite ptFposs eastuR In appearance, with DARK
hair aud esea, and easJ, pleasant maunerA She
had heen u Tor short ufne previous TO her deslh.
uQt Hu4 c4A&Ea1 AAN /" % 04E@4EAt4r
ID her usua fpiItta. It u sad. however, that she
often complained Of "hAyfng tho b.pes,' and
once thrtltened 70 commit soic1de, though no
at1er,1o1 Wa paid 70 the threat, a. 1t MAS
supposed she bad no ses1ous Intention Of doing
anJth,nE 20 rsah. She leases An aeed mother,
NJ 'sPs NJ, Sl1tgn 6sS Nd asf ,-o ssE
the elder one, trAip boy on the c. H. / O. r R.,
and The younger, Eddie, train. boz on the T. y. 4
II II va1 already DARK before The sad ana,r be.
CANE Known In lbe city.