The New York herald., 1870-10-14

a Young Woman rakrr rs~sa srsss snd shie-
.r roform 10 Hide iIsr Disgrace.

Young Woman Fak~r ~ ~ srsw snd shi@-
roform 20 Hide ifsr Disgrace.
Friendship correspondence t,cI " a. sns L1Enifa
Adyenlsef.l
The week past has been marked in our nmaliy
1uict annais as the most exclnng one sn SaAny
years. The occasion was the sulctdc el s0nng
woman, named Angie Phillips. asusnser ~ captain
Kinney wen-known citizen oi sharon. "a. aAatr
ing features OF the lerIiole aIslr leave 20 laoFc
wiling pens than mine 10 sketch. snd coDnne my-
months s n "a AGO Mr Pn :, aas @ e I'M. sss q
qualify herself ior the position ~ telegraph operator
Her letters OF RECOMMENDATIONS showed tngt soc had
eral years III ilie onice OF tue Provost Marshal
General, and TO The Quariefnaster Generafs
once at washington Tor aD0nt The same
length OF time. Al Emma, ! presume. she
was known as Miss kinney up u the time OF her
marriage with soldier named Emory, who was
Killed In u railroad accident While ON his return
home from the army, froin which he had
JUST been honorab.y discharged On her TO
nova; 10 Washington she again married 20 Nh.
Philips, also government clerk. Tns alliance In
the opinion OF her friends, was great mistake. and
terminated in short time In separation. but IN
her little savings mad been wasted anu nus unw0rhi
ness demonstrated in the ciearcst manner. From
this time forward the hope ana happiness so natural
to young and vigorous life as hers were well ngn
eAtingulsied. Her only resource was absorption IN
her clerical work, unsil she, along with many other
female clerks was discharged, when she returned 20
her lathers home. Here she spent year and a very
gloomy one, sometimes amentlDg the Inistakes and
dsapp0lntments OF the past. bat unusually connning
herself 20 monosy yllanles and rcading sucn poems
accorded with the prevailing melancholy ei heT
musings. gNs
Eronl ner isolation at Sharon she came 10 Friend
ship to aud her qualifications as au accounta nt
aud cerk the art OF te.egrapby, saying thai there
was no more happiness Tor her but In work.
Coming as sbc did. with abundant recommendation
from her intimate friends and former employers,
and evincing unusual SKIN with the pen ana IN
figures, and moreover with the bearing oI an intel
ligent and modest woman, she found no great
trouble In gratifying her ambition FOR usefulness
During her student life here. and subject "a she
10 Jne narrowesC pubic scrutiny she made the I'M
preston upon all who within the clrcie of her
acquaintance tnat she was person Of more than
ordinary intelligence and refinement. Her reserve
Was generally assigned 10 her niisrorlunes,
ana Wen became her character, while
II awakened interest aud sympathy
among those who with ncr
history such no ordinary person could arouse
Thus situated, and, Accord " 10 her statements and
her letters 10 her friends, happier than she had been
in years, at one time writing tiat she "thougnt she
could see gIimuer oi li2hr IN her future II she
could learn the art OF telegraphy, ana in the natl.
raj order OF fevens soon to take honorable rank with
many other women tollers III THIS business, news
came that she mad killed herself The shock to our
seHsbilities was great. Tor our village life Is not
marked by startling tragedies sucn rs safe the
dweliers OF cities; Dut when IL became known that
the suicide was impeled by nanleess circumstances
OF criminal disgrace the public feeling was intense
and naught WAS nppermost IN mlnd but the terrible
details OF the horror
The verdict ol the Cor0ner's jury was that "Ers.
Angie Phillips came 10 her death by poison admns-
fered by her own hand.r Landanum and chloroform
were the agents OF slow bur sure destruction. They
were purchased and taken The evening OF TIL urs
day last but she fingered until next day in AN
uuprohen sLupof.