Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-08
Her familz:s ene q respectability ana nell.

Her family enc q responsibility and we'll
known.
with these few lines of defense for one whose
character has ever been, and we trust still is
above reprcsch. I Subscribe myself a sympa-
thizeT for the afflicted, and bein a married man
40 sc ~ ore whose only r9ctive interest.in the
and truth.
WASHINGTON, d. C.. Aug sth, 1872.
WHAT HBR PASTOR SAYS.
We have received q note from the Rev Robert
Leitch, in which, after GeTrecating the sepsa-
tjon2l REPORTS IN the newspapers conce ming this
sad case, he says have known Miss Eliza
Il. Simpson for the last eight years-in fact,
lave been her SUNDAY scheCl superintendent fo-
thai length OF time, and have had other 0pper-
tunItieS Of seeing her two or three times week,
and what i have known and Neen OF her will
never let re believe that she has been guilty of
anything extremely bad. No. sir: she Is suffer
ing from an alteration OF mind. This is not the
trst she has ha6 She has been yerv hard (toc
harCl student, and | believe her mental labor
has tor the time being deprived her of her rea-
son. About three years ego s6e suffered just in
similar Wev, and then las now she bemoaned
her exceeding wlCkedBees, teaeed herself with
berg a hypOcTIte, &C. / deeply sympathize
with the family. ard am sure the whole Of the
MetrOpCi ltau PRESBYTERIAN congregation does. -
WHAT THE NEw YORK PATEFs SAY
Miss Simpson was interviewed by a reporter of
the San on Tuesday evening, to whom she said (:
" Nv history ? III he made public ly others soon
enough; shall not co it" The reporter replied
he did not want 70 publish her history. he had
10 wish 10 intrude or 70 he impairment but he
utHttO 10 Know what lie l. The ate n ~ COM
mi' suicide. " ! Am very wicked" she an
SwcTgd.
- Rave BEEN BAD AND DECRITFCL ALL MY
NV friends have trusted and honoraI me. and
lave deceived them by pervc-ting the truth
Hiy father, mother, brothers and sisters believe
I'm good but my actions ere living lie TO I'll at
beh6l' should sink with shame il they knew
nv zeal Character, anu Iearing they LII ght dis
cover il, determined to die. Itwas
PEEDESTIrED THAT SHOULD TAKE NY oWG
Miss simpson remained perfectly quiet until
she II. cred the word ''predestined." Then her
eyes glare J; Aer frame guivered, and the arms
were moved a5out in violent eesticulatiolls. She
continued. IL believe il IS ordained hat shall
commit suicide
TO RxPIArE THE MIspEFDs OF NY LIFE.
nave MAJ the thought uppermost in my mind
Tor Years. / cannot live in peace while haunted
by its recollection, but L can die and live i'm
HeaSS hereafter .Ith that act OF predestination
HER CRITICAL CONDITION.
Late IN the evening Miss simpson was restless
but if good care can avert the danger She is saf.
a. every person connected with the hospital is
sud TO feel an interest in her welfare.
is SEE INSANE?
The San reporter III closing the account of his
interview, charItably saws: ".Tudgipp from the
gnitless EXPRESSION Of ter face it Is not possible
s 80 mas committed any crime or great error.
She - ev Gently suffering from a temporary
alteration OF mind probably induced by excess
slve mental labor in Ter vocation of teaching"
ANOTHER ACCOUNT
saysthat nthe evening she raved about her fam
ly and some terrible trouble that was oppress-
ING herself and the effect her disgrace would
have on
hER POOR BROTHER CEARLFY.U
when visited at a late hour Tuesday night
she was stln IN q critical condition from The
shock, ami appeared 10 be wandering in her
mind She tossed UneasiIy from side to side ON
the bed, and raved in a ptiable way about her
iaInlly. The surgeon could give no opinion As
10 hef case while her mind continues ,,eranged
but the fErGid says, il is probable that the effect
or the shock will prove fatal
IN an interval OF consciousness She informed
the m2tTon that she was the eldest of ii We sisters
ana " rs only twenty-three years OF age hexscIf
she had been Sunday school teacher, but
HAD FALLEN AWAY
unknown TO her friends. She could no longer
moe her disgrace from her friends she said AMI
she wished 10 end her life. She did not care 10
ne disgrace to any one, and had tried to end
ner NE be1ore, but had failed by accident as
she did this time. The matrOn, with q wouan's
instinct, asked her 4 she had not been disap-
rented In love, or
WASN'T THERE SOME GENTLEMAN
TOT whom she cared il Washington who had
treated her badly PSI
covering up her eyes she replied &c Oh, no;
ne was true. 1t was who have been false. /
have been bad, and no one knew it, and could
conceal it TO longv."