, 1872-11-14
SHOCKING SUICIDE.

Poison, AgonizIng Pain, Matrimonial
Wyssery and Death.
Pittsburgh {Sor. . correspe1dsnes q tbs seu Fors
Barney Hargrave, sober, industrious young
fellow Of about % years Of age, committed eui-
eide, this afternoon, by swallowing large guam
tity OF sulphuric acid. Tho deceased was mar
ried but Q few days ago to . young, comely girl,
who has not yet reached her majority, and the
couple had about completed their arrangements
to enter upon the practical sea Of Life by going to
housekeeping.
The young bride had hardly an opportunity to
appear in her nuptial robes ere she is called
upon to follow, in weeds of mourning, husband
Of four days to the tomb. Young Hargrave was
employed in the plcture-fra1ne manufacturing
establishment Of ". ". Barker, on Fifth ay-
enue, and vas ever considered by his employer
one OF the most reliable and clerer young men
i'll the house. This morning he was at work, as
usual, and appeared cheerful, IS WAS his WON'T
desiring to speak to him, sounded
the pipe that connects the store-room with
The manufactory. No reply came, and an erfand-
boy was despatched to learn the cause: Har-
grave Was found lying on the floor, suffering the
greatest agony. lie was asked what allied him,
when he pointed to an empty bottle Of sulphurio
acid and fecbly replied that was the cause Of it.
TIE acid is used in diluted form for cleaning
glass, and the suicide had taken upward Of two
ounces Of the pure drug, Medical men were
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under any circumstances, to allow stomach
pump to be used, nor would he consent to
swallow any Of the antidote the physicians
endeavored to administer. He was removed to
the private sleeping apartment in an adjoining
building, where his young wife, his mother, and
Eister soon gathered, and at his bedside pre-
scented most distressing and sorroTful scene,
They could only contemplate his terrible phys-
lca! suffering, power1ess to do anything for hia
relief, willie their mental agony was too great
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sobs. It was almost as painful to contemplate
tue silent, mute grief Of the bride az to witness
the suffering Of the bridegroom.
The man fingered till about 8 o'clock, when he
died.
The facts developed at the Coroners Inquest
read like romance, but they are obtained from
such sources as place them reliably beyond aues-
ton. It appears Hargraye had been for long
time keeping company with respectable young
lady resident Of the First Ward, and they
year ago, for some reasons now known only
to the young lady and her mother, the
engagement was broken off. While ha
was keeping company with her who
in the receipt Of notes from the girl whom he
Lad disappointed Or who had disappointed him.
The contents Of these notes he did not reveal,
except 80 far as to confde to her who had his
confidence that the tenor of them Was invoking
curses upon his head. The day previous to his
wedding, he received note from this girl, the
contents OF which we're similar to others; bus in
it the writer demanded meeting, which he re-
fused to grant. He told his expectant bride Of
this letter, and, speaking generally Of its
contents, treated it as q matter Of no moment,
and lnughingly threw the epistle in the fire.
After his marriage the discarded girl continued
her correspondence. and this morning Hargrave
received fresh note, which upon opening and
perusing, made him pale and nervous. He went
up stairs aud penned the following note, which
was found on the floor after his removal and
death:
ANNE: can't help it; an mad. GOD, forgive
me, for emit live to be pointed at She has cursed
ME, and it strikes to the heart @, my head swms!
This note evidently WAS intended for his wife,
whose namo is addressed. He refers to the
girl who had cursed him, meaning the party to
whom he had been engaged previous to Lis mar
riege with the girl he left widow.
There is something deep and damnably dark in
the matter. It seems almost impossible that
young Hargrave could have contemplated taking
his Life before this morning. He madehis arrange
nents for housekeeping with the air Of acontent-
ed, happy man and husband who knew no care and
no sorrow in the future, and in q
moment he commits an act which takes his life
md leaves others years Of grief and misery.
lust previous to his last breath, Father Grace,
IT the Catholic Church, asked him before his
wife if she (his wife) had anything to do with
his death, when he replied q No." that he loved
Ter dearly, and regretted death only for her
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