The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-06-22

Young Indy ends her Troubles by
Hang ing Herself.


Hanging Herself.
a young lady named Martha uo-kins who
resided in Green Township, on the bill above
Stout's Run, back II Rome, committed suicide
ON last Monday evening by hanging herself to
the limb Of q tree. The cause for the rash act
/ IL said TO have been the interference Of her IA
Their aud brothers in her love Affairs. and the
accusation preferred against her. by them of
stepping outside OF the bonds Of propriety, mod
esty and chastity, and being sseierte For
some time there had been "A fierce broil going
on 10 the family which terminated on two or
three occasions in the young lady being eba--
iiIed by hagellatiuu. because she wouldn't quit
the object Of her devotion. IL has only been a
Few weeks since limb was cut at church, in
the presence Of hundred people, to thrash
her WITH aud but q short time since one OF her
brothers called her obscene names and took a
sled standard and gave her mn uninercifuI beat
ing because she dared reply. She was twenty
years of age, high spirited aud sensitive, and
the dtrgraee, insult and Islander heaped upon
her by those who should have guarded and de-
Tended her good maine more than she could
bear, and she in moment Of desperation made
the terrible resolution which ended in her
death. On last Monday evening Ia week. she
left Allen Cox's. brother in law with whom
she had been staying since the death Of her
mother. stating that she was going To Stout's
hun and for them not to be uneasy about her
IT she was not back nj the proper time. About
/ in crossing 1" Co.'S discovered her body hang
ing to the limb Of oak troe between Bower
I Punteily and Cox, in full sight Of tho house
which she had lett. The alarm was immodi-
steiy given and the coroner summoned and an
inquest held. On the tree 70 which she hung
herself she appended the following note which
explains her sorruws and troubles aud gives
the reasons i"r her terrible act in Ian guage that
can not be misunderstood:
am Tired Of life / do not wish to
] live any longer nor do | wish 10 i'm
pose upon any one. God forgive those
VIII" have manufactured n nd reported falsehood.
upon me. for such may take 1t home to their
hearts that thoy are the sole cause Of me com
hitting this rash act-suicidr! | wish to be-
| buried in my cloth cont. If there are any
doubts or fears in regard {. the condition If NV
person you can have me examined James
RHlston never treated me indecently in no re-
spcct whatever. May God bless him and NAV
be live long and happily. Tell him he was INV
last thought and that do this not ON his nc
count, but only because | am tired of living in
such a wicked world. | freely forgive every
body for every fault. | have nothing To live
/ for. Distribute such books. and other things
| to those whose names are in them | rsou..t
that my father and brother Thomas shall have
everything belonging to me that will be Of any
use to them. | do not want any body to grieyo
] for me a. | am willing to die and feel il NV du.
| ~ to terminate my own life. May God bless
every body in the world and hope the day bns
come when all liars have taken m oath that
\ they will never tell another lie. No person has
ever said harm Of me and told the truth ex
cept when angry, took the name of God in
vain. feel that God has tor given me for that
/ | hope you will all quit telling lies on inno-
cent people. | have nothing more to saw but
farewell To all the world, AMxs.
/ This note was written on Sunday. June 2d.
| the day previous To the net and seems To have
been carefully read over. from the fact that
B interlineations are made in several instances.
! The books mentioned embrace a little library
"f some forty or fifty volumes which she had
I gathered up aud in which, as she mentions
/ she had al some time written the name. of sueb
persons as she desired to possess them after
her death. The cord with which she hung her
self was about ,ix feet long and was cut from tn,
cord Of her bed and the limb to which she
made II fast was near fence on which she
mounted aud after making vyorytbiu. ,,ct,
jumped of. She died without mucu strnyeIinx
and her face was neither distorted nor swollen
Her feet were touching tho ground whom
/ found, but inasmuch as the grass and weed.
upon which they rested were not disturbed il
is likely that her weight on the limb. after
death, drew II dOwn.->he is said to have beep
good looking Intelligent girl. loved and re-
spcctod by all who knew her, and gen.raIlv
esteemed by the people among whom she dwell
md possessed Of character ABOVE rcnronrb
Young Ralston was not of age, but made An
attempt TO take cut license in which he failed
owing To his father forbiddiug the probat.
Judge to issue them.