, 1873-08-12
SIX DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.

United statos Cifoalt oonrt on review.
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From. tbs Nep York Sun, Arg.0.
4 four-Htory brown-Btono houBo at 808 WeBt
Fourtocnth atrcot In ocounjod ly.sIrs. Koyburn
who loops bonrlors md lots furnished rooms.
ased to o seo ] tho saoapt rooms s sho soomod Ito to
bo about 40 yesra old, and was noatly drospod.
10y tsf, t6' r 10. ua'no ~ r4o,oueo ,
anu saio shat eto ~as dreeemsEer, anu
had no rolatlvos or friends In this
city. Where sho lived previous to this, or whit
hna boon tho nature Of her lifo is not known.
THAT aho an mi r,vn sa. -o,, .s ~ $500. =.
nroh,h,o h,, . sav ,n", nef te"' namo, ho"eVe,
I H. H. ~: ~, sne molyo ,oe coneoang nor dot-'
.'ss, II che hea any object ohor than tho graft
was shown llor, and BLo took It. paying a1o Tor
the first month in advance Tho 1loxt DIR eho
tho house by . cartman, aud from TINT time was
an inmate. She scomed to have enough work to
koop hor busy, 6on1otimoB taking It from lila
shops and doing II in her room, but uauaiiy
At her trade Of dresarnhking. Her meals wero
| sometimes boiled tea in her room over small
Raa~etovo that she hnd brought with hor. sho
Ind no gsitora except those who called On
erranas connected with hor work, and did not
ninglo much with tho othor inmates Of tha
house.
Ind % viii the family oroatoa tho
| that Bho was moroso and eccontrc, hliBs Koy-
burn, tho Young daughter of the landIady, says
that the woman Roomod to be i" a little wild on
religion" She went to ch,lrcl, throo timos oyerv
Sunday, often attending tho Mothodiat church
In Ja.,o atroot, but changing about among iii
t1e others on the. Weat side.- She often mot
RtsB Koyburn in tho hall, and upon those occa-
Blons a'noht always broached religious topics,
quoting odd textB OF Scripture, and otherwise
confirming tho general opinion prevalent among
tle inmatos Of the house Us to hor remarkable
eccentricity. bfisa Hepburn ia also Inclined to
aot Miss Francis down as particularly obstinate,
and inclined to Intentionally annoy the lodgors:
sho paid her rent promptly, howovor, and did
not mako herself 80 Objectionable as to furnish
any just o1ouae for her election. She
worked steadily, dreBaed respectfully,
tics gradually coasod to causo remark.
she revealed no motive for solf-dostrucsiou, but
remarks, which attracted no attention ut the
time, but whose Significance ia now apparent.
SIT you should lind mo dcad Romo day." she
onco said to Miss Hepburn, "you mustn't mind
it,"
About q woek ago, possibly little more, Miss
out once or twice nftor TINT to cot water Mira
Yeyburn is cortnin that Hhe tij not onon the
to church on Sunday o1otal comment h16,t lar
eoolueion was then forcotton for law diva
When it was finally mentioned, her habitnni
strauuonoss geomod to sufficiently accomnt for
the nav freak. ard nnhndv fhnnrht of mnh;np
m ipyeatiration. Il waa known tint eha wna II
tic babit 81 boiling toa over bar eas-stovo' and
it wns Hurm,aed that she was also coo1;np for
| herHolf.
II r,,ess she ia fastine." aaid ono hooracr
tokinpfv. "aho snid tIo nther ilav ahe thonrl,t
Finally. when tho woman had ham so,f-fm~
prisonod eix days, and as 1t subsequently tran
Hpirod. without eating mouthful tho 1andndy'e
husband became alarmed. Ho wont aoveral,
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