The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-12-27

SENSATION IN EAsToN-A HANDSOME LADY
MYsTERIoUsLY DISAPPEARS. The society of Easton,
Pa, is a, present profoundly agitated over the
sudden disappearance of a very beautiful, accom-
plisbed and elegantly attired young lady, who
came 10 that borough about four weeks ago and
took board at the American hotel, kept by Mr..
Fisher. She gave her name as Mrs. Carrie Car
nell, and as her manners were perfectly amiable,
her face pretty, aud her style unexceptional, she
was allowed to pay her bills promptly in cash,
without being subjected to troublesome questions.
About her previous life she was very reucent,
but from time to time in confidence with the
landlords wife, she stated that she was native
Of Boston, where her parents still reside, had
been married at the tender age of fourteen years,
had lived with her husband four years. had been
a widow five years, had made Over 70 her father
4o-.y-ttrvusrrrfi dollars which she had received
from life insurance. policies at the decease OF her
husband her father treated her badly and was
not rendered kind by The gift. She could not
live al home without enduring insult, and in con-
sequence she passed her days elsewhere. As her
supply of money WAS apparently ample, these
| statements were received without cross exqmina-
ton If with doubt She possessed the art oil
| making her presence so agreeable that she speed
lily ne esteem Of all the boarders of the hotel,
while her personal beauty aud the extreme ee-
| gance OF Der wardrobe excited admiration. She
| frequently referred in light, off hand way 10
her WEAKNESS Of life and her intention Of suicide,
| but these illusions were always made in the
| midst ct sprghtly con versatons they were not
| regarded AS indicative Of serious intentions -
Mrs CarnelIis intelligence was such that she con-
| versd with credit 10 herself on almost any sub
| iect, and made her remarks so pleasant to a re-
| porter Of the Easlon Express that in an enter
| prisin2 moment, when he found himself beside
| her 10 \ railroad ear one day, he asked her 10
| write some articles for his paper She told him
| that day she would give him startling
subject for an rem, and on Tuesday morning she
| fulfilled her promise On Wednesday evening
She bade good night in the parlor of the hotel,
and il was rem "a that she looked unusually
| beautiful and made Der bow with an extreme
gracefuuess. The next morning she did not ap-
| pear, and in Ter room was found quantity OF
| water mixed with Paris green. She was gone,
| and the only articles that could be found missing
from her wardrobe WIRE wrapper and pair OF
| slippers, Her costly dresses, her money, watch
| ard jewelJy were lett behind, and note was on
her bureau stating that shr vas tired OF life and
| leaving all her goods to Mrs Fisher, ner land
| lady. FroE the appearance Of the mixture OF
| Paris green and water in the AshbOwl, il is
thought she swallowed so large dose that ii
acted eu.e,c, and in the severe pains pro-
duced by the small quantity Of poison retained
BY her stomach, she rushed out and threw her
seit into the Lrhigh river, which is not more than
halt Il squire distant This account, condensed
from the long reports Of the affair in the Easton
| papers, contains all the Information on the sub
ject known yet, the body not having been as
| yet recovered