Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-12-28
Deaths by Suicide.
January.

Deaths by Suicide.
January.
10. Noah w. Cross of Gardiner, drowned him
self in mill tume. He was 81 years of age.
Mental arrangement was the cause.
80. John +. Bow of Rockland, hung himself.
Cause, mental depression.
February.
>. George Taylor of Ilallowcll, aged y years,
killed himself in Augusta by taking laudanum.
He was of Incorporate habits.
3. Mrs. Abbott of Rumtord cut her throat.
I. Miss Hannah Wilson of Parsonsfeld, aged
- years, hung herself with a sken of yarn.
26. Ehen Clark of Wells, hung himself with
cable chain in his barn. lie was 80 years ofage.
Financial troubles assigned as the cause.
Nar,h.
8. Nathaniel Dresser of Bluehll, hung him
self with towel lie was g. years of age. Tenn
poIary insanity the cause.
3. Valentine Howard Of -, aged 10 years,
hung himself with clothes line. Caused by
nervous disease.
u. Joshua Taft of Lewiston, aged 40 years,
shot himself with pistol. Caused by hereditary
insanity. Was native of Weld.
20. Elnathan Young Of, aged about 6j yrs,
in fit of dependency, cut his throat with arazor.
30. Harlan S. Rider of Pownal, 10 years of
age, shot himself.
.. Susan Pepper Of Bath, about s. years of
age, swallowed laudanum.
q Susan j. Southland Of -, swallowe lauda-
nun.
). Samuel Clay of Buxton Centre, aged Gj
years, hung himself Caused by mental depres-
sion.
I. James II. Chamberlain Of Bowdoinham,
aged 50 years, took morphine.
u. John Mclaughlin of Scarboro, aged 20
years, killed himself by holding his head under
water until he suffocate1. Cause, mental de-
rangement.
%. Lewis NJ. Wethe~bee of Belmont, held his
head in spring OF water until he died Cause,
temporary insanity.
"a. MIS-. Louisa Wing wife of George Wing
of North Fairfield, hung herself Cause, insan
ity.
8. Hiram Craig of Augusta hung himself
with trace chain in his barn. lie was 20 wears
of age
Is; Mrs; Gilmore, wife OF Sewell Gilmore of
Stockton, drowned herself.
90. Daniel Skinner of Garland, hung himself
He was about 40 years Of age. Insanity was the
cause.
-. Howard B. Loveioy, formerly of Fayette,
hung himself in West WateIville. Partial insan-
%. Mrs. Woodbury. Small of Chem Yield, cut
her throat with razor.
"A. Mrs. Abbie wife of Ebenezer Fernald Of
Lincolnville, drowned herself in a well. She was
%. Mrs. Joseph Viles of Industry, hung her.
self. Insanity.
80. Mrs. Eliza D. Emerson of Athens, killed
herself in skowhegan by taking poison. Partial
insanity.
Il. Henry l.. Mcfarland of Montvillc, dI owned
himself He was about - years of age. Had
been in low spirits for some time.
-. Mrs. Almon Achorn of Waldo5oro, cut
her throat with a rzor Insanity.
%. Mrs. Joseph Turner Of Buckfeld, hung
30. jeremiah +. Dow of Bangor, aged 70 yrs,
cut his throat with razor. Insanity was the
cause.
-. James Whittier of Montville, hung him
self to a tree with a handkerchief. He was g.
years of age
.. Timothy Il. Trafton of Bradley, while in
Oldtown, unsuccessfully attempted to shoot his
wife with revolver, and then shot himself
through the neck, the wound proving fatal five
days afterwards. lie was 26 years of age. Cause,
domestic trouble.
4. Joseph Whitcomb of Waldo, drowned him
self
-. Eben Alden of Rocklant about 60 years Of
age, killed himself. Partial Insanity.
~. Charles Glover of Hartford, about fl years
of age, hung himself il his barn. Cause, mental
depre ssion.
%. Vim. Sanborn Of Newport, about 81 years
of age cut his throat with razor
%. Mrs. Joseph Routh of Augusta, about 80
years Of age, swallowed laudanum.
2s. Mrs. Lucy Gooch OF kennebunk, drowned
herself. She was widow, aged Is years.
81. Miss Martha Smith Of Chesuncook, near
Bangor, cut her throat with pocket knife. She
was Is years Of age.
August
|. Alfred Gordon Of VIM, an aged man. hung
himself with strap. Mental depression was the
cause.
L. George Perkins Of Wells, drowned himself
while fishing from boat.
7. Mrs. Polk of Robbinson, drowned herself
at Calais. She was between 40 and 30 years of
age.
ID Isaac p. Williams, shot himself with pis-
tol in the cars, between Waterville and Fairfield.
lie belonged in Fairfield but had been living in
Wisconsin for four or five years. Caused by
mental dependency.
Ii. Mrs. Daniel Buker Of South Sangervillc,
hung herself Mental depression.
II. Mrs Almatia $, wife Of Charles Y. Fol
lett Of North Scarsmont, drowned horself Insan-
ity.
II. Mrs. Albert a. Dean of Saco, hung her.
sci, to bedpost. She about 43 years of age.
20. Horace Williams Of East Levant, aged %
years, shot himself with pistol.
-. Sewall r. harrington Of Glenbmn, hung
himself to tree. Temporary insanity. .
September.
H. Mrs. Priscilla Goodwin Of Sanford, hung
herself. Insane.
Is. Mrs. Cynthia Maddocks OF North Els
worth, drowned herself. Deranged.