Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-07-17
WOMAN'S LOVE.
4 Woman Travels Many
Miles to Commit Suicide
ON Her Lovers Grave.
[From Che Troy Pres, Jug n

day afternoon on the banks OF the
PoestenkiIl, and near him was
found a small phial that told but
one story-suicide. The man was
a stranger, and no one seemed ~
know anything about him. His
dress and persona, appearance in
dicated that he was q man we'll
to-do, and from letters, &C., found
in his possession it WAS learned
that his name was Peck. He had
come from the West and was evil
IDENTIFY going to the home of his
mother in Washington county,
when he determined to pat an end
to his life. This he did, and little
by little the story Of his trials was
brought oat. Financial troubles
and disaster, from all accounts,
stared him III the face, aud was
then supposed that he had been
caossed in love and his life made
miserable. He had been an hon
ora Bile, upright man. and his finan-
cial ruin was too much for him,
and he determined to end "A life
that had become miserable. Now
the sad sequel TO the case is to be
told The body Of Mr. Peck was
taken to the home of his mother
in Hampton, Washington county,
and buried in the village ceme-
terry. Last week a young lady ar
rived at Fair Haven, Vermont, on
an evening train from Troy. She
desired to be taken TO Low Hamp-
ton, several miles distant. A con-
veyance was secured. The owner
of the establishment, who lived in
Hampton, accompanied the young
lady. During the ride the lady
did not talk much, but once asked
where the house of Mrs. Peck was.
She also inquired for the burial
ground of the place. Her ques-
tons were readily answered, and
when the conveyance arrived in
front of the battle-ground she ask,
ed to get out. The driver, Mr..
Streeter, saw that she desired to
remain, and not knowing what to
think of such strange actions, be-
gan to reason with her, telling her
that the ground was damp and she
was likely to take cold. She final
ly consented to go home with Mr..
Streeter, who promised her that
his wife would awaken her early
in the morning and she could visit
the battle-ground. During all this
time.she did no. once disclose the
object Of her visit, or why she de-
sired TO get out 1T the little
Village burial ground. AT four
o'clock the next morning she
awoke and proceeded to the burial
place, and soon found the newly
made grave of Frank Peck, her
lover. She remained beside it I'M
til seven o'clock, when a brother
of the deceased came along and at
once recognized her from photo
graph he had seen.
He made himself known to the
miserable girl, and pressed her
hard to accompany him to his mo-
theirs home. She would not hear
to his words, so he sent his sister
to her, and the two women, COM
panions in sorrow, soon found the
way to each others heart, land they
returned to the house of Mrs Peck.
The young lady, when questioned
concerning Frank, said that she
thought his only trouble was bro't
on from financial embarrassment.
When she told him that she. had
enough for both, he did not seem
TO notice her. She advised him to
return East to his friends. and he
left the Ohio town to obey her
wish. She did not see or hear any
thing of him after that until the
dreadful news cane to her that he
had committed suicide. Deep and
bitter anguish was hers when that
sad news was brought to her She
could not rest until she saw the
grave that contained all that was
dear to her on earth.
She remained quietly with the
Peck family until Monday of this
week. On that day she again wan
dered TO the grave of Frank Peck,
and seating herself on the green
mound, determined to end her ex-
istence then and there.
She had in her pocket good
sized bottle containing laudanum
There, in the still of day, when all
around was blooming in beauty,
this girl, who had hardly crossed
her teens, took a dose that was in
tended to he fatal. She laid the
bottle down by the grave, with "A
piece of paper on which were writ
ter directions concerning the dis
position to he made Of her body,
and where money was to be OBJ
tanned with which to defray ex-
penses. This done, she arose and
walked to the house of Mr.. Street
er, where she intended to sleep
away her life.
She had taken an overdose of
the drug. and IL caused a sort of