The daily gazette., 1875-05-13
'TRST EDITION.
The Inquest.

IHR sUIcIDK OF MARY THoMAs--A vKR-
|nIcT Oh DEATH FB ON THE EFFEcTs OF
Arsenic ADMINISTERED BY HER OWN
HANDS.
: Y esterday afternoon Deputy Coroner
Echard Groves, Jr., held an inquest
Ter the body of Mary Thomas, the
Fl who died yesterday morning, at
2E, Seventh street, from the effects
dose Of arsenic.
Miss Annie Semple and Mrs. Fielder |
rael testified to visiting the girl fire. |
ently during the time she was i'll. |
admitted to them that she had ia |
n poison, and said she did 1t because
had beeu accused of theft and had
home or friends
mir. Elizabeth McNeal, who keeps
boarding house in which the girl
ed. testified that her son brought
ary into the house on Tuesday night
eek, very sick and said she had taken
dose of arsenic. During her illness
girl admitted to witness that she
Rd taken arsenic because she chad no
/Dme and no friends, and would rs
EVE die as live.
n DR.. Wales testified to his being called
y see the girl on Tuesday night week
hid to her giving him the same reason
[br her suicidal act, as WAS given to
lie other witnesses. He asked her II
hat was the only cause, and she said
d was half, declining to give any other
<eason. He said the arsenic taken by
the girl was sufficient ir quantity 10
Hill half dozen men.
II Mr.. and Mrs. RICHTER testified that
Mary lived with them about six weeks
Ago and that they detected her in TAX
Ing articles and when told ..of the fact
ehc left their house quietly last Tues
Bay night week.
4 A material witness being absent, the
hurry adjourned, and reassembled at 8
bclcck, p. M., at Coroner Groves res
idence, No. 112 Market street.
A Charles McNeal testified that he had
known the deceased since last summer
knd had been keeping company with
lher for the last six weeks. Monday
1dywine with her and she tried to jump
nto the race twice, but he prevented
her and took her up King street. she
Ibroke away from him and ran back to
the race, but was prevented from jump
ling into the water by two men who
4 had observed her previous attempts.
She than walked back with witness to
his home, No. 2 East Seventh street,
where they separated.
Witness next saw her the following
night at $50 o'clock, in front of his
mothers house, very sick and vomit.
ng violently. She told him she had
taken arsenic, and gave him the pack
aye containing the remainder of the
d poison. He took her in the house
left her in charge of his mother ant
went for DR.. Wales.
During her illness the deceased tolt
witness the following story:
After they parted she wandered thu
streets until late hour, when o yount
man met her and took her around I,
the Delaware House, where he secured
her lodging for the night. All the mex
/ day she spent out on the Brandywin
reading a novel; she had two bottle
of laudanum with her, but just as sh
came along and took the bottles ava,
from her. In the evening she came il
town and begged money from the pas
! sers-by until she got quarter. Sh
. went into drug store and asked fo
some arsenic, but they refused to sci
ttoher without physicians prescriI
1 ton She then went into the store d
Sixth and Market streets, and purcha!
! ed fifteen cents worth of arsenic, abou
half of which she took. She soon a
ter became very sick, and wandere
around until she fell down ut Mrs. M,
Meals door,
/ there was no trouble between him an
The deceased, and that she told hil
she took the arsenic because she ha
been accused of theft, had no frienG
and no home.
VIM. Poole, clerk at Z. Bringhur
Il Co.'s drug store, Sixth and Marks
sts., testified that no arsenic was sol
from the store on Tuesday, the 4th il
stant. On Wednesday, 9th instant,
sold fifteen cents worth to your
woman who said she wanted 1t for
Mrs. Reeves.
This closed the testimony and Il
jury rendered verdict that the d
ceased "came to her death from the G
fects of arsenic, administered by h
own hands,"
d. Fox, undertaken, took charge
the body of Miss Thomas and tel
graphed to her father, Edward Thoms
at Mechanics Valley, Cecil count
Nd. The latter replied to bury Il
body in nice manner but that
would be unable to attend the tuners
A LATER STATEMENT.
This morning, Mr.. Fighter, one
the witnesses, Informed the GAzET,
reporter that he and several other W
nesses had made mistakes 10 their t.
timony, He said that upon rsflesti
he was positive that it was Tuesd
night when the girl left his house
stead of Monday night, as he at fl
testified, and that she took the pois
Wednesday night instead of Tuesd
night.
The FISHERIES NEAR HAvER
GRAcE.-The Republican says: TT
season, so far, has been very prt
fahIa opa for D,.r n;Jlaro The oof