The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-07-29
AN OHIO MAN COMMITS SUICIDE
AND HIS FFIANCED A TTEMP1S
SUICIDE ON HIS GRAV We.


In our daily issue of Tuesday we pub
lished an article taken from Troy IN
W paper giving the suicide of a man
named Peck and the subsequent attempt
of a young lady to commit suicide on his
grave. The article said that the body of
Peck was found not far from Troy and
his name learned from letters on his per-
son. The supposition was that Peck was
on his way from Ohio to his mothers
house in Hampton, Washington county.
when he committed self murder and that
financial troubles led to the act. This
was few weeks since. Peck's remains
were taken to Hampton and buried, Last
week a young lady arrived at the railway
station nearest Hampton and procured
conveyance to Hampton. On the way
she enuuired the location of the Hamp-
ton burial ground and of the house of
Mrs. Peck. On arrival at the burial
ground the lady alighted, but the man
who was driving her prevailed upon her
To get into the carriage again, though
she wished to remain. He suspected
something wrong, mentally, and persua-
ded her to 60 home with him, stay over
night, and promised that his wife should
wake her early in the morning that she
might visit the graveyard without attrac-
ting attention. In the morning she went
early to PeCk's grave, remaining there
three hours, when the brother of her
dead lover came to her, tried to induce
her to go to his mothers, but in vain.
He sent his sister, and she finally got the
the young lady to 60 home with her.
She there told her tale of love; that she
supposed financial troubles were all that
weighed upon her lover, and she offered
him her own property. He did not
seem to heed the offer, and she advised
him to visit his mother. He LETT Ohio,
and the next she heard was his suicide.
and she Immediately left Ohio for his
burial place. The young lady remained
with Mrs. Peck some days, when one
day she visited the grave and there
swallowed the contents of a laudanum
bottle, and leaving note directing about
her burial, &C., returned to Mr.. PeCk's
intending to sleep her life away. But she
had taken an overdose which produced
vomiting, and her life was saved.
We now see by Troy paper that the
Young mans name was Frank Peck. He
had among his effects a letter signed
Laura, postmarked Wellington, Ohio, 1t
appeared their acquaintance was formed
at Oberlin, but some way cloud had
come I'D between them. Her letters were
from Wellington, and were mixture of
self-reproach and affection. In diary
found ON his person there was written,
December 31st, 1874, 10 p. NJ, as follows;
"In after years should l happen to
nick this up and glance back over my
profigate life, 1 may repent and say it
was wrong. AS l sit here / would not
take back the experience of the past
three months for a world of wonders.
Laura loves me as l may never be loved
again, but cannot make her happy even
If | would, for it is against my principle.
| have got her letters, which l will keep
to remember that had one woman's
.ove."
The dispatch adds that the young lady
IS very handsome and is highly connect
ed, but we have no knowledge Of any of
,he parties except the above Cleveland
Herald.