The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-06-17
A Brides Suicide.
ROMANCE ~ REtL LIFE

tltt't Oh lIitiSsh'ls ftNN ibbii' ny th'
report that Mrs John farris, daugh
tor of the Rov. Joseph Thomas. OF
the Woodruff Presbyterian Church,
had committed suicide near Watkin =
Glen. by throwing herself in front Of
q locomotive on the Northern Cen
trail Railway.
Bavina Thomas, deceased, was 81
years Of age, AMI mp 10 the time of
the marriage mentioned was the con
ire Of an almiring circle. composed
of tho best )cicty Of Woodhull. She
was handsome and accomplished, al.
though her parents were III cOmpar.
atively poor circumstances. \ fow
months since she formed the ~ lirin
tauce Of IA tn named John FI,c,s. u
fow years her senior, who wont tD
Woodruff from ithaca. AMI c!urkgl
in dry goods store. lie WIS Vi
pleasing address AMI winning man.
ncrs, aud soon won tho hcIrt OF Miss
Thomas. Her prents thiuhing well
Of Farris, there vas no obstacle to the
mlrriagc Of tho two, aud tho ceres
mony wls performed at the time
above mentioned, tho fIthcr of tho
bride himself officiating.
From Woodruff tn ne WY married
pair started on u brief woII,ns tour.
They went 10 Watkins, aud stopped
at tie Langlon House After spoui
ing two or three days thcrc, the young
wife noticed "A decided change IN the
conduct Of her husband From be.
ing kind AMI loving he beclme cross
and nogloctiul, AMI finally, on the
third day, appeared before her cJusid
crlblv intoXlcltol. Sho was almost
cralel ut the conduct of F,uris but
attempted to lovingly remOnstrtto
with him, when h pushei her from
him, aud, to her horror, coolly told
her that she was not his wife. rs he
hal been previously married, and
his wife was living at Ithaca. He
also said that he intended to leave her
and go back 10 ithaca, aud that the
best thing she could do would be tD
enter II house Of prostitution, even
Suggesting to her the name Of ono.
and oiloring to conduct her to IT, lie
then went away, leaving the heart
broken young woman, without pay
ing the bills that had been contract
od ut the hotel Inquiry on her part
proved that what her supposed has
band had told her was too truo, and
that he was notorious sc oundrel aud
thief.
Having no money, Miss Thomas
left hor trunk at the hotel as security
for the payment of the bill. She could
not gather courage to return to her
home aud face the scandal her unfor-
tunato marriage would make, aud SO
she determined to seek employment
in Watkins for timo. She found
employment as II domestic on Satur,
day last, ut the house of Mr. David
solomon. u prominent business mlu
of Watkins, to whose family sho re-
lated the story of her great wrong.
On Monday M. Solomon went to the
hotel to arrange for taking Miss
Thomas 3 trunk away, when the dis
covery WIS made that it hpl been
broken into anl rh1l. Flrrio hal
returned to tho hotel on Sunday aud
procured admission to the room late
ly occupied by him aud the deceived
Miss Thomas, and suspicion at oncce
fell on him ~ the thief. Mss Tnom-
rs had in the trunk fine gold watch,
which was n wedding present from
her mother, q gold chain, and other
jewelry, which wore all stolen A
warrant was issued for the arrest of
Farris, and he wa3capturea and lodS.
cd in Jail, and on Tuesdny was sen
fenced to six months in jail.
Miss Thomas remtinelat Mr.. Sol.
omons, doing the work of II servant.
and refusing TO proceed against the
villain who had destroyed her happi'
ness. She rarely spoke, and seemed
to think that she was stunned by all
who saw her, On Wednesday even
ing last, after she had finished her
supper work, she told Mr., solomon
that she WAS going up stairs to write
letter to her mother A few min
utes afterwards she came down aud
went out OF the back door. One Of
The family, supposinG she was going
to the post Office, called after her and
told her that was not the way. She
made no reply and kept on her way,
Not lonS thereafter she was seennoIr
the canal lock, looking down into
the water, and subsequently, walked
down tho railroad track. About s
o'clock this Same evening, rs freight
train No 60, going south, was rum
ming at rapid ratio about Il mile be-
low Watkins, the engineer saw n
woman standing about ten feet from
the track short distance ahead.
He supposed she was waiting for the
train to pass, When the locomotive
was within few feet Of her, tho en-
gincer saw that she was very pale,
and tho next instant he was horrors
stricken to see her spring directly in
front of the engine. Before he could
sound an alarm it struck her, and the
whole train passed over her before it
could be stopped. The remains
were picked up, the face and hoad
alone OF tho unfortunate suicide be
ing free from mutilation.-Neao York
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