The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-07
Suicide by Drowning.

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over a year ago from Union parish. She
sought and obtained employment as Il
house servant. During the time, it is
said, she went astray, assumed the
alias of Ethel Hunt, and finally abaI-
doned work. Her fall went on rapidly,
until her life ended by drowning in the
river Saturday night. Her remains
were discovered at the wharfboat,
Monday morning, by Mr.. Head of the
wharfboat. On the feet were a pair Of
very small CATERS tightly laced, the
hair had been carefully combed and
confined with II large band-comb, and
a pair of merino gloves were on the
hands. The other apparel was the best
that Ethel's wardrobe could furnish.
Coroner Surghnor held an inquest on
the body, and it was fully establish
ed that it was the body of Ethel Hunt.
The Jury decided, after investigation,
that death was not the result of vio-
lence but of voluntarily drowning.
We have examined the testimony,
much of which is irrelevant and some
Of which not admissible in our col
umes, and find that the verdict is in
accordance with the facts sworn to.
Ethel Hunt was living with Mr.. II.
Miller, assisting his wife who was
sick. Late Saturday evening she
dressed herself neatly and went out in
town. About 8 O'Clock Mr.. Hoggard,
the 1erryman, heard hallowing at the
ferry landing on this side, and very soon
heard some screams. 1t was thought
that a policeman was making an ar
rest, and the cries were not re-
sponded to. At the point whence
the cries proceeded the river is not
more than four feet deep some 10 feet
from the waters edge. There was no
boat, raft or log to jump from, and the
"poor unfortunate" deliberately Inn
Fortunate, must have waded into the
stream and ended her sad existence in
this way. She has relatives, we under
stand, in Union parish. Her remains
were inferred In the Monroe Cemetery
The way of the transgressor, it is
said, is hard, but with none harder
than with absolute females. Three
deaths of such characters by suicide we
have recorded in little over a year.
They listen, hesitate, are lost, and then
Death, too tardy in his natural pace, is
wooed and wed with pistol, morphine
or some other agency of violence, and
the two, spectacles for the gaze of the
curious and the vulgar, go to the pot
ter's field for permanent home. The
blame is not all theirs, but alas ! the
punishment usually is.
Mr.. L. d. Allen, who has started an
agency for bankers and manufactures
in this city, has supplied want long
felt by business men of this section of
the country. Mr.. Allen is a thorough
business man himself and properly
appreciates the requirements of the
laws of buying and selling. With this
knowledge and ample backing, he pro-
poses to merchants to have their orders
filled at manufacturers prices, without
the Intervention of commission mer-
chants, or wholesale dealers, and less
the cost either must necessarily charge.
His commissions come from the man
ufacturer, and not from the buyer. He
is in constant communication with
large pork-packing firms, with provis-
ion and whisky dealers and with other
large business firms, and will transmit
orders by telegraph, the goods to be
sold at the lowest market figures. Mr..
Allen is ably assisted by Mr.. Evans-~
gentleman who was in the f'~-"'.
navy and saw serui~e with Autumn
Senmes rs lieutenant on the Sumter
we-are pleased to learn that the bust
ness of these gentlemen already prom
| ises we'll.
The Police Jury held its regular Sep
te,nber session Monday and Tuesday,
the proceedings Of which appear else
where. The list of claims allowed the
Police Jury decided not to publish, be
causo-af a saving in expense and be
cause the list,ri. was urged, is not reat
when published. We think the mem
bers will discover that they are in er
ror. No portion Of their proceeding