, 1877-12-08
DRIVEN 70 DESPAIR.
Il a1Dti,er Urged by Dest!snttnn tn Poison
Ifrr Child and End 1Ier Own Life.
.yfsc Iark Ntrn4d, Dee. D.

Il Mother Urged by Dest!snttnn tn Poison
Tfrr Child and End 1Tor Own Life.
lStm }'srk Herald. Der, .. .....
Dcstitution has vi late been tho fruitful
causc of suicide, hut scllomt even In these days,
does II drive It's victims to such cktfemlties ~
it dtl ,CatlIarine Wilde. Sic Is an English
woman, 10 ycars ot age, whose husband, CIR
pcntcr In St. JOHN, N. H.. has neglected
her, OF, perhaps, been unable to render her
assistance. With her little girl. Caroline,
child years oil, the woman has lived In poor
a,odo at No. Q Whites altcy, struggling TO cku
ou, bare subsistence, but day by day her wanss
less. T,y her needle she stsove at 1rst to earn
the maintenance Of bersclt and child. She
was dtcsstnakcr,. and, it t.. said, =
skilled Due too, hut no work offered,
and her applications for .elnptoy-
tnent wcrc but serlcs Of bitter disappotntr
whom she saw that starvation Or the cold refuge
OF d nuhlie Institution Fretucd the p'rslon OF
her child and self sho determined to leave tho
world shc had farcd 10 badly in. and 1t the ha1ne
being tha regretted 70 part from, With
the few pennies slio was ah1e 70
gather she went away about noon and
returned soon With couple Of ytalt, one Gun.
while shc rat IN silence, fnctlttntlnC, with what
fcclings God alone knows, her dreadful deter.
mfnat1on; and then rho called to her little Cfli
Caroline. FondltnQ her first With q inothera
tenderness, though at tho same time striving to
control the strung emotions that made them
| to her Of tho codncsa Of tho world. ot
| the dark future that seemed bcfnrc them. and
said tfat It waa better inr to end the existence
that wKA torment to them and look for better
things in tho hereafter. or course the little
! tue could Ill divine what her motbcf's words
postenled, hut komc Instinct. sue herself knew
not what, prompted her to look with sort u
some purpote OF doing hurrn. Accordingly
| when the woman poured out some OF the
coorcd liquor aud gave It u the child to drink,
| little Caroline swallowed but portion Of It,
aud spat The rest out. The bitter tasto Of the
potion causcl her, too ulonlcut alter to f1nfc
her mouth, A11tl this hnppy chance, the result
| proved, eavctl her life. -...
lowed, and then, going to her bed, she stretched
herself upon It arld called Caroline to her.
"Comct child. go to sleep with tuc.h She aafd,
and then folding her arms about the little girl
shc lny there breathing heavily. A half an hoit
passed, untl then the child, aroused By the cold
| contact ot her mothers hands, rose IN tho bed
70 ind slc WA corpse. Her cries brouahi z
won,an. which occupied ttc!r mt1lts a. first, gave
place to fears for tt,c ch'lds safety. The pupils
OF fIer eyea became tlfIatcd, her stomach uas TN
| settled, and ale began to eyloca sy1iptomA oi
poisoning. such emetics as were at fand were
| administered, mud when reporter last night
visited the desolasu abode Of the Wildcs', tttlc
Caroline was thought to b. out Of danger 1n
found IN the charge Of a, old woman. She IL Q
bright Intelligent little girl, and told, With ar
accuracy and power far beyond her years, the
tragic story Of ler mothers death.