The daily gazette., 1878-10-04
A Young Mothers Suicide.
HER CHILD BESIDE HER BoDY-"KIss ME-
MA! WHY DON'T You KISS Mp"

HER CHILD BESIDE HER B0DY-"KIss ME,
MAJ WHY DON'T YOU KISS ME 2"
The second story of neat oking three
story frame tenement house at No. 1Oo5
Pacific street, near Classon avenue,
Brooklyn, was the scene of a sad case of
suicide Wednesday morning. The vic
tim was a young woman named Eudora
Savage, the wife of Thomas Savage, and
mother of two little girls, four and three
years of age respectively. The deceased,
who was % years of age, was the daugh-
tel, of a wealthy farmer named Savage,
living at Scranton, Pa. She was married
to her COUSIN seven years ago, and, from
all that could be learned among her
friends they seemed to have lived hap
PLY together as man and wife. They
! moved to Brooklyn a few years ago and
the man obtained employment as night
watchmau On the Long Island Railroad,
bis post of duty latterly being on Allan
| lie Avenue, within short distance from
his place of residence. They rented
| three rooms in the house, which is
| owned by a Mrs. Stark, who speaks in
high terms of the family, having known
them for several years.
| AT about half past six o'clock Miss
Jeannette Stark, daughter of the landlady
of the house, heard one of the children
of Mrs. Savage crying bitterly, and as no
one seemed TO be stirring in the room
she knocked at the door. Receiving no
answer Miss Stark turned the knob and
pushed back the chair that had been
placed against the door on the inside.
MOTHER AND CHILD.
A frightful spectacle was presented te
her gaze and, with a scream, she ex
claimed. "Oh, what sightp There sus
pended by the neck by three thlcknesse
of clothes line, which had been mad
fast above the doorway which led into ;
small hall bedroom, was the. lifeles
body of Mrs. Savage. Az her side pas
sionately kissing the hand of the deat
| woman, was Alice, child four year
old, crying, "Kiss me, ma! Kiss me me
ma! Why don't you kiss me~ Th
cries of Miss Stark attracted the atten
tlon of others in the house, who appear
ed upon the scene and removed tn
children. DIR. Childs, of Grand avenue
: was summoned and the body was Gu
down, and laid gently on the floor,
shawl being laid over the features OF tn
, dead. The deceased, who was OF sma
stature, was of dark complexion an
rather comely features. She was, a.
cording to the statement of Mrs. Starl
very fond of reading novels and stor
8 papers. When young girl she had d.
veloped symptoms of in >anity, and wa
!. for a short time, an inmate OF lunatl
: asylum in Pennsylvania.
a In July last she appeared to be affecte
: with an insane desire to take her life
standing on the railroad track whic
runs past the rear of the house. She ws
/ | rescued from death on one occasion
her husband. Recently one OF the dea
woman's sisters was married and sci
+ presents to all of her sisters save one IN
l. fact caused her great mental trouble, an
she frequently spoke about it to he
+ landlady. When her husband was on b
J. way to work on Sunday night he klsse
/ his hand to her and she went down stail
and conversed cheertully with Mr.
= Stark till half-past nine o'clock. 1t
u supposed that she did not retire to oe
:, at that hour, as she was dressed whe
|; discovered. The rope with which 81
e hanged herself had been used for swir
for the children. She had stood upon
i chair and tied it securely round her nee
o and then kicked the chair from und
her, causing the body to hang about
e foot above the floor. No doubt seems
|, be felt as to her mental alteration at Il
thine she committed the rash act.