Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-19
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TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10
COurtImg Death.

After making two deliberate attempts TO epd
her life on Saturday. a young married womar,
named Annie Il. Ford, has stated II as her
opinion that it is now intended that she Shall
live until the active and natural agents of death
shall snap her thread Of life. Mrs. Ford il
young, having just passed her twenty nut''
yeaf and is prepossessiDg aud, moreover -
sound in mind. She says she has been con.
templating suicide for some time, aud selected
Saturday as tho day. 10 the morning she pro-
ceeded to her home, at her boarding house.
No. 3345 Darby road and emptied two table
spoonfuls of laudanum into her mouth, which
found its way into her stomach. The drug re-
fused to be party to tho crime, and, alter
making her dcathy sick, caused her to vomt
violently and frustrated her design. But, by
her own words, this was not the plan she favor
cd. L. had been running iu her mind that
drowning was delightful way to rid ones self
of the shafts and arrows of outrageous fortune.
and having failed with the poison she prepared
herself for pu0gc into the Schuykll. She
wanted to appear we'll when she was h5hcd out,
so she took bath-this bath in basin without
suicidal intent-and then robcd herself in pure
dimity, fresh from the washcrwomau, and sailed
out for a lonely spot, where no human eye
would sec her end This was in the afternoon.
At about five o'clock when pedestrians and
vehicles were rattIiog over tho ornate
structure which spans tho Schuykill at
Chestnut street, Mrs. Annie l.. Ford was
seen to trudge up the western approach and
walk steadily and coolIy along tho southern
side. When she reached the centre cl The
structure and its greatest elevation she, az.
cordiug to her own statement, took Oft her ha.
and veil Tho veil was new one, which
had just bought the day before aud hcmmed
myself, aud ddn't want to get wet, and sprang
to the rail. At that moment man rushed
madly forward, and cized her by the skirt.
crying aloud. with anguish My God, cant
save hcr?" but he couldn't. The next in'
slant the woman shot through the air with
tho quickness Of lightning and sank beneath
the water. A hundred people rushed madly
to the river side.
1t so happened that the Schuylkill Ilarbor
Police boat was moored under the bridge, and
by the time her head appeared on the surface
a dozen strong arms had sciz,d her and drag.
ped her into tho little boat. Good Wh;skcy Was
then poured into her and respiration was
started according to the latest mode. The
whiskey and rubbing had the desired effect
She was then placed in an ambulance and
hurried to the Almshousc Hospital, where, ny
careful nursing, she WAS brought around. Ii
was here she made the statement that she be.
Eeved it was intended that she should i've
After her water experience she appeared TO
be vivacious.
1T was not on tho impulse Of moment
that determined to commit suicide, Ike the
people in the New York Ledger stories. - she
sad "but l had been tbioklog CT it loc some
timc.'
The cause for this double attempt at sell
murder she refuses to divuIgc. She has been
married seven years. She aud her husDand
have lived happily together, but for five
months they have not met 1t was stated at
tho boarding house that it was supposed her
act was committed because she feared to meet
her husband on his return on account OF some
thing of which she had been accused, Whlc'l
she thought had come 10 his ears.-lN"0'
Record.
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