, 1879-07-22
JOINT SUICIDE,
Two Sisters, After Long De'ibera.
ton, Hang Themselves.
Careful Preparations Tor Their Exit.
Tho Olooed Hous:.
4 Third Sister las a Sharptuel Kuift, but Does
Hat Use II.

ocr1,rrnti laat nycninr in u hna t.vn.,t,rv ,n,t
basement brick residence. At No. 1so Langley
hFettes Ihc housc Is huile Ia tho usual style
ot sucn 'nohsloas, win M upper aiid
a lower front entrance, and wlthEn is hnclv fur
t,tsled With elegant furniture, piano, and lne
| tIbsury. The inu,atcs Ut the nouRp were three
ofa maid .,.ier.. ,,,ncd
r,,,, 1.r,, -, ~.
.1'H"Ahin Aas", AMI nosA T11uWh"toua'
agea respectively ~, 4U and 81 years Tie neigh
bors knew them only by siRit, aud locked upon
then, Will, suspicion, not so much In regard to
il,etr yir.uo n. from ,ionht aa ~ thcir h. .ani.y'
ill.,. - 'u''' euuo. w. " "s't e"a.s!
thty LII" hvea III 'ae hciehoorhooo onlY aoout
Three months, having rented the houss from
| the yEtloco Of llyd. Parry ore all
o,,,. wn.tt,u .....,s ".., @ ~.
T,e Hn',o .,'.a, Hsa.1ns anu feapcslaolet anu pa1
nss'o a%seueo,s ~ "ns pala 10 '"e st1aaeo occu'
pants " t'e 'eu orlc@ houec' l.o"a ta'slnIt
@ s
tion Of tho nclghbors,ood wus that the sisters
wcrc vcrv o,I1 o,,l v.ro otron - ,n,d.
nirnt o,ctes o, m I'm tnsuoo m'' c,,araeter r
No one called upon them, mud, 1l a. l,ey opocsred
to have no reativcs nur arqanintanccs, they
called upon no Que. aud tnade no fr!ouda. They
Netc never seen, therefore, except wnen u'eY
vent went i9rta % to 10 such m shopping as
lucy tonnu j., necessary. Tic manner
men a.,, e hesehoo.s s, s1 were last
mysterious trio was Il, Sensational M to 10 not
nt Iii IN tlIrir li,stnu. Mira ijrnann WIN lives
| iu un edIoulng house, was tIe first to
orep.rr Tu,T ~, y.. vo- tr.,, -, ,r,,
Aousk, .
ana sue Kept elosc watcf lot Developments.
Dursux the afternoon ule inmates llad madc
%ys1ter'oas movements, @ aus % mailing down
ing ai point points o. ~ iqcrcss "nd egress, and then
along about 5:3o In tile evening the young
ess . ssast as VA Wa & sSen IN maksns vlsit ~
n p as ef
Ivy her ersan5 without attracting The attou,lon
o. tae ne'Gnoofs, whose curlos'ty ,conerra-
,nS themselves eho appeared to thorongll-
y, undefsssl'd' s,,n Returning sho enscr.
tue front basement do3r. AZ this point It Ia
necessary to understand tint this pcssouage,
NORA rRownRspoE,
0 san svsnt9 s anq os
iii persons al hcr Kind: shs +. Iootte,i
up With sono aversion, howoycf silulltly
i,i,b,ted with pity, by ordinary iolks, t and aho
ILL., ILL., Alter entcrine ii,c house Sona was IS ssen e
no moro Until abotlt o'rlock tn tt,a evcninr
when thc attention OF Mrs. Uansnn w1s
called 10 hcr bY tile servant. Al tI,at
ti,ne she was leaning out Of rear BASEMENT
luS tone of voice, A'' "N'@ A''s' -
'~' '" " .syl,:1 % no ovp covx,r
| mi, ra...iss "..' ~ osh Io4I
Inc es9 W repeated sevsra! tlmes Within hear
t'lt unfortunate young woman was In dire
trouo'c o. SONG SORT she went arouud to tile
hs 'sot e,n ao1f WIN n.y. .c Intention ot clnE upon
y oe fequlfeu. A1ter repeated sllEnEs
Of Inc doofpoJl, Mona responded,
ana maao u kn9"n ttat tue
auor uor va vsh ,E S'o Sou not DO
Mrs. Hanson went to the loxer door, and was
met there by the dwarf: It was depicted
On ner eoutenanee mat something Of
~ bn asass h. nat15q sa sS Secured
weeping aa % wrinslng ~ hcs ~ nands .I, ~ hitter de-
spair: MIs. hanson asd not wlah TO enter un,
aer aucn ,E circumstances: oat requested tug e'!l
partla,ls dfaeEihg Mona alonr. sha sue.
seeard ~ EettillE Asr " 20 Into tho
oase hs Ayg teho Nona Was n 80 exlsea
fsom her, as9' II VA lonnl necessary to call III
pr. Hentoru a,:tt other physicians TO re-
sture icr, Iaen nio story Of an
AWFUL lraeedy "hnln tht Mysterious hcrse
p!ccetncal, and IT waa proven tn horribly
realistic manner when, utter Sirs. Hanson hnd
a!a5meu tlu nulenoors, tnS honse Was entered
ana tae , ivy . ss'eFs, 1 E'apotM and Anna
ends Of ropes '. suspended over tue
parlor aoora. 1t whs q fearful
HlgAt' a. Tie sight ot o human ooInR always III
when strongled to death, and the features fully
e1posed 70 view. The faco aItl han1s weta
1narked with The concealed blood IL black patch.
O., the features wcse distorted into the most
frghtfu! and fortified loos and ihc syes
seemed bursting frotn tho sockcts. This, with
tlltlunnaturaly stretched neeks. a,ld the guastly
npturaled taets With TIC frotf1 ooztng from
tue mouth and nosiris aud SLOWLY uuVclop.
Ing thc lower lcaturcs IN nlasque, was
~ much as the stoutcst heart could
"Hnstlnus Hns not unth Hsar
o4.,,rns+a T., ~, d,r. ~. hnisa Ehi .S @ tG
aftnr 1n,t,ra dc1s~otInn mi ,h.n n',r ~ H. H.
.as.at "nr rn.sihin RI" h%Io, ss "',-s ~ III III
iii. ~ e;Hr ,,nn', I'm nnr ~ ~ ,o, nor,ns @
"I I'll iFc ' snrrnriInns ~ .rnre III
ra "rac,.otn "a f,r,1 Eit1ahmtns ,-""o,, ~ w ~
vcsra mi nnnncrn, m',rh ni,,.r n" nn.a,',rt ~,
f,rr gray hairs, was hanging IL lhe folding ,juors
| between tslr frunt a,ltI hack par!or. Bhe lad
| muuntul chn,r upon Which sho had first piled
soue books from tho library, md then, after
placing 4 small silk handkerchief about her
neck, had adjusted tile fntul moose, which III
both instances was 1nado ot hctnpru cord about
une-fuurth Ut au incE iii thickness In muking
thp suicidal leap from tlisunlnenees shu tad failed