The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-16
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- ha above appeared in the Cofateerc y
....LSsraav morning. It announces siupiy
$3.50, .snnt the death was Of young niau
dea.u ssy ubD was tho idol OF fair,5
OF tWsn. .,;sI =, nineteen years. There is-a
slen ..ns - th;a announcement, tragedy Oh
sly, insanity and swift sniclde. me
sn .1s g. ,,rino as we write this. with little
s,,,st. bnie IN her left breast, to the rlght Oh
tSa s,earf. It Is small black hoie, ma s,
hr hullet from small revolver OUT, n. lleS
nonre-than q toy; but 1t is enough. Ineis.
WAS hardly one chance In ten OF 8 Woun ~
from this kind OF .. weapon Tesun,hE ~.
tally. hut unfortunately In this case tue i eai
was well directed. ..,,o .,;nu the.
oThe victim OF the tragedy -ioiio nths 49, sau
death Is Miss Lulu George, pssas, R ,rsS
s uv from Ronaparte, Iowa. She had come
sars sl study vocal music at the Coile;1e Oh
1s,s;c ami had been boarding some weeks
,.,fb z Nrs. Rogers, southeast corner OF
Eanr,h and Smith streets. 1t was there tnat-
she shot herself shortly before ~ o,ctock,
n sns yesterday. Miss George was engaged
fn MIR. Ferriman. They were 70 De tnaiIieu
in december, She was devoted TO MIN WIN
81, the intensity OF q sensitive organization,
although contained in small casket;
AR Ferriman was travelling salesman
Cor VOORHEES,. Miller d Co., THIRD street.
10 bsd been i'll at The st. James, ana since
Tuesday Miss George bad frequently caned
IN him. He had an intermittent FEVER, JOE
lowed by congestive chills, with congestloh
~ fine brain threatened. His condlt,on was
dangerous. The girl did not know TINS, I9I
DR.. Norton had, in the humanity OF nts mas
ture, led her to believe that ne Wouio soon
be well. - Mic
George, at her clearinghouse, tnat ferli-
nan was dying. The girl heW TO hef iover
TO find him breathing his last. Inose VINO
witnessed it state that her paroXysm Q! an.
euish was terrible to behold. There is no
doubt now that in that awful moment her
mind Welded to the strain; insanity TOOK
the place Of reason.
Mrs. Rogers, who had deep feeling for
The GIRL in her trouble, upon learning what
had occurred, followed her to the St. James,
and found her there in her misery, with dry
ewes and wandering expression. ASSISTED
nv some gentlemen, she took her home that
night. It was evident that the despair OF
her grief had driven her wild. She had not
been back long before she commenced to
insist upon returning to the body OF her
lover. Mrs. Rogers feared to oppose her,
and took the opposite tack OF appearing TO
encourage her, while really delaying her
mill their physician, DR.. Carr, could come.
She suggested that Miss George should
dress herself neatly for the call. The poor,
wandering mind grasped at this idea quick
". She said: eyes, in my incest; I'll
wear my plum-coIored and velvet that he
liked most" So careful toilet was made,
Mrs. Rogers assisting and delaying it us
long as possible.
Then Miss George became weary, and
said, CHOW let's co." Mrs. Rogers called
her attention to the fact that she had on
slippers, and that she ought to put on her
walking.shoes. she assented, and then Mrs.
Rogers discovered that she had rent in
one OF her stockings. and that she must put
on clean hose. She again assented. BY this
time DR.. Carr came, and be decided lmme-
diately that in her frame OF mind she must
not leave the house on the errand contem.
plated. She must be placed under the ill.,
f'uence OF an opiate. The ladies had often
gone to the drugstore across the street for
soda-water, and this suggested the idea OF
taking her over and drugginS her Soda \
But they could not induce her to go, and
the next best thing-for she was becoming
wild-Yas to confine her to the bed and adj
minister hyperdermic injection Of NOR
phine. This was accomplished, and the
idea OF leaving the house was abandoned.
Although no peaceful condition OF SUM-
Der followed, she was kept in the house till
the morning under careful watch OF Mrs.
Rogers and her daughter and Mr.. Bur-
bridge, her cousin. During the night Miss
George asked Mrs. Rogers to show her the
location of the heart. Mrs. Rogers did so
as nearly as possible, asking her il she had
much pain there. She answered, eyes,
great pain-great pain ~ Shortly after
O'Clock Mrs. Rogers sent. servant to her
with nice light breakfast. She would not
touch il, however. although begged to eat.
She said, Why should eat? We eat to
| i've. What have to live for now!" This
was the logic of her dazed brain.
Shortly after this, on being left alone
awhile, she hurriedly dressed herself for the
street in careless way, and rushed outand
up Fourth street. Mrs. Rogers and MI.
Burbridge hurriedly followed. supposine
she had gone to The St. James. There was
no trace Of her there, however. From the
in Quest Of her. Some went to the river,
others to the railroads, and others TO the po-
lice stations. Very soon she was found
wandering about in q wild way on vine
street. She was again taken home and placed
in bed in Mrs. Rogers's room, on the hrst
floor with lady in attendance. Short
lyF before noon she asked fer the privacy
OF the room for moment. This was readily
granted. Very soon after this the report Of
a pistol was heard, followed by shrek.
Mrs. Rogers thought the plste! had been
fired on Smith street, and that MISS George
shrieked with alarm. She ana Mrs. Culbert-
son hurried to the chamber to tell Miss
George not to be alarmed, and to their hor-
ror discovered black hole in hex garment
at the left breast, and detected the odor OF
nowder. Mrs. Culbertson asked, 1'Haye
you shot yourself ?"
Miss George then raised her right hand,
showing the pistol, and replied, 4 Yes, I've
shot myself, and I'll shoot you"
On questioning her, when it could be
done, Il was found that she had purchased
the little pistol fora dollar On FIFTH street,
during her morning wanderings. She
could not locate the place exactly. She
had obtained with 1t half dozen cartridges.
twenty-five ealibre. She had placed only
one cartridge In the revolver, but had man
aged to explode this one as nearly over her
heart as possible without being exact. Tt
was found that it world not be possible to
probe the wound and that death must GER
faInIy result $50
Mr. Ferrimsns brother, Charles Ferri-
man, was in ATTENDANCE ut the st. James
during bis Illness, and last night took the