The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-14
A SAD SUICIDE.
A Pistol Bullet Ends a Life.
~ Broken and Ruined Home Circle.

IL Broken ana hUlneu I1oue SlTcIe.
Yesterday evening, at about s o'clock, the
eharp report of a pistol startled the neigh
hors III the vicinity OF Felicity q camp
.troota and on entering the residence OF
J,,,oa Rnissop. at that corner, they discov-
orod that Mrs. Jules Buisson had committed
u,,,c,de bv shooting herself In the head with
!. tbirtv.two calibre Smith IL Wesson re-
Volver.
a DEMOCRAT reporter repaired to the house,
Tor the purpose of investigating the tragedy,
and was shown into a room In which was
seated the husband Of the deceased lady, her
brother and seven now motherless little
children, the youngest being but one month
and thirteen days old. Passing through the
room, the reporter was shown into Mrs. Bulls
.Yeon's sleeping apartment. 1t was a very neat
apartment, containing an old-fash1oned ma
hoUany bedstead, an armoir, bureau, 9 few
other pieces OF furniture and a rocking-chair.
sThe rocking-chair was the most noticeable OF
MI the furniture, 1t being the chair occupied
nv the unfortunate lady when she committed
the terrible deed OF self-destruction.
THE CORPSE. @#@9rM
lay dpon the bed. It was 9 pretty Creole
face that rested there, although pale In
death, Swallowed by raven ringlets. Even
The wound, which was In the right temple,
did not disfigure the face as 1t lay on the
pillow so peaceful and still.
THE DEADLY BULLET
entered the head just above the right temple,
ahattering the temple bone and penetrating
the brain, causing instant death.
Mrs. BuiSsOn, 1t Is said, rose yesterday
mornino at the usual hour and during the
day she attended to her household duties, but
on the return or her husband TO dinner the
two quarreled. smo
When dinner was over she repaired TO the
kitchen and gave some instructions to her
servant. She then entered the room adloin-
inr the dining-room, and taking her husbands
pistol from his armoir placed 1t In her pocket
and went Immediately to her sleeping apart
ment.
This was the last seen Of her until her
friends were summoned to her by the report
81 the pistol. When they entered the room
they found her sitting in the rocking chair
dead,
ns5 tight hand still holding the smoking
The old nurse, who was walking the young
eat child I'D and down the gallery, states that
she saw her mistress enter her bedroom ana
take her seat In the r~Ocking-chair, and the
next moment she heard the report OF the
pistol. and, rushing In, found her mistress had
killed herself. @@@a#@w "@u= 5m@5m@.@
MR.. BUIsSoN WAS TNTERRoGATED
mo to the causes which led his wife to commit
the rash act, and he stated that bis wife was
insanely Jealous. She Lad frequently 6ald
that she had caught him doing things that
he knew he had never DONE ana .r When hnn e
come very excited, and every effort to abate
that excitement by argument backed by facts
would have no effect, and consequently. ne
considered her a maniac when on that SUBJECT.
He had thought that some day she might
attempt
no SHOOT HERSHEY,
md for that reason he made 1t a practice
never to leave his pistol In the house, but
always to wear 1t.
II was not the first time she had tried to
kill herself, In 1873 she took poison, and pre-
viOus to that she also swallowed o deadly
drug, but on both occasions she was dis
covered In time and antidotes being admins
tered she was saved, n-.-
son and his wife have lived unhappily to
0ether for some time, and they attribute her
terrible deed to insanity produced by domes-
tic infelicity, or some other cause. All VINO
knew the unhappy lady speak OF heI In the
highest terms as 9 true W1e ana de'oeeo
The gaddest portion OF this sad affair Is
that seven motherless children are left in the
WorId-four boys and three girls, the Oldest
inst eleven years and the youngest but one
month and thirteen days. They did not seem
Co realize that their mother was dead, al
though informed of the fact, until bedtime
came, and then, when they were told that
<gIeeping time had come, the little ones
asked for "mama" to kiss them good night
and on being denied admittance to her room,
went w~eepingIy to bed, scarce knowing why
the goodnight kiss could not be given.
Deputy Coroner Finn, who had been sum
moned, impaneled q jury, which, after near
ing the testimony, gave q certificate OF sui
At the inquest three letters, written In
French by the deceased lady TO her aunt,
were produced. Two were dated in 1873. me
letters charge infidelity and Entertainment On
her husbands part, and contained express
sions of an Intention to kill herself.
It was shown at the Inquest that some Time
age Mrs. Buisson employed q lawyer and was
about to sue for a divorce, but owing to her
husbands %pleadings the case was Withdrawn;
The deceased was a native OF Louisiana anu
was 80 years Of age.
This makes five suicides since the beginning
OF the present month: Patrick Smith. shoot
Ing himself on Poeyfarre street; John Chris
tian, hanging himself on st. Ann street; Mrs;
Kearney, at the Roman street station, and
Mrs. Germaine, drowning herself IL her els
tern on Burgundy street, beside several IN
successful attempts at suicide. 4m@-@ @m@5
"A CAPRICORNICAN REMINIS-
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