Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-31
A woman's Suicide.

Trouble Leads Her to Hang Herself
 by the Neck i'm Her Own House
 The Facts as Brought Out Before
 the COrOner's Jury-The Verdict.
 About half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon word was brought to the police office that Mary D., wife of John F. Weiss, living at No. 19 Starr street, had com- mitted suicide by hanging herself in the eel lar of the house where she lived. Acting Coroner Daley was notified, and he caused jury of inquest to be summoned, consisting of M. Spier foreman), sE. L. Fairchild, D. H. Walker, George B. Gladden., Charles T. Morse and W. A. Oountryman,
 The coroner, with jury and reporters, pro ceedsd to Starr street, and on entering the house of Mr. Weiss were conducted to the cellar where the woman lay after being cut down. After viewing the body the jury re- turned to the floor above, where they heard the evidence.
 Mrs. Bertha Bremmer, mother of the de- ceased, testified that her daughter had been in good health, and had never complained of any nervous disease. She had never heard her say she was tired of living, and knew of no reason for her committing suicide. She said Charley Mann had attached some prop
 erty in the store for debt, and had also at
 tached the wages of Mrs. Weiss son, which
 troubled her daughter very much. She said
 she last saw her daughter about quarter past
 Il in the forenoon at Mrs. Frederick's, neigh
 bor Witness said she came home shortly
 after 1 o'clock, and going down cellar with 8
 wash boiler found her daughter hanging by the neck. She at once gave the alarm, when Mir. Patrick Smith, who lives across the street, came over and cut her down. William Weiss, 8 son of the deceased, testi- fed that his mother had been very much troubled over the attachment of Charles Mann. He said that Mann claimed that his mother owed him $29, while she claimed that the amount was only $14. Since this trouble he had often heard her say that if she was dead she would not have this trouble. He said when he came home to dinner his mother was
 standing at the table and talked about the suit
 of Mann. She said if it was coming of to- morrow she would have to go down town and see Lawyer Sheldon. When he started to go to work his mother said she was going to | drown the kittens and. started to go down cellar.
 Mrs. Fredericks, 8 neighbor, testified that she had often heard deceased talk about her troubles with Mann, and had heard her say | that she would rather be dead than alive. She heard her say yesterday morning that if she | lost the case (Manns) she would kill her self.
 John F. Weiss, husband of the deceased, ] said his wife made no complaint about hex l troubles in the morning when he started for
 his work. He knew that she had been much | troubled on account of the pending lawsuit | with Mann.
 Patrick Smith, who cut the rope with which Mrs. Weiss hung herself, testified to the fact
 of being called by her mother and to his find.
 ing her as stated. He said she appeared to be quite dead when he cut her down. There He knew of no domestic troubles in the Weiss 1 family.
 This concluded the evidence, and after briei
 consultation the jury returned 8 verdict tha 'Ethe deceased came to her death by hanging
 herself while suffering under a temporary alteration of mind.'