Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-08-23
HUNG BY HER APRON.
A SAD SUICIDE At GLehkS RUN
Mrs. Patritk hyIes Disappears and IS
Found Hanging to 4 Beech
ree-The Mournful
Circumstances.

II was only last week that the RroIs-
TAR published sn account Of determin-
ed and su, c.ss.u attempt at self destruc.
ton and now there comes q paraiiei
case, but under much more difficult ana
distressing circumstances. In this case
the victim is a woman and q mother,
lady respected by all who knew her ana
whose untimely death casts q pail OF
gloom which extends beyonds beyond
the beresved family over all the imme'
diate community.
Information reached this city, yester..
day morning, in effect that the body OF
Mrs PArick Myles at Glenn's Run, had
been found swinging to the branch oil
beech tree in the WOO de back oil her hus.
bands residence. A reporter was dis
patched to the scene to CLEAN the particu-
lars and present the attendant circum-
stances, all of which are as follows:
In neatly.made log house on Glenns
Run, abont a mile back from the river,
lives Mr.. Patrick Myles and family. de
is farmer aud gardener, and obtains
his subsistence from the piece OF ground
on which he lives. His family, before
the sad occurrence which is to be rela-
ted, consisted OF his wife and one daugh.
ter. a girl OF nineteen or twenty years:
On Saturday he attended the Second
ward market, as was his wont, accompa
MED BY his daughter, returning about
noon. He was somewhat surprised that
his wife did not appear to let down the
fence bars. as she usually did, but upon
finding her ironing in the kitchen
thought no more OF it. He also remarked
as strange that she had not prepared
dinner, but accounted for this satisfacto-
rily. Her daughter asked why dinner
was not ready, and she replied she had
been too busy ironing
About two o'clock she left the house
to visit the neighbors, it was. thought
and her absence caused no alarm.
But when the supper hour found her stu
absent and darkness came without her.
surprise gave way to anxiety and then to
alarm. The neighbors were called upon,
but none of them had seen her. Aid
was rendered and the woods secured,
bat no tidings could he obtained. The
distracted ia'her and daughter passed
the q light as best they could, waiting for
the light which could enable prosecu.
ton OF the search.
About Z o'clock, n neighbor named
Isaiah futile, suddenly entered the
house, his face bearing the expression
which fore oieisLiase ano:shlch pr, :
pared Myies for the expected blow,
futile said he had found Mrs. Myles
hanging to beech tree on the hill back
OF the house. He had not approached
nearer than twenty feet, but had hast.
ened i'm horror, to tell the news. The
neighbors were summoned, the unfortu-
nate. woman was cut down and brought
to her desolate home.
This much OF an outline was learned
by the reporter immediately after reach.
ing the vicinity of the tragedy. The
house was surrounded by crowd made
up of sympathlzing friends and OF
curious others, who were talking over
the event. Mr.. Tnttle was found and
accompanied the reporter to the scene
to point out the tree and describe the
situation as he found il. Mr.. Myles'
house is situated in a deep valley, al
most on the level OF the run, surround
ed by high hills. A short walk up the
steep incline led to wood, largely
made UP of beeches, among which was
the one which lately had borne such
horrid fruit II was about foot in iii.
ameter, AMI from one sile sh); out q
| bough thee inches. thick, appearing
about five feet from TIE ground, making
a sharp turn aud running perpcndicu.
larry upward, nearly parallel TO the
trunk. A small shoot had been torn
away, by twisting 1t until the iibr-s
yielded, apparently 10 give space Tor tie
tragedy. it was To this bough that Mrs
Myles' body !a! Teen found suspended.
Apparently she had gone straight M
the Till. and. with mind intent on
| thrusting herself into iGturiiy, had
selected the ucc, ncylectng a horizontal
branch on tie other side ~ too high Tor
her purpns-, md twisting of TIA" SCOT
TO yet i, lui vi her way. Posing her.
self on root, suc had taken her apron Tor
a cord and placed it in the crotch OF the
branch, pulling the ends even and knot
ting them. She had not noosed her
neck, but had simply placed her chin in
the band thus formed and swung off.
Her home and irs vicinity laid spread
out like panorama beneath her and
from the direction OF her face, her last
gaze must have fallen directly upon it.
She had died, apparently without q
struggle, as her hands hung relaxed a,
her side, and from the conformation ol
the ground she might easily have saved
herself.
In the darkness Of that night her hns
band, in the search must have passed
within a score of feet OF where her body
swung; bat the darkness gave no token
and though one Of the house dogs after
ward discovered her and bayed inces
sanity, the neighbors heard but Needed
not.
Dir. futile, in his morning search
passed the spot, but was looking in an
other direction. Upon returning h'
saw the terrible spectacle, and approach
ing only near enough to satisfy himsel
il was really she, carried the informa
ton as related. Walter Marshall and q
half dozen others Immediately repaired
to the spot and cut her body down. The
form was rigid, the conntenance discol
orei and the general belief WAS that thu
fatal leap had been taken before dark or
Saturday.
The body was taken to her late home
and Justice Bulger, oi this city, notified
Constable Henry summoned the follow
ing, who were empaneled jury Of in
auistion. VIM. NJ. Morgan, foreman
John u. Moore, Martin b. Weiske
Adolph Bankard, Peter Lauer. VIM
Gre en-, John +. Oliver, John A. Singer
Jos. +. Bane, John Duffy. and ii. Hill
Patrick Myles, Isaiah futile, Walter
Marshall and others told the story sub
stantially as above and the jury return
ed a verdict that the deceased came u
her death at her own hands, by hanging
while ina temporary state Of menta
alteration.
Miss Mary, the daughter, tearfully
told the reporter that her mother,
health was good and she had never
noticed any symptoms OF mental dis
tress. The neighbors united in praisins
the domestic qualities OF the deceased
and her pleasant family relations, and
from their evident sorrow it is plain 9
dark cloud has shrouded the brautifu
and peaceful valley.
Mrs. Myles was member OF the Cath
| olic chnrch and the funeral will tsks