Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-12

At No. 2l9 East Sixth street, last night.
when the glory of the sunset had faded int
dusk and the summer air was filled with glad.
nesss, fair but wretched woman lay strug.
Cling in the throes of q most horrible and un-
natural death. few minutes before 8
o clock the attention of Mrs. Douglas, land
lady of the boarding house at the place named,
was attracted by uncommon sounds of distress
proceeding from one of her boarder's rooms on
the first floor of the building.
She entered the room and was shocked at the
spectacle. Miss Jennie Boucock alias Mrs. e.
A. Potter, lay on the bed in the sgonies of
terrible death struggle. Alarmed at the spec
tacle, and surmising that somethsng awful had
happened, the landlady inquired the cause of
her terrible illness.
The dying woman, who was then gasping for
breath, replied that she had taken poison, and
requested that letter, which lay on the hu-
reau, be forwarded to her mother. Terrified
at the grave announcement, Mrs. Douglas sent
for physician, in response to which DR.. Riche.
son was summoned.
Before the arrival of the latter, however the
poison had executed its terrible mission and
the victim to an awful wrong or awful mis-
take was dead.
As before intimated the woman's name is
Jennie Boucock, but for some time past abe
has borne the name and been introduced az
Mrs. Jennie Potter.
The motive for the dread deed is somexhst
enveloped in mystery, but she is supposed to
have been prompted by q sense of despair
arising from an affair Of the heart or effec-
tion.
Last night the one whose life has been ine1-
tricably tangled in this girls fate was ominous-
ly, and for obvious reasons, perhaps, entirely
| silent. The people most familiar with the
girl since her sojourn in this city were also
non committal.
Certain it is that E. A. Potter and the dead
woman have been living together as man and
wife, and while she gave the name of Mrs.
Potter to the census enumerator few weeks
! since, 1t is equally certain that they were not
married. The man, E. A. Potter, Is O horse
dealer, and he came to st. Paul in company
with the suicide about one year and half ago.
from the northern part of Missouri.
For several months past the parties have
| Streets About two months ago they took
board at down town hotel, which they left
two weeks ago for the boarding house of Mrs.
Douglas, on Sixth street. The dead woman
was introduced as Mrs. Potter and they have
been known as man and wife.
The girl was certainly controlled or actuated
by crushing sorrow, as indicated by her fare
we'll letter.
The supposition is that she and her lover had
quarrelled and that he had expressed de-
termination to abandon her, laborinR under
the thought of which she icommitted the deed
The doctors state that death was caused by
stIychuinc, but no positive evidence is had 10
this effect.
The home of the unfortunate woman WA
in northern Missouri, where her family were
| residing. Since coming to st. Paul she paid
visit home, being absent short time last
fall.
THE FAREWELL LETTER.
The following letter, scrawled with pencil
on fragment of paper, expresses a world Of
tenderness and pathos, and was evidently
couched in great pain a few minutes before
her death
DEAR MOTHER: would like to see you and my
dear little brother and sister tonight, as am In
trouble and have taken poison and will kill myself.
care of me and think will be better off dead and
then We can meet again. This is all can write.
Good bye. JENNIE BoU-
The letter was written in haste and is with
out date. As will be seen, the hand faltered
on reaching the surname, of which only the
first syllable is given. and the pulse was evi.
IDENTIFY under the influence of the poison when
the missive was written.
The deceased was 81 years of age and pos
sessed form that must have been noted for
its grace and beauty. When seen by the re-
porter she recliped on her bed with lips parted
as if about to speak. Thick curls of raven
hair were pushed back from a broad forehead,
and her dark, heavy eyelashes contrasted
strangely with the sculpture-like regularity
and whiteness of her face, which bore an e1-
preston of pain.
Coroner Davenport visited the house last
night and will hold An inquest at ii o'clock
this morning.