St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26
Does Joy Kill

family of Mr.. B. S. DePool, a whole
sale dealer in alcohol. The family con-
sisted of his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth De-
Pool and four children, the youngest of
whom was little boy of five years of
q few weeks ago that he was old enough
to send to school this fall, and accord
ingly on the reopening of the public
schools last Monday he was sent to the
one on Fortieth street. 1t was arranged
that a girl who attended school should
call for him every day going and COM
ing therefrom. Accordingly on Mon
day morning she stopped at the house
and took the little fellow to school. AS
it happened, the class in which Solomon
was placed was dismissed before the
one to which she belonged, and the re-
suit was that when she called to take
him home she found that he had al
ready left with the rest of the little
scholars. She hurried to Solomon's
house and tearfully inquired of his
mother if he had reached home. To
her dismay she found that he had not.
The mother, frantic with grief, when
she heard what had happened waited
not to put on hat or wrap, but dashed
cut of the house, attired as she was in a
calico dress, in search of him. She in
quired of the neighbors if they had seen
anything of her darling boy, and being
Informed that they had not she sought
for him everywhere. Her relatives
along the street leading to the school,
and in fact every place she thought it
possible he mig hit be, were visited. AS
last recourse she went to the station
house on Ferty-seventh street, between
Eighth and Ninth avenues. Sergeant
Frink who was at the desk was besought
for intelligence of her lost child in tones
SO agitated that she could hardly de-
scribe him or give her own name or
address. Sergeant Frnk was visibly
affected by her manner and begged her
to calm herself before he led her into
a room where there were number of
lost children. She tried hard to do so,
SO great was her eagerness to see as
soon as possible if her boy was among
the stray waits, and had, to all appear
ances, succeeded, when the door was
opened for her leading into, the room
where the little ones were. !. But the
moment she caught sight of her beloved
boy, who was, indeed, among those
present, having been found wandering
in Fifty-ninth street, she lost all con-
troll of herself. Shrieking: My Child,
my childn' she ran to meet him and
clasped him to her breast, almost
smotherins him with kisses and weep
ing with JOY. Sergeant Frink asked
her if she, had not better wait few
minutes at the station house, until she
had regaincd her composure. but she
before her husband should return from
business. She therefore took little
Solomon by the hand and walked down
Forty-seventh street toward Ninth av-
enue. just as she reached the corner
she was seen to clasp her hand to her
breast, stagger and fall backward to
the pavement Passers-by rushed to
her assistance. thinking she had
swooned, and a crowd soon gathered
around. Her face wore an expression
of intense suffering, her complexion
was of grayish hue, her teeth were
set and hands clenched. Efforts were
made to bring her to by the by-stand-
ers, who knew not that she had died
almost before touching the sidewalk,
and that she was now beyond the reach
of human aid. Finding their endeav-
.ors to restore animation unavailing and
fruitless, word was dispatched to the
station house of what had occurred.
Sergeant Frink had the body conveyed
thither, and information of the event
was sent to Mrs. DePoors residence.
Shortly afterward MIR. DePool and his
son reached home only to find that the
wife and mother they had left in perfect
health few hours before, and hidden
good-by with smile on her face, was
now lying cold in death at a station
house. They fastened to the place,
stopping on the way to bring their fam
lily physician. OF course nothing could
be done by the latter, and the husband
set out to obtain permission from Cor
oner Ellineer for the removal of the
body, while tha sol sre1nahed by the
side of his mother until his return.
1t is believed that the excitement under
which she was laboring while in search
of her child aggravated, the form Of
heart disease from which she, was
doubtless suffering, and was the cause
Of her decease. or, that the joyful re.
action from the terrible mental Strain
she had undergone before finding: her
boyhad burst one of; the blood vessels
connecting with the brain. and so caused
her death. 81 afir 4. osts - -
Ja Mr. DePod stated that she was. and
had been tinn perfect health up to the
day of her. death, and had never been
known to have any affection of the
heart. y . She was hthirtylfOtir wears of
:. sdg s and 1 msnners
Meanwhile, the innocent cause Of this
sad affair is as yet unconscious of its
fatal termination, and wondering where
s.fnammaY is. Hefis too young to be
able to relate what his mother said to
him, if any thing, just before she was
stricken down. Whether she felt some
premonition of its being about to occur,
and xuda 1rrx-inn home before death