The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-03-17
TIRED OF LIFE.
Fbc Suicide of Mrs. L.. B. McCabe--Ver-
diet OF the Jury of Inquest.

Brief mention was made in yesterday 8
HERALD of the suicide of Mrs.L. B. McCabe,
who ended her life Monday evening by TAX
ing strycnine. II appears that she had been
addicted to the too free use of morphine, 10
which she became slave. OF late she had
frequently threatened to kill herself, but
gave no reason further than size was tired Of
living. Mr.. McCabe, her husband, mud for
babe the druggist selling her morphine, hop
ing to cure her, but she generally managed
through Others to got ii. In order to get lit
she had sold household goods, to raise the
money. On the day Of her death she tried
to get several different parties to 60 after
some strychni ne for her, and III last succeeded
ia getting it by means of small colored
boy, who purchased the death potion at the
CITY drug store. a fter she had taken IT,,
which was in the afternoon, she went over 10
the house of Mrs. MARROW. near neighbor
Mrs. MARROW WAS working in the garden, and
as Mrs. McCsbe passed she remarked: "Mrs.
MARROW, | have come over to your house TO
de-" She had talked so much in this strain
that Mrs. MARROW treated the matter lightly,
telog her she had best remain out
in the gsrJen and die there. when
she said, mo, ana going to lie down on
your bad and die" and with this she mt on
into the house. Mrs. MARROW continued her
work in the garden aud the circumstances
had doubtless escaped her mind, when she
heard loud scream, and on running into
the house she found the unfortunate woman
living on the bed IN couvulsions She was
suffering intense pain and her features We're
distorted and her limbs drawn as che WAS AT
tackled by spasm after spasm. A messenger
was dispatched for DR.. Beaumont, who soon
arrived, but toe late 10 countersct the effects
of the poison, and in about three hours after
she had taken the deadly dose she was corpse.
Justice Price, acting coroner, empanelled The
following jury of inquest, who viewed the
body aud heard the testimony of several
witnesses A. Pearson, Il. Beeman, j. u.
Stevens, +. Il. Chsddock, j. Tuebner and nj.
L. Cordell.
Mrs. NARROW, the first witness sworn, testi-
fed About o'clock on the 14th Mrs.
McCabe came to my house and said to
me that she had come to die. l asked her
what she had taken and che said nothing but
that she had been crafnping. She went in
and laid down upon the bed and 10 a short
time heard screams and l went into the
house, but could do nothing for her. tried
to get her TO tell me what she had taken,
but she would not do it. l suppose she
lived about two hours after she came to my
house She had e,eral spasms before she
died. l heard Mrs. McCabe talk about
taking morphine for the purpose of killing
herself, and especially during the last four or
five DAYS. o. the 18th some little negroes
came to my house for milk, and Mrs. Nc
Cahe, who was there, wanted Them to go to a
drug store ana get her some ni orphine, when
| shook my head at them and she did not
get it at that time.
Julia Brecht, the second witness. testified:
Last Thursdsy tie 8.h day of March l went
to Mrs. McCsbe's with Mrs. NARROW. Mr..
McCsbs wanted me to go to
the drug store and get
her some medicine. | asked her what kind,
aud she did not tell pe. l told her l could
not 90 wi thout asking my mother. | went
home and ihat WAS the las. heard aboutit.
DR.. Il. Beaumont, the third witness testi-
fed: l.. B. McCabe was seen by me at
the residence Of Mrs. MARROW about 3 O'Clock
on the 14ih day of March. She was suffer
ing severely with spasms occasioned by
stryconine On interrogzting her she stated
10 ne tina, she had taken s.rychnine. and for
the purpose OF killing herself. She stated
that she had tasen about half a teaspooniul.
The jury Of inquest returned = verdict
that the deceased came 10 her death by
taking strychnine administered by her own
hard