The Cecil Whig., 1881-06-11

;ucNir, I've uadt into III" matter. Among
| uthrr grpund,, for suspicion given i'y them,
I WIS ji,.tt wien found hanging i'll the attic
nt her h0snand> residence her NIX WAS
I drawn much closer IA the haam, 10 which
| the rope WAS attached, than she could pos
! Shly have tied herself Another was. thar
! the colore,l boy, Is soon as he heard The
! alarm, and before he Was told that she was
! hanging III the attic, seized Il large knife
/ and hurried in that direction. Still another
was, HAT The ,.uoret boy directed the child
! to the attic 10 find his mother, and several
times insisted upon his going there to look
! for her, shaving thereby previous kn0wi-
| elge ot her condition. Also that Mrs. Jami-
son was not seen about The premises after
| her husband had gone to Elkton On the day
| in question.
TIIi INQUEST.
! Magistrate Scott WIS notified and, to-
| ccthe~ with the states Attorney and Con
I stable f'oarl, visited the premises on We'd
| nesday afternoon, t"r the purpose Of max
| ing as thorough IN Investigation oi tie mat
ter as possible. For that purpose jury,
and al. those who had any knowedsa Of
| the affair." were Summoned. They met 1T
| the residence OF Mr.. .itmiSon at :; O'Clock
| p. NJ, when the following gentlemen, neigh
/ bors of Mr.. ,Iamison, We're sworn Il: jury
men: Thomas Major, John Mullen, AleNali-
! der Gregg, John G. Gregg, j. II. kimhe, 9.
/ H. Peterson, II. II. kimhle, John Garviue,
! William Wade, William Wade, Jr., and
/ ,,-l,y dad l,.ar
| the testimony.
! The first witness eNtmned was tine col
! ored boy, Wesley Evans, employed by Mr.
.JamSou. He said that he helped Mr. Jami-
| son to hitch up the horse upon the after
| noon OF The death of Mrs. .iamiSon, and saw
him drive off to Elkton after potato plants;
that he then went into the house, where lie
saw Mrs .Iamson. who was trying to in
| luce her son Willie, II boy of six years, TO
/ lie down and take nap; that he went out
| to the granary, and shortly afterwarl Willie
came ou5 and said his mother had sent
| him there. Wishing tn consult Mrs. j.
about Il horse. he sent Willie To- lind her:
he soon returned and said his mother was
not in the house: he spoke of looking for her
up stairs. and mentioned the circumstance
OF the at:ie door hein, aiar: he then told
him to look up there for her, which he pro
ceeded TO do, and in 4 moment afterward
cane running down crying and saying that
his mother was hanging in the garret; he
(the colored boy) then picked up a butcher
! knife and started toward the attic with the
intention of cutting her down: but when he
got 70 the top Of the stairs and saw her hang
! ing there, his heart failed him aad he ran
down ana to the house of Ar. Michael Sent
man, not far away, and gave the alarm.
On croSS-eXamiuation, hc said he WAS sure
that Mrs Jamisou was about the house after
her husband hid gone 10 Elkion: she WAS
black IN the face when he saw her first
hanging: this was about n: o'clock i'll the
afternoon.
Michael Sentlnan testified that he is 4
ncighbor Of the .alnisonS. en- the after
noon Of Saturday. May 2"tn, about half
past four, Jamison'S boy came over and
told them that Mrs. J. had hanged herself
in the attic of her house. Went over ut
once with Robert Steele; found her hanging
in he attic: her head WAS about Il foot from
the io;s1 to which the rope was tied aud her
feet about 4 foot from the floor: an old
chest stood close by and her feet hung just
ut the end ct it. She Tad evidently stood
upon it, tied tie rope, and then stepped oil.
Robert Steele cut the rope. helped to
hold her and carry her down to her bed
room. with the rope still around her neck.
The body was warm. No marks were upon
her except those of the rope. 1t was n
clothes line ami was I'nt around her neck
twice Always understood that she and
her husband lived pleasantly together
Think there is no doubt but that she could
have tied herself just as she was.
4 joseph Whitman testified that he received
| the same notice preceding witness. Got
to the ho.sc about half past four. Mrs.
.Ianison had then been cu' down Helped
to take the rope Of. her neck. 1t was a
clothes line doubled ard passed twice round
her neck and tied in u hard knot. 1t was
hard 10 tntie 1t was not a slip knot, but
such a knot rs Il person uuaccu,tomed 10
tie ropes would make. There were no
marks of violence upon Ecr person
Mrs Annie Scntlnan reached the house
ahout live o'clock. Took charge of the
"ahy. which was restless. When the men
brought the body down bandaged her Jaws
There We're no marks upon her except those
matte by the rope Never heard of any
difiicuIty hctweon Mr.. and Mrs. .Jamisou
and have visited them.
Mrs Widman testified to substantially
the same us the previous witness. Helped
tn lay her ouf, and there We're no marks of
violence upon her person.
| Robert Steele, the witness who cut the
body down, WAS not present and the jury
expressing themselves is ready 10 make up
;hrir verdict, wer" allowed To retire. They
very shortly returned with
THEIR VERDICT,
which was, that the said Irene .Jalnisun
came to her death on Saturday, May 18th,
hv hanging herself hy the neck With 4 rope
attached to Il f,ram III tn" a!ti" of her resi-
dcnce near Eos. ChHse, Cecil county, during
:; tit %! temporary insanity, thus 'llcron.-hly :
| avon"ra;ing Mr.. .lami>on frun all RESPONSE
biity in the premises. The verdict is in
accord with tin- unanimous sentiment ol
the neighLorhnod. II" one believing that it
was :t ease Of rnnru}e. Mis-. .Ia,niSnn, Oh
the Monday Previous t" her death had an :
> tack If alteration Of n,!nd. ending IN Il ru~il
Of b.npl to tin h"ll and n,ensiblity.
& THE ToJ-S:..
The promises upon which this tragedy
occurred, and upon which Mr.. .i;u"isrn j.
tenant. is on the public read, half Il mile
above th. FIX (ha,c tavern. The hUuSe is
Il largr Old Stone Strncture, two stories and
an a:1ir high, With Il basement Kitchen.
l. III, t,rn j. u Gne une, and the location o
=. tho hort>e pleasant. III" attic is bare o
= every i!in. save thr old chest, wlc. secln>
+. to be tliiea with ancient manuscript, art
e has = drrarY aprearanr"-% tit place for tlt
II. decd committed there. Near the house is !;
II large stone barn, and iii this building, no
many years ago, the then owner Of the farm
,e ended his mortal career hy suicide, Will
II the aid of :" strong cord This buiding il
:, said to be haunted by his ghost, and none
: bur the strongest ucrved venture there a
!, night. The knowledge of this, togeihe
.c with the sad end Of parent and sister, ma,
~ have h III some influence upon the mind q