, 1881-01-13
VERY WEARY OF HER LIFE.

Loutaa King's Many Efforts nj Suicide
on Saturday NlGht-Atte'nPtfhE 10
Leap frt,nA Harlem 11rtdue, md When
Locked TIL EnAenvorlug Three 'rlthca
10 ssranEle Itcraetf-lta.lthn Her 4flh-
tory.
Nt1v York SIM, ian. 10.
II was bleak nsll rnw last Saturday night,
eve,, IN tho protected streets Of tl1e city,
while on the river IL WIS bitter cold, mud
men who crossed exposed places ,nuf'led
their heads aid fought sturstlly with tic
gale. On Harlem bridge the great majority
Of those who crossed from sl'orc to shore
were men, who hurried aloliE III tho lee OF
the parapet, and clnppctl their hands 10 keep
them warm. At Il little nfter O'Clock. when
II was quito dark, n pale-facct. liaEgard
woman of slight but cutlely build, thihiy
clad, md without my wraps to keep out
tho cold. walked quickly Oh the bridge. As
she pissed under Eas:let n man who w;.s rs
er set lips, pale ,faec, anil ttEl'tly;;sles.clttl
hands, and turned quickly AMI followed IN
her footsteps: When tl.e woman reac!!cd
tho centre of tho bridge l,ss agltation III
ctrlsGti, ,lnl size wepl rs slle Jagged nl1ng by
the rnii, looking asEnlicc at the water below.
When the third aTctl WIS rcnchctl s!le stop
ped ind wrnng her hn1tsls uiNl iital1etl. S!ie
leaned over. the edge Of tllo rNlrapet n,!l
EiaLcA lllku tllO -ltG"GhuEAGAk !hSlt hhk thSh
turned. again md wr',nF her llnlMls and
walked liiIrrietlly hack md furtls. rl!e mai
who Ind followed her drew nearer every
t,ne Iser back WIS turned, nnd watched her
nfrrowly. Suddenly she EArc Il piercing
shrtck ai.tl tlsrew herself on tho 1mrhpct, but,
before sho could jump Into tho wntcr, tho
gentleman spranE. after her and caught her
"Lct nc dicl Let nc tllcv she cr1c.l
ptieonsly,. striving to get AWAY from tllo
mnu's Grasp. "Illcro is rest for me III tho
'rnjlccman Gorlnun, who had heard The
unhappy woman eavu lhe pollccmun his
clllrgc md, without word. WI liked rupidly
away. Tho policeman h"ts gssat tii'tcMlty III
getting her to the OMe-i rwei,-
only II few blocks distant; 5crGt. Armstrong
was Mt tho desk when the officer took the
woman ~:
"Ifirty:ayc"
"Nni,G ~
"!.ouisu King"
"Ol!, / don't know she sa!.l, sadly mt
!mpaiIenty:" it. rm TIRED Of ti1o worl. Every
M 50 very. very ,ttlredW
Luck her tp.n
Doorman Uaoloy, after satisfying limsel
Tint tnS w",, yt,5 I!a hot 1een rinkl to-!
walked to the end Of THO corrE.Ior to open the
,iour OF tho stove. As to l,lsseti tin ,tnor u
LOuisil Kings cell OH Ills return 10 Heard l
gasplng soul1d, md iookEng II, saw tho wolll;ll
ling herself to dcatli with 'Ier veil, which s)i
,atl tied nroun.l her tlirnat aI,d was tlshte.I
Ing with Eotl. liantts.. 1@efaru tho tloorlsa,
could Npnn the d0Or she Ind fnlrn furwart
black 1T the lncc IN n dead fatnt. 1fa worket
tlia veil before ,o M sl,ccecicd IN c,ittjng It, it,
After sl.e wns brought to consciousness TIL
llnnrnan left her Gel! fur n lllpnent, but wr
not three cells Awny before llu henttl tho san
g.lr:gling tint l,t,! wnr;neat l'l,l before. IL
rushed back and found ller Will! ller latltkel
t. StrnnEie herself. Yio .'oorinan ngai
ssSs'S nsst, and T. taFHg nidSs'' te er veil H''c, IN
to co'npnsa herself. After while slly In.
quite still o.. lcr cut nld l,a Stale to tle ttoo
tlie Scrgcant's sending l'olicen!an Gorn,u,' /
ler cell. When titIrtilnll arrived shy hi,
r!pped long pcceof brala from her undc,
skirt, mud WIS making fourth attempt t
hike her llfn: The policeman called for as
self-lestrnct10n, alM tlle Sergeant llntl he
tic'l l.aml alrd i0ot aud watched until til
Lol,isa King wins taken before Ius,Ic
Powers Ill the Harlem Police Court ycste
lhe COMMISSIONERS Of ClinrItErs and Cure.
tton oil Nlaekwcll's island to bu examined /
regard to her sn,lty. Size told the Justlc
that she lived on Onc hundred nlt slwcnt!et
street, between SGcnnd nl,! Third avenues
that sllu Ind nn children, a1! tlat sl,a lii
been deserted by her l,.lsballd II yrur ngu.
Whe, she was askcd Why slse l,a,! 80 PC
ststently attempted suicide, skla salu:
"Onlv. BECAUSE I'M Tired Ut life. vi
never tell my l'istory. only w1lrt to tlo!