, 1881-03-26
SUICIDE.


4A1 III lJAf1fAt
Special Dspatfh 10 The Chicago TritttnA
MENDOZA, ILL.,, March I,.--An exceedingly
pninful cusv Ut suicide occurred at the. Pas.
sciger House last night, or some time to-day.
by Indy III good circumstances, If her cloth.
lux and general appearance be MI evidence of
llur condition. Tho following Is Tho testl-
tlony, given before tho Cardner's Jury: IInr-
tnon V. Potter, night clerk ut tho, Passenger
House, suited: ''Deccnsetl cat,,o here, last
night, OF Nh. passcnger.train, morning,
west, alt0ut f2:a5. She called for room. I
showed her to one. She inquired when t,io
next train was going vest. 1 told her
Mt i1::u. n NJ. L nskeG lie name,
niltl sllo answered. Mrs. Fairticld.' Sho
snItl nothing nore. Finding sl,o ttid not
cuit,u down during The fnrctl0ol,, knocked
ut her door Mt 3 p. III. Receiving no reply, 1
looked III through the trans0n. Seeing hcr ly-
Ing across tho bed md noticing hlootl on tue
pillow, concluded something wns ntniss. I
came down and told Mr. Rogers thought
thu lndy was tlen.. liz sent for tho Marshal.
Tho hitter and went up together, and forced
tho door open with |. bar. Tito 1ady was ly-
ing across the bed. She was dead. She Ind
the sheet twisted tightly four tMcs around
her neck" =
The City Marshal corroboratctl Potter's
statement, adding that the deceased was Iy-
Ing will, her face downward. The he'd
c1othes were thrown over tho fDot of the bed
stcud. llc drew tho bctl-clntlles over de-
ceased. Her va1isc contained some very fine
urlAerclotlllng, gold watch with I'LL inscril,-
tion on the Inside of the case. "Tu Mary A.
Fairfield, from her husband, Afay 2, 1850 -;
Il mnssiso clnIn attached to 1t; II silver cup;
two noye!s, translated from the French;
bottle Of cough mixture: prescriptions by
Dr, Brewer, Of Chicago, which Il
physician thinks might have been given for
| OF little Importance.
nftur the trail, pWllett out, tile tleeensctl III.
i@icr @ to tle passenscr 1io'!sc, whicl. IS but
few steps. Shn complained OF feeling III
while on the train, md said s1lc was going to
| stop oif for thu ntgllt. In answer to where
she wns going, slle replied to Omaha, When
my, mn 50 sck!'' ~--. ...
Dir. Corbus sta,cd that deceased WIS dead
When l,e saw her. lIe tcscrletl the wrap.
pings about the Mcek. aud considered It pos.
s!ntu for person IN u tit Of frenzy to com
init suicide by strangutntion In such man.
iIcr, Though sllc!l cnses were rare.
"; William Gallup sustained tho latter's
fhn Jury returned n. verdict thnt Mary A.
Fairfield calMe to her death from strnngnla.
tton by her own lsantts while lRborIng under
| temporary nUtIfhll1n OF ttlt ntllu. TWO
postalcartIs addressed tn May Fairfield,
!,attIe Creek, Altch., md to L. N.
clew to her relatives, who weru
Immediately telcgrupcd to. an answer
WIS received from A1ny saying: "Iake
care Of corpse. VIII cu.ne by first train.
lIGr fntl,ur'5 ntttlsess Is L. d. Fairfield, Lin.
| e0ln, Neb."
The n1fntr was kept rs qulct as possible till
/ tho Coroner arrived Mt S:l5. There was nlllc
excitement when THO news WAS ,lnup KNOWN
| very bur. over the unfortunate occurrence,
antt much synpnt1y Is expressed for the he
| reayrh family, Deceased appears to hr about
10, aiId appenrs to have BEEN Ut very mild,
| pleasant temperament.