Daily Republican., 1881-07-19
LIFE RASHLY ENDED.
SAD SUICIDE WITH LITTLE AP.
PARENT CAUSE.
A Young Lady Kills Herself Las,
Wight with Strychnine-Detafls
Of the horrible Affair,

DR.. John Boyd, residing at No. so.
Jefferson street, was awakened from
sleep shortly before II o'clock last night
by hurried call from one of his daught
ers, who brought him the horrible new.
that his daughter Adelaide was dying in
her chamber from u dose of deadly poi.
son. Fastening to his child's apart-
ment he found her in commissions from
an enormous dose of strychnine which
had taken sufficient effect TO make medi-
cal aid useless and death the matter of
very short time. Every thing possi-
Bile was done, but it was all of no avail,
Despite all medical aid unfortunate
q Il died about l2.3n O'Clock this morn
ing.
WAS THERE A CAUSE
The shocking affair in all It's details
Is sad and strange. Dr. Boyd moved
to Wilmington on March 2jth, from his
former residence near Landenburg,
Chester County, Pa. He is in fair cir.
cumstances, but for some time past
Miss Adelaide has seemed to worry over
the pecuniary condition Ut the family.
She is a young lady Of twenty six wears.
OF pleasing appearance and address, and
all who know her are warm friends,
She is very highly spoken of by all her
and they all regarded
her as a young woman OF much lntelli.
gence and good common sense. Her
family state that the idea of poverty
seemed to prey upon her mind and she
became filled with the resolve to 60 to
work at something to make money.
With this idea in view, through the aid
of a lady friend who works for VI, L,
l.lchtenstein, at No. 226 Market street,
she secured work at the same establish.
ment, and entered upon her labors YES
terday. Her father demonstrated with
her and tried to dissnade her from do
ng this as it was wholly unnecessary
yor her to work, but she was determined.
He then offered to pay a considerable
sum Of money if she would remain at
iomA and be contented. Her mother
made her similar offer. She refused
both, and said it would he better for her
o do this than remain idle. |
She came home from work in the |
evening and seemed much depressed at |
he time, and showed Il disposition 10
ak about something to her father
Turing the evening, but could not APP
'arently make up her mind to breach
he subject. Her father, during the
vening had occasion to walk to Market
treet and invited her to accompany
i'm, but she declined and remained at
ome all evening Some particular
ldy friends called and spent few
ours and while they were present she
them pleasantly, and s.eln-
Il to be in good spirits. Shortly after
| O'Clock she retired, but gave no evil
ence Of her desperate resolve. She
leeps with her sister, b.t before going
bed went into a room by herself. 1t
J thought that while there she took the
eadly drug, for shortly after lying
own She was taken with convulSions,
nd died, as stated, shortly afterward.
HOPELESS CASE.
DR.. Boyd, when called to his daught-
IS bedside, saw that he was powerless
} aid his suffering child, and sent in
aste for DR.. Smith Cooper, whose Of
GO is one square below, AZ Seventh and |
atferson streets. DR.. Cooper arrived
lickly and found Miss. Boyd suffering )
ON tetanic commissions. He admin |
tered an emetic OF sulphate of zinc |
I'd tartar emetic. This produced a !
light vomiting, but failed to have L
uch effect. All the sylnptoms indi- a
ted sirychnia poisoning. Those \
ost marked we're the dlaton of the a
res, the redness of the face and the i
nsity of the muscles. The doctor was :
He'd in about an hour after the poison =
I'd been taken, but nothing could save II
II. The dose taken was very large.
The affair is a very lamentable one, a
I'd aside from the wholly unnecessary ;
III melancholy fear of povcry the !,
use of the rash act is utterly mex y
icable. At Mr.. LichtenSteins' yeSter-
" sne appeared to be in good spirits.
n leaving the store in the evening she l.
ked him how her work pleased, and :
expressed gatitication at the way it d
I'd been done $
The bere ived family receive the most Il
rnest sympathy of their large circle v
friends. The sad event has of course, q
led the household with the deepest a
and the whole community U
ith much regret. The coroner will
veStigate the case TODAY. y