The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-05
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she came back and laid down in her bed
again. She told me to sit down and she
would give me some candy. sat down,
and then she shot herself.
| came to the banlster in the hall way and
watched her take the pistol out Of the
drawer; Mr.. Pfferling was laying in his
bed asleep with his back toward the door.
l could see all that Mary did in this room;
stood right here, going out into the hall
and standing near the stairway, in sight Of
the iuIy,) and looked into the ROOM"
MARY HALE TESTIFIED:
Am twenty-five yearsot age; live IN Cairo.
Was down stairs when shot was fired, but
heard the report and knew that it was up
stairs Immediately ran up stairs to Mays
room and came to the head of the stairs
just IN time TO see Mary take the pistol
away from her head and lay ii on her lap
and cross her hands over her breast; smoke
from the pistol enveloped her head. There
was no one in the room with Mary but lit
tie Emma. Deceased told Laura CNIr.
Pffferling's daugSter) that she
would take morphine. Know the
report was up stairs, but thought broom
fell down and handle struck the floor
LAURA PFIFFERLISG,
was next sworn and testified: "Went to
Mary's bed this morning and we talked
pleasantly together for few minutes; she
told me not to sit overs sewing machine
and work all day as she had done; don't
remember of Mary tellSg me that she
would take morphine"
This concluded the testimony and the
Jury took the case in hand. But 1t was
suggested by some of the jury who knew
that Mary was engaged to he married to
certain young man in this city; that prob
ably her letters, if she had any, would
throw further light upon the subject, and
that it might be that some hidden trouble
arising out Of this engagement might have
prompted the desperate act Accordingly
Mrs. Pfifering was recalled, but her ans
wers to questions from coroner and sub
sequent examination of the effects of the
deceased, dispelled all doubts and fatty
contradlcted the question raised After
some further deliberations the foreman,
Officer George Olmsted, offered the follow
ing verdict:
"We, the jury, sworn to inquire into the
death of Mary Baugh, find that death re-
suited from pistol shot fred by her own
hand with suicidal intent"
The jury unanimously agreed to this YER
dict and all signed it,
The remains Of the girl, attired in
gown Of pure white, BETTING garment for
one who had died rather than stain her
life with sin, were laid gently into hand
some walnut casket, there TO remain, with
the quiet face, the pale beauty of which
was marred only by the horrible wound,
exposed to the view Of many weeping
friends, until yesterday afternoon, when
they were conveyed by special train to Viii
la Ridge and inferred with solemn cerc-
monies and within sights Of many who
had followed them there.
The propricty and wisdom ofthe method
which this young girl chose to defeat the
villainous aims of shameless parent, may
be questioned, but the motives which
prompted it, never. There is an exalted
heroism about the act, which challenges the
admiration of every true man and woman,
and there is a sorrowtul phase to the whole
affair which should eilcctually close the
mouths of the hypocritcal in every stage of
life,