The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-16
TIRED OF LIFE.
The Suicide of Mrs. l.. II. McCabe-yer
diet of the Jury of Inquest.


Brief mention was made IN yesterdays
HERALD of the suicide Of Mrs.L. B. McCabo,
who ended her lite M0njA, evening by Yak
ing strycnine. It appears that she had been
addicted to the 100 Tree use oi morphine, 10
which she became slave OF late sac had
frequently threateaed 10 Kill herself, bu.
gave no reason further than SIZE Was tired OF
living Mr.. McCabe, her husband, had for
babe the druggist selling her morphine, hop
ing TO cure her, but she generally managed
through others 10 get it. In order TO get il
she had sold household goods, TO raise the
money. Ga the day OF her desth she tried
10 get several different parties to 90 after
some strychnine for her, and NJ lsat succeeded
in getting il by means of small coored
boy, who purchased the doeth potion at the
City drug store. After she had taken IL,
which WIS in the afternoon, she went over 10
tho house of Mrs. MARROW, near neighbor
Mrs. MARROW was working in the garton, and
as Mrs. McCsbe passed sue remarked: Mrs.
NARROW, | have come over TO your house to
die" She had talked so much 10 tins strain
that Mrs. MARROW treated the matter lightly,
telling her she had bes. remain out
in the garden and die there when
she said, mo, | am going TO lie down on
your bed and die" and with this she went on
into the house. Mrs. MARROW continued her
work in the garden and the circumstance
had doubtless escaped her mind, when she
heard u loud scream, and on running isto
the house she found the unfortunate woman
lying on the bed in commissions. She was
suffering intense pain and her features were
distorted and her limbs drawn MS she was at
tackled by spssm after spssm. A messenger
| was dispatched for Dr. Beaumont, who soon
| arrived but too late 10 counterfeit the effects
of the poison, and in about three hours after
she had taken the deadly dose she WIS corpse.
Justice Price, acting coroner, empauelled the
following jury of inquest, who viewed the
body aud heard tho testimony Of several
witnesses A. Pearson, j. i. B9emsn, j. q.
Stevens, Il. Il. Chaddock, j. Tuebner aud NJ.
l.. CordeN.
Mra. NARROW, the fret witross sworn, testi-
fled: About o'clock on the 18th Mrs.
McCabe came TO my house and said to
me that she had come to die. | asked her
what she had taken and shs said nothing but
the! she Ind been cramping. She went in
and laid down upon the bed and in short
| tine ho,rj screams aud went into tho
house, but could do nothing Tor her | tried
| to get her to tell mo what sho bad taken,
but she would not do it. | suppose she
| lived about two hours after she came to my
| house, She had several spHsms before she
died. | heard Mrs. McCabo talk about
taking morphine for the purpose Of killing
herself, and especially during the last four or
five days. On tho 18th some little negroes
came to my house for milk, and Mira. Nc
Csbe, who was there, wanted them to 20 to O
drug store and get her some morphine. when
| shook my head AT them and she did no!
get it at tina! time.
| Julia Brecht, the secoEd witness. testified:
Last Thursday Sth day of March wen
to Mrs. McCsbe's with Mrs. MARROW. Mr.
McCabe wanted mo to go &c
tho drug store and ce
her soma medicine. | asked her what kind
and sho did not tell me. told her coul,
not so wi thout asking my mother. | wen
home and that was tho last | heard about it.
DR.. &. Beaumont, tho third witness testi
fed Mrs. l.. b. McOabe was seen by me q
the residence of Mrs. NARROW about o'clocl
on the 14th day Of March. She was suffer
ing severely with spasms occssioned b
strycdnine. On interrogsting her she state
10 me tnat she had taken strychnine, and 70
the purpose OF killing herself. Che state
that she had taken about half teaspoonful
Tho jury Of inquest returned verde
that tho deceased came 10 her deato b
taking strychnine administered by her ow
hand.