Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-21
sELF-DEsTRUCTION .

Mrs. II. Z. D0sc Commits Suicide by Hang
fng-A Sad Termination of q Strange Life
Only a Feac Months Subsequent to the
Suicide of the Husband.
The readers OF the GLOBE will remember
that Il. P. Dow, prosperous and well-to.do
plasterer and kalsominer, committed suicide
by hanging himself at his residence few
short months since, the same having resulted
from real estate transaction with the Mani
toba Railroad company, over which the hns-
band and wife had an unpleasant disagree
ment. Yesterday morning the neighbors and
acquaintance were Mortified by the recur-
renee OF the tragedy in the self-destruction of
the widow, whe was found hanging dead,
SUSPENDED FROM A HOOK
in the ceiling Of the laboratory of her resi-
dence at the corner of Third street and Fourth
avenue north at about o'clock.
The facts respecting The suicide as CLEANED
by the GLOBE reporter were substantially as
follows:
Since the tragical death of her husband
Mrs. Dow has been morose and detected,
ALMOST BORDERING ON INSANITY,
and most of the time has been both physically
and mentally demented. Her son, Horton
Dow, the only offspring, who had been for
number OF years employed at Osakis as sta.
ton agent for the railroad company, found 1t
necessary to abandon his business and take up
his permanent residence with his mother in
order that she might be under his constant and
watchful care. But dispite her mental aberra.
tions no apprehension of the frghtful step taken
was ever entertained. Nothing ever occurred
which would even tend to give rise to a sus-
picion. Mrs. Dow while in her most detected
moods had always manifested the greatest
consideration and care for her personal com.
forts.
WHEN SHE WAS ILL,
she would always indicate desire for a rem
edy for the ailment under which she suffered.
On Saturday the son went to Osseo upon
short visit with friends, and Mrs. L. Mel.
Hyde, sister Of Mrs. Dow, came to care for
her. Upon Mrs. Hyde's retiring for the
night she noted that Mrs. Dow was in rather
unusually good spirits. Awaking at about 5
o'clock, however, she went to her sisters
was In need OF any care. In the bedroom the
hrst thing she noted was the
fact that the bed had been
occupied, but that Mrs. Dow was not in the
room. She passed into the dining room and
found pocket-handkerchief fashioned into
sort OF turban, and concluded that her Sis
ter had been suffering with headache and
Ao0 WOIu Iuo uhuQkeTCulcI as q remedy. she
then passed into the laboratory, the next ad-
Joining room, and to her horror found
TIE CORPSE HANGING
In cold death, suspended from the ceiling by a
rope which had been carefully placed around
hook. A loose and illy-made moose was
around her neck. The knot with which the
moose was tied was so insecure that it was
matter of much surprise to everyone who
witnessed It that II sustained the yvaioht of m
body.
Mrs. Hyde Immediately ran to the house of
the next adjoining neighbours for
assistance, and he in turn went for Others.
while Mrs. Hyde flew back to the laboratory.
and with the vain hope that life was not vet
extinct, held up the body until friends ar
rived.
The act had doubtless been one OF delitera.
tfon, as the corpse was found
CLAD IN NEW ROBE,
srefully laundried. A chair had been us