Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-27
The Seymour Tragedy.

Ella HiIl's Last WOrdS-Kfssfng and Em- brac1nE Her StepmOther.
 Coroner BoIIman, of this city, went to Sey- mour yesterday to investigate the facts in the case of Ella, the fourteen-year old Hill girl who took her own life on Tuesday by shoot
 ing herself through the body with double
 barrelIed shotgun. The father of the girl is
 MT. George Hill, is about 45 years of age,
 employed as turner at the rubber works of
 H. P. & E. Day. His first wife died about
 nine years ago, leaving Ella, the unfortunate girl, who was then three years old, and son
 who is now seventeen. Two years ago Mr' Hill married 8 young woman named Growth CT, whose father, it will be remembered, sev-
 eral years ago created sensation by going to
 the West and writing back that he was dead. | delegation from several secret societies went West 10 bring on the remains The sec- | ond wife is now 23 years of age. She says l the girl was headstrong and wayward, very hard to manage and that she had been severet | ly tried with her and tried hard to curb her and keep her within bounds. The girl lived two hours after shooting herself and spoke few words to those gathered around { her. Beint! asked why she shot herself she said: ftI di6l it because wanted to-" and to her sorrowing father said, '1 did it myself | ugly talk En the town and some blame the
 mother. Before dying the girl kissed and em- | braced her stepmother, and asked her to for give her for her disobedience. The coroner
 on Investigating the case found simply that it was a case of suicide"
 Further particulars of the sad affair are as follows: On Monday, Nellie, in returning
 from school, got her hat and shoes wet in the raj so that on Tuesday morning on be- ing dried they were so displeasing to her that she declared she would not wear them
 to school that day, and began to kick them
 pettishly about the floor, at which her moth CT said: Nellie, you are only making mat ters worse for yourself, for you will have to
 weay. them.'' ''You shut up, said the girl;
 q won't 20 to school then.'' 'sVery well" replied the mother, ''you can go down to the store, then, for me-" At which Nellie went
 out, was gone 8 little while and went into the louse muttering something, and soon after | the report of gun was heard in the attic J. chamber by Mrs. Hill, who was at the time hanging out clothes in the garden. Hasten ing upstairs she found Nellie on her knees on the floor, with her hand on her left side and
 who said, in calm voice, kiss me, mother, | if you love me- Do you think will die?"
 Sylvester Platt, of Ansonia, was passing
 the house, and hearing the cries of Mrs. Hill l went in To him Nellie gave as the reason \ for the act, which she confessed to having done "that it was because she wanted to-" one had been nvlng vltn Iamny ooHn ID I the village and desiring to remain there 1t seemed that she was not quite pleased at being compelled to come ho1ae and go to School.
 It appears from the circumstances that the girl did the deed in the momentary insanity
 of rage. The entire charge went through
 tbe body, coming out below the shoulder
 blade and striking the plastering on the roof
 slope back of her and couple of feet above
 her head, breaking the wall and bespattering it with blood. Drs. Kendall, Warner and PuIford were soon in attendance, but noth- ing could be done for the patient, who only Iivsd about two hours