The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-06
MORE SUICIDES.
Some rf tho shorter Routes Through th'
Dark valley

The following oic 'h' S"'"e'"So va
about week, and include only the queerer
forms and motives OF the suicide mania as
now SO largely prevalent throughout the
country;
After sevcn'weeks Of married life Mrs.
Clara Nelson of Titusville drowned her.
self.
Because his crops were small, Adelbert
Lobdell hanged himself in his barn near
Port Deposit, N. Y.
Harvey Smith, well.known physician
of Manchester, cut his throat while suffer
ing from brain fever.
~ am weary and want to die" said Mrs.
Bella Gray OF Hamilton, Ont. Then she
shot herself in the breast.
"Baby's death takes my heart away
said the wife Of Iohn Wagner of Cincin'
natl, and then she cut her throat.
A dose of ground glass ended the life OF
l.. w. Anderson of Winona. He left four
children His wife had deserted HIM.
At Grand Forks, ID. T., William Ford,
having lost all his money at gambling,
swallowed morphine in the presence ofhis
wife.
". Il. Jones, harnessmaker of State
Center, Iowa, fearing an attack of dellrlum
,remens, swallowed a fata, dose of NOR
phine.
Paris green ia too SLOW" said Richard
Steers OF Dutch Kills, land I'll finish this
job quick" So he put bullet IN his
brain.
His draft on friend tor $50 being dis.
honored, Curtis o. WSlace of ST. Louis
went to hls room and cut his throat from
ear TO ear.
II. 4. Christ, Of Des MONIES, horse
thief, swearing that no vigilance committee
should ever have the pleasure Of hanging
him, hanged himself.
George Barnell, of Jackson township,
Ind, wGll-todo farmer, was not satisfied;
so he began 10 speculate, became insane,
and cut his throat
Because nelghbor refused her offer TO
purchase his lands, Mrs McLachman, the
wife of farmer near Ottawa, took fatal
dose of Paris green.
Samson Atkins, a farmer near Circle
vile, Ohio, hung himself because he was
compelled to move off farm on which he
had lived since childhood.
In consequence of some idle gossip, Eva
Stone, IL years Of age, Of Glldden, Iowa,
took her fathers revolver and shot herself
IN the presence Of her mother,
A j'ted lover Of Howard county, Md.
held the picture Of his sweetheart before
his eyes with one hand, while with the
other he fired pistol at his head
Bridget Scanlon, mere child, of Law
renee, Mass, drowned herself in a mill.
pond because she feared a whipping for
the accidental breaking of pitcher
my wife is too old and uninterestlng
FOR me, aud | cannot stand 1t longer"
wrote Fred Strack, young saloon keeper
of Cleveland. Then he killed himself
Rosa Nette of Cuminsvllle, Ohio, after
beng deserted by young man whom she
hoped to marry, deliberately lay down In
front of a railroad train and was behead.
ed.
Before committing suicide, Eva Wchle
of Cincinnati said she would take her pet
Spltz dog with her. and so she hanged him
and then swallowed poison and died near
the dogs body.
Frank McCarg, musician of Corning,
committed suicide by jumping from the
Knoxville bridge because he had been for.
hidden to play IN the orchestra, owing to
his drunkenness
Caleb Hobbs, of Lincolnton, n. G., found
his favorite mule dead in field After q
good crying spell he wrote note saying
he could not live without the mule, and
then committed suicide.
d.. Moran, of Berlin, Germany, a writer
on political economy OF some note, becom-
ing impoverished, by mutual agreement
with his wife, first shot her and then him
self.
Hiram Tucker disappointed inventor
Of Boston, so years of age, attached rub
Der hose to a gas jet, turned on the gas,
and, putting the other end of the hose in
his mouth, suttocated himself
Felix Everarts of San Francisco; loaded a
pistol with powder and then poured in
charge of water, the two being separated
by thick wad. He blew the top of his
skull of with this singular charge.
II got mad because pa would not let me
keep company with Monroe Lovan. and
took strychnine to kill me, Bury me with
my brown dress on" were the last words
of Miss Sarah Young of Willow Springs,
Mo.
Failing TO effect a reconciliation with
MS wife, Homer w Barnes, of Breckvllle,
o., went to the barn, loaded gun with
heavy buckshot, and, placing the muzzle
against his heart, pulled the trigger with
his toe.
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