The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-31
Two Suicides. Extraordinary
Goodness In Preparation.

The doctor by his first, or lawful wife
leaves several grown up children. who
move In good society in Cincinnati.
Two daughters are said to be shining
lights on the stage. A brother is a ply
sician in New York.
Mrs. Bryant Newton, as the suicide
called herself. is said to be a grand
daughter of Alexander Campbell. the
founder of the christian" Church. of
which the late President Garfield was a
conspicuous member. Her mother is
now living at Bloomington. ILL.,. and is
at the point of death. There are seve-
ri brothers and sisters who survive her
and who are III in good circumstances.
The telegram which she left was di-
rected to her relatives and notified them
OF her death. An answer was suisse
quently received requesting that the
body be sent to Bloomington.
AN EXTRAORDINARY LETTER.
In her letters to DR.. Thurman and
Mrs. Miller. the d ceased woman states
that she had promised DIR. Newton to
commit suicide. and she gives minute
directions for the CATE Of her child. Fol-
lowing is the letter To the Undertaken:
lIiSbU RG. sept. -. 1905.
To Mr.. BURNS: DEAR SIR Please
to call, as sOon as you receive this. al
NJ. Isl Second avenue. and take charre
of the body of Mrs. Fannie Bryant New
ton. who committed suicide this morn
ing. | have left a deposit Of money adj
dressed to DR.. -. and placed the let
Ter. with enclosed money. in a valise I'M
der my bed. | want you to furnish ev-
erything at these prices. as follows:-
Casket ~(exactly like my husbands. DR..
Newton's.) $50; embalminy. SO; hearSe
and three carriages. $40. The money is
to be paid you by DR.. - | want
to be buried In the Alle.hanv Cemetery.
Plttsburg. in a grave lot. In
the grave lots cost 50, but | have left
$40 with III. --. Should it cost on
ly $ the other S. to 90 to my boy. Get
the death certificate in this way:-Name,
Fannie Bryant Newton bora upon Il e
S%andusky Plains. Ohio: suicided at resi-
dence No. Isl Second avenue. Septem-
Der 90, 1888. | have been at No. Isl
Second avenue five years; former resi-
dence, Cincinnati. You will find soap.
towels and sheet in the top drawer of
the dressing case in the room. right
y uhS ~ L I'LL oil UdlilttI anu
dressed just as l want to be buried.
Please to put out black and white Grape.
as | am still young. Use the black pail
and no sheets over or around me.
have taken fifteen or twenty grains of
morphine. and | hardly think that nv
fate will be dissolved from it. | have
lett 80 With DIR. = for digging my
grave. If any inflammation of the ab-
domen or elsewhere sets ii and YOU
think will become uns.ghtlv please to
place me in the casket at once and close
the lid down. If | am not put in the
casket before night upon Saturday see
to it that some one sits up with my re-
mains. as there are a great many mice
IN tue room. l expect my sister here,
and | should like to look natural. |
may, IN some Of the letters that | left.
have mentioned that / wanted to lie
sent to u family burial ground. at
Bloomington; but under no cir, UNI
stances do | wisl, it now. | wish to be
buried right here in P,Ltsburg. | have
left a pail of fresh wafer in tie room for
embalming purposes. l trust that you
vii! find everything all right. Thank-
YOU for hour prompt attention at the
doctors death, | am, respectfully,
Mrs. ANNIE BRYANT NEWTON.