The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-05
A SAD SUICIDE.
An0lhtr Young ,if- iiurri's tate the
GlOrm IL frsniy.
The sad Facs which Led 10 he
Finalr.
Tn. Evidence Giv,u IN fuil

The E,ldtBce 6iv'u N fuii
Fonr Worm ,Auril3.- [Corr sponaenoe
"A N,Iy sAd cNs OF eu.cuF came 20 l'gh
thi- msinirg On the % h o. Februar,
Clara J. Ogitvic was married o Il, h. De~
ely. ~ c. which Time The young couple hnv'
been living nj the HON, of the gir' i iathel
until Yesterday, when the husband rented
u house and furnished H. preparatory Il
their h ,usskerping From IN. best eyi
deIor hiainahle the wife nBs been unhsp
by tor The past Two weeks, aud her state
ments made 10 friends was thai her step
mo. her scold.d both before and since mar
yiaRe until liie became unbearanls. The
girl yesterday morning bought Dimes
worth u arsenic, n portion 81 which
chs took and died this morning from
its ,iieols. Mrs Dewey was mob quite is
NJ he time OF her death, ana v H- one OF the
bellies OF the citv She mar led young
man ouly afew iuontas her senior, snd
seemed TO be m.diy IN love with him. HI
relatives say they do not tnlhK L. WAS hei
intention t6 take Der HE, but that chs i'm
sgin,d sho Was In n delicate co ndit Oh, and
du,armioins never 10 have children, took
place as c'clocs, and wss attended
by many OF our bret citi'
gems. The testimony IL ~ ioliowr
Mrs LEt1rop being sworn says: Clara came
20 NV house ON the morning OF April lst.
about 10 or / O'Clock; she often c,me In
when she wanted 10 os'iriormot nDout
auy hiLs. because was an old teacher and
DoighbOi: t,ssed her lliilg shout being
IN love with a hos; che sS!d the younger
they are the sseeter they were. and tns'
Efdie was the sweetest 10y Ia the world;
she asked me abou, what would XII | rats:
tod her he best rae trep VAS cat, aud sh'
said she thought HTsenic was COCO; i said;
"Ob, no, Glars, u IL to1 dangerous; n litue
biz OF the poison might be lNipg around
and a child might get Il, that Children
could get n any place u rat obuld,'
she sssed me how u looked, and / said:
Like sugar and tastes Ike IL too" she
then asked me u knew a1w t. make any.
body come aroand Il they had gotten in =
family WY. istij: IF did I'd not tell
yon, for II Ia too oangtruu She said.
"Oh, you surely would tell me, because |
hate 10 thick a children, they are such
trouble then asked her Il she Hr o Ia tnn'
way. She said: 'Ot coufse not: I'm never
going TO have any / said: You don't
know tlst" She said yes -he did, she bad
been Teadipg a doctors book, aud she know
what t. do; | then talked t1 her quite A
wbile aud ssii thsi one doctor book would
not tesoh her every hing, ihat | believed
niue'y.n'Be women ont OF every huldfed
would die before they could cause au ab9f-
ton by taking medicine She asked me- a
crest many queft ons about the subject; |
told her never to attempt sn cb0filnn Tor
she was healthy gir. aDd IL mish, Kill her;
shr said oh ~ die ANYWAY - ! might %
wei die Beforehand. After az hil- she said
'ii person dies OF poison 10 they suffer"
| said yea and thinking she meant t. refer
TO h" previous subject cad. one suffers
nearly ns mucn IL al aoOItlIa hs IN labor
! have heard She came again Ia the AFTER
nonn and slaid nnoui, thought then that
she wanted tn talk more and would
not give her chHucr. She k'd me VA.
nous questions rtlstiye to signs OF pfeg
nancy, etc
Isignedl CELIA LArHRor
4 $. Dewey sworn, said: | am the hus-
band oi deceasad, ana had been married
one month and six dayt; my wife bad been
sick since yesterday morning, and last
nient about nslt pns. eleven She got worse;
! went for nv ttepmotber and she came
over: ] went 10 Il drug store and DR.. F!lz-
hugh was telephoDec for and came, when
We went 10 my houee together; nv wife
never made any statement 10 me about
taking poisoD; did not know OF any great
trouble she had been in. but she had had
trouble with her stepnother; my wife
and b ad never had any trouble: did not
see her before she died having gone for her
father.
(Signed) Il. S. DEWEY, JR.
Mrs. Gnssie Dewey being sworn said:
am the step-mother Of the husband of de-
ceased; yesterday morning Mr.. and Mre.
Dewey came TO my house about O'Clock;
Clara took her hat aud shawl oil and said
she did ntt feel well; that i, was all she
could do to walk ana asked II she might lie
down on my bed; che had only been lying
down few minutes when she began to
vomi,; her husband had gone
over to their new house
and sent to have Clara come and see how
bat ShA I'D
she was too sick 10 go; | sent for her hus.
band to come over as Clara was right SICK;
he came aud We rave her some whisky. but
she still complsined OF pain III her stom ach;
we gave her coffee and tea, and about five
o'clock she was we'll enough to go home,
accom- panied by myself and her husband;
on reaching her new home she was pleased,
walk, she then said she felt
weak and would lie down,
and asked me 20 undress her and | did 70:
she then asked for "a drink of water aud
gave u TO her; then made some tea for her;
/ then went back 10 my work aud when !
returned, my little girl told me Clara had
drank two cups ~ tea and was butter: about
10 o'c och my step-son came TO the house
and knocked on the door, waking the, say
ing Clara ves worse; | hurried over snd
found her comilaining of being cold ana
pain in her stomach; asked her what the
matter was, when she caught me by the
hand and said "Ma hate to tell you, but
have taken nrsenic;" asked her when she
took IL and she said, ",his morning
before lett home" meaning her fathers
house | then asked her what she did ii
for, "sbe said she had trouble. said her
stepmother was talk ing good deal to her
telling her that sho did not do right" l
told her whatever IL was. she ought not to
take poison; she answered me- that did
not know her trouble; said she hsi II in her
mind some time ago 10 do II, said she was
tired Of living long ago, said she did not
want 10 die in her fathers house," while
was there her steDmother and friends came
In bu, she died before they came; when
she told me she had taken poison | asked
her where she got It and she said ct the
drug st,re;" she did not want her husband
20 know IL ns he would take ID 20
hard; again told her she oueht not 10
have taken IL, she said she could not help
1t, sh' had got 20 far she could not control
herself The last WORDS she spoke she call.
ed for her husband and wanted him TO for
home With me, but he has not, that was
the last she said.
[5igued her
GUssIE X DEWEY.
mark.
DR.. T. Fi,zhu2h being sworn. testified:
was called to SEQ Mrs. Dewey. south OF
the Fort Worth & Denver. last plight about
1880. aud found her In a dying
condition from the effects OF
arsenic which she informed me she
had taken that morning. Ste died in less
than two hours after sas her."
fSignedJ, 7. FnzuUoH, NJ. ID.
Alter being out few rninu 50 the jury
found that deceased came to her death
from effects Of arsenic administered By her