Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-04
SUICIDE.
Mrs. clara Dewey, n Bride OF rive "'e"S
rni,ns a rsrnIr WITH ~ FniaI Nchnlt.

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| who was married less than five weeks
aro. had committed suicide by the use
nj arsenic. AS the bright little daugh.
Ter of MIR. and Mrs. Ogleshy, she had
many friends and admirers, all oil
| whom were her well wishers when, on
tbe 2sth of February she was welded to
ED. :. Dewey, u young gentleman not
far above her own age. a genuine
uung of sorrow, even OF horror
was felt yesterday in the
knowledge of her tragic death,
THE INQUEST.
Justice i. +. linn SUMMONED q cor
oner's jury, consisting of Late Holt
u. : Holt, w. 4. Gray, IL, SchwaitZ'
j. i. Shelton and Ii. w. Spear. ms
Jury viewed the body Of the deceased,
after which an adjournment was han
TO Justice Xinn's Office, and the follow
ing testimony was elected
A LADY
whose name is omitted by request, tes'
tilted: Clara came to my bouse on
| the morning of April LIST about 10 or ! |
o'clock. She often came in when she
wanted to be informed about anything,
because | was an old teacher and
neighbor. leased her n little about
being in loye with "A boy. She
said THE younger they are
the swecttr they were, and
that Eddie was the sweetest boy in the
world.u She then asked me what
would kill rats. | told her the best
rat trap was cat, and she said she
thought arsenic was good. | said: ION
no, Clara; ii is too dangerous. a little
bit Of The poison might beIying around
aud a child might get it. Children
could get IL any place n rat could
She asked me how ii looked, and |
said like sugar and tasted like 1t too.
She then asked me if / knew how TO
make anybody come around If they
had gotten In family way. | said II
did I'd not tell her for it WIS too
dangerous. She said: ooh, you surely
would tell me, because | hate to think
OF children. They are such trouble
| then asked her II she were in that
way. She said: "Of course not. I'm
never going 10 have any, | said:
"You don't know that" She said
yes she did, she had been reading "a
DOCTORS book and she knew what
to do. | then talked to her quite a
while and said that one DOCTORS book
NNuit NV NNttNi ltNA AiiiliE, Ailat
believed 80 women out Of every 100
abortion by taking medicine. She
asked me n great many questions
about the subject. told her never To-
attempt an abortion for she was n
healthy girl and 1t might kill her.
She said "Oh, Pd die anyway, so /
might rs well die before haEd.n After
4, al Ia a a
poison do they suffer ?" l said yes,
and thinking she meant To refer to the
previous subject said, one suffered
nesrly AS much in an abortion as in
labor, had heard. She came again
in the afternoon and staid about.
thought then that she wanted 10 talk
more and | would not give her a
chance. She asked me various ques-
tionsrel TO signs of pregnancy, etc.
ED. S. DEWEY
testified: | am the husband of de.
ceased. Have been married one
month aud six days. Last night abou,
| l.30 o'clock she got worse, having
been sick since o O'clock the previous
morning. then went for my step
mother, who lived about two blocks
away. She got up and came over.
asked her what had better do. Sh,
said: 500 for DOCTOR / went down
to German drug store and inquired
where could find u doctor. He sale
walt minute and he would telephon,
for DR.. Fitzhugh. He did so and DIR
Fitzhugh came ana we went immedi
ately To my house. When we go ther
the doctor went into her room and
went into another. She made no stat,
ment to me abont taking any poison
She was taken bad sick, or so sick sh
went to bed about 9 o'clock the morn
: lug before. We moved yesterday froI
MIR. Oglesby's to the place | am no.
living, where my wife died. She wall
ed there from my step-mothers abol
: 5 o'clock yesterday evening about tw
| blocks oil. The day before yesterdn
she was at her iather's. ] know not
Ing about any trouble she had. l Int
engaged work mt the round house
G the Fort Worth d Denver railroa
] and we moved to where we now live
= as 10 be close TO my work. | was n
= ut the house when she died. | II,
/ gone after her father, but she oil,
4 about l:l5 this morning. She and h
/ step-mother did not get along well I
Q gether. and she never had al
trouble. know nothing further.
MRS. ousslE DEWEY
testified; am the stepmother of {
ceased's husband. | live in two bloc
of where II. 5. Dewey now lives. |
II ceased and her husband came to II
J house about nine O'Clock yesterd
~ morning. She came in and took |
IL bonnet and shawl of and said she {
o. not feel well. She said twas all 8
~ could do 10 walk here and asked
~ she might lie down n while on the |
>, and told her yes, Size lay in bed
~ few minutes and then began to thr,
III up. She was sick at the stomach
e asked her what was the matter.
sc skid size did not know, Her husba
et in the meantime had left
house and gone over TO the no
they were going 10 move TO. Al
being there awhile, he sent my III
ID boy baclS 10 my home 10 tell Cara
St come over there to see how things W
ys- arranged In the house. She said
ids was too sick Ia come then. told
ro- little hoy TO iell her husband to 90
I'm right away, that bis wife WIS sick, !,
res he came. He asked her what was
The matter. She said She WAS sick at
lie, stomach, He asked me then W
az must he do. ! told him would no
ay- FOR q doctor yet for that little bi
um sickness, asked her If she had ca
lat any breakfast this morning. She
'eet no. then asked her ifshe wan
one any thing To eat, and she said she
up, not. She said she felt weak
mp her then thought she had better
iost some good whisky and make a tod
for Her husband then went aud got
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