The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-03-29
A MANAGES METHOD.

duct OF a Recreant Lover Chooses rear
full Method of Ending Her Msery-Satu-
rates Herself with Kerosene and Sets Fire
to It. Let Me Die"
NEW YoRK, March "a.
"Let me die, keep away from
me-" shrleked young woman whose
clothing was abIaze, as she sprang
to the pavement from the door
way of No. 3lS Pearl street, about sevSn
O'Clock last evening. The flames enciR
cled her body and were shooting above
her head, her hair being also on fire. The
victim of the shocking suicide was Lizzie
Shehan comely young woman twenty
four years of age, who Tor near
ly a year has been boarder in
the family of Mrs. O'Neill at the house
mentioned. She has a lover living in
Brooklyn, by whom it Is said she was be-
trayed. About a month ago the girl gave
birth to a child, which died, aud since she
followed her baby to the grave Miss She
han has appeared very much depressed.
A week ago she made an attempt at sui
eide by cutting her throat but the wound
was not serious and she had almost re-
| covered from its effects. During yester-
day she acted strangely, moving from one
place to another and declining all inter-
course with members of the household.
1t is evident she was meditating self
destruction, and was determined that there
should be no failure in the attempt TAX
| ing u can of coal oil containing about Il
| quart of the fluid, she retired to an unoc-
cupied apartment on the lower floor and
poured the oil over her head, thoroughly
saturating her hair and clothing. She then
applied match to her hair and in a mo-
ment was in blaze. When discovered
she was walking round the yard shriehing
in her agony, and yet making no effort to
suppress the fire, which was fast roasting
her The blaze and screams attracted
the attention of persons in the house,
and several men ran to her reScue.
The one who first approached her found
her standing erect with her hands cinched
tightly by her side. She ordered him
away and fled through the hallway to the
street, where an excited crowd quickly
gathered. there was no faltering
in the woman's purpose to die, as when a
man approached her with a shawl she
bdSuCN MN dSlNltS llpNStNSile' apparently
supcrhuman strength, and the gent pro-
duccd heavy cloth aud was in the act of
enveloping her with it when she turnedan
fed along the strectwith the flames leaping
high above her head. A third man drew
off his overcoat, held 1t before him and
sprang upon the girl and forced her to
the sidewalk. She resisted desperately,
calling all the time to be allowed to die.
! The flames were cNtinguished, but not be-
fore they had done their fatal work. Her
face, head and and upper portion of the
body were roasted, and she also inhaled
the flames She had been so terribly
burned about the face that the blood
burst from her skin and streamcd over
the neck and shoulders. Policeman Law
: Ter. who aided in eXtinguiShing the flames,
summoned an ambulance and had the
D wrctched victim taken to the Chambers
. Street Hospital, and from there to Bellevue.
The usual applications were made by
physicians to relieve the intense suffcriugS
! of the patient, but little hope was enter
> tanned for her recovery. Mrs. O'Neill
!, said that Miss Shehan's father lived in
: this city, but that since his second mar
riage Lizzie had not seen him. About a
year ago she secured board with Mrs.
O'Nell and had been employed at Gibbs
l dairy in Nassau street. few weeks
! ago sue IOSJ hCl pldSC anu hdN SlhCO pSOh
n very much depressed, and recalling her
e actions during the day, Mrs. O'Neil
+ thought she must have been insane when
? she committed the act One of the gents
!. who went to the girls rescue, said :
"The spectacle was horrible, and Will
haunt me to my dying day. The nerve of
the woman was truly wonderful. Though
D, suffering the torments of the damned,
a with her face and head being roasted
e the flames creeping down her body, and
It she perfectly conscious of her condition.
kept her hands at her sides clenched
: tightly in her agony, never once raising
-, them to her head, and resisting my efforts
=, to save her"