Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-17
rhe Last Words OF the unfSstssass
Ed,th Ewing..An Explanatory
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rn.k,and Ty,b,ne. April 9th

Oakland Tribune, April 9Th.
Ths circumstances surrounding the
a.atb of Miss Edith K. Ewing, at Sc
attic on April lst. are replete with a
,athos that cannot fail tn touch the
basrt Of every one Who has heard of
the sad affair. 1t has been stated that
Mis- Ewing died without giving any
sYnlanation of her reasons for hasten
,,o ths inevitable. but the following
jstter from her father, introductory to
,be last expression of love and affec-
t,on penped by his daughter, has been
reosiyed at this Office. The letter of
the unfortunate girl is extremely touch
inc. and every word il frauRht with a
sorrow and unrest that death alone
could dispel. She was high spirited,
prOud and ambitious young woman,
and her fine sensibilIties could not with
stand the rough contact Of world all
too cold and pitiless even at its best.
She brooded over the unfulfilment Of
her ardent hopes, and her mind gave
vay beneath the strain OF her disap-
pointment. II is seldom that q sadder
communication than the following
comes to newspaper, and many a
heart in this community will beat in
sympathetic sorrow as II II read:
EDITOR TRIBUNE: Considering the fact
that the press Of the Pacific coast has
published, in one way and another, the
real or supposed causes that led, finally,
70 the death of my daughter Edith,
feel constrained and compelled, III JUS
tlcs TO my dear daughter and her fam
ilv, and for the consolation and salts
faction of her dear relatives and sym
pathizing friends and acquaintanoes,
that her last words to the dear ones
at home" should now he made equally
public.
Il may be proper for me to state that,
from all the facts / have been able to
gather from sworn statements made by
persons in Seattle, from letters and tel
eRrams, | Am satisfied that my daagh-
ter took the poison during temporary
mental arrangement induced by CON
tinued depression Of spirits.
J. G. EwINa.
OAKLAND. April 3. 1884.
SEATTLE. April I. 1884.
DEAR ONES AT Would that
had never left home and your kind pro-
tsoting care. | have been failure in
regard to my classes and orders, though
have tried hard to succeed. feel that
there Is no use in my going home. II
was wrelg for me to cnHe away. bear
all the blame for il; depended more on
myself than | should Today il my
birthday, and sad one indeed; but l
am not to blame. Ytu told me, dear
papa, to always let you know about my
finances. know I've not told you all
about It, rs ! should have done, but |
Hoped from day to day to do better, and
failed. Good bye, my darling one-:
mama, papa. sister, Claude aud Callie.
Lave taken last look at all your faces
IN my album. would that | could see
you oil With this ! have taken my
draught Of poison; and now good bye,
my loved ones.
There is no signature To the letter, and
Il was evidently written Iii haste and
under undue excitement
The body of Miss Ewing arrived in
this city Monday noon and the funeral
took place yesterda afternoon. at the
residence Of her parents. No. T6l Four
teenth street. There WAS large attend
Ance OF friends of the deceased. EN-
braoinR graduates OF the High School.
members of the Frs, Presbyterian
thurch and others Rev. Francis A.
Horton delivered AN elt Qurn. and ton, h.
ing address over the derd girls remains.
Alter The services the body WAS borne
TO the hearse by the following psll-
bearers: TX Mavor Robinson. L. l.. Bar
aer, J. b. McCheshey and w. +. iurtis.
Deceased was Inferred in Mountain
View Cemetery