The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1886-02-20
DESPAIR AND DEATH.
Young Wife Deserted by Her Hus-
band, Commits Suicide.


band, Commits Suicide.
A special from St. Louis of the 18th
bst, to the New Orleans Times,Demo
lat, contains the following heart>render>
y and terrible story: "a terrible trag-
4, the sequel of an elopement and mar,
sue. was enacted at 1106 Chouteau ava
lie to-day. The victim was talented
nd beautiful young Kentucky belle,
ho, four months ago, eloped from Pad
ah with ] Rhea Boyd, son of Con-
,ssmau Linn Boyd, who represented
ID Paducah district in Congress for hall
dozen terms. Her maiden name was
|uey Nstson Grimes, and she was a con-
jbutor to many of the Southern periods
ii, Her family is one Of the most
romineut in Western Kentucky, and
ii cousin, ], NJ. Buckner, is one of the
lrQsst tobacco dealers in the State
Rhea Boyd was @ young attorney, in
biz practice in Paducsh, butaddicted o
sbits OF dissipation that intertered with
ID success. He was a bright hsndsom,
sllow, and idolized by his mother. She
said to have opposed his marriage with
iiss Grimes, and as she was vely wealth.
Ind he was an object OF her bounty, the
parriage was many times postponed.
rhe girl was his cousin and vas strik>
ag blonde Of fine figure.
BE thought he would achieves greater
uccess in a large city; so last November
)he pair ran off and .came to this city
Ehefe they were married. The same day
hsy took room at the above designated
sidence, and soon the young attorney
ound that bis profession was overcrowd
h. His mother refused to aid him, but
he girls friends came to his rescue sew
bal times. The couple pawned their
ewelry and clothing, until at last they
we're reduced to a state bordering on
tarvation. She encouraged him every
Bay, but he resorted for consolation to
lie bottle, and for a month was drunk
hevrly all the time. Last Monday he
et the rooms, and Wednesday she re,
Psivsd a note, with 81 inclosed, stating
lhat be hatl deserted her, and she han
better 70 home. She then sat down and
wrote letter to the editor OF the Re-.
publican, giving all the facts of her lite,
Ind closing with, II am tired +; my heart
{ broken modification and wounded
pride prevents me from returning home
Qloyed him and cannot live without
him. -Four months q bride and deserted!
God pity me, / know il is sinful and
Eowardly. but God will pardon me. I
ksll YOU the whole truth, because ]
WOULD not die with lie on my lips"
Ehe then took morphine, without effect;
hext laddanum, but did not succeed.
Ehs then writes: "morphineand laudanum
aid not accomplish the end, Ny God!
4 an reduced:to the knife. 1t is terrible,
but must Do it."
She dressed herself in her best clothes,
arranged everything neatly about the
boom, procured two towels and wrapped
them about her soft, white throat, and
then severed her jugular vein with her
husband's razor, The wound was a ter
iible one, and her life fled out in an in>
slant. She wrote the landlady: "Take
care Of my dear bird until my friends
come"
The body was not discovered until
several hours after the tragedy. The
towels covered the CHASTITY wound, and
the fair face and blonde hair escaped the
copt animation of blood. The husbands
NHteabouts are not known. A certih-
cate was found showing that he was one
y the late presidential electors"