Wichita eagle., 1886-10-08
itEATl;' : Dol MIS-.
Mrs. kast Cuts Her Throat in
Fit OF Mental Alb
strGctiOn.
Samuel Haney. a Youth Of IA Years
Thrown from His Pony
and Killed.
Mysterious Death OF Charles Barkfs, Brick
layer Of Des Moines, Iowa, as
the Valley House.


Yesterday forenoon between Q and 10
O'Clock Mrs. Chas Kast, living on North
Fifth avenue, between First and Second,
committed suicide.
When the reporter entered the humble
home where the deceased with her child and
husband had lived, he found the latter stand
ing by the bed and weeping bitterly.
The sheet turned down showed the pale
face of his dead wife, Upon her throat
could be seen the gaping wound which had
let the life blood flow out Opening door
to small room at the head of the bed,
glance disclosed pool of blood, a razor, and
the bloody prints of foot 1t was sad
scene and one long to be remembered.
About o'clock coroner's jury was sum-
moned, consisting of the following gentle
men: R. W. Lutrell, John Stewart, Fl. E.
Armstrong, j. s. Collins, W. Tudars, R. F.
Humphrey The inquest was held at kast's
home and the evidence there given best tells
the particulars of the horrible deed.
Mrs. Margaret Mckinley, the first witness
sworn says: II am visiting at Mr.. John
Stewards my home being in Illinois. Mr..
Kast came to the house for milk he stood
talking for few minutes and wondering
why the doctor did not come. He started
home and soon | heard the little girl scream
and then Mr.. Kart l ran over, and
saw him standing in the back room
holding up his wife then helped him to
lay here upon the bed I saw the razor ly-
ing upon the floor. Mr.. Kast said she had
cut her throat. The doctor came in about
half an hour afterward 1t was very few
moments after he left Mr. Stewards uutil
heard Mr. Kast scream. The child of Mr..
Kast said her ma had hurt her neck. She
cried and called for her pa before he was
home"
The husband, Charles Kast, was then sworn,
and said: Il am % years OF age. l
am the husband of the deceased, Mrs.
Sallie Kast We have been married
six years I'VE have had two children, the
youngest is dead, the one alive being ) years
old in December. Yesterday afternoon she
was not feeling very well and asked me to
get DR.. Furley. Ifound him, and after tell
ing him her condition he gave me some med
icine. gave it to her but it did not seem to
benefit her, SO she sent me for him last night.
He said he would see her this morning at s
o'clock. She was out of her head all night.
In the morning the doctor did not come.
About $50 | was in the kitchen getting
breakfast. heard her get up out of the bed
and went to her room and asked her what
she was doing up. She was standing before
the bureau looking into the glass, and re-
marked she was falling away the last few
days. | helped her to bed. She called for
the wash bowl; l gave it to her, then washed
her face and combed her hair | asked her
if she would eat something; she said, No.
l told her she must eat something or she
could not live. l wanted to give her some
soup, but she would not have it then. She
said she wanted cup of milk; l told her
there was no more in the house, and that
I would go to Mrs. Stewards and get some
for her; but before I went | put the
little daughter in bed with her. l then went
after the milk and was standing on Mr.. Stew
arts steps when heard my daughter calling
to me that mamma was going to die. l came
home as quick as could. When came into
the house 1 saw her standing on the floor
with the blood running from her. l asked
her what she had done it for. asked who
did it, but she could not speak. Then point
ing 10 the razor. which was lying on the
floor, then TO her neck, she gave
me to understand that she had herself
The cut in the throat was about three inches
long. She lived al hour and half, having
cut her throat at half past 10 and dying at II
o'clock. She had never threatened to kill
herself nor ever told me that anything
troubled her. She told me, however, IL the
morning that she felt she was going to die,
and she believed tina. before the doctor could
come she would be a corpse. We always
lived very happily together. and never had
any trouble at all.
The jury almost Immediately returned the
following verdict:
'..The said jurors upon their oaths do say
that from the testimony given, the deceased
came to her death from the cut of a razor by
her own hand, the same being cut on the
neck or throat
The deceased was about y years Of age.
She was member Of a large family Her
father and mother are living in SanduskJ,
o.. and have been notified OF the death Of
their daughter.
Her husband, who IS butcher by trade.
came to this city about a year and halfago.
In March she arrived, and they for some
time boarded at the GarInauia restaurant on
West Douglas avenie.
People who are acquainted with hear speak
very highly OF her qualities as LADY. sBd
also say, that the married life of her and her
husband had been most happy
1t is said by some that her great solicisude
for the comfort of h.r husband, who was re-
Gently confined in the county jeil - a viola
tor of tbs prohibitory Law, causei TIE illness
which affected her brain AMI, in the end
caused her death.
The funeral viii take place today at 1879
Sammy Haney, the I4-year old son Of SAM
uel Haney, 30 South Main street, was killed
yesterday forenoon about 10 O'Clock
He WAS formerly employed az Col Stew
arts. About two weeks ago J. c. Wells, OF
Viola township. came into the cfty ami u.sJn