The Cecil Whig., 1886-06-12
\ " HES SUICIDE.
Mrs. l.. R.Taylor, of fCharlestown,
Fakes Her Life by Poison.

| axes ftef Lie DS l'olSOn.
She Also Administers the same Drug to
Her !ivc-Ycar-oid Id Daughter-Causes of
the Rass, i,t-A sad and Painful story
| ChronicIed.
One of the most iamentable and sor-
rowtul affairs in the recent history of
| this county occurred in Charlestown on
| SATURDAY last, when Mrs. Louisa r. Tay-
| lor, IL" jrung wife of Aureius G.Taylor,
took poison by her own hands and gave
| 1t to Ler pretty fivc-year old daughter
! Lizzie. MlS. Taylor was the daughter of
| Valentine i. Aigard, who conducts
fishery at Charlestown, and was twenty
| three years o! age last month. Over six
| years ago, when she was scarcely seven
teen, she married Aurelius G. Taylor,
now a young man Of about twenty-eight
years. They resided in Charlestown with
ALI aunt of the husband, he working oc
| casionalIy as a day laborcr. OF late
years the life of the young wife has been
by no means happy one. This was
| caused purity by the
INrENPGRNTE HABITS OF TIL: HUSBAND
Amd y .rly, it is said, hy the unpleasant
rel 81, between the aunt Of the hus-
| ba'Iu ...d the \uung wife, growing out of
the ft.~ %gccablcnoSS of the former. On
this Latte account the wife had for some
time aocn vairly endeavorins to get the
husband ~ move his household effects to
a small holse where they could live
alone. Knowing that she was not salts
fled, hen father advised her to live with
her sister il phHniXvillc, Pa. and she
was To have left shortly for that place.
Mrs. Taylor went 10 North East on Fri
day to get a pair of shoes for her little
girl, who accompanied her, and to make
other necessary preparations for leaving.
She missed the return train at North
East that evening, and stopped over
night with a friend. While in North
East she visited the drug store of House
keeper 4 Moore and bought
TEN GRAI:;s OF sTEYCHNiNE,
saying that cat had been bothering her
chickens and She was going 10 poison it.
She appeared i'll the best of spirits. and
the druggists had no reason to refuse to
sell her the article. She also attended a
funeral while in North East. She ar
rived in Charestown or the evening
train, which reaches that places at seven
o'clock and proceeded Immediately to
her fathers house. Her husband accom-
panied her from North East to Charles
town, but did not 80 with her to her
fathers home. Upon arriving at the
residence of her father, which is a neat
cottage near the river, She, after laying
down the articles, went to water closet
and swallowed the ten Grains of strych-
nine. y few minutes afterwards she
drank twice from bottle of
LNrnANrN AHD GAVE IT ONCE To HER
LITTLE Cu:Lp.
She then went up stairs and, calling her
sister, told her what she had dcne. and
proceeded to undrcSs and make arrange
merits to die. Efforts were made to get
her TO take an emctic, but without sue
cess. DR.. p. B IIousekeeper, of North
East, was sent for, and arrived in less
than an hour. She refused to take from
him anything to counteract the effect of
the poison: and it was only until she had
been assured by the doctor that he ouly
wanted % give her something to make
her die easy that she consented to take
anV medicine whatever. Every now and
then she went into heavy commissions,
during the continuance of which she suf-
fered terribly. When she was not in
commissions She appeared perfectly "a
tlOual. She said to her father that size
had
HAD TROUBLE OR TOP OF TROUBLE,
but it was no use to tell him now. She
told the physician that she was broken
hearted, and that her pleasantnesS when
i'll his drug store was merely to throw
him of his guard. she gave directions
about how her personal effects should be
disposed of. She wanted herself and |
child to hc buried III the sane casket and |
by the side of her mother in the Metho- |
dist cemetery, which is situated directly |
across the street from her fathers resi-. |
dcDce. II her child recovered, she wished |
1t to live with its grandfather. About |
- o'clock Saturday night she became in |
sensible and the commissions became |
lighter, until her death at 9:l5 Sunday |
morning.
NATURALLY OF \ BRIGHT DISPOSITION. |
Mrs. Taylor was hard working wo-
man, naturally of a bright disposition !
and hiah1y esteemed. She was healthy,
81 pleasing appearance and intelligent, |
having passed on examination for the
privilege of teaching in the public schools
of the county before She was old enough |
to secure a school.
Ter little daughter Lizzie was worked |
with faithfully and her life saved She
soon became as well as usual, and is not |
Old enough to understand her great loss
in the death of her mother
Mrs. TaYlorS rclativeSspcrSiSt that she
was entirely rational, and bad shown no
signs of mental arrangement. Her ply
stefan appeared to be of the same opinion.
The matter, however. recalled to his mind
that she had told him about two years
before that she would take her life.
The causes of her living so long after
taking the drugs were that the two |
pol>pnS Cuunteractcd each other and |
the large quantity taken, one grain of |
strychninc being sufficient to cause death. |
l. is possible that her troubles had rem
drrcd her temporarily insane. The cause
of her giving poison to the child was
that she was afraid she would get into
the hands OF her husbands aunt. Sew
eral remarks made by her concerning the |
persons who caused her trouble are with
held, and if they are blameable in the
matter their consciences should be Sut1i- |
cicnt accuScrS.
HER FUNERAL.
Her funeral took place on Tuesday af-
tcYuoon at , O'Clock. The deceased had
requested that the Rev. +. X Miller, of
North Elst, ci!iciate at her funeral, and
accordingly conducted the services.