The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-08
PURE AND HONORABLE"
A SOUTHERN GIRL CRUSHED BY THE
WEIGHT OF MISFORTUNE.
Her Noble Battle Against Adversely
Ends in Defeat-Tired Of Life She
Takes It-unappreoiated Literary
Talent.
From the New York Herald.

room ON the top floor of A. Armand'i
French restaurant and furnished room
house, at No. 40 West Twenty-fourtl
street yesterday afternoon. She had dice
Of asphyxiation from Illuminating gas.
II was a clear case of suicide. The wan
wasted features Of the unfortunate boy
evidence of disease. Her, rich, black
eyes were but partially closed and hel
heavy black hair struggled over shoulder
OF marble Wilderness, revealing the
heavily embroidered yoke of a night dress
which was tastefully confined at the throa,
with knot OF wide pink ribbon. But the
grim hand Of wasting disease had robbed
her features Of former beauty OF which
however, traces still remained.
Who was she?
A weary, broken hearted woman, eyi-
IDENTIFY. Her story remained to he
discovered. Some time an inmate of a
convent, perhaps governess or a seam.
stress, a stranger OF discouraged toiler in
the city, there was an air Of mystery about
her which aroused unusual interest.
The stranger applied TO Mr.. Armand for
furnished room, with fire, on the third
fioor OF the house on Monday lust. She
was well dressed in gown of finely
checked green and black stuff, brocadcd
black velvet cape, neatly fitting boots and
rnbbers, and a brown hat trimmed with u
birds breast, also OF brown. She wore
long chamois skin gloves OF brown and
about her neck was "A white silk handkcr.
chief confined with small gold pin. She
said she was in poor health and had her
name registered as "Aliss Bull, Of New
York. = She had no baggage.
She kept closely 10 her room, and on
"Wednesday went away. On Thursday
afternoon about , o'clock she returned and
asked Mr.. Armand for larger room.
She WIS given the one in which her body
was found yesterday. In explanation Of
her absence she said she had been de-
tanned by the rain and could not get home
without paying hackman 81, which she
would not do. She went ut once 20 her
room, ordered u fire Ia be built in the
CRATE and sent chambcrmaid, Annie
Johannsen, out TO purchase some station
AIRY aud six postage stamps, then she sent
for screw driver, saving that she wanted
TO remove one Of the lifts from boot heel
with il.
When the screw driver was handed i'm
to her she locked her doors and evidently
at once sat down To write. She took from
her pockets number OF sheets OF poetry
and spread them over the wash stand. and
then wrote two letters, both of which,
after finishing. she tore mp and threw 50
near To the crate that the remnants Of one
OF them were chnrrcd 80 much ~ Ia be- I'M
r.u1al la a...s.. ,.t,., lt.. ..sHt,l.
"My poems are unappreciated."
The second letter was ~ badly mu,ilutcd
by her nervous hands that IL could hardly
be deciphercd. An imperfect copy was
made OF Il NJ follows
would you muse upon me, darling sis.
ter-upon the poor dead face Of one who
suffered aud endured the butts and sncers
Of world ia which could have held sway
rs queen and woman, never forgetting
the former aud ever striving Ia I'll the lat
ter 10 the letter. tllere the letter was 80
badly torn that several lines were LOST |,
the offspring Ot proud and noble house.
should IT, two YIN. dry. my life out in y.
Y. rs n mental Danothcr blank going
on blank iorit was pure and honuri-
BILE. But the great 81 blank would seen
ut times nearly 10 bunt the fcttcS that
bound ~ fate inevitable. Blank ! am
going 10 take my life, or, ut least, 10 lie
down never 10 awaken. The idea OF It's
being a blank has never entered my
head. love my God blank. have
lived good aud honest life in n. Y. |
am NJ tired. My little poems will speak
volumes
This letter was addressed 10 no one. and
there was no signature. II was written in
u bold. masculine hand. which CORE
.Iondcd, Il was found later, with that In
which the poems were written.
Before her cpistolnry labors were con-
cluded she wrUic the following address on
one OF her envelopes
"Mrs. Morcland,
''3l or5l Monroe street,
"Mobile. Ala"
II was her intention, perhaps, Ia inclo.c
the Letters in this envelope. and Il is sup.
posed that through an oversight she left IL
ON the floor undesiroycd.
Miss Bull then turned her attention 10
killing herself She removed her clothing
aud arraycd herself in her night rirmrnis
Some Of her skirts she used 10 curtain the
windows with. Others she tore up, and
with old newspapers aud bits of rags she
cnlkcd the windows and doOn all about
the apartment The scrcw driver stood
her in good stead for this work. When all
wis completed to her liking she took the
implement and stepped up to the two gas
lets IN the room, one on either side II the
dressing case. looscncd the screws coniln-
ing the cocks and let the cocks drop on Ia
the floor.
Then she went 10 bed Ia lie.
Annie JOhannscn thought she detected
the smell Of g,s about the room yesterday
afternoon shortly after O'Clock She told
Mr. Armand aud he called in raifolman
Roach, OF the Thiriicth street police. who
with the all Of key entered the room
through n side door. 4 volume 81 gIi.
shot out Of the apartment ~ thick NJ a.
overcome him for the moment.
Tho woman was stone dead. Sbe had
apparently fallen asleep pninlcssly. On q
little stand near the dressing case stood 4
bouquet Of partially withcrcd hot-house
roses. On the manicl wcrc two bottles oi
medicine. One contained y prescription
that was put mp at !. y. fcrricrs drug
store, No. ,657 Second avenue, ON Dcccm.
Der ~, 1885, by order Of pr. WaIis The
other was a proprietary medicine fof
nervousness. which was put up Ia Phila-
delphia. In pOckctbook on the dressing
case WIS found the sum oi s2O1.
Coroner Nugcnt directed that the body
be removed 10 the undertaking rooms nj
No 200 firt avenue pending an invcsii.
CATION.
The dead woman's poems dwell almos,
wholly upon convent life. some 81 them
werr incomplete and others yoluninots.
Several Of them had evidently been torn
ont of A large notebook. Extracts from
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