The morning call., 1890-06-16
" TIRED OF LIFE"
A Young Wife Ends Her Exist
ence by Taking Poison.
She Leaves Her Home and Dies in Geary-
Street Lodging -House-Would Not Be
Saved-sick and Unhappy.

Mrs Ellen Hobson, wife of w. d. Hob
son. proprietor of the Elsinore House, q
Fifth street, ended her life on Saturday
night by taking dose of Trough on Rats"
The direct causes which led &c the suicide
are not known, but the husband and rela-
tiyes are of the opinion that her mind was
affected by sickness, and that it was while
laboring under temporary alteration she
committed the deed.
Mrs. Hobson was young woman, good
looking, and of lively disposition natur-
ally a little over year ago she married
Mr.. Hobson, who was her senior by several
years.
Friends say that the disparity in the ages
of the two rendered the union an unhappy
one. and that Mr.. and Mrs. HOhsOn some
times quaTreled. Then, soon after the mar
riage, Mrs. Hobson's health began to fail
and she became melancholy. This mood
was intensified short time ago by the re-
ceipt of the news of the death of an aunt to
whom Mrs. Hobson was much attached.
SHE ACTED STRANGELY.
1t was noticed that she began to act
strangely at times toward her husband and
members Of her family. Her condition
caused serious apprehension in the minds
of her friends.
on last Friday afternoon. it is said, Mr..
and Mrs. HobsOn had another quarrel, and
she left the house without saying where she
was going.
At night she did not return, and her bus-
band and others became alarmed over her
absence. Ii was thought possible that she
was staying at the house of some friend.
On Saturday evening there was no intel
ligence received, and Mrs. Kemp, her
mother. was fearfuly worried. At o'clock
IL. rrNNs Il
with a message for Mrs. Kemp. 1t was
summons from her daughter to the effect
that Mrs. HObson was at % Gcary street
and wanted to see her at once.
Mrs. Kemp FASTENED to the Geary-street
house, and upon induiring for her daughter
was shown into q room upon the top floor.
Mrs. Hobs0n was lying in bed and suffering
great agony.
SHE WANTED TO DIE.
She told her mother she was dying, as she
had taken a dose of Rough On Rat" but
short time before.
Mrs. Kemp's cries soon brought others to
the room, and DR.. LETTER, who has an office
in the house, was summoned.
Don't save me, doctor" was Mrs. Hob
sons cry, when the physician approached
her. Il want to die. l am tired OF life"
Every effort was made to save the unfor
tunate Woman'S life, but the poison had
done its deadly work.
Mrs HObSOn fingered until 10 o'clock at
night. and died in agony.
Her mother was aTt-bTokep, and could
not restrain her paroXysms Of grief
When spoken 10 yesterday regarding his
wife's act Mr.. Hobson said she had been in
poor health. and lie presumed that she was
partially demented.
DENIED THAT THEY QUARRELED,
He denied that there had been any quar-
reling between himself and wife, but did
not say that their union bad not been an
unhappy one in many ways. Mrs. HobSon
was p years Of age.
The house where Mrs. Hobson died was
the scene of the famous Benhayon mystery
over three years ago. 1t was in Room q
of the house Benhayon's body was found,
together with the confession that he had
murdered his sister. Mrs. Bowers, whose
husband was accused of the crime, and be-
ing haunted by remoTse he ended his life
by taking poison.
Nothing was known of Mrs. Hobson at
the house other than that she rented the
room there. No questions were asked her
and she said nothing which would indicate
that she contemplated suicide.