The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-04
SEATTLE acknowledgements THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1880
NOTHING TOLIVE FOR.
An Unfortunate W0man's At
tempt at Suicide.
HER HUSBAND DESERTED HER.
Mrs. Phineas C. Joel vainIy Tries to
Sever Unhappy Marriage Ties
With Subtle Poison.

Another unfortunate, Mrs. Phineas c.
Joel, wearied of life, made q desperate at
tempt to take her own life by the morphine
route, at an early hour yesterday morning.
She took a whole teaspoonful of the deadly
drug. and had it not been for the timely eff
forts of physicians and the assistance of
neighbors the woman would have died. As
it is, the attempted self-destroyer is pros
trated, is in q precarious condition, and
if she ultimately survives, her acquaint-
ances are certain she will make another
and more successful attempt to do away
with herself.
The woman has an interesting. though
somewhat shady past. She came to Seattle
with her husband from st. Paul about two
, months ago, and rented q couple of rooms
at 817 Howell street. A Mrs. Potter
who rented rooms at the same
place. and to whom the unfortunate
woman addressed a letter just before the
poison was taken, said she knew the couple
under the name of "Mr. and Mrs. Bridges"
She also knew that the couple did not get
along together amicably. A month ago
the couple left the house on Howell street
and came to 1,9l2 Eighth street, the man
engaging two rooms and paying the rent in
advance. Here he remained for one week
only, and went away. The woman was
noticed weeping and sorrowing frequently.
but would tell no one her troubles. Last
Saturday night Bridges" came home, re-
manned all night, and leaving the next
morning did not return.
The cause of the woman's mysterious
and sorrowful actions was unfolded yester-
day morning. At 80 o'clock q Mr. and
Mrs. G. II. Glandon, who live down stairs,
were disturbed by the sound of heavy
breathing, coming from the room
directly overhead, occupied as a
kitchen by the Bridges. Mr.
Glandon arose and going up stairs, raped
on the door but received no answer. Ac-
companied by his wife he entered the room
and found the woman in an almost uncon-
scious condition on the bed. She was
moaning and her eyes rolled around as if
she was in commissions A large phial of
morphine, on the little table at the head of
the bed, explained matters, andIa physici
was Immediately sent for. The neighbors
had to work with the woman for eight
hours before her condition was even pro-
nounced favorable.
Three letters were found, one of them
addressed to Mrs. Glandon being as fol-
lows:
Mrs Glandon-Eiad Friend: pray you to for
| give me for the rash deed that am about to do
| in your house. You must have thought that we
| were very strange couple, but the truth 10 my
| husband left me three weeks ago. but will not
| tell the cause of our trouble, and all that has
| kept me alive all this time was hoped he
| would come back, bat know now that he never
will. He came up last night and stayed all
| night, but left early this morning. When you
read this shall be out Of this world of trouble
will now tell you his right name. 1t is Phin-
| cas- c. JOEL He is staying now at lass Sixth
street. He is in town, and If you don't find him
there you will find him either at his cousin q
| saloon, 30S South Third street. near Nam, or ut
| the Washington Soap Company. After you read
| this 60 and get him and bring him here. But
| do not tell him what you want until you get
| here. He can do just as he ikss with my
] clothes, only want 70 be buried in my white
dress, and won't you please call in Methodist
1 minister. cannot write any more My heart
is broken and l am almost crazy Good-by. /
hope you are happy, as / never was, only six
weeks in my life.
Letters to Mrs. Potter and a Mrs. Her.
bert were also written, the tenor of which
were identical with the above.
Bridges. or Joel, is Polish Jew, and is
travelling for the Washington Soap Com
! pany, whose factory is at the corner of
Second and Commercial streets, in this
city. When the woman was brought back
to consciousness she cried piteously for her
"Phineas," and begged some one to 70
and bring him to her. DR.. Young found
the man and told him his wife wished to
see him. He said with many impreca-
tons:
MY wife? Oh her. She's not nv
wife. just brought her out here, and she
can go tor kick for herself, Just as she
pleases. It's of no consequence to me, u
| and he turned ON his haaI and xr-aII-a "A