The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-02
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
a Popular Young Lady OF Martins Ferry
Shoots Herself.

Martins Ferry is considerably excited
over the shooting Of Miss Anna New.
land, a popular young lady, with suicidal
yesterday. She shot herself with
a revolver, aiming at her heart, but the
ball passed through her left breast and
arm. The cause Ia not known. A young.
man named HALEY Woods had been
paying her attention. They Quarrcled
on Thursday night, and this 10 supposed
10 be the cause
Miss Newland, who Is abou! nineteen
years old, Ia the only daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. Isaac Newland, residing on
Jefferson street. She lisa member Of tho
Presbyterian church and Sunday school,
q beautiful gill aud n general fayorite.
Yesterday morning she arose about
$50 and prepared breakfast for tho lam.
lily. After breakfast she walked over TO
the residence OF her cousin, Mrs. Il. T.
Ong, on Broadway, oslensibly for the
purpose OF seeing Mrs. 0ng. This was
about ESQ. When she appeared there
Mr.. and Mrs. Ong EEL still In bed.
They got up and asked Miss Newland to
Join them at breakfast. She declined,
and said she would 20 in:o tho patlar
and read tho paper while they ate.
While the Ongs were at breakfast Miss
Newland entered their bed room and
took q revolver from under a pillow,
where 1t ia kent ut night, and put II In
her pocket. Mira. Dag left for the coun.
try with her mother, Mrs. A. D. New
land, about So'clock, and Miss Newland
remained ahalf hour orso after they left.
She talkedof having a quarrel with her
lover, HALEY Woods, the night before,
regretted this and appeared rather mel.
ancholy. Mr.. Ong told her that did not
amount to anything, not to pay any at.
tention 10 It and she would forget all
about it in d week or 30. She went
home, but Mr.. Ong did not miss the re-
volver until he had heard about the
shooting.
Returning home, she entered her
room up stairs, aud taking the revolver,
q 32.callbre Smith & Wesson, containing
six cartridges, she lay down on the bed
and fired. The ball passed through her
breast and tho upper part OF her arm,
and was found in her sleeve.
Hearing the report Of the revolver,
Mrs. Nealald ran to the room, and
was Mortified to see her daughter lying
on the bed in u semi.conscious state,
blood oozing from the wound and scat.
tered on her dress and the bed clothing,
and a smoking revolver at her side.
Mrs. Newland seized the revolver and
said: "What cid you do that for. An.
na?" and the would.be suicide, after a
long breath, answered, with a trembling
voice, II am tired OF living"
Dire. i. o. Williams aud W. B. Shut.
tleworth were summoned and pronounc.
ed the wounds merely flesh ones. Had
she been standing up when she fred the
shot it would doubtless have killed her,
Misa Newland's parents did not allow
her to receive Woods at their house, but
be had been quietly paying her aiten.
ton Tor three years. She told several
persons about the quarrel and acted
strangely. She told Miss Kate Wander.
hool, a friend, who lives near BY, all
about the quarrel and asked her 10 20
and have a talk with Woods, and inter.
cede for q reconciliation.
Woods lives at Anderson, Ind, and is
spending his summer vacation at Mar.
tins Ferry. He takes Miss Newland's
action very hard.