Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-03-08
TWO WOMEN ATTEMPT SUICIDE.
One Is Very socco-sfuI-The other stu
Lives.

New YORK, March Tive women
sought TO end their lives yesterday one for
a trivial cause and the other because her
life was an empty one. Ono succeeded
She was quiet little woman, who lived
alone on the fourth floor Of the double ten
ement No. 1853 East Forty third street. No
one who knew her suspected that she was
troubled in mind and that sorrow was her
only lot. She lived quietly, attending only
TO her own affairs, and seldom spoke 70 amy
of the other tenants.
Her name was Emma Francis Walker q
widow In April last she rented rooms in
the tenement. and made dresses for q liV-
ing. To all appearances she got along very
well and had enough work 10 do. Once
she told Mrs. D0rrins, who rents the ad-
Joining rooms, that her husband, father and
mother, two brothers and sister died with
in the last three years.
There is door between the Dorrius'
bedroom and the room in which Mrs.
Walker slept, which was kept locked
At o'clock yesterday morning Mrs.
Doris heard knock on the door. She
was barely awake at the time, and said
nothing until the knock was repeated.
Then she called to her daughter Nellie,
there's something wrong with with Mrs.
Walker. Get up and see her" Miss Dor
rims tried to open the door but could not.
She could hear groans in the dressmaker's
room.
Mr.. Dorrins broke in the door, and the
women went into Mrs. Walkers room.
They found tho dressmaker lying on her
bed, dressed only in her night clothes, and
apparently dead.
DR. Hughes was summoned, but arrived
only in time to hear the woman's dying
gasp
A letter lay on the table, addressed
George Diedrichs, Private This was
for Mrs Walkers brother The letter
read:
DEAR BRoTHER-W When you read this |
hope to be cold in death. am so sick and
lonely after all my loved ones have gone
With whatever is left after my
funeral have railing put around my
grave. Do not have any wake, liquor or
beer George. | want cloth covered
casket, with simply my name; no age or
date I do not owe anything. |
leave everything TO you that have.
EMMA FRANCES WALKER
IL should like TO be buried Sunday
A card addressed to Miss Lizzie Smythe.
No. l29 East Tenth street, said
sGo for Miss Smythe, aud tell her !
want either Mr. Dooley o. Tinsdale 10
preach my sermon. ASK Ler TO pray for
me. ! cannot
Miss Smythe said yesterday that she
only family remembered Miss Diedrichs'
Dy which name she was known 10 her. The
Rev. John Dooley and Mr.. Tinsdale were
both connected with the Broome Street
tabernacle. where Mrs. Walker some
rimes went
The police will try TO locate her relatives
in Canada. The suicide appears TO be
.,hout 80 wears Of age. An examination oy
the Coroner yesterday afternoon showed
that Mrs. Walker died of arsenical poison
ing.
The other woman who wanted to die was
not so successful
Angered beyond the bounds Of reason by
having a counterfeit p cent piece gwen
her by storekeeper, Isabella Damlco, ol
No. 195 Mulberry street, attempted TO POI
son herself on Wednesday night by drink
ing coffee in which she had boiled two
boxes of matches. She was discovered in
time to administer antidotes, and was
taken to ST Vincent's Hospital, where she
will recover The act was due TO her un-
governable temper, which had OF late
caused her TO be disliked by her neighbors.
Michael Damico her husband, is harp
ist. Competition with the little German
bands and musicmurdering pianos on
wheels forced him TO take long trips lnto
the country. Left alone in their one little
room on the top floor of tive-story tene-
ment, his young wife grew peevish and ir-
ritable.
Some days ago she got lead quarter OF
a dollar in change at grOcer's and being
unable to get good one in exchange, she
wanted her husband to compel the man to
make good the amount He laughed at ms
wife, and taking the counterfeit, gave her
good quarter This did not satisfy her;
She remained at home all day, scoldlng and
fretting about her lost money, and IN the
evening seemed to become worse, beating
her head and crying bitterly. Her husband,
becoming tired of her complaints, went out
TO visit a neighbor After he had gone the
woman took two boxes of parlor matches
and. putting them in coffee pot, boiled
them. and drank two cupfuls Of the coffee.