The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-01

Mr.. Hennine. began TO :;cry: -. Al am
ma. please letme H." he hailed. go away
Davie,f came the. voice OF. Als mother IIom
within. 80: -. =:
"But. mamma, I want a < ass of milk
"Grt a lass Of water, y. -; :
why, what's the matter, rnotherg' asked
the little schoUlboy, with ire NIB ingI lps;; :,
ION. get out OF here, was the chilling
response. -. -. :
And wee Davie got out: .%'.. :
HeMent 10 play with some. boys: on the
street, and did not know that he would
never hear his mothers voice again: =: =
Hat an hour later. Bessie, Davies six
year-old sister, came hometrom the kinder
She. too, was. hungry, and wanted to see
She Knocked at the dining-room door.
but there came no answer. -,
She knocked again and again with no
other result than the brulsing Of her little
knuckleS against the door.
She remembered that when she went 20
school in the morning her mother was cry
Thinking that something had gone wrong
she sat down and began TO Sob
In her distress she thought Of Herman
Hempel, tie grocer al the corner OF Bfod-
eTicE and Washington Streets. no had
given her cakes and: candy.
Down the stairs she hurried and made
her way with blanched face snd trembling
limb to-the store of her old friend: '-...-..
Hempel remembered tnat the little girls
mother had been subject TO hts Of temporary,
insanity.
he told the little girl to wait for him and
FASTENED 10 the house when she had left.
He entered tte dning-To0m and there be-
held a spectacle that froze the b!o0d-in his
veins, -~.
Mis-. Henning was lyieg dead upon a
o.. lounge. In her rigid night hand she neld a.
long CaTyng-knife, which had been plunged
into. her heart
g The blade and handle we're covered with
blood. / lie hand that held it was covered
with clotted gore and the red tide Of life
WIS slowly oozing from jagged wound in
the left breast
:: The dead woman wore a flannel bathing
suit from which the blood VAS slowly
dripping into a large pool on the floor.
. The hHlf-talRiipg grocer left the room
and sent for Dr.. VI orth, " no had been Mrs.
Jennings family physician but ii was
late IL Tie evening before tie Doctor came
and lie could do nothing.
The case was reported TO the Coroner and
the body was taken to tie MoTgue, where
al inquest ~ll be held to-day.
The children were sent 70 the house Of
neighbour.
Mrs. Heun.ng's husband died six years
ago. De was jeweleT, employed by George
widow has been subject to fits Of temporary
Insanity. She was II years old ana was
natiYe.6t New YORK.
3. Dr. Wortb, y h0 had been the dead
Toman's 5. attending physician for several
years, was seen by a CALL. reporter at his
residence last night. He stated that the
reason the case was not reported TO the
CoTOner's office at an earlier hour was be-
De cause tie did not hear Of it before 6 O'Clock.
" ord reached his Office at ab0ut5 o'clock,
.but he was not at home and did not know
Of il until his return.
BY the time lie reached the house IL was
agreat deal past 6 O'clock, but he made il
his first duty to report the case.
II is bis opinion that the woman killed
herself while In fit of temporary in
sanity.
Sic, had been depressed and melancholy
for long time.
: Last winter she had a dangerous attack
Of pneumonia.
Although she recovered her physical
health, her mind remained in a weak state.
-. a. very tTidjng thing was sufficient to
throw her into 1T of dependency for days.
Her child had been ailing little, and
she had been. aworrying over the matter a
great DEAL. g:
Although the little one seemed in excel.
lent health last Monday, that is moss
likely what caused the mother to do the
terrible deed.