Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1892-04-28
Hanged in Tie Cellar
The Horrible Death Of Hannah
DanZenbaker.'
DEATH BY HER OWN HAND.
DespOndens and Tsreaa of Living a
Domestic Takes Her
own Life.
HORRIBLE DISCOVERY OF
MRS. FERRY.

A Death Planned with Greatest
Particuiarity.
Mrs. Samuel Perry, of No. 80 South
Avenue, will never forget the horrible
sight which met ber gszs as early
Tuesday morning she went down in
the cellar to get some breakfast buns
There before her gaze, suspended by
a clothes line, hung the form of her
domestic. Miss Hannah Danzenbaker.
Early Tuesday morning Miss Dancer
baker arose to ge; breakfast for Capt.
Samuel Perry, who went away on the
$50 train for Philadelphia. The lady
prepared his meal, and the Captain
ate it.and left the house at 6 o'clock
for the train. The domestic was de-
termined to die, it seems, for no sooner
had Mr.. Perry left the house than she
began to put her plans in execution.
| She did not desire any interference,
and contrary to her usual custom, she
carried some warm water from the
kitchen to Mrs. Perry's bed room, so
that she might take bath there.
Miss Danzenbaker then went down
stairs, first writing note and pinning
it in the breast of her dress, secured a
clothes line and went down in the
cellar. The basement is quite dark,
aud she went the fartherest place from
| the stairway, and back of the hanging
shelves There she placed a chair and
got upon it; taking the clothes line she
| doubled it in the middle and made half
hard knot in it, and slipped it around
her throat. Their she took the end of
the clothes line and wrapped and re-
wrapped it about the joists overhead
The rope was then securely tied, and
the determined woman merely stepped
from the chair, falling perhaps foot,
and calmly hung there until the cruel
rope had choked her to death. No
effort had she msde to save her life
after she stepped from the chair. She
had made NO struggle or the chair
would have been moved. She was de-
termined to die, and she had patiently
awaited the coming of death.
Thus she hung when Mrs. Perry
arose and dressing herself. went down
stairs. She could not find Miss Dan
zenbaker, and her calls for her were
unanswered. She then determined
herself to 90 down in the cellar, and
find some breakfast buns. When she
went to the hanging shelves, the hor-
rible sight. presented itself, and horri
fed into almost insensibility, the poor
woman staggered upstairs and to her
side door, screaming for her neighbors
This was about half past seven
o'clock. Lee Haines, the grocer, was
in the barn, just about beginning to
curry his horse. He thought Mrs.
Perry was about to faint, and rur ming
into the yard caught her, and Mrs.
Perry gasped out. "Hsn aah has hung
herself in the cellar"
Other neighbors had been attracted
by Mrs Perfy's screams, and Mrs
Ellen Grossmt next reached the
house, and Mr. Haines put Mrs. Perry
in her care. Allen Duffield, Ed. Tren-
chard and j. Stubbleblne came in and
the four men dashed down cellar.
Mr.. Haine stopped to secure lamp,
but Mr.. Stubblebine was the first to
reach the cellar. Striking match, he
took in the situation, and saw the ote
spoken of pinned on her Dress This
he took off and handed to Lee Haines.
The note was upon half sheet OF note
paper, and written with a lead pencil.
1t cad US follows:
''BRIDGEToN, 26, 1899.
No one but me to blame l can't
stand it any ltnger just send for sis
ter Ellen
''be sure and take the caba in nv
room my things are all there
HANNAH"
Mr.. Haines came right up town, and
PIONEER reporter was notified. The
reporter communicated by telephone
with County Physician Thompson,
and that official ordered the reporter
to see Coroner Bellows, who is now
home for the summer. The Coroner
was lmade acquainted with the facts,
and accompanied the reporter to the
house.
The body was found as stated, and
after viewing carefully the situation,
Coroner Bellows ordered the body