The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-21
SHE WAS TIRED OF LIFE.
MRS. MCCULLOUGH SWALLOWS
TWO OUNCES OF LAUDANUM.

She Was Two Hours Under the Influ-
ence of the Poison When Discovered.
Four Hours Hard Work Required
TO Bring the Woman Back to Con
sness-Unhsppiness In Married
Life the Cause of Her Attempt to
Throw OFF the Mortal Coil-She VIII
Recover, But Will Be sore.
Mrs. w. ]. Mccullough, residing at
Charlton and jefferson streets, swallowed
two ounces of laudanum yesterday with
suicidal intent, and If desperate remedies
had not been applied she would nave sue
ceeded in furnishing a corpse for funeral
ceremony.
. Domestic trouble is supposed to have
prompted Mrs. Mccullough to the rash act
Just exactly when she took the laudanum
is not known, but the supposition is that
she made the attempt to try her fortunes
in the unknown world about noon, as that
was the time she retired to her room. AT 2
O'Clock some Of the other occupants OF the
house discovered Mrs. Mccullough lying on
her bed in an unconscious condition.
The alarm was Immediately given and
physicians sent for. Drs Purse and Girar-
deau responded, but for some time the
woman's condition puzzled the medical
men.
Nobody had thought of suicide In con.
uection with the affair and as there was no
evidence OF such an acs lying around in
sight it was thought the woman had been
stricken with some disease. The physicians
worked on her unsuccessfully under this idea
for some time, until finally one OF the
A.I att fah r. IN
house by the excitement discovered an
empty laudauum vial on the bureau hidden
from view.
BATTLE WITH THE GRAVE.
This explained everything and the doctors
went to work at once to counteraos the
efrects OF the poison.
1t was too late for the use OF a stomach
pump and the old time remedy Of rubbing
and beating to start circulation was com
menced. Plenty of willing workers were
found among the neighbors and these went
at the Job with a vim. Mrs. McCullough's
face was slapped until 10 was almost
bIistered, her feet were padded and her
body and arms rubbed until the skin almost
peeled Off.
One old lady, more energetic than the
Others, brought tin pan into play on the
would be Suicides head, and only desisted
when her colaborers showed her that the
remedy sue was applying was WOIbo Snnu
the disease, and might help the poison In
bringing about fatal results.
Four hours hard work of slapping, rub
bling aud humping were consumed before
Mrs. Mccullough showed the slightest signs
of consciousness, and four more hours were
necessary to get the woman In such a condi-
ton as to get on her feet Then she was
started in walking match through the hall
with friend supporting her on each side,
while others followed, keeping up the ham
mering process.
NOT SORRY FOR HER ACT.
At II O'Clock last night Mrs. Mccullough
was able to talk disconnectedly, and when
asked why she had attempted her life she
said because she was unhappy. The wo-
man expressed no sorrow for her act, but
on the contrary seemed greved because her
friends had snatched her from the grave.
The physicians ordered that Mrs. McCul-
Tough be kept walking all night in order to
work of the effects of the poison and by
this morning it is expected she will be out
of danger.
The would-be suicide will be sore from
her costigation for several days, and she
will have very sensitive reminder in the
shape of blsters of the day she attempted
TO get away from all her worldly troubles
by becoming an occupant of a grave.
Mrs Mccullough is a young woman with
one child. Her husband. the neighbors say
has always been as kind as possible
to her, but for some unknown reason
she seemed unhappy in her married
life, and often remarked that she wished
she were dead. She came very near real
iZiug her wish yesterday, and she has only
her neighbors to blame for not giving her
the opportunity OF investigating the mystic
ries Of the world beyond.