Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-01
SIMPLY WAS NOT HAPPY:
Hence She swallowed Dose OF Csrbolio
Acid.
CNcw York Times

CNcw York Timcs)
Emily Arnould. the nlneteen-year-oid
daughter Of a wealthy candy manufactur-
or. attempted suicide yesterday afternoon
| b. taking carbolic acid.
Miss Arnoull lives with her father
Denis Arnould. in handsome apartments
Al the Washington View, 39l2 Washington
| Square. Mr.. Arnould Is the head OF me
firm Of y. Arnoull & Co, which has
| factory at 3S5 Canal street.
Three years ago Miss Arnould's mother
He'd in private insane asylum. where
| she had been confined for six or seven
years. A few months after the mother
death a daughter Of the household En-
uy's elder sister. was suddenly stricken by
| the same malay which had afflicted the
mother The girl was taken 20 St Vim
cents Retreat ut Harrison, y. j.. which
IS conducted by Catholic sisterhood'
| and she has remained there ever since.
Mr.. Arnould was almost prostrated
when his eldest daughter had 10 be sent
TO an asylum. Ills wife's affection had
come upon him like a thunderclap. The
connie had been married more than fftrrn
wears at the time Ara AruOuld5 INSANITY
manifested itself Before that there hai
been not the slightest suspicion that sHe
war mentally uns"uud.
when the years passed without the
girls showing any evidence OF Iuhaey "l'
| father supposed that they were s"''
rr,,, IA. faint but the shock of the
,,,,bor's death disclosed the fact that
the eldest daughter had inherited weak
Train. Since then Mr.. Arnou.d ha' b-'h
,.r,icuIarly anxious about Emily. re
surrounded her with every comfort anu
| Injury She was permitted 10 40 as '"t
pleasad I'm every way. Size went 10 So"'oi
| md studied when she felt inclln"a a-i
! remained at home If she Wlsh'i 10. ~
.p. was ever SLOWED 10 cross hei ".T'i -
o,d ~. father was watching constantly
| ia SOC that her desires were erahi'd az
! r,ost before they were expressed lite
| .,.....et ,-lthIrey from the active manage
| nan, If the business which he hal DUNK
/ 49,. b,- hard work FOR thirty years 'Ni
! .',,rht only the welfare Of his daughter.
! ttndcr this course OF treatment iini'F
! ,,.l,,,,l an the whole wen and happy. At
limos. however. she would BE- mooiF' anu
| t,1 tho father rel0ubleI hiS euDil5 u
make her life hriEhI
V.atordav morning the GIRL seemed IN
,.,rtic1laflV good spirits, ana Mr. Ar
| III won't 10 his Office without dream
/ mo of any serious developments HIS
1 hn,r f.r returning home Is ordinarily
/ o,clock Ten minutes before that time
/ Yesterday Mary, the cook, was III tho
! kitchen preparing luncheon, when Emily
.aIddeulv called TO her In matter Of
/ fact tone:
Il am dying. Mary. have taken poi
son"
her cooking utensils. she ran into Emi-
/ l,.,s bedroom. The girl was lying on h"r
/ b.l dressed I'm her street attire. y strong
od1r Of carbolic acid filled The room.
and ON a little table beside the bed stood
/ an empty uncOrkcd ounce vial
! ooh YOUR poor father. What VIII h.
! eoyp" was the only ejaculation Of the
/ cook ae she stood helpless with horror.
! Il am sorry for him" replied Emily
with perfect calmnees but l couldn't
| help H. / am not happy
nv this time the cook had so far recov-
cred her faculties that she could move.
and without waiting for any further talk
or exclamation she flew ont TO the near
! est doctor
After relating IN f"v words TO the
phvsician what had happened. she ran
back again 10 the house. Emily was
stm on the bed. She was apparently not
, suffering any marked pain, but she took
no more interest ga Mary. The doctor,
/ armed with "a stomach pump, followed
/ closely behind the cook. He ~ once went
10 work on the would-he suicide. She
remained perfectly passive, and In few
minutes an the poison had been pumped
! from her stomach.
/ while the doctor was stlll at work, Mr..
Arnoud walked IN.
! II needed only "a few words 20 show
/ him what had haDDp0cl
"She IS all right, now" the doctor as
| sured Mr. ArnOuld, when he threatened TO
| break down.
Wont she die" Mr.. Arnould asked
"No: she viii be as well "a ever in a
f.w hours. Fortunately the acid was
highly diluted"
Not long afterward the doctor felt JUS
titled in leaving his patient TO the care OF
her father Emily was very sick for
several hours. but she gradually recov-
I cred. and by evening she was able "a
sit up and move around.
"Why did you want 10 Kill yourself?'
asked Mr.. Arnoud of the girl when she
had recovered her senses.
because l am not happy. l want to
die"
What for? Haven't given you every
thing YOU could ask for"
Yes. but | am not happy"
ihls was the only explanation the girl
would make.
When seen last evening. Mr.. ArnoulI
said that he could conceive OF no reason
for his daughters act. Il am sure that
there was no man I'm the case | know
that she had no attachments Of any kind
outside Of her home. No man ever came
10 see her. and If she had been in love
she would have had no reason TO hide il
from me. ON the other hand, ] cannot
believe that she is insane. She has always
been as bright as could be. and, though
l have carefully watched her, l have
never been able TO detect the slightest
I SYMPTOMS to indicate that she would fol-
low in the footsteps OF her poor mother
and sister. She has been under treatment
for nervousness. but the doctor has never
even limited that there was any mental
/ trouble"
"Where did she get the poison"
AT drug store on Sixth avenue. She
told me she went out for it this morning
after 1 went out"