The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-31
0EG BUT UNHAPPY
nod Wife Attempts Suicide
by morphine.
HUSBAND scoloEo hen.
rssrswiy AvssssA - .
- strse. LsAstag House ~
pre~vs srsasesi A~ssistssss.

A.u~.,n sife Of John styers took
- ~ n,ssphine in their oons 1t
Hnpebseos houss. At liisH Third
- Woeesdss sfternoon n = p. M.
z1 - saIy ssscd from oessn ~ the
~ ; phyaeisn.
esvsn u pretty. brown-eyed little
- - has been married for I'VE
- g her hu.ssaad, whose second wife
S divers - . sandy-conplexioned
~ shouf n: y*ars, aud has until b
-~eek voskei IN . mill NJ Ballard.
neuppot be ssl9 that be Is intemPerste.
nfs eenuain sassces ~ the house where
r. seree .hss by his cruel treatment
-. 10 be has driven her TO this rash
Gumpt q ssieisa-
-, - biA wife came here about =
~~.th - ftcEs Indiana. where he had
s .snseneozs farmer. and IL ID said
.1h has c~onssasrsbls money still.
~eorfer cgsitd on Dir. AaddOcks.
-. Vie bsels the Penobscot. which il.
e~1ecsabis plaes, At 1880 last night and
- told the .toyy Of the attempted
1919. Mr. Maddoeks said: Il
fh,uk shat this would be
- eut Of The pssers, but since you are
Hsrhe iavsssigx.s and the Occurrences
- : = IN osen secret. ] suppose l
{ ! - eivn il 10 you ~ IL happened.
9Ssuf : nsaah ago Mr. styers and his vito
80 "a eus 49, aid TOOK their rooraA He
80 astvsi lsssa the East. Ind told me
- h III bse3 . farmer In Iudi-
- - s-si bic farm 10. .
-6aeshanA eufa before coming 20 6sat-
~ 6pmsa % have plenty ~
$3.50. ne vas wsas ing then 81 . mill In
N1 ma % faS "a I know was . steady
eM1uorf1na and tsgssssrats mau. To all out
-areoassness 10 aud his wife lived hap
sar.911 had ~ suspicion Of there bslng
- tpubis siwaa them until about
- voeta aea. whea they guarded
nA Nm osysgs made complaint TO
y win. Af>sr this quarrel they were Ia trou-
= samose eesseaniy- he would come home
- tofase heg, tess,ag her like . child and. Ia
-, nakihg life miserable for the poor child.
~ - b srafcsly suore.
enHeas End hos often expressed . de-
- eo6 this nsAde her husband still
- ausl 10 hst. Ills shameful treatment
- nuaed the poor girl several times In the
- IN dAys 70 rsssal her troubles and ws
- . good idea Is the condition OF her
- when shs tgs.k the morphine today.
= NJ was here r.: TIE afternoon with several
IN dodgers, vhea oas Of them. = lady whose
muo I Goat wish 20 sasntIon. asked Mr.. ssysss
, take . ride ast on n OF the CAT
~ bat she fs.ssed. saying that she
~ bsa crying 20 a,,.eh that her eyss were red
- ~ ala not wi.s ~ be ssen. Tho lady did
- usgs her ana wss standing BY the window
mi ny wife wisa they saw Qra- 6tyefs
n1ne up Third .s'sst. towards rt4e. and
laAy remarks. .whst can Mr.. Sly
= - going for, 90 you think she intends
= ~ poison. you knew che has been talking
nsss killing hsrssEt and emo refused to 20 out
- now" Ny wits replied that u WAS
NJ unlikely. sai the matter was not
usnuousd again. about m hour after
Ms my wife was alone in tho pArior
~ pouse when ~, srs came to the door and
esksd her 70 come sss soc his wife, that she
~ not issilnx vsry sail. Ma Maddocks vas
ana dti not GO for several min
~ When she dIS 20 into the rooms
tpeupto1 b ssyess s.ts found MIRA Sc yeys lying
= tho ~ In = stu pot. while her husband sat
y not seeming TO know what TO do. ''What
= The nastsrY' asked my wife. "she
Ia taken 10 cents' worth al
ssorpAiDe." said s.yers. With that m
nised the girl nac began shaking her and
usfking her up and lawn the soom. and gave
hw = dose of mustasss end water which ssyers
"a mixed but had anl given 10 his wife.
II spite OF their sssfk the poison was not
eutralissd aud my ~ifs hnaiiy tsIephoned fo'
physician. Ia n ssnft time DIR. Coc came. and
1ler a great ea@rt revived the girl.
- 10 very weak NOS and viii not be well for
me time yet. but tae doctor says that che Il GU;
J danger. she said 81 us a short time ngo tina,
b husband had kaeAsd and beat her a few
anu,es before shc 'aak tho poison. and tia,
Als had msdc her desperate. b could not