Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-11-17
E|H SAD CASE.
Mrs Joseph Foiey, Long Suffer.
ing With Poor Health, Takes
Her Life by Drowning.
The Remains Recovered at
Midnight-H Mournfu1 Fare
well Note 5waa Written.
The Community Mourns the
Loss OF One Of Ito most
Estecmed Menbe re-.
From Fritla VS. Daily.

Joseph FOisy and eldest daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. N, Richardson, COM
mitted suicide last evening by drown
ing in the Mississippi in this city.
. Mr.. Foisy had left home about 4
O'Clock in the afternoon, and his
wife was then in unusually good
spirits He returned home about 10
o'clock in the the evening, and found
the house deserted, and the following
note ON the table:
'Jos: May God bless you and
give you a better wife. You have
always been true to me. as have all
OF my relatives aud friends.
Let no one mourn. I am not
worthy of it. ~.
Two or three other words had
been written below, and erased. =
Mr.. Foisy at once knew that his
wife had taken her own life by
drowning, as she had expressed hopes
that herlife might end, and intimated
that she might drown herself. Heat
once went to the home of his wife's
parents, Mr.. aud Mrs. Richardson,
and notified them of the facts. A
searching party was soon organized
and men with lanterns examined the
shores of the river along Maple Is
land, and below it. Foisy's home is
on Second street and Sixth ave. south,
only two blocks from the river. Al
ter searching for some time an over
coat belonging to Mr.. FOisy was
found hanging on the limb of tree
just at the rivers edge about 100 feet
below the "Big Rocks on the cast
bank Of the river below Maple Island.
When Mr.. FOisy was called he recog-
nized the coat as his, and the party
were satisfied that at that place the
poor woman had entered the river.
A large number Of logs lay in the
river and extended into the stream
for some distance at this place, but
they were loosely floating in COM
paratively still water. A close ex-
animation of the log jam was then
made, and the body was seen ~ S.
Trebby beneath large log.
1t was not over lOlfeet from the
shore, and in scarcely two feet of
water. She had taken a piece of
clothes line from home, and at the
river tied one end of the rope about
her body and the other about u log
IN the water. She, had evidently
entered the water at /, small opening
between the logs. When 7olnd t. e.
body was about four feetfrom " here
she must have entered. The remains
were tenderly taken to the shore,
Coroner Fortier summoned. and
arrangements made to take them to
to the saddened home. 1t was
about 1890 O'Clock when the body
was found.
Mrs. Foisy had been in poor health
and, especially suffered during the
last few months. At times Ter con-
ditiOn was snch that she was very
nervous, and scarcely able to control
herself. 1t is evident that unusually
severe suffering had so unbalanced
her mind lastevening that she sought
relief in the way described. She was
aged 35 years, and had been resi-
dent of this city her entire life, except
a short time spent in Iowa u few
years ago. AS a girl woman, wife
and Christian she was above criti-
cisnI, and was held in the highest es-
TEEN by the entire community. MIR.
and Mrs. Foisy were married about
ten years ago, and all domestic af-
fairs had always been of the pleasant
est nature.
The sympathy of the community
will be extended to the bereaved hus-
band, and the aged and heart3roken
parents. g.
The funeral services will be held at
the French e., .,tholic church OH Sun
day morning. .z. vi.