Asheville daily citizen., 1894-10-24
BURIED IN POTTER'S FIELD.
Mrs. IIlilda Marino, Once Of Ashcvill,
Dies in Chattanooea,

Mrs. Hulda Marine, Once Of Ashcvillc,
Dies In Chattanooga.
The Chattanooga Times of Monnay
has long story recounting the death
in the county hospital and burial in the
potter's field in that city, of Mrs. Hulda
Marino. who, until recently, was a resi-
dent of Asheyille and had number of
friends here. Summarized, the story re-
lates that Mrs. Marino went to Chatta-
nooga from Asheville during the Odd
Fellows convention. She stopped at the
Garner house three DAYS. and the land
lady says she acted peculiarly and seemed
in poor health. She then went to
Mrs. Aliens, and that lady says the
boarder was most OF the short time she
stayed there under the influence of NOR
phine. Thence she went to Mrs. Thomp-
sons on Lindsay street. The Times
says at this point:
IAN who saw Mrs. Marino say she
was Swede and had a strong foreign
accent, but was a woman of intelligence
and refinement. She was also, they say,
unusually beautiful both in feature and
form. She dressed faultlessly and in
every way seemed to be q superior
woman. At Mrs. Thompson's the
stranger first announced she was ply
sician, and claimed to be Swedish mas
sage operator, manicure and chiropodist.
She remained at Mrs. Thompson's about
three weeks.
"About one week after coming to Mrs.
Thompsons the woman was taken ILL.,,
and persistentlv refused to have ply
sician summoned. The symptoms were
such as to lead those who saw her to be-
lieve that she had taken poison, proba-
bly, bichlorate of mercury, bottle OF
which was found in her room. Eleven
DAYS after it was suspected she had taken
poison, while confined in beo, with her
mouth swollen, her eyes CLASSY, she sig
nitied by signs that she wanted paper
and pencil. When these were handed
she wrote: When | first took sick,
when ! should have taken powder for
my cold, took poison by mistake.
This was written after she had been
charged with poisoning herself"
Mrs. Thompson summoned physicians
and on advice Mrs. Marino was taken
to the county hospital. This was Oc.
tober II. The sufferer became gradually
worse. The description of her condition
as printed by the Times is sickening. She
died last Friday evening. The coroner
knew nothing of her death until after
her burial. The Times SAYS lit is the
opinion of all who know anything about
the case that Mrs. Marino wiltully ant
deliberately committed suicide. The
causes were probably despair and mis-
fortune. 1t is the opinion OF Drs. Hope
Holtzcaw, Bogart and Nelson that sh,
died OF poison.I but they accept her state
ment that she took the poison by mis-
take as true.
"While ill at Mrs. Thompson's, Mrs
Marno took pencil and card anc
wrote the following: There was hardly
a minute when her face was away from
you. shall haunt you Whether thi:
is the utterance of derangcd mind OF
contains some awful and hidden mean
ing is question"
When Mrs. Marino's trunks were
opened they were found filled with laces
fancy work and costly wearing apparel
A decree OF divorce was also found, and
two purses. One was locked. 1t con
tained nothing but receipts and news
paper clippings. The other purse con
tained $l027.
Mrs. Marino came to Ashevile May
24, 1894. and was in business as mas
seuse. manicure and chiropodist, at sc
Bailey street. She left here September
8, and nothing had been heard OF hel
until ner death became known.