The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-11
DETERMINED TO DIE.
Carrie Fender Tries TO Drown Her
self in the Canal.

Carrie Fender Tries to DrOWn Her"
self in the Canal.
At half past seven O'Clock last evening Ed
ward Weaver and Michael Tierney, who are
employed on the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
noticed a young girl who was acting in a
| strange manner on the Morris Canal tow
path at Brown Place. Weaver and Tierney
who were standing on the trestle which
crosses the canal at this point after watching
her for q few minutes saw her take a bottle
| from her pocket and swallow part OF its
contents. The railroad men clambered down
the trestle in double time and ran to where
| the girl was standing As she saw Weaver
and Tierney coming towards her, the girl
attempted to jumpiuto the caual, but Weaver
| caught her dress just as she was about to leap
overheard.
LET me die, !" shrieked the girl. 81 want
to die"
She then fell in a swoon and lay as though
lifeless. In her hand she held a tne ounce
bottle which was labelled "carbolic acid"
The bottle was half full. The portion of the
label which bore the name of the druggist,
the girl scratched off with her thumb nail
while Weaver was struggling with her.
Tierney stayed with her while Weaver
went on a search for a policeman. He
found Policeman D%unnigan, who had the
girl taken to the Fifth precinct station
house. DIR. Hallister was summoned and
when he arrived he found her in a danger
Gus condition. He administered antidotes
and q half hour after she arrived at the
station house she opened her eyes and began
to talk.
why didn't you let me die" were the
first words she uttered. 81 would have been
better off"
She then said that her name is Carrie
Fender and that she lived in Port Jervis,
n. Y. She gave her age as eighteen years,
and said hat for the past three months she
lived with a Mrs. Coleman on Palisade ave-
nue., this city. When asked why she took
the poison she said that she had too much
trouble at home and that she was deter
mined to end her life. She was taken to the
City Hospital in the Fourth precinct patrol
wagon. The police will endeavor to learn
something of her past life.
At the City Hospital this morning W arden
Osborne reported that Carrie had thorough
" recovered from the effects of the poison
and that she would be able to leave tomor-
row. The girl was more willing to talk this
morning, and when questioned by the
Warden, told the following story
''Six months ago my widowed mother
married Henry Shrader, a teanlster. They
lived at Matamorrls, a small town on the
outskirts of Port Jervis. My stepfather
treated me kindly for the first month, but
after that he began to abuse me. He beat
me whenever he became out of sorts. | stood
his bad treatment for two months and final
" decided to leave home. This was three
months ago. Icame to Jersey CITY and Sc
cured a position with Mrs. Coleman on Pail
SADIE avenue. Last week l received a letter
from my mother asking me to return home.
IN her letter my mother stated that unless |
returned home a warrant would be issued
for my arrest. l could not return home,
and as l did not wish to be arrested, | de-
cided to end my life"
She refused to tell the name of the drug
gist who had sold her the poison.