The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-10-31
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
A Young Girl From NeighberihR
County Kills Herself in NJ. Y,

A Young Girl From a Neighberihg
County Kills Herself In N. Y.
Pretty Magnolia Cate, the popular
three-legged woman of Coney Island,
committed suicide yesterday at her
home, No. 3I4 West Fourth street.
Att P. NJ. her common-law hus-
band, David Eckstein, found the
rooms in darkness. On a bed lay
Magnolia Cate dead. By her side
there was bottle, empty, and on
her breast there was a soiled bit of
paper on which this was written in
pencil
"Dave: | suffer death. l an tax
ing a dose Of choral. If am asleep
don't wake me. | am suffering
death, and will wake up all right"
She was born a farmers daughter
twenty-eight years ago, In the little
village of Messy Creek, Tennessee.
When fifteen years old she ran away
with young Farmer Cate, who lived
three miles from the village.
Until two years ago they were hap
Ply. Then, one day, the country
round about were shocked to hear
that pretty Magnolia had run away
with the village drug store clerk,
William Joy. She left two children
behind
The women and Joy went to the
Worlds Fair at Chicago. Something
over year ago they left there, came
to this city and went to live in tene
ment at No. IS Eldridge street.
A short time after they came tc
this city the woman appeared in a
Coney Island show as the three-leg
ged women. She was handsome,
with a graceful form and an engaging
manner, and her success was instan
taneous.
The idea of the three legged wo
man had been thought out by Joy
1t consisted simply of a second wo
man who sat behind Magnolia anc
behind a screen, and pushed a liml
forward beneath the dress of Mrs
Cate.
But the island show kept open only
a portion of the year, and with TIT
coming Of winter the occupation o
the three-legged woman was gone
They were poorer than ever. ON
cold day when there was net cen
of money in the house Joy killet
himself.
He left a note for the woman whit
had lived with him as his wife, tell
ing her that if she ever got tired O.
life to take chloral-that it produced
death easily.
After the death of Joy, Magnoli
returned to her former home at Moss
Creek, but she did not remain Their
long. Her father had died; sh
was looked upon as an outcast, an,
: so she returned to this city.
: Four months ago she met David Eek
stein and they went to live together il
the Fourth street house house. Sh
was still handsome. She made a fe,
friends in the house, to whom sh,
told her sorry. She often said she wa
, not happy, but that she had "a HON
and was satisfied.
When Eckstein got out OF emplo,
ment, the woman tried to make liy
ing for both by sewing. OF lat
I neither have worked much. TIL
l woman suggested that she go in
museum as three-legged woman bl
ECkstein would not hear of it.
e Within the past few day Eckstei
-. had been employed. Life began
r look brighter, and the death of til
t woman came to him as a great shocl
He told the police at the Charlie
4 street station that he did not hav,
t nor could not get, sufficient money
= bury the woman,
It The police asked the the Coroner
r perform an autopsy as they desire
to be certain of the cause of the dealt
e The woman will have to be buried
\, Potter's Fleld.-N. Y. Advertiser.
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