The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-08
DISGRACE ENDED IN SUICIDE.
Woman Who Deserted Her III Hus-
band for "A Negro, Found Dead.

Woman Who Deserted Her III Hus-
band for Negro, Found Dead.
Deer Isle, Me. Dispath to the New York
Herald.
Mrs. Violet Haskell, who married a ne
gro in Cincinnati while she had a white
husband living on this island, was found
dead in the woods Wednesday night with
a bullet wound in her temple A revolt
yer lay by her side, and it was evident
she died by her own hands.
This tragic ending of her life was hardly
less sensational than many other events
in her career, notably her strange actions
during the last twelve months. She was
living with her husband in Boston last
winter quietly and, it seemed, happily.
In the months that have followed she met
and loved the negro musician, was sus-
pected of trying 10 poison her husband,
who had been sent to Deer Isle TO die,
deserted him there and went to Cincin-
natl, where she married the negro.
When the fact of her bigamous life was
published she strangely left her new nus
band and returned to nurse her legal
spouse, protesting that she had believed
him dead. She was forgiven by the SICK
man, and her life seemed to have settled
back into the old tranquil path, when it
suddenly ended by her suicide.
Strangely enough, her sick husband had
steadfastly refused to believe that she had
been false to him, and her return, which
was the marvel of the islanders was just
what he had confidently predicted. He
loved devOtedly. She was only % years
old and they had been married since 1882
She was a native of New Orleans, the
daughter of George II. Earle. They were
married in Boston, where Haskell was
an artist and photographer.
j. H. Brister, the colored leader of the
pickaninny band, went to Boston when
'Old Kentucky" held the boards in the
Boston theater. He met Mrs. Haskell
who violated the traditions Other south
Nv nj m
She seems to have then conceived the
Idea of getting rid of her husband at once
The poor fellow became i'll and he nursed
him. He was transferred to Boston
hospital, and she had a clergyman called
to baptize her dying husband" In her
excess of grief she donned her widow 5
weeds, but the sick man resolutely re-
fused to furnish any legitimate excuse for
her wearing them.
Then she concluded that he had better
Gle IN his old house on this island, and
last May she had him brought here. She
remained with him for three days and
manifested excessive devotion. On the
third evening she disappeared in a Som
erville boarding place, where her child
Ethel, was, and then with her started for
Cincinnati
She wrote a letter from Cincinnati to
her husbands mother in this town on
May 30, and signed it Mrs. Emerson Ba-
ker. In the last part of the episte she
pe buried June 3. She said before she
died; Poor Everitt, is there anything We
IAN do for him?'
She claimed to have received letter
from Charles Haskell, her husbands
brother dated in Boston, which said
convulsions. It's just about killed faith
ef 1t was this letter, manifestly a forg-
cry, which Mrs. Haskell used on. her re-
urn 10 Boston early this month TO prove
mat she sinned innocently in marrying
Prof. Brisler.
o. The marriage with Brisler occurred July
q, m Cincinnati, the bride posing as Miss
doleI Haskell, a Boston heiress, worth
Slz9oJ0 The newspapers ultimately di-
Nulged the fact that the Boston bride had
d Whlte husband in Deer Isle. Mrs. Has
KeH at once started for her sick husband,
Stopping in Boston on her way to instl-
tule libel suits against the papers VINO
mad presumed to doubt her Innocence
When she reached the island the news
81 her arrival spread like wildfire. AT
oeS farm house, where the man lay, her
S,sspFSafance created the greatest excite
She rushed to his room. and lnelt bv
tne side of the bed. The husband saw
9efi and, eXerting all his energy, he plac-
So ms arms around her neck and Rugged
tei Ihat was his answer to all the
Cnarges against his wife. If guilty she
was forgiven; if innocent he would uphold
r rsI 70 the end of life, No one cared to
rQ3 a man SO i'll of a little happiness. ana
them. '''7
From that day until the finding of the
ossd BODY the couple had lived quietly and
apparently happy.
IA sPoser.-1fiss Modei-Do YOU need a
model, sir?
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Truth
Ian Irish newspaper once said. in an
nounclng an accident: "Our fellow towns
man, Mr.. Hoolgan, fell out of the second
S.oay WINDOW yesterday and broke his
neck and suffered internal injuries His
friends viii be glad to know that TIE lat
Ter are not serious. '-Harper's Bazaar.