The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-25
SENT A BALL TO HER BRAIN.
MAMIE GRANTS MYSTERIOUS AND
UNEXPECTED Suicide.

UNEXPECTED Suicide.
She Was Talking aud Laughing
With Friends at an Early Hour
Yesterday Morning, When She
Picked Up "a Pistol, Went 20 Her
Room, and Shot Herself while
Looking nt the Picture of Her
son-she Was Divorced About
Three Years Ago and Her sons
Were Taken From Her by "A De-
cree OF Court.
Mamie Grant or. as she st1 calls her
SELF. Irs. Henderson. committed suicide
early yesterday morning by shooting her
self ia the right temple she left no
cause whatever Tor her rash act and il
can only be surmlsed as to why she did it,
She has been living for year or more
with Mrs. Carrie Cooper. at the cbrner Of
Cuyler and Henry streets in the south
western part OF the city ana while with
her has always seemed Ia good nature
ana SPIRITS. Mrs. Cooper's two sons Hsr-
~ and Willie Cooper. Use with her and
they with their mother ana the dead wo-
man, were all ia the house al the time the
shooting took place
About twenty minutes pest - o'clock
yesterday morning Mrs Cooper, Mrs
Henderson and Harry Cooper were sit-
ting ia Mrs Coorer's room chatting and
laughing Mrs. Henderson had been out
a short while before Dan returned In APP
parent good spirits AT q pause in the
/ conversation Mrs. Henderson jumped up
from her seat and picked mp a loaded re-
Folver which was lying on the mantel-
piece. AS she did this Harry Cooper said
In a joking way not thinking that any
thing serious was contemplate.
what are you going to Go with that?
You had better put it back"
Mrs. Henderson made 10 reply but hur-
ried 70 her room and when inside locked
/ the 3oo-. While Cooper the younger son
Of Mrs. Cooper was in AIRS Henderson
room at the time and becoming frightened
on seeing her with a pistol in her hand
said be wanted 10 so out lie unlocked
I the door and went into h.s mothers room,
ana he had scarcely reached there when
/ Mrs henderson called for Harry.
When Harry reached her door he saw
| her standing in front of The mani alpiece
/ leaning on it with her left elbow. while
she held the pistol to her right temple
with her right hand. She was standing
ana looking at the picture of her eldest
son, boy about nine years Old. who was
taken from her through decree Of the
court when she was divorced from her
| husband. As Harry entered the room he
saw what might be done. but even then
could hardly believe that she intended to
fire the fatal shot IL made some eN-
clamatlon and leaped toward her 10
catch her arm and throw il up. and as
he did so She made some remark calling
his name which was an he could catch
and pulled the trigger
The bail entered her brain just at the
right temple and she fell heavily to the
door She was placed on her bed and Dr.
b. F. Sheftal was quickly summoned
Later IN the day Or. r. G.. Norton was
also called in, but both stated that IL was
fatal wound and that it would BE- impos-
slble TO do anything for her. Mrs Hen
dersCn never regained consciousness to
tell why she had shot herself nor did she
leave any explanation Of her conduct
she died about three minutes before /
clock in the afternoon
Coroner Goette was notified at once of
her death and Went out to make an inves-
tigation. She had been attended bv two
physicians, however, and there being no
doubt about the facts as stated he did
not deem IL necessary TO hold an inquest
He took charge of the body however.
and prepared it for burial, which Will take
place to-day.
The cause of Mrs. Henderson's suicide
is somewhat yelled In mystery. ana none
of those with whom she associated in
] that neighborhood could say much about
IL. she was formerly the wife Of Maize
| Henderson by whom She had two CHILDREN.
both boys, but a divorce was granted him
IN the superior court and a decree rend-
cred al the August term i'm 1892 the
grounds of his application being inebriety
and adultery. He was given the custody
OF the two boys at the time. ard has had
them since.
1t is said of Mrs. Henderson that she
has been broodinS over the loss Of her
children, and though very cheerful at
times this seemed to trouble her very
much. The fact that she was looking at
the picture OF her boy at the time she
shot herself seems TO indicate that this
had something to do with IT, Ii is said
of her that she was inclined to drink and
she was often seen i'm the barroms in that
quarter of the city. Whatever her life
otherwise has been, those with whom she
lived knew very little about it. as She
lived very quietly at their house. Mrs
Henderson was 20 years old and has a sis
ter Mrs. Thomas Wickham. living AZ
POoler