The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-04
COMMITS SUICIDE.
No Cause Can be Assigned for the Conn
mitment Of the Act by q Biackbird
Hundred Housekeeper.

Townsend and Clayton were tronued to
good sized excitement yesterday morning
when news reached both places Of the sui
eide or Mrs. Ella Rudolph. Mrs. Rudolph
had been employed as housekeepor by Geo.
w. Reed on the Powell farm, in Blackbird
hundred. All the information that could
be CLEANED was that the woman had do.
liberately walked to an out house and
with a pieco of plow line strangled herself
to death
Yesterday afternoon REPUBLICAN re.
porter accompanied Deputy Coroner
Chandler to Clayton, whore farmer Reed
was in waiting.
After drive of four and half miles
the homestead was reached where q mum.
Dor Of neighbors had assembled. Tho body
remained IN the same position 1t WAS
when discovered by Mrs. Rachel Powell
at Z clock and mono of the unfortunate
woman's relatives had yet visited the
place. In speaking Of the suicide Mr.
morning when Mrs. Powell found her
hanging in the water closet Mrs. Rudolph
was an excellent housekeeper and was up
at her usual time this morning. She pre-
pared geakfast but did not eat any.
She was skimming tho milk when left
the breakfast table and she signalized her
intention Of going to town with Mrs. Pow
ell. l went to the stable aid harnessed two
horses. One Of them hltched to tho dear.
born to tako q load of pears to Clayton and
the other horse to the buggy. l was mp
stairs dressing when Mrs. Powell arrived
to accompany Mrs. Rudolph. called to
her, thinking she was Ia her room, but re.
ceiveu no answer.
Ono Of my children saw her going Into
the garden and Mrs Powell at my request
went in search of her.
In q few moments she returned and ex-
GAINED, "Oh, Mr.. Reed, Mrs. Rudolph
has hanged herself" could not believe
my ears. Upon going to the water closet
saw her body dangling from the end a., OF
tho rope just as you found her. l then tele'
graphed the coroner and awaited his ar
rival at Tho station. Mrs. Powell corrobo.
rated the statement made by Mr.. Reed and
Deputy Coroner Chandler issued certifi-
cate.
On Thursday Mrs. Rudolph unfastened
apisce Of line that had been used to lower
butter and milk into the we'll. She then
hung it on the fence where it remained
until yesterday morning. 1t was remark
able how the woman succeeded in strang-
ling herself. She placed fence slat across
the wallplates and then wrapped the plow
line around it. A double nooze was then
made into which she slipped her head.
She must have been standing on the
seat when she made the arrangements and
then jumped off In order to strangle 1t
became necessary to raise her feet over
nine inches from the floor
Mrs Rudolph had several children and
two brothers living within short distance
of whore the act was committed but none
of them had called al tho Reed homestead
up to six O'Clock last evening. some
words recently took place between Bon
AddiX, and Mrs. Rudolph.
The excitement was intense in Clayton
over the suicide, owing to the promineEc'
given TO Reed about II year ago. A former
housekoepcr had left Reed and went to
Philadelphia and the country was scoufeu
for tho missing girl, as her disappearance
WAS Il mystery.