The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-30
SOUGHT DEATH WITH POISON.
A BRIDE OF TWO WEEKS ATE 80
GRAINS or MORPHINE.

band without Means or Employ
ment and Indifferent to Her, and
Determined to End Her Iife-Re-
pented After She Swallowed the
Drug and Called For HeIp-Her
Letter to Her Husband.
Mrs. Willie CLOSEUP, a bride of two
weeks, attempted suicide at her boarding
house. No $50 Broughton street, east, last
night by taking thirty grains of NOR
phine.
Dependence, occasioned by the indif-
ference Of her husband, increased by the
fact that she found him to be without
means and without employment, is respon-
sibIe for her act The deed had evidently
been premeditated for several hours, at
least The poison had been secured from
a drugstore some distance away, and
three letters had been written. one to her
husband, one to her mother and another
to her sister
The poison was taken about $3.50 o'clock
or shortly before. Within a few minutes
Mrs. CLOSEUP repented of her act and
screamed for help. The inmates of the
house responded and she told them what
sake, to secure a physician at once. The
drachm bottle of morphine. half empty
on table in her room, was evidence of
the truth of her statements. A member
of the family ran to the drug store of
w. B. ORear' next door. Mr.. b. w. Har-
dee, one of the clerks, ran up to the wo-
mans room and finding that she had
taken morphine ordered that she be
drenched with strong coffee and kept
on her feet. He then secured the services
of DIR. r. s. Kenen, and little later of
DIR. A. B. Simmons
The woman was unconscious when the
physicians reached her and for a long
time the struggle was uncertain. There
seems little hope for her at first, but
at o'clock this morning, after over
four hours Of continuous efforts, the
physician stated that there was a hope Of
recovery.
The case is peculiar one in many re-
spects. 1t was learned from friends and
relatives of the young woman, Of whom
there are number in the city that she
is the daughter of Rev. B. w. Darcy,
Methodist minister and highly respected
citizen Of zoar. Bulloch county. She is
also related to some of the best people in
the county and has always been highly
esteemed in her native county. She was
a widow when she met her present hus-
band, Mr.. w. b. CLOSEUP, her first hus-
band having been a Mr.. Holmes, by whom
she has two children, who are now with
her parents in Bulloch county. She visit
ed Savannah frequently and often remain
ed here for considerable length of time
with friends. She came here about two
months ago, and some time after met her
present husband. The opinion of her
friends who were seen last night was that
she had not known him very long. He is
O. tall, handsome man and she woman
of the petite brunette type. Both fell
deeply In love, at least she did. They
were married two weeks ago.
Where the marriage took place could
net be ascertained. 1t was not at the
house of the friends with whom she had
been staying, and was evidently a hasty
affair. The couple is said to have made
several moves since their marriage, and
the husband was evidently without means
to support a wife.
As 10 the causes which led the wife to
seek her life there seems to be a vague
and shadowy outline, without any very
definite particulars. The general ground
Is clearly that she did not feel that she
was possessor of all that love and de-
Votion which a bride should have. There
seems to be no special charge against her
husband, s.tve Indifference diffusive ma
ture. She was herself madly in love. She
evidently found that he was not, or be-
ueved So
Before she took the deadly drug she
wrote three letters, one to her aged moth,
or, who lives in the homestead at Zoar,
Ca. not far from Statesboro; one to her
sister, who resides on President street,
this city and one TO her husband. She
also wrote a note to her landlady, Mrs.
White In all o. these letters there is
more evidence Of disappointment than
there Is OF resentment against the hus-
band for any special deed of ungentle Sc
verify.
The letter to the husband is fun of ten
Gerness and pathos. only between the
lines can there be any deduction drawn
that she had any specific comple mt to
make against him.
The letter was written in pencil on a
DAINTY folio of note paper. and retA as
follows:
My Precious Husband. can endure 10
more You left me this morning appa-
rently all right, although l had to call you
back TO kiss me goodbye But this even
ing when / came by the store for you, you
said you would not come home with ne,
and when / asked you what time you IRE
coming, you said you might not come at
all Now, darling, you know 1t WAS wrong
for you 10 speak tnat way 10 your vii =,
when you well know how dearly she Low g
you. So. give up, now! There Is no heip
FOR me, and l will not be burden on your
hands any longer. / know you have
done all oyu could, and l have nothing to
blame YOU for except your Indifference to
me. Oh. ! love you. WI. and wish
could live and be happy with you. Please,
dear get my ring and give II TO bessie.
Oh how ] hate 20 die and leave my pre-
clous children-and you I know you love
me some. darling, and / want you TO be
good, and when you die. l want you 10 be
buried by my side. ] want you to have
me buried in front OF my fathers old
home-and do be good VIII Now. good
bye, and God bless you. How I do wish
could die In your arms. Your
Willie.
This with the other letters. had been
placed on the dresser not far from the
bed.
The woman had gone about her deed de-
nberately. She had written an OF the let
ters m a clear handwriting ana they show
Cd not only education, bat a refined na
ture Her dieuon. considering the inten-
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