Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-15
A Domestic in the Employ OF
F. l.. Laird Of Montpel-
ier Asphyxiated.
METHODICAL PREPARATION
N ado For the Performance of tho Deed
Believed She Was Unwsicome to Her
Parents and Had Not Wanted ITO
Live Since n Chiid"-Left a Let
ter to Her Employers.


Nontre,io, Juno oTh, rosid,,,s of,,t.
citv wore ebockad tbis o,ani,,a h,. ,ho 80,
,n,ipcen,ort ,bot c,r,h l,,,-a do,,o.,,>
emnlovod in ~. family ~ rs,od i I.,,,J
had comnjtta1 suiciia Nv ,snbyxiotion
NIL Hence wa, 90 ,,nors os aaa o,,d I,.
been emplovad in Mr. Iaird's family M,
Two different occasions The first being
some wears ago when she left to go to
Seattle Wash ,yhere sho invee+ed a fo,v
hundred dollars she had saved which was
ultimately 1os+ she tb.r roturnod n 49,,
city. which she has called her home about
two wears ,po and again ontnrsd A.,
Jaird's or,,lov a wear ego last Eebru,r,,
Mr. and Mrs laird wben soon hv -
Free Press repres ptattva This evening
stated that Miss House wns most exor
plarv in character and of more tbnn ave-
age intelligence devotinp considerahlo op
her spare time TO reading. They believe
that from certain circumstances which
now apppar clear she ms contemnl1tad
taking her life for some time. Although
OF the most kindly disnosition and varv
capable she was riveo I'M TO a morbid
iniprossion that she was unwelcon,e to
her parents from the time of her birth
and as she grew older this imnrcssion ex-
ended to those about her until it became
a mania
Some weeks ago she purchased lot in
Green Mount cemetery and personally SUI
perintended its grading and rareement
but did not have even a marker pIaced
upon it, The work on the lot was COM
pleted last week when she paid the ceme-
tery commissioners 800 as a fund to keen
il in good condition Or, this occasion che
surprised Mrs Laird nv remarkinr II, nm
vented levitv "\ov I have got through
running after the mon " which was CON
sidered strange from the fact that she has
never been known to have received atten-
tions from the opposite sex.
Nr< Laird Uent ont this afternoon Ieav-
ing Miss House aloue in the house for tho
first time in some weeks and as Mrs. Laird
was leaving the woman told her that she
too was going out. She was seen as late
as 3 o'clock having gone to a ueiChbors
to return their eggs which she had boz
rowed and of which Mrs. Laird knew
nothing about This was an illustration
of the honesty of the woman even in min
ute affairs
Mrs. Laird returned home at $40 and on
entering the house could find nothing If
Miss House on the first floor and imme-
diately detected a strong odor Of escaping
gas. She examined the lets on that floor
but found them in order ard then ascend
ed to the second floor going first to tie
water closet Here she found Miss House
in a sitting posture leaning against thee
wall. The room had no window and tie
gas was on full blast Mrs Laird turned
it off, summoned help and soon had the
woman in another room where the win
dows were thrown wide omen. DR.. c. f
Chandler was summoned and arrived in a
short time hut pronounced the woman
dead. The upper part of her face was
flushed to "A deep scarlet and her body
was still quite warm and one of those as
s!sting thought they could feel the beat of
her heart inst after she was taken from
tho closet but the physician EXPRESSED tho
opinion that she could not have been alive
when found.
\ lotto, was found in which several
rores were devoted 10 reo,,ests of n nri-
vato naturo which tho family thourht
,vould no indelioate ia make nunIic The
rroatest ,,ortion Of tho letter. u,s v,riton
in mi. winch laa1e tho family Ia h.Iieva
II to have hecn written for some time
while amended vas mart If 7 unro w,lt-
Ten in load nauci
q Nr r,i,d tntod tho. M oo,ot.o roa.op
was exnracsod bv Miss House In har Istrnr
Ca, bor rosh act o,,,sif. -. ~ ,,.nri,.
,,rds nv a,rd rIa.so f,roi,,o ~, for
A. ~. i;r1 t., d,,,. to,,,a ,,t ha,.,
W., ,,.o,,,o, =, H. s,,n ohiid :, ,rho
;,,,,>o..i. .hn, .,," 50 $3.50, . ,ho
a,,t,,,,nin,, .i,,, ,tra e., H., 90. u,orth
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'e , :, 'u u .t.,,,',.'s
-. L -, 80, ,,s.
:" ".s p1' w.. ~ $50 ar,.ta 49, MA
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