The Green Forest tribune., 1899-04-06
Miss Maggie Hughes Suicides.

uicSeiooo o1 LuSu ouiOiuOo Oh i"Se ! Saturday afternoon by hanging herself. The tragic incident has shocke ed the whole vicinity, and her relatives are almost distracted over her sad ending.
 Hugh is postoffice mid way between Green Forest and Carroll ton and was known until recently as Hottentot, but when Miss Hughes was appointed postmiss- tress not long since she petitioned the department to change the name to Hugh The postoffice is kept at he residence of her father, D. c. Hughes.
 Last Saturday being the begin ming ot q new quarter she was engaged most of the day in prepar ing her first quarterly report, being assisted by her father. 70 be sure that the report was all regular, MT. Hughes brought it to Green Forest and had it inspected by Poslmas- ter Grim, who found a few learic- al errors, but the matter was easily and satisfactorially corrected. On Mir. Hughes return home, about one o'clock, he commenced to assist her in writing the necessary official letters and to register the postal money to the department. As Mr Hughes would get letter finished he would call his daugh- ter to sign it in her own hand, When all was done and ready to be properly postmarked, he again called to her to take charge ot it, but she did not respond. Suppos. ing she had gone up stairs and had lam down to go to sleep, as she sometimes did, her sister started up the stairway to awake her, but to her horror, she found Maggie hang ing by the neck. Her screams aroused the family at once and her liteless body was quickl y taken down and carried down stairs.
 Hoping that possibly she could be revived, Dr.. Poynor was sum. moned, but to no avail. From his examination he found that death resulted almost instantaneously from the shock and strangulatiou.
 While the family say that she had at times seemed despondent, DO: an inkllng had ever entered their minds that she contemplated such rash act, but they now recall that she had remarked few times lately on retiring at night that she did not care whether she got up any more or not if she did not get a letter.
 The first probable solution of the matter by the father was that she bad been worrying over the tact that her quarterly y balance sheet and the money on hands showed deficiency of few cents, but letter was afterwards found that removes to some extent the idea as that being the primary cause.
 The parents do not feel like making the letter public, but say that it's contents reveal nothing disgracetul or anything of that character, but that it is withheld solely in difference to Maggie's req aest made in the letter.
 The letter was dated April l. and addressed to her sister, Vir- gie, and the family thinks 1t was written in the forenoon of that day. The letter gave directions respect ing her burial and requested her sister not to bo appointed post mistress in her place. The letter also had reference to love affair. It seems that her lo~er lives eise- where ard that their courtship was carried on by letter.
 From all the circumstances sur rounding this lamentable affair, it is the general opinion that she became temporarily insane and was seized with the delusion that life was not worth the living and while in this mood planned and consumated the awful deed.
 The family think she could not have been absent more than 15 minutes when found. By the aid of chair and high stool, she managed to climb up on a beam across the upper part of the room and had securely tied a check rein