The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-27
TEMPORARILY INSANE.
Mrs. Frost Killed Herself in
One Of Her Despondent
Moods.

inquiry into Mrs. Maggie F'roSts'S rea-
son for committing suicide yesterday
developed the information that she had
previously made several attempts to kill
herself She was found hanging to the
head of her bed at her home, No. 102
Oakland avenue, by Mrs. Mary Nuss,
who lived across the hall. Mrs. Nuss
notified Acting Captain Reardon of the
Oakland avenue police station. Patrol
man John Duffy cut the body down and
County Physician Converse was notified.
Mrs. Frost was born in New York and
lived there until about seventeen years
ago when she came to this city. She
then remained here. She had lived at
No. 102 Oakland avenue for a consider
able length of time and she was liked
by her neighbors.
About five years ago her husband died
and Mrs. Frost never fully recovered the
shock. Her mind became unbalanced and
she developed nervous prostration.
While sitting in the front room of
her home; on July IL last, with
her two sons, Albert and Levy,
she suddenly became very violent and
picking up hatpin and knife she tried
to inflict wounds upon herself. After a
struggle the sons overpowered her and
took the weapons away from her. She
became quiet after while and it was
thought she would not renew the at
tempt.
An hour or so later the sons heard her
moving about the bedroom and later
heard her groan. They rushed to her bed
room and found her lying on the bed. A
scissors covered with blood, lay beside
her. A hasty examination showed that
she had tried to force the blades of the
cut and an ambulance was summoned, in
which she was taken to the City Hospi-
tai. She remained there week and was
discharged cured of her wounds, but the
doctors there said she was subject to at
tacks of temporary insanity, and eau
toned the brothers to watch her care
fully.
Mrs. Nuss, the landlady, and Mrs. Frost
were close friends, and Mrs. Nuss used to
visit Mrs. Frost quite often, talking with
her and endeavoring to keep Mrs. Frost
from becoming gloomy. She was accus-
toned to walking into Mrs. Frost's rooms
without the formality of knocking at the
door, so yesterday noon she entered. Not
seeing Mrs. Frost and knowing that she
had not gone out Mrs. Nuss entered the
different rooms calling her. The bed
room she visited last.
Here ghastly sight awaited her. Hang
ing to the head of the bed was Mrs.
Frost suspended by a stout piece of
twine doubled and twisted about her neck.
Her feet rested on the floor and death
had been caused by strangulation. The
eyes were wide open and bulging out of
the sockets. Mrs. Nuss was horrified.
She rushed to the street and told a pass-
ing citizen who notified the police. Word
was sent to Mrs. Frost's sons who were
at work in New York and they hastened
home.
Mrs. Frost had not been any more
despondent yesterday morning than on
other occasions. 1t is supposed that she
suffered sudden attack of mental aber-
ration and while in that state committed
suicide.
The funeral will take place on Sunday
from her home and will be conducted by
the Rev. Robert M. Aylsworth, D. D.,
of Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church.
The interment viii be at Flower Hill
Cemetery.