Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-09-12
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A Deserted Bride Commits Suicide
in ST. Louis Husband Claimed to
be Teaching in Mexico.

lhe IL LOUIS Sidf OF WedneSoa
evening says,
Married twomonths ago against he
parents wishes deserteda few week
later By her husband:kBowing that III
door Of her fathers home was barre
against her, and without friends in
great city, Mrs. William r. Pigg, re
Gently OF Coiumbia, No, attempts
to commit suicide at s O'Clock thi
morning at the residence Of Jane
lGo0denough, of 1923 North Comptol
avenue.
"MRPigg was discovered before tn
poison had time 70 do its deadly worl
and was sent 60 the City DisPensar
and pumped out. She was later sen
to the City Hospital, where the phy
sicians pronounced her condition crit
cal, with chances Of life and dealt
about even.
Mrs Pigg left a note addressed 4
her husband, who is said 70 be In Cen
tTalia, Nc, in which she accuses hin
Of being the cause Of her rash act Sh,
also directed that a telegram be sent L
him at Centralia requesting him Il
come to St Louis without delay.
ROMANTIC MARRIAGE
Mrs. Pigg was q beautiful young
woman Of twenty summers She was
formerly a Miss Cowden, Of Columbia,
Mo. She came to St LOUIS March Is,
and sought employment Is a sales
woman. On June . William Pigg,
who had often times travelled the
Boone county roads between Contra
Liza and Columbia to pay her court,
came to st. Louis. They were mar.
ried tn the day Of his arrival, and q
week later took up their residence at
the Compton avenue home, where the
abandoned bride sought to-day to re
lieve her suiferings in the stiffness Of
death.
Three weeks ago to-day William
Pigg left bis wife. He said that be
had been engaged to teach school at
Mexico, Mo, and that be would send for
her when he got ready forher To come.
Pigg is q years old. and claims to be a
school teacher By profession. While
he was in St Louis be was employed
as a shoe salesman three days a week
at one Of the department stores
TRIED oSCK BEFORE
'Since going away Pigg, il is said,
has not sent his wife a cent Of money.
Mrs Pigg's mother had been with her
until a day or two ago, when she fell
III and was compelled to 60 home. The
young bride became respondent, but
no one ever heard her threaten 10
commit suicide, although it Is said she
made an attempt 10 do 50 on July 4,
after her husband had q~uarreled with
her for speaking to an acquaintance.
Her mother saved her that time by
~snatching the razor from her hand.
"Mrs. Pigg's father did not know. IL
Is said, that she was married, but II
was stated that her brother, William,
had sworn that she should never re-
turn home.
This morning MrkPigg called Miss
Mamie Goodenough into her room and
asked her to 60 to the telegrph ofiet
and send a message to her husband
telling him TO come to st. Louis a
once. In a little while it was dis
covered that something was wrong
with Mrs. Pigg. DR.. Pritchart
was called and be said that she hac
taken poison. He gave her antidots
and ordered an ambulance
HUSBAND WAS JEALOUS.
sit was stated at the Goodenougl
home that Pigg was insanely jealou
Of every man his wife spoke to. HI
would upbraid her for neeogniziny
even old acquaintance, and was con
stantly quarreling with her abou
other men. Mrs. Pigg was said TO b
Of very gentle disposition, and Dor
her husbands thrusts with fortitude
It was stated that be had ever
threatened TO beat her."
Mrs. Pigg wrote a letter to he
husband which she sealed in an enye
lope and laid on the table. She ad
dressed another envelope to her moth
er and requested Miss Goodenough q
write a letter, telling what had bar
pened."
/ LETTER 10 HER HUSBAND.
THE letter TO her husband va
written Oh tinted paper, with red ink
Evidently she wanted TO impress upol
him that she was dead, for she drew
CHASTITY border around the margin G
the letter and wrote the wond dead
across the face of both the letter an
the envelope.
THE first | knew that Mrs. Pig
had attempted suicide wal when sh
called me into her room and commend
ed telling me that her husband wa
the cause Of it all, said Miss Good
enough TO the Star.
when she gave me the message 8
send to her husband / saw that some
thing was wrong, but II was not unit
after / had sent il that | learned tina
she had taken poison. I did all
could TO save her, but she was nearl
dead when the ambulance took he
away. Her lips we're blue and she wa
unconscious. She blamed her husbant
with all her troubles. While be wa
here be quarreled with her on numei
Gus occasions"
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