The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-07
Had Promised Daughter That
Sha Would Die With Her.
YOUNG WOMAN DIED FIRST.
Mrs. EltTidgs Thsn Went 10 Her Home
AMI Swallowed CaIh0ilc Acd-In
Critical Condition.

New York. Feb. IN. f. I<insey, of
No. 2s Columbus avenue, has delayed his
wife's funeral which was 20 have been
held today. TO sec II he may not be call
ed upon To bury her mother In the same
grave.
Mrs. Louisa Kinsey. "a years old, was
the daughter OF Mrs. Julia Eldridge, 81
years old. of No. SS7 Eighth avenue
Though the mother had i've other chill
dren, Louisa was her pet. A year ago
she became the wife OF AIr l<insey.
Louisa >insey was not robust She was
afflicted with peculiar attacks OF falnting.
In some OF these she was partly con-
scious. and imagined heraelf dead and
wandering IN the spirit land, alone and
besei by terrorS.
AZ suck times she would cry out for her
mother. when she regained complete con-
seriousness she told the elder woman the
terrible sensations that she had gone
through "Oh. mamma. it's awful 10 be
all alone out there IN tho darkness. III
only had YOU with me- she would say,
WOULD BE TOGETHER IN DEATH
/, And the white-haired mother would
hold the girls head on her bosom and
say:
Don't worry dear. for / am old and
shall he dead long before you. and IN
wait for you over there. You and | Will
find each others You shall not be alone
when you really die" This cOmforted the
girl.
Tuesday Mrs. I[insey was again taken
suddenly IN. Her mother was with her as
soon as she could come from her house
on Eighth avenue. She comforted her
daughter by holding her hand and say
ing reassuring things TO her At dusk IL
was thought the young woman was out
OF danger
Mrs Eldridge. who herself is not
strong. went me To her own bed At 10
O'Clock her son-in-law sent for her hur-
riedly I.ouisa was dying She passed
away soon after her mother arrived
She said nothing about the old dread,
l~s>as long as she had strength she held
her mothers hand in hers. y
After the death OF her daughter Mrs.
EldCidge returned immediately to her
home and went TO bed. Mrs. Smith, her
landlady. has discovered that she did not
sleep wink all night.
No doubt the thought that now hoy
daughter was really encountering the
mysterious terrors that she had imagined
all her life added 10 the blow OF the girls
death. She was completely deranged.
Al 10 o'clock. Wednesday, she went out
and bought carbolic acid. When she re-
turned 10 her room she asked Mrs smiths
son Tom To get her glass of ice-water.
With the glass In one hand and the bottle
i'm the other she went into the kitchen.
"Wil you have a drink with mes" she
asked Tom. smiling.
MRS ELDRIDGE DRANK THE POISON
The young man said he did not drink
so early I'm the day Thereupon the
woman drained the bottle into the ice-
water and drank II all
II have taken carbolic acid" she said
to Mrs Smith as she sat down I'm a
rocker and smiled determinedly. 81 want
to go and find my little girl. she added
as the acid began 20 make her uncon-
sCoug.
Not tin she fell back in the chair and
the empty bottle ratified 10 the floor cd
Mrs. Smith realize what had happened.
Physicians worked over her for an
hour. but she did not rally. and was
taken TO Roosevelt Hospital. whore she
was I'm a critical condition last night.