The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-25

About 10 o'clock this morning the resi-
dents in the lower part Of the house at 81
Cobb street, East Providence. detected the
smell of Illuminating gas. and succeeded
in tracing It to the apartment occupied
by Mrs. Julia Z. White on the second
floor OF the house. The authorities and
also the husband OF the woman, who is
employed by the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad company. were no.
tilted.
Mr.. White arrived on the scene at about
the same time that Officers Franklin
Monroe and Walter T. Taggart put In an
appearance, and he at once proceeded to
break In the door and find out what was
wrong.
Mr.. White the three men entered the
room, where a shocking sight met their
horrihed gaze. The room was filed with
the deadly gas, every crack was tightly
plugged with clothing. and on the bed
lay Mrs. White, her body cold In death.
The men at once proceeded to open the
windows OF the room and let out the
veadly fumes, while word was hastily
dispatched to the medical examiner, DR..
George +. Allison, who responded, and
was soon at the scene.
Upon examination he found that tire
body of the woman was cold and stiff
from It's condition he decided that she
must have been dead for several hours
at least
There is no doubt that II was a case
Of suicide caused by tho Respondent
frame OF mind in which the woman had
been for the past few days on account or
her inability TO agree with her husband,
who had left her after n war OF words
last Friday night.
Under the pillow Of the bed upon which
the victim lay was found a note addressed
to the coroner. IL was as follows:
r. et.<. No lo "A Il
for this awful deed but myself. May God
forgive me for IL.
MRS. JULIA f. WHITE.
This brief note was followed by a post
script on the same sheet OF paper, un-
signed but In the same handwriting This
was also brief and showed that while
Mrs. White had been fully determined 10
kill herself she had lacked the courage
and had been obliged to resort 10 the use
OF stimulants I'm order 10 nerve herself
TO do the deed. The postscript was as
follows;
'I ask that no one be allowed to see
my body. I may have to take brandy 10
give me courage"
Appearances indicated that Mrs. White
had taken about a half pint OF brandy.
and had then set about carrying out the
preliminary details OF the tragedy. She
had stuffed tightly every place where
the room with clothing and rags and had
then deliberately turned on every gas JET
IN the room and then had lain down 10
await the sleep from which there Is no
waking.
Mrs. White was about 20 years old. and
was n native of Germany She had been
In this country about a dozen years.
during the greater part of which she had
lived with her grandfather and after his
death with another relative.
She was married about two years ago.
and for "a time lived happily with her
husband, but after a while the couple
had occasional quarrels and II was after
one OF these that Mr. White left home
Friday night
IL is thought that the woman brooded
over this fact until she finally became
so despondent that she decided tnat sns
did not care 10 live
After viewing the remains and the
premises Medical Examiner Allison je-
cided that death was due TO the inhaia-
ton OF the gas witn suicidal intent and
gave permission for the rcmovaI OF the