The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-08-29
MRS. ALFRED c. CHRISTIE
ENDS HER LIFE BY SENDING
ABUHEF THROUGH TEMPLE

one, being surrounded with ealI the.
environments that so TO make enc.
fShe was interested IN a number of .se-
oret orders and devoted largely of her
time to their success, al, the stlme o.
her death being grand matron Of the
Order of the Eastern Star of Georgia:
she was consistent member of the
church and was interested in the var
ious lines of church work She had
great hopes for her young son and
together with the doctor had planned
| 10 send him 10 Mercer college in Ma,
con next month. She was of a nerv-
Gus temperament, but in spite of that,
was cheerful and genial in disposi-
tieil, hence it is no wonder that Dr..
Christie was dumfounded and found
it impossible to give a single motive
for the conduct of his wife.
Inquest Held.
Later in the afternoon Coroner Jen-
tnings was notified and he decided to
| hold an inquest over the body. A
jury, composed of e. C. Bruce, ]. NJ.
Armstrong, w. A. Kennon, ]. J. VIM
berry, A, c. Banks, Jr., and J. X.
Cornelius, was summoned, but there
was not a development to throw any
light on the cause for the rash act,
and verdict was returned, declar-
ing that the deceased had come to
her death by bullet from a pistol
ihFed by her own hand
II is stated that Mrs Christie tele-
phoned Rev J. F. Sammons, of the
First Baptist church, about $50 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. to the effect that
she desired TO see him and asked if
he would not call later in the after
moon. What the motive for this act
was is a conjecture. II might have
been that she wanted Rev. Sammons
10 find her lifeless body and trusted
i te him to break the news to those
she was leaving behind. or it might
Z have been that she desired to counsel
/ with him on the subject of the deep
depression that had evidently consum-
ed her The truth of this, of COURSE,
win never be known, but Dr. Sam
mons, in answer to the response, start
ed for the Christie resident shortly
after o'clock only to find Mrs. Chris
tie a corpse and a sorrowing husband
and son in the depth of deepest grief
Mrs Christie was, before her mar
riage, Miss Lee Treadwel, being the
daughter of Rev IT, b. Treadwell for
many years a minister of the Gospel
! here in Brunswick She was educated
| in the public schools of Brunswick
and was regarded in those days as
lbeing one Of the brightest pupils in
| her class. She was married to DR..
! Christie in 1892 and to that union only
one child, Alfred, Jr., was born, he
having reached his fourteenth birth
day last April Mrs. II B. Treadwell.
who lives with the Christies, is at
Ipresent visiting relatives in Columbus.
Ben F. Treadwell and J. j. Tread
well are brothers of Mrs. Christie and
reside in Hartman, Tenn, and ST
Augustine, Fla, respectively, while
Mrs. w. J. Saunders, a sister, lives
in Macon, all of whom were notified
by wire last night of the sad occur
renee. Mrs. Christie was AZ years
old.
Funeral This Afternoon.
The funeral services will take place
this afternoon at o'clock from the
First Baptist church, Rev. ]. e. Sam
mons officiating. The deacons Of the
church will serve as pallbearers. In
terment will be made at Palmetto
Icanoeter.v