The Washington times., 1908-06-18
URGED HER,
WOMAN A SUICIDE
Acid Victim Found With
Slate-Writtea Messages
at Her Side.

ReIieving that death is only an earth
" manifestation Of the entrance into
the real world of spirits. Mrs. Aida
Pitman, suffering from the deluslou
that she had received q message from
the spirit world TO kill herself. drank
q quantity Of carbolic acid this morn
ing IN the cellar Of the home Of her
brother-in-Iaw. Marion Gamble, 1896
penngylvania avenue southeast. She
was found by Mrs. Gamble shortly be-
fore z o'clock A physician was sum-
moned. who said the woman had only
been dead a few minutes.
ON a table q few feet from the
body was found a slate covered with
spirit" writings
"Come," Wrote spirit"
On the top OF the slate was the
following:
Aida Dear: Mercy me. what mar
,,eIoIis things we people are putting
the bride on. Here / am back from
the spirit realm into the world once
lived in and died in can hardy
realize it. How under the sun came
SoI VI i- ygss afraid you had forgotten
ma entirely. / shall try to appear 10
-, some night soon. Don't rear me
VOu had better i've W.
T7red is with me. We oILeIn- see gouL %
mother SOf ill-A
Written az the bot. 'm Of the sf1t4
was this:
Dear Aunt Aida: A little nos 8
stn1,t all that 1 can manage 70 6e' ca
-l-Tc I have often heard OF this, bht
Ala NOT know much about IT, II anyone
ez-er speaks of when uIeo, PiSost
correct it. and say that l never cIeo az
Iii 7 am living, and as well as / ever
al o. Tell mama to come here L want
70 write 20 her. Lovingly e-s -Nt eyer
u wiz EDDIE GAMBLE
Began Visiting Mediums.
Hon, long Mrs. PItman had been a
believer in spiritualism Mr.. ana MIS-
gamble do not know. II was only three
zreel,s ago that she first intimated TO
mem that she had been visiting d
medium regularly.
She attempted to get Mrs. Gamble to
accornpany her on one Of the visits
n,,+ Mr. Gamble objected, saying he
oo,,l5 never permit his wife 10 go TO a
saance He tried to persuade his sis
tar-in-law 10 get the idea odt or her
baad hui night after night she would
,o,,a home with states Op which the
..sririts'' had written messages
A. Gamble arose at $50 CLOCK thlS
---,iro and went to her sister room
IL ~ Tifn1ap was not in bed. and, be
rnr,ino alarmed. Mrs. Gamble called
- husband. All OF the rooms IN the
/ go. we're searched without Endlns
-, tvaca Of the woman. Finally. Mrs.
| Carnble went to the cellar. Mrs Kit
T,gy7 vas living on an old mattress win
| her face against box on cIalI oy
~ head was a four-ounce bottle tEaJ
/ bad contained Carbolic acid. She Rad
vailoyved every drop OF the poison,
and her mouth and face had been hor-
DT b. Butler Allen, who lives almos
/ directly across the street, was sum
| raOned and said the woman had only
! been dead a short time.
I The slate containing the spirit mes
] sages was on q table. and two other
/ states mad been hidden under roll OF
/ of carpets. The writing on these slate:
| had been erased.
Brought Home Slate Last Night.
| Mrs. Pitman. who was forty-three
years of age. had been in excellent
health. and since coming to washington
eight years ago had never been sick
a dav. Since her husbands deaJh sew
! eTal years ago she has made her home
with Mr. Gamble.
| Mrs Pitman first became interested
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