Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-26
TOOK LIFE WHILE DEsPONDENT
Mrs. J. Z. Goliath Committed
Suicide by Hanging.
left Note Saying She Was Going Away
--Body Found in Attic of Her
Home on Mansfield Avenue
Had Been in Poor Health.

Mr.. James Il. Goliath, in 4 fit of
dependency committed suicide at her
residence. 127 Mansfield avenue, Satur-
day afternoon by hanging herself to IL
rafter in the attic \ note left by her
Indicated that she had suddenly departed
from the city, and although all was done
that could he in the way of locating her
1t WAS not dreamed TINT she had taken
her life ana the discovery of her body,
which was not until Sunday morning
ut eleven O'Clock, ,anio as terrible
Jhock to the family.
Mrs. Cutbnth had been in poor health for
the last three years and she Rad frequent
" been respondent. often talking about
ending her life as ahn lahc-ed under the
Impression that her mind was failing
her. Her family, however, had always
succeeded in reassuring her to the CON
tIary She seemed to 5e 4 8 well as ulu9l
saturday and planned to 20 to the theatre
With her daughter. Marguerite. in the
Afternoon. The dauEhte- wcnt alono and
WIS to meet her mother later in ahe day.
tbs latter did not e. however an, 7;as
not At home whcI. her husband and
daughter arrived It was thought that
Mrs. Goliath Rad gene calling and would
return later in :hc evening. Mr.. Cobalt,
and his daugh,ef became anxious rs time
went by and tho former. going Upstairs
20 his room about half-nast ten, dis
covered n note from his wife on the
table. The purpOrt of the note was that
Mira Goliath was taking a very gloomy
view of life and was going away. 1t
ended with the statement that She
thought her mind was almost gone. Mr..
Goliath did not know what to do but he
notified the police office that his wife
had probably gone away and to keep a
watch out for her as far as possible.
Sunday morning, Mr.. Goliath went
down town and telcphoncd to his son,
Fred, in Schenectady, \. y. and asked
him If his mother had come to visit him,
but received a negative reply. lie then
went back home and determined to look
through the house thoroughly being UNI
fer the impression that perhaps Mrs
Goliath was still there On ascending to
the attic the first that caught his at
tention was the lifeless body of Mrs
Goliath at the end of a rope, which was
lied TO a raftor. She had evidently placed
per head in n moose and then jumped
rom a chair. Her feet were just above
fhe floor. Mr.. Goliath summoned hell
pnd the body was taken down. A physi
Plan was called and he ascertaincd thai
the woman had been dead for seVera
hours, evidently having committed suicide
the afternoon of Saturday Mrs. Cobalt
had two bottles of carbolic acid in hel
possession, also, and had evidently trieo
to take the contents of one of the bottles
as part of it was found on the floor. i
was not thought she had taken ver9
much, if any, of the poison.
The unfortunate woman was 81 years
of age and was born in England. She il
survived in her family by her husband
a son, Fred, who lives in Schenectady
y. V. and a daughter, Marguerite who
lives at home. She also leaves a brothe
and a sister. Mrs. Goliath was woman
of estimable character and WAS though
much of by her friends. She was a mem
Der of the First Church.