Year: 1872

Almost an EnOch Arden Case-A Young


Wife and Mother Deserted by Her Hus-


band, Whom She suppOscs to be Dead


He Writes Hcr o Letter and Sho Hangs


Herself.


About four years ago Anna Cohen, O handsome
Jewish lady, about twentyfour years Of age, living
with her parents at 40 Norfolk street, married an
timer ant Hebrew pedler by the name OF Israel
Solomon. few months after the mar.
riage the husband announced his intention
OF going South and In a day or two was
OF for New Orleans. About six months
after his arrival there he wrote to his wife's par
ents, who are quite well OF in this worlds goods
to the effect that he had tire of their daughter
and was desirous Of putting her away, In accor-
dance with the Jewish custom. His wife, who
loved him with oil the ardor


HER EXTREMELY SENSITIVE NATURE
was capable OF, was at this time near her confne-
ment, having been enceinte at the time of her faith
less husbands departure for the South, and through
prudential motives the parents delayed breaking
the cruel to her. They thought to tell her as
soon as she should have gained sufi-
Client strength to Withstand the shock
that time arrived their hearts failed them, and
time went on At last, when four long and weary
months s had passed since the young wife's con1ne-
ceive their child but at once and forever as they
f0ndly thought, settle the affair." II would be less
severe. they argued, to tell her that her husband
was dead than to inform her of the real state Of
affairs, so they adopted this course with what dire
fu results will appear shortly. or course the
robed herself in the sombre emblems of mourning,
and almost dared to think that her Maker had dealt
her


TOO CRUEL BLOW.


1t grieved her young heart sorely to think that
her poor, dear baby would never on earth see its
father, and as time wore on and the child grew to
PIattle the first words she taught 1t to lisp was


Some seven or eight months since the young
widow rSs went zen to Detroit MIcn where she
Became essga Ess shf Stunns snGPy to ass New
York again she began making Preparations
she was startled bv the receipt OF letter from her
husband, who was still in New Orleans. lie stated
that he was well and longed TO see her, but said
never word about his previous conduct. II the
wretched woman had met her husband face to face
in the tomb her surprise and c0nsterpation Gould
not have been greater, She demanded and re.
fair, which so wrought upon her mind that she be-
came partially insane. The old folks watched her
closely, lest she should do herself injury, but


SHE OUTwITTED THEM.


Yesterday afternoon she and her mother were
preparing dinner in the kitchen and her father was
up stairs Just before they had consummated their
task the young mother sent her child up stairs to
its grandfather, and while doing this her mother
went out for something. No sooner had the old
lady. left the room than she GMls: solomonl
end to a large nail behind the door,
made slip moose, passed It around her neck,
@ The rope was little too long % that her Feet
touched the floor and it must have required vast
deal OF muscular exertion to strange herself, for
side OF her neck, which caused excessive hemor-
rhage from the nose. ears and mouth. She quite
dead when found, although her mother says she
could not have been hanging more than twelve or
fifteen minutes.