Year: 1875

| OQnS Lazy travels MANY


Miles to Commit Suicide on the


Crave of Her Giving Di-


rections Concerning the Dis


posaI of her Rody---She is saw


ed from Death---The Sequel Of


the Suicide of Young Peck.


A few weeks ago the body of a man


was found one Sunday afternoon on the
banks of the Poestenkill. and near by him
was found small phial that told but
one story-suicide. The man was a
| stranger, and no one seemed to know
| anything about him. His dress and per-
sonal appearance indicated that he was a
man well-tO-d do, aud from letters, etc.
found in his possession ii was learned
that his name was Peck He had come
| from the West aud was evidently going
to his home in Washington county when
he determined TO put an end TO his life
This be did aud little by little


rug STORY OF HIS TROUBLES


was brought out. Financial troubles
| and disaster, from all accounts. stared
him in the face. and il was then suppos-
cd hat hs. bod h~ssa..sl- l-------ss 49,
an honorable, upright man, aud his f.
/ nancial ruin was too much for bim, and
he determined TO end life that had be-
come miserable TO him. Now the sad
sequel of the case is to be told. The
body of Mr.. Peck was taken to the
home of bis mother in Hampton, Wash
ington county, and buried in the village
cemetery. Last week young lady ar
rived at Fair Haven, Vt, on an evening
train from Troy. She desired to be ta-
ken TO Low Hampton, several miles dis
tant. A conveyance was secured; the
owner of the establishment, who lived
-, sr1 1I., !.
dy. During the ride the young lady did
not talk much, but once asked where
the house of Mrs Peck was. She also
inquired for the burial ground of the
place. Her questions were readily an
swered, and when the conveyance ar
rived in front of


THE BURIAL GROUND


she asked TO get out. The driver, Mr..
Streeter, saw that she desired to remain
and not knowing what to think of such
strange actions, began TO reason with
her. telling her that the ground was
damp and she would be likely TO take
cold. She finally consented to go home
with Mr. Streeter who promised her
that his wife would awaken her early in
the morning and she could visit the bur-
ial ground. During all this time she did
not disclose the object of her visit. or
why she desired to get out at the little
village burial ground. At o'clock the
next morning she awoke and proceeded
to the burial place, and soon found the
newly made grave of Frank Peck, her
lover. She remained beside il until
o'clock when brother of the deceased
came along and at once recognized her
from a picture he had seen. He made
himself known to the miserable girl and
pressed her hard to accompany him to
his mothers She would not hear to his
words, so he sent his sister to her, and
the two women,


COMPANIONS IN SORROW,


soon found the way 10 each others
heart, and they returned to the house of
Mrs. Peck. The young lady, when
questioned concerning Frank, said that
she thought his only trouble was brought
on by financial embarrassment. When
she told him she had enough for both he
did not notice her. She advised him 10
return East to see his friends, and nc
left the Ohio town TO obey her wish.
She did not see or hear anything Of him
after that until the dreGGsul news came
to her that he had committed suicide.
Deep and bitter anguish was hers when
that sad news was brought TO her. She
could not rest until she saw the grave
that contained all that was dear 10 her
on earth. che remained quietly with
the Peck family until Monday of this
week. Ga that day she again


wEEDERRD TO THE CRAVE or FRANK


PECK,


and. seating herself on the green mound,
determined to end her existence then
and there She had in her pocket a
good sized bottle, containing laudanum.
There, in the still of the day, when all
around was blooming with beauty, this
fair young lady, who had hardly crossed
her teens, took dose that was intended
to be fatal, She laid the bottle down
by the grave, with piece of paper on
which was written directions concerning
the disposition to be made of her body
and where money was 10 be obtained
with which TO defray expenses. This
done she arose and walked TO the house
OF Mr. Streeter, where she intended To
sleep away her life. She bad taken an
overdose of the drug and it caused a
sort of intoxication and sickness. TIE
result was that she


voMITRD TIE DEADLY NARCOTIC,
and her life was saved. Ii was un-
doubtedly her intention to take the drug
on the first night Of her coming TO the
place and die on the grave of the man
She loved. The action of Mr.. Streeter
prevented this result and saved her life.
Had she been allowed to remain in the
city of the. dead all night the morning sun
would have found her still, in The en-
brace of death. The young lady is
highly respectable and beautiful. Her
name and residence would not add any,
thing to the sorrowing. tale, so we pass the
name of this noble example of woman's
love. 81