Suicide of a Young Woman.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1706, 13 July 1885, Page 2

Suicide of a Young Woman.

■ A young woman of dii years of ago, named Alice Jdarnahv, cuuimilteii suici lc in Wcl.ington on Friday aficnioon Im-L, by inking two dimes of “ Hough on Kars.” For three weeks past she had been staying at the dining rooms of Mrs fgoe, Hamilton Quay. At midday on Friday, the girl was more than unusually lively at dinner time and after dinner sire went for a walk. Sire called at Mr Mee’s, chemist and imrchased a packet of “ Hough on Hats ’’ and when she returned to Igne’s she had a cup of fra. lieforo drinking it she put her arm round Mrs Igoe, kissed her, and said " Good-bye ; I'm going to die.” Mrs Igoe, thinking that the unhappy year;" woman, who was in the I- t of health, an! who spoke quite cl.i.a was only j ’king, asked what ailed her, and received the reply, •• (hi, nothing.” haspecting that all was red well, Mr Igoe, questioned her and as si. > n varicatcd ho took from Iter the lenmnd. i oi ' 1 ■ ■ i>;rc I;<■ t of poison. Tile gii i fht. ad oil 1 ; , a tier purchasing tii- p> i 5,.!,, m,o 1m • o a Jed towards Tltorn-hm an l h-i-i mio owe , | tanlily of the slu'd, ao d hud mg, , ■ • .uj dose in the cu ,of tec I'r •".'■! . at once sent for, and lir ,t then . u- : ;i.< proper medicine- d- m .nd. d i ■ ' -a • as hers, and suii ■ .nee tiy !• ;h 1 ,i- ii ~ up, rile united edol I- I toe lie c Hi i ;. iVi d .Ipprrently So . lias -m; i:,ao- t ! hat they left the girl ahoiii o cur d, on |<V. my nigirt, at they inr i; ioed. out d d . ’[• Igoe sat up wii ii tie p mm, I wj: a I non . pressed U; on the snipe :, oid n I :, : l..de in t m slightest nninmr to the re > wi.ich rn.d prompted her to commit seif-Ga idoer. The girl, after the dnuloir. left l.ci, appeari d to he died fnl. rid r.e.vM e i f, 'v on g-n----era! topics, and her friends ha 1 no idea tint the end was apnioachinm At ,c huh. ■ In, o'clock on Saturday morning In. i,lv look a turn for the worse, ami within a hw minutes the pessM p.a.cfnlly away, apparently without any sullt ling. Aim ddarnahy had only . e.m Jii rm ml;-; in tin colony, and up to ti; • j u.-T fe.v work a hecil ill dome-tic si i vice in Hi' city S i became intimate with Hie dgo, s Minn month. since, and as she was out oi a sin; uimi. and, other than thunsi lvcs.‘ had n • id lends in Wellington, and w.,s it. stitnte .1 ■ m.,i y. .he gladiv a.vude I huis.elf of lie 1 ed,, ■ e i to live with her till she obtained another min.-