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Show A PATHETIC STORY. X Toung Lady Who lias a Brother ia Ogdea Suicides by Shooting. &he following, dated the 10th, appeared in tilt St. Louis CVYule-Oemocrat CVYule-Oemocrat us a special telegram from Newman, Georgia: "The ad suicide of MIm Green is the sole topic of conversation today. to-day. About two weeks ago Miss GeneYIete Greene, a beautiful and attractive youug lady, arrived n Ken man Irom West Point, and, storping at the Virginia House, advertised ad-vertised for an art class, in tlie teaehiug of JiIch she was reputed to be quite proficient. Being full if life and vivacity, beautiful in face ami form, lively and intelligent in conversation, full of wit aud sunshine, sun-shine, it was not to bewondered at that among the boarders at the hotel and the youug men of tlie city she soon lsx-anio n prime favorite, an J her friends Le-gaa to be numbered by the score. Little, If any, progress prog-ress was made in securing the art class. At the expiration of two weeks Mi3 Urveiiu discovered that ho was out of money and a two wet'ks' board bill was due. She felt herself to Iw among total strangers so far as disclosing uch a state of otTairs to any cf her young friends was concerned, Lut among those whom she had met, and who had enjoyed the pleasure of her agreeible presence ami conversation conver-sation was Colonel W.C.Wright. To him she confided hertroubIe,acd in as modest a manner as tlie delicate deli-cate sut ject would admit of, and asked his counsel and advice. The conversation took place in theliw office, of Wilcovcn Wright. Her confidence was not misplaced. With the chivalry and earnestness of a trui- mau, Col. Wright recognized the delicacy of the situation of the young lad- and promised all the assistance in his ner, and asked her cot to worry over the nutter, tliat he would arranzc it fir her. blie was very anxious tliat her other young friends should know noth i ng lit her distress. Asking tlie young lady to be seated awhile, that he might go out on the street and engage a place at some other hotel for her, he and Colonel A. G. WH-covenweut WH-covenweut down ou tbe street. Colonel Wright immediately confided con-fided the mitter to Messrs. 1. B. Murphy, Harvey Xortli, Burt Hill and one or two others, and had about succeeded In rai-Ing a sum sufficient to relieve the immediate distress of the young lady, w hen he was excitedly asked by W. W. SpcHce if he h-ed left a pi'tol in his room, that one had been tired there. Up to this time he had not the remotest 1 lea that anything Iiko suicide was intended, and trembling with e-xcltement he, Col. Wilcovcn and Burt Hill rushed to the office. Findimr tbe office door cloted, Mr. Hill pushed It open aud a horrid sight Jtuet theirgaze. The young lady was seated In a common hair, near the end of the mice desk, her head thrown slightly back and to one side, her left breast torn and crimsoned with a -U-cahbre ball thnnigh her heart. The pistol llonged In the oSSce, and she had doubtless seen it as the drawer in which It lay had been 02-emri for the iiurjnsu of getting out some papers iu her presence. After firing the fatal shot, Mis Greene had laid the pistol gently hack on tbe table, and, ia the same posture that she had previously assumed, had breathed herhfeawaj. Death must have been instantaneous, instantane-ous, as the Imll had pi-e-l directly through the heart. After Colonel Wright had left she was see-u by Itobert Fogie, whooccupics a not la-r room ou tlie same floor, to arise and push shut the outer door. She then had gone aud pulled down the window win-dow shade, so as lu be concealed Irom view on the public square. Tills wa all the preparation he made for her burial. On the desk hyasbectofpapT on which she had written iu a bold, clear haud: "Please tell them I did no wrong" And then she wrote tbo following names and addresses: Fred It. Greene. Ogden.Utah; W. II. Greene, Fairhaven, Vt.; It. W. Wood, West Toint, Ga. Excitement ran high; kind hearts aud tender bands ptthered hastily around her s arm yet lifeless form, and she was borne immediately to the Virginia House. To say that every oe was chucked but feebly cxpresse-s the truth. His Honor Mayor 1'oweII immediately wired the sad news to each address given above. "Capt. It. W. Wood, the well-knowu well-knowu liveryman of West Point, with his daughter Miss Minnie, came up immediately on receiving the sad news. From them is learned the fallowing particulars of Miss Greene" history. She was born at Fairhaven, Vt-, of wealthy and influential in-fluential larents, now residing at the same place, Mr. W. H. Greene being her father. F. It. Greene, of Ogilen. Is a brother. Some time since her father met witlt some business reverses, and the larger part of his fortune wa swe-j t away, the family, however, being still in good circumstances, as tlie mother had in her own right a considerable e-tate. Tiiey are second cousins to Capt. Wood, w hose daughter, Miss Minnie, bad for some years len a regular correspondent of her cousin Miss Genevieve. Three years ago there befel the latter an unfortunate love affair, which so grieved tho young woman that her motlier.cver anxious for her hmlth and hapsl-ness, hapsl-ness, sought divers means "of diverting her thoughts from her troubles, and when Mia Minnl, last December, invited Miss Genevieve to come south and spend a season with her at West Polut, insisted in-sisted that the viit be made. The young hdy consequently reached West Point last December. And in spending the pleasant months with her cousin her natural desire to do something useful Induced her to take a class in art teaching. She was well educated In literature and art, and consequently made quite a success in teaching. She regularly received from her mtber remlt-tmcesof remlt-tmcesof from 310 to S25 per week for pin money, but having no idea of the value of money it wasted itself it-self away as fast as it arrived. In accordance with a request wired by her father, Captain Woods carried the liody of Mhs Greene to West Point, where she will be temporarily I buried. Thecharacterof theyoungi Uady tu beyond reproach. Tbl young gentlemen whom she met wele the very best our society af-ords, af-ords, and one and all concur in f ay-Ing ay-Ing that tbe was mods:,reflncd and lady-like In every word and deed. |
