| Show A DEED MRS TO A the usually quiet settlement of huntsville Hunt aville was waa treated to a genuine sensation yesterday mrs berths bertha Mic kelse a committed suicide ky fey hanging bets herself el f to a bedpost she w was found dangling in n the cellar having removed the door boorin in order to secure drop enough to produce strangulation the body was discovered by neighbors who summoned assistance and the body was cat down it was cold however and life was entirely ex extinct A coroners inquest was waa held with acting coroner charles wr wryght pro a jury consisting ol 01 ns angus mckay and A P Ben strum thit the testimony of 0 those who first saw the body was taken and J H a son of deceased testified that he last saw his mother at about noon the inquest was held at three it was about one hour after noon when he saw his mother hanging in the position described the jury returned the following verdict an inquest held sit at huntsville weber county utah territory on the ath day of f may 1887 on the body ot of bertha now laying dead before us we the jurors I 1 brors on OH our oaths do believe that she committed suicide by hanging caused by a deranged state of m remd ind H wan sagon angus me c kay jurors A P r Re astrum J charles wright act acting ing coroner the case is a ve very distressing one deceased was born in prussia and was educated in denmark she was 42 years old and leaves a husband and six children in envery very poor cicurA circumstances stances the youngest child was wais in cradle close by the bed when the deed was commit committed it to is thought that sickness sad and poverty had bad preyed upon the womans comans mind to such an extent as to overbalance aacen her reason it is said she has often considered herself a bura burden u upon her husband who is a weak uNel unhealthy man the people of huntsville are shocked at the sad occurrence but will do all lu in power to make comfortable the unfortunate husband and bereaved uttie little ones ogden herald may 6 46 |
