GIRL SUICIDE

Temuka Leader, Issue 2475, 11 March 1893, Page 3

GIRL SUICIDE

A girl, nineteen yeaf-3 old,jJcbmmitted suicide in a shocking manner at Melbourne recently by throwing hetself on a railway line, and a passing train mangled her to death. She had a quarrel with her sister) and left a letter in which she stated that no one cared for her, and that her “ brute of a sister ” thought she was nobody because she was younger. She directed that her clothing and trinkets should be distributed in a stated manner, and she continued, “Do you think I do this for the sake of a man, because there is not a man in this world that I love. Perhaps if I could love someone I would not do what I have done. When I am dead do not let my father bury me,' but bury me where you like. Give ray best love to my poor mother, she is the only one that will mourn for me.” At this point the girl’s courage deserted her for a minute, and she broke short off her letter. But her hesitancy was only momentary, and on another sheet she added in trembling characters “ Good-bye, mother dear ; you will hear of me to-night at about eight o’clock on the railway line. Pray for me, that God will forgive me. Give my love to Mrs Benson. She was ray only friend,”