Kings County NyArchives News.....Elmore, Eliza A. Hutchins Tired of Life November 17, 1879
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm
************************************************
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 August 3, 2019, 11:57 pm

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 17, 1879
Mon Nov 17, 1879 pg 4
            TIRED OF LIFE
The Tragic Sequel to a Sad Social Sensation

The Suicide of Mrs. Henry S. Elmore, After
Threatening to Kill Herself, she Takes Two
Doses of Paris Green with Fatal Results--A
Belief that she was Insane--Divorce Complications
Which Ended In Death--A Melancholy History

   The following notice recently appeared among
the mortuary announcements of the New York Herald:
     ELMORE--At the Carlton, 124 West Thirty-sixth st.
November 1, ELIZA A., wife of H. S. Elmore.
Funeral from late residence, at 1 P.M. Monday, 
November 3. Relatives and friends cordially invited.
  Behind this announcement there is
              A MELANCHOLY HISTORY,
which has had its ending in a sad tragedy. Henry S.
Elmore, husband of the deceased woman, is a wealthy
produce merchant and a member of the New York
Produce Exchange. For many years and up to within
a recent period, he resided in this city. He was
well known in society here, and for a time was
active in church circles. He was a trustee in the
Brooklyn Tabernacle for several years. At the time
of his trusteeship he was the possessor of a pleasant
home and the companionship of an estimable wife.
   Some years ago Mr. Elmore became acquainted with
Mrs. Eliza A. Hutchins. Mrs. Hutchins was a widow.
She kept a fashionable boarding house on Washington
avenue. At the time Mr. Elmore made her acquaintance
she was neither young nor attractive.  Nevertheless,
he became so marked that trouble ensued in the
Elmore family, and husband and wife separated. Mr.
Elmore made a Summer trip into the country. Mrs.
Hutchins accompanied him, and they went down the
St. Lawrence, past the Thousand Islands, and to 
several other places together. Upon Mr. Elmore's
return, he found that his wife had  brought suit
against him for absolute divorce, on the ground
that he had been guilty of infidelity. Mrs. Hutchins
was named as the correspondent. The defendant denied
the charges. The trial resulted in a verdict for the
plaintiff. The divorced wife took up her residence on
Dean street, where she still resides. 
   Mr. Elmore's divorce suit made
      A GREAT SOCIAL SENSATION.
Both he and Mrs. Hutchins were well known. The latter
had many personal friends. Nowhere was there more
gossip than in the Tabernacle. A committee was 
appointed to consider the case of Mr. Elmore. He 
was up to this time in good standing, although the
tongue of scandal had been wagging for months. The 
committee made an investigation, and found the charges
sustained. Dr. Talmadge announced from his pulpit
one Sunday, that Henry S. Elmore had been found
guilty of immoral conduct and excommunicated from
the church. Mr. Elmore was in the church when the
action of the committee was announced.
   Soon after this he was married to Mrs. Eliza A.
Hutchins. The announcement of of the marriage had not
been forgotten when the friends of the new Mrs. Elmore
were startled by the announcement that Mrs. Elmore
had become insane. Mr. Elmore sent her to an asylum
in Massachusetts, where she rapidly improved, and
after undergoing careful treatment she was released.
The couple spent the Summer in the country. Two or
three weeks ago Mr. Elmore engaged rooms for himself
and his wife at the Carlton, and apartment house at
No. 124 West Thirty-sixth street, New York. They had
occupied the rooms less than a week when Mrs. Elmore
               POISONED HERSELF.
She had threatened several times to commit suicide. 
On October 25 she took a dose of Paris green and had
convulsions. Dr. Kalish, 51 West Thirty-sixth street,
was hastily summoned and administered antidotes. 
While he was giving directions for the care of the
patient, ho had been left alone in her chamber, she
took a second dose of the poison. Every effort was
made to save her life, but she never rallied, and
on the afternoon of November 1, after a week's agony,
she passed away. The funeral took place on November 3.
A large number of Brooklynites were present. The
remains were interred in Greenwood. The facts relating
to the death of Mrs. Elmore have not been widely 
published owing to a disposition on the part of the
New York authorities to avoid as far as possible in
any publicity in the matter.
  Soon after Mrs. Elmore's death Coroner Croker held
an inquest. Dr. Kalish testified touching the cause
of death and the circumstances attending his visits
to the deceased. Deputy Coroner Goldsmith, who made
an autopsy, testified that Mrs. Elmore's death was
caused by Paris Green. Mr. Henry S. Elmore was the 
only remaining witness, and in his testimony he said:
              MR. ELMORE'S STORY.
   We have lived in New York about a week. On the 25th
of October deceased took a spoonful of Paris Green
while I was down town to my business. She was all 
alone in the house, the servants not having arrived
yet from the country, where we sojourned during the
Summer. She had been suffering from disease of the
mind about one year, and has been confined to a 
retreat in Massachusetts for four months. She was 
brought home as cured, although at times she would
act strangely, especially after getting up in the
morning. Before going down town October 25, she
told me that she had some wicked thoughts during the
night. She intended to commit suicide once also during
last Summer. She showed me two slight superficial
incisions on her arm, which she inflicted with a razor.
I hid the razor ever since, and had her guarded as
carefully as I could. She informed the physician,
Dr. Kalish, that she also got the Paris green in a
paint store on Sixth avenue."
   The Coroner's jury returned a verdict that Mrs.
Elmore "committed suicide by Paris green while
suffering from mental aberration.


Additional Comments:
[submitter is not related and has no further information]


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/kings/newspapers/elmoreel22nw.txt
This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/nyfiles/

File size: 6.4 Kb