Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1891 — FRIGHTFUL LEAP OF A WOMAN. [ARTICLE]

FRIGHTFUL LEAP OF A WOMAN.

Jumped from the Top of the Washington' Monument at Baltimore, ISS Feet. The mangled remains of a young woman were found at the base of the. Washington monument, on Mount Veriion place, Bal timore Tuesday afternoon. She had thrown herself from the top of the shaft, which towered 155 . feet alxne her dead body. It was presumed that the woman went to the top of the monument with the deliberate intention of committing suicide. A gentleman who was on the monument while sho was there noticed her agitation, and asked her if she felt HI. She made some vague reply and was soon left alonv She then made the awful leap to the stone flagging below. 2he woman had evidentmeditated suicide. She made .a visit to the top of the monument last Saturday, when it Is believed her courage failed her The remains, which indicated refinement and genteel poverty, were for a long time unidentified. Tuesday evening they wen recognized as those of Mias Alic H.olu -