Theresa Halting
Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, 14 May 1866, page 3
NEWPORT NEWS
TERRIBLE SUICIDE-A FEMALE CUTS HER THROAT WITH A CUTLASS-Mrs.
Theresa Halting, who resided with her husband and three children at No 10 David
street, has for fifteen years, been afflicted with paroxysms of insanity and
repeatedly has threatened to put an end to her existence. Twelve years ago
she attempted to carry this threat into effect by drowning, but was rescued
before accomplishing her object. Her husband and friends knowing her frailty
have closely watched her.
Yesterday afternoon, however, while her husband
was in the yard, she seized a cutlass and laying herself on the bed, plunged its
sharp point into her throat almost through to the back part of the neck. She was
dead almost instantly. This is the eighth case of suicide in seven weeks in this
city.