MARY ELIZABETH WIRES - Obituary

Wires, Mary Elizabeth

The East Liverpool Tribune

MARY WIRES FOUND DEAD IN BEAD ROOM AT THIRD STREET HOME

Physician Who Was Called Stated That Death Was Due to Convulsions

HAD BEEN ILL IN MORNING.

Mary Elizabeth Wires, aged 44, was found dead in her bedroom at 313 West Third street at 5:30 o'clock last evening (July 6, 1906) by her cousin, Miss Sadie Rardon, an employee of the Electrical Porcelain works East End, who boarded at the wires home.

She was lying on the floor, her tongue protruding from the mouth and her face was black. Death is presumed to have been due to convulsions. She was alone in the home when the attack occurred and is thought to have died an hour before being found.

She was seen around the house as late as 4 o'clock by neighbors and no struggling or cries were heard when she died. The daughter, Olive Wires said when she left home in the morning to go to her work in the East End, her mother complained of severe pains in the breast, but was able to perform her household duties.

Dr. W. A. Hobbs who was called to examine the woman stated that all indications pointed to convulsions as having been the cause of death.

Mrs. Wires and her daughter came here from Marietta several months ago and until a few weeks ago had resided on Broadway. She is survived by the daughter and three sisters and one brother as follows: Caroline Wires of Hockinport,<sic>, O.; Mrs. Evaline Rardon, of Marietta; John Bowen of burning Springs, W. Va.; Mrs. Martha Swift, of East Liverpool. Her mother, Rebecca Bowen, of Hockingport, also survives.

The funeral services will probably be held Sunday and burial will be in Riverview.