Syracuse NY Daily Journal 1905 recent years occurred at an early nour this moraine when Mrs. John Colegrove of 42 RJoard-st,. set fire to her house and than attempted to commit suicide by shooting herself twice with a 32- callber revolver. As a result of the Insane woman's action the little frame house is to-day a mass of smoking ruins, while she herself lies at the Cortland hospital fighting: against death Itself. Mrs. Colegrove has long been regarded as mentally unbalanced. She is a widow and lives alone In the house which was the scene of last night's tragedy. Her queer acts have furnished the neighborhood with plenty of gossip. In her front windows were made sheets of paper, closely written, warning all to keep away or suffer the wrath of God. About two weeks ago It Is said that John Ireland, the owner of the house notified Mrs. Colegrove that she must move. The first notloed of last night's affair was a couple of shots heard by Hiram Raleigh, living next door. He rushed to the window to see the house next door In flames. James Kills, another neighbor, ran across the road with a ladder and carried the prostrate body of the moaning woman to the ground. She was taken to the Bills house, where she lapsed Into unconsciousness, after which sho was taken to the hospital. ,*...., An examination revealed that one bullet had erased her skull doing little Injury. The second bullet pierced her left lung and cannot be extracted. The revolver was found In a secret pocket of the woman's, skirt. At the hospital this morning the woman's chances are regarded as slight. . . Mrs. Colegrove was a widow, having one daughter. Mrs. Bert Leonard of this city.