Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-09-15 | Page 20 | Commits Suicide to Evade Arrest

COMMITS SUICIDE TO EVADE ARREST Naomi Heath of Ogden Ends Life With Drink of Carbolic Carbolic Carbolic Car Car- bolic Acid Special to Tb Ogden Sept 14 In H.-In In a 0 fit of or despondency cy Miss Naomi Heath nineteen years yeara old daughter of ot Mr 11 and Mrs Henry HenlY Heath ended her life lito In the presence of ot other her mother and sister Mrs rs Violet Irwin this morning b by drinking carbolic acid The girl bad had been heen working In Salt Lake during tho the summer and had been home only a few tew days It Is said an officer of ot the law Jaw called at the tha Heath home this morning and Inquired for Naomi who was wanted In Salt Lake Latto on a charge of ot theft Tho The moth mother r Informed Officer Wardlaw that the girl was not at home but re referred re- re erred forred him to tho address of oC a friend The Tho unfortunate young oung woman overheard o tho the conversation cOD nn and becoming despondent despond despond- ent at the thought of arrest stepped Into the tho kitchen and holding tho the bottle of deadly poison polson In her hand told her hor mother and sister she was going to end her life They rushed at her and In their their- vain attempt to wrest the tho bottle from the girl were severely burned Not finding Miss Heath at the tho address given him by the young womans woman's mother the officer returned to find the young oung girl gin dying Medical aid was summoned but nothing could be he done and she died within thirty minutes after taking tho the poison polson Miss Heath was born in Ogden and w was educated In the public schools of this city Besides her parents she ehe Is Js survived d by the tho following brothers and sisters Josiah H. H Heath and Henry Heath of Ogden n Alex Heath of ot Salt Snit Lake Mrs Violet Irwin of ot O Og Ogden den Jen and Miss Ada Ada AdR Heath of Los Angeles Cal Funeral arrangements will mil be announced later Mania ManJa for tar l Fine lne Clothes Clothe It Is believed in Salt Lake that Miss MIS- Heath was possessed of a a. mania for fine clothes Some time ago officials of ot the National bank unearthed three forged checks amounting to 50 00 cunningly executed They had come from a a. Main street store and Investigation In revealed tho they had been en used In the purchase of ot fine dresses The police said Miss 1185 Heath was responsible Tho The police pollee chief took the young oung woman before tho the bank officials She Sho wept bitter bit bit- ter terly promised to get work and to pay up upon upon upon on the installment plan She obtained work at the thc homo home of R. R D. D Millett 59 i East South Temple Templo str street t. t as a a. domestic Miss Heath proved pro faithful until she he discovered that a trunk In tho the home contained beautiful dresses of ot a a. size that would fit tit her admirably DurIng During During Dur Dur- ing an absence of ot the family she sho took some of the dresses and loft leCt a note noto for members of ot tho Millett household that she sho was Ill and had decided decided decided de de- de- de to go home Tho The police traced her herto herto to her home She promised to return the clothes