Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1902-01-19 | Page 3 | It Came near Proving Fatal

i IT GAME CAM E NEAR PROVING FATAL FATALl 4 l Miss Etta Eta Ramsay Takes Over Overdose Overdose Overdose dose of Laudanum t SAYS IT WAS AN ACCIDENT 4 t DRUG DRUG tia WAS TAKEN TAN TO RELIEVE INTENSE PAIN PA PAt 4 t An A overdose of or laudanum adminis administered administered to t alleviate pain and to induce sleep steep was narrowly prevented yester yesterday yesterday ester esterd day d afternoon oon from proving fatal to toMis Miss Mis Etta Ett t L Ramsey Ramsay Rams who rooms at 11 Ig South State street street Late LateX In the the afternoon the police department was notified that a a young woman wOman at that place C had taken the contents content of o a asmal small smal bottle botte of laudanum with wih suir st sut intent and was as in a lon She was found aloe alone In the room lying 1 on the bed be with a rooF bottle bote beside her labeled poison polson She was inan unconscious condition and ao every ever effort efort to revive reve her was useless 0 The officers did everything in their power to resuscitate the young woman and efforts were made to secure the aid ofa of a physician Dr C M H Bene Dee Benedict Benediet diet dict was was finally finaU summoned and suc succeeded succeeded in i counteracting the effects of the poison polson and she was revived suf sufficiently sufficiently to to explain how the almost fa fatal fatal tal tl dose was taken Miss Ramsey Ramsay Ramsy came to this city Ily last lat Tuesday and secured rooms at with aith Mrs Howland who conducts conduCt the place lace She is a solicitor in the employ of the Royal Manufacturing Manufacturing company of New York York She has been undergo undergoIng Ing treatment since her arrival in the city cl and has been unable to attend to her duties dutes The pain she said sid became very or Intense yesterday esterday and she asked for some laudanum to relive relve her heI suf ant suffering fering Frank Howland secured tee drug for her and claims claim to have found it I in the house Before taking the laudanum how however however however ever she wrote a letter to her mother Mrs Ir Isaac Isac Miles of Payson Fa sn this state The boy was wa sent to mail mai the letter and in his absence the deadly potion was taken Miss Ramsay refused to divulge the contents of the letter with the assertion that it It pertained to purely personal affairs No cause use for an attempted suicide Is known and her statement is generally believed by the police and those about the place She was known however to have hae been in financial straits Miss Ramsay came to this city from Pay Payson Payson PaySon son where she has visited her mother for the past two months