Salt Lake Herald | 1907-10-20 | Page 35 | Says Betrayer Urged Suicide

1 I SAYS mm BETRAYER DURA VIR URGED SUICIDE Conrad Jordan Declares Man Purchased Poison With Which His Daughter Killed Herself INQUEST WILL BE HELD p STORIES OF FATHER AND PHY PHYSICIAN ARE CONFLICTING Surprising as was Wag the story stor told by Dr C F Wilcox of the torments of a dual personality which had driven Miss LIllie Jordan of Wall Vall street to commit sui sm suicide SUIcide cide on Thursday the statement of the girls father last night was Wall still more re remarkable remarkable remarkable Mr Ir Jordan alleges that the poison m in with which the girl ended her was bought by a man and that this man had urged his daughter to end her life Mr Jordan declares that he knows the name of the man and will give ghe it to the tile authorities so that he may be ar arrested arrested arrested rested and punished Screams issuing from the Jordan home just before Miss Lilile Jordan took the poison polson with which sh ended her life lIe at attracted attracted attracted the attention of some of the neighbors and gave rise to strange ru rumors rumors rumors mors concerning the girls death It I wa because of oC these whispered reports that an Inquest was decided upon The in inquest quest will be he held Monday morning In InJustice inJustIce Justice of the Peace Dana T Smiths court Conrad Jordan father of o the dead girl who last night made the first statement concerning the tragedy that he has given since It occurred admitted a that the neighbors had heard screams hut but d dc dared cia red that they were screams of fright uttered littered by hy Mrs Jordan and her niece Miss Annie on seeing the girls desperate act I have demanded a full investigation into the death of my In daughter laughter he said saidI I want the full truth known so that there will wiN no longer be occasion for these annoying whisperings Stories Disagree Mr r Jordans statement was a remark remarkable remarkable remarkable able one but it disagrees in many man points with the statement of oC Dr C F Wilcox who on Friday Frida Informed a Herald re reporter reporter reporter porter that Miss Jordan was suffering from a mental malady malad which caused her herto herto herto to lead a dual existence In that state statement statement ment meat Dr WIlcox said that he be was called to the Jordan home after the girl was un and when jt it was as no longer possible to do anything an for her Jordan disputes this He said that Miss lIss Jordan took the poison polson on Wednes ednes Wednesday day clay afternoon abut about ab ut 5 and that Dr WIlcox was immediately summoned Dr Wilcox remained at the house for some time and when he went away the family supposed that she was out of danger according to Jordan She was watched all through the night In the morning when Miss lIss tried to awaken Miss Jordan the girl could not bo be aroused Supposing that she was WItS exhausted after the excitement of ot the night before the family did lid not disturb her again until nearly nearl noon Her condi condition condition condition tion of stupor when they tried for the second time Ump to her said Mr Jor Jordan Jordan Jordan dan so them that they sent for Dr Wilcox The doctor arrive about 1 on Thursday afternoon After Arter remaining with Lillie for a time said Jordan Dr WIlcox went vent away He returned in about a half hour and was with her again for a short time She died fifteen minutes after he went away the second time Died in Twenty Hours I was present when my m daughter took the poison on Wednesday e nesda afternoon 1 seized the bottle b containing the drug from her hand and emptied the con COI contents contents tents She Sue was watched constantly for forthe forthe forthe the twenty hours Intervening between the time she took the poison and her er death and could not have taken other poison polson On July 7 1 last he continued I took my daughter from the industrial school at Ogden where she had been for about a year ear After she had remained quietly I at home for a time she found work In Inthe Inthe inthe the house of Lorenzo of G G Center street For three months her conduct was all aU that a father could ex expect expect peeL She seemed contented and happy happ On last Monday afternoon she disappeared disappeared disappeared from home On going away awa s she ht told my wife that she Intended to see seea a dentist When hen she did not return that night we were not riot worried as we sup supposed supposed supposed posed that gone to the Christian Chris tian sen len house and ana an was detained there later than thun I 1 But as It was her custom to spend ever every night at home we be became became became came anxious about bedtime and In Inquired Inquired inquired at the residence about her There we were Informed that Lillie had not been seep since early in the theda da day I 1 at once commenced to search for her It was useless I could get no trace of her On Tuesday I was so up upset upset set over oyer the girls disappearance that I Idid Idid Idid did not go o to work york I spent the day da hunting for her In the afternoon she called me up nr up on the telephone Said She Was Married 1 I am married papa she said Lillie my m child what do you mean Where are you I asked aske surprised and startled at what she had told me meI I 1 am married she repeated I 1 am now at BIngham Junction Tell me the name of the man I said She refused r to do so You have done wrong I told her herIt If It you wanted to get married marrie you rou should have brought the man here to see me first 1 I cant forgive you Lillie When she left the telephone I called up my Alfred Allred who lives at BIngham Junction and asked him to find the girl and learn the name of the man she had married He lIe searched the place but could find no trace of Lillie She had not been mar married married ried ned there The fhe next day da Wednesday I went to the City and County building where I 1 searched the records to see If a marriage arriage license had h d been issued There Ther ll was no such record rec rd Becoming alarmed about I the girl I notified the sheriff and the superintendent of the industrial school i that she was missing I Feeling eeling deeply worried about the girl I walked all the way home thinking of her h r disappearance and the strange tele telephone telephone phone message I had received from her herAs herAs i As I was going Into the house I r noticed two women approaching but was too pre preoccupied preoccupied I occupied to pay pa any attention to them Soon after I got sot Inside my niece Miss lIss I came In Lillie Is outside and is afraid to come comein comeIn comein in she sh said I ran to the door I Come in Lillie I exclaimed This Is your jour our fathers house Come In I She walk d In shyly sh I and sat In a chair near the window 11 Lillie I asked are you married I Yes she answered But to my re repeated repeated questions she refused to give gle any further answer I then went to the telephone and called up UI the Industrial school Drinks the Poison My ly daughter has come home I said The 1 he words were scarcely ot of my mouth when my wife and niece began screaming Turning from the telephone I saw that Lillie was drinking something from a bot bottle bottle bottie tle tie I tore the bottle from her hand and grasped her by the throat to prevent her from swallowing any of ot the liquid which I supposed was poison polson We at once sent for Dr Wilcox When he tie reached the house Lillie refused to al ai allow allow low him to administer an emetic scream screamIng screamIng Ing big that she wanted to die It was a Ii ter terrible terrible terrible situation After a time she quieted down and took the fhe m saying Baying that shwas she was willing to live as we seemed so grieved over her conduct That night we talked with her until midnIght She said she he bad left heft home to meet a man who had promised to marry marr her He took her bet berto to a theatre and then to supper Afterwards he h Induced her to togo togo togo go to a rooming house at First South and Commercial street t She said s ld he drugged I her and that when she awoke in the morn mornIng Ing she did not know where w ere she was or what had happened to her At st she I Isaid said the mane man ma was gone w when hen she I ered her senses senses but afterward when questioned about the poison polson said that I Ithe the man had bought It for her and arid given it to her so that she could kill herself herselt I I after she had Mt the rooming house She said the th mn ni a urged her to kill her herself herself self seif 1 I She said that the man was a cracker I manufacturer m from San Jose He lie had promised to marry her and take her on ona ona ona a trip to Denver where she was to meet his mother and then go to California with Wm him himOn On further questioning she admitted that she had not telephoned to me from Bingham Junction and that her tale of having been married was untrue On finding herself deserted by the theman theman theman man she had gone out oU to Murray to visit I her uncle John father of I Miss lIss Sweden burgh When hen she telephoned I to me she used an enclosed booth so that I Miss who was with her herI I could not hear her message It was sup supposed supposed I posed that she was telling me that she sheI I would remain over night at the Sweden burgh home I I Has Name of Man I She gave me the name pf of the man who betrayed her I also found some letters the man had hall written her If he bought the poison polson for my m daughter and urged her to kill herself he Should be punished I will III place the facts in the hands of the authorities at the inquest on Monday I It has been such a frightful rightful experience exp ri ence that my mind is still confused But making allowances for all aU that Is contra contri contradictory in my daughters story st ry the fact tact I remains that a man had something som to t do with the bringing about of ot her death I shall not rest until he Is brought rought to jus justice justice justice tice He left l tt Salt Lake on Wednesday night and Is now In city But I know I where he Is and will be able to t find him himat himat himat at the proper time Miss lIss Annie said Lillie came out to our house in Murray on Tues I oay ia She seemed bright and cheerful and I told me she was married She said her husband was going to take her to Denver flener on Wednesday night I told her I would like to meet her husband and she said I she would introduce md me to him When I she started back to Salt SaIt Kake on Wednes Wednesday Wednesday ednes day I decided to come with her All the time I thought her parents know kno she had been out to Murray and it was not until I after aCter I got sot to the Jordan house that I learned how she had deceived her father She must have had the poison polson before she rode out to Murray as there was no noway nowa noway way wa for her to get it after atter I was with her Had Poison Hidden Mrs rs Jordan said the dead girl told her that she had carried the poison polson hidden in her breast b ast from Tuesday morning until she shiv drink drank it The bottle which had contained the poi poison poison son was marked laudanum and had been purchased at Wallace Vallace Bros drug drugstore drugstore store in First South street At the drug drugstore drugstore drugstore store last night no one could remember who had purchased the poison polson We e sell so much laudanum said Bald Mr Wallace that we cant keep track of the purchasers At the La Court rooming house 47 First South street It was said last night that a tall man accompanied by a neatly dress dressed dressed dressed ed young oung woman had occupied room 3 there on Monday night In the morning the man went away awa leaving th woman in the room The keeper of the La L Court said that the woman on leaving some hours later had said nothing about hav hay ing been drugged When hen asked about the reasons for or dering an Inquest County Attorney Han Has Hanson Hanson Hasson son said there had been reports of ot sus suspicious suspicious circumstances and he had decided that an Inquiry would be necessary Dr WIlcox Will Testify Dr C F Wilcox will be one of the wit witnesses witnesses wItnesses nesses at the coroners Inquiry on Monday morning Dr Wilcox will give ge the details of the circumstances surrounding the tho girls death He Ite is positive that she zhe suf from a mental malady which at times made her Irresponsible At such time he declares the girl would talk and act in a manner that seemed rational but L that on her return to a normal condition she would not remember what she hall hal haldone done one during the attack Dr Wilcox W says that Miss Jordan because of ot her strange mental affliction led a dual existence Some persons who for unknown reasons appear to wish to besmirch the memory of the unfortunate dead girl insist that I Dr Wilcox Wil ox is wrong and that Miss lIss Jordan was wayward As Dr Wilcox has practiced practiced practiced medicine in Salt Lake for a number of oC years ears it is probable that his opinion will have great weight wel ht with the coroners Jury I When Lillie went down town tA lii t see the dentist said Mrs Jordan I 1 gave gae ave her Of O this was to be paid to the I dentist for filling a tooth and 10 cents was for her car c r fare fafe f e When hen she came back I 1 I asked her about the money mone as she sho had haf hadnot hadnot not had her tooth filled Sho Sh raid aid the man who told her to commit suicide had bor borrowed bo borrowed rowed 50 cents so o that he could buy the tue I poison polson She did not explain what she had done dOlle with the remainder of ot the money It seemed strange that a man who claimed to be a cracker manufacturer would bor borrow borrow borrow row CO jQ cents from a poor girl and stran stranger stranger stranger ger still for such a purpose