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Show I POURS OIL ON SELF AND APPLIES MATCH HF.NDERSON. Ky., May 2. Watchful guardians kept weapons anil poisons out or the reach of Helen Smith of Onion, Ky.. who was possessed of a suicidal mania, but today she took some matches and a can of coaloll to a secludod part of her father's home, where she saturated her clothing witli tho oil. Then she struck a match and ignited the dripping garments. gar-ments. As the llames enveloped her she screamed for help, but, when found, she was unconscious, burned black from head to foot, and died a few minutes later. She . had been prevented from drowning herself In a pond a few hours previously. |