Show Tried Suicide by Smallpox AUSTIN USTIN A Tex Jan 25 There There is a t most peculiar story going the rounds in this city and which is vouched for forby by some who claim to know It is that of a young girl who has attempted suicide suicide sui sui- sui- sui cide by the smallpox route Her lover died almost a year ago from smallpox and arid she has wilfully exposed herself t to that disease In a small hut In the settlement known as Mexico in ih the southern portion of the city a Mexican woman has been sick with smallpox This young girl came to the shanty and at first was refused admittance e but was admitted later when she represented that she she- co could ld cure the patient Once Inside and in contact with the victim she told of her har real purpose and sac sad story The Mexicans tried to persua persuade her to leave but she would not go Instead in instead instead in- in stead lying down on the pallet with the patient and spending the night there The attending physician quarantined the young girl with the Mexicans and though it at has been ten days since the first visit she has not contracted the disease Galveston Daily Dally News |