| Show ALLIE CONK THE TRUE ACCOUNT OF HER DEATH A short time a ago ao o a scurrilous article appeared in the butte Batte diatte inter intermountain mountain in reference to the al alleged legett suicide of a young woman there named allie alile conk formerly of the ward of this city where her now resides it seems that the young girl was led away by a villain and afterward fell into a life of shame which mountain with characteristic mendacity asserts was the natural result of the influence and teachings of her mormon parents etc it is not the object of this writing to reply to the infamous slanders of that disreputable sheet but to present at the request of the bereaved mother the facts of the matter in reference to her daughter up to a year ago allie conk bore a good character was a member of the twelfth ward choir and as long as she kept under strictly mormon influence was a good and virtuous girl she had a companion named jennie fagell who also tell teli awadla like manner and the two girls about ten w weeks beeks previous to allies death deat h left for 0 off den tel tei telling tune ture ing mrs conk that they we were re go goin ing there on a visit and would soon return this was the last the mother saw of her child A letter to mrs conk from miss hageli hagen dated at butte april ath was received a few days ago a portion of which we are requested to reproduce dear mrs conk I 1 now sit down to write you a sad but true letter stating the death of of allie anie from the time we came to butte until her death she and I 1 were er erali all the time until a week ago last friday when she left and went to board with miss bell I 1 went to see her every day friday night about 11 she told miss bell rne one she did not feel very well weli and would go to bed about I 1 A ol clock elock she told miss bell she would like a doctor and one was called immediately the fhe ahe doctor said she had a billious billions attack and gave her some medicine and said sie she she would be all right in the morning at half past 3 she was feeling better and said she had got a letter from al AI blackburn and asked me if I 1 would like to read it she said what would you do if you were me I 1 said I 1 would go she then said 1 I will go and asked me if I 1 would go with her I 1 said there was nothing there for me but I 1 would go with her the letter from blackburn was an offer ol oi marriage I 1 went over next day as soon as I 1 got up at one she was asleep and had been since 8 miss bell and I 1 thought she was sleeping so nicely that we would not wake her Iwen I 1 went thome home at 4 miss bell thou thought ht she looked so bad she would get the tre doctor ile he came and said she had taken something and aud was dying g it nsf u 41 too late to use a sto stomach macil macii pump but we got an electric battery anci and worked over her four hours which made its ita and then gave her up they held heid an inquest and stated the cause of her death as taking morphine they all thought the medicine the doctor gave her did not stop the pain in her stomach abon enough so she took some morphine pills and took too many she has taken these pills ever since we have been here every time she did not f feel eel well |
