Show r yi T J N SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE A L salt lake jake vity tit cirl girl goes to her ifer linely grate the tile of tho the gives ves the follow following i particulars ofa of a shocking mcking suicide t that bg t was committed in salt lake city on oil birthday wednesday afternoon mary ellen hurst a young girl not iia quito quite eighteen years old put an end to her earthly earthly life hy by taking strychnine before she committed the rash net act she ate dinner as usual swept t up t lie kitchen and nud did other work after taking the poison she was in the act of dressing her hair when seized hy by tile deadly spasms A couple of notes written with a pencil were found beside her one was addressed to mrs winner wisner bain being in the nature of a request for her to call and dress her body after her death and the other to her mother giving y some directions about her ei iff burial A number of neighbors gathered in on the alarm being given and dr benedict was summoned but the young woman had breathed her last half an hour before his arrival sho she having died lied at p in A cup found near the deceased containing t bining some g grains rains of a drug was to the doctor lie at nt once recognizing izing the stuff as strychnine an ali inquest waa was held at the tile city Hall Thursday morning by coroner taylor it appear appears from the evidence given that tho the deceased alio was a single was seven months advanced in pregnancy and that fact combined with the circumstance that the supposed father of the child major trumbo Tru had lind left the territory was believed to be the tile cause of her committing suicide the testimony ofT of mrs AIrs kisver pointed specially in that direction tim this witness no not only stated that deceased had informed her that the person before named was the cause of her trouble but that slie she had also stated to her that she lie was foully outraged her iler story was to the cf effect blat that some sonic young men threw handkerchiefs in her face causin causing her to feel strangely and that aub subsequently her parson person had bad been vio violated while under the influence of the peculiar feeling su super p er induced by the placing of handkerchiefs on lier face this this mccurr occurred ed at a surprise party made the start startling lino statement eDt that the deceased told her that eight other girls giris were violated on the lie same occasion casion two of whom bad had since gone to montana Alon tann to hide their di disgrace rac race the case is one odthe of the mos most t distressing and kick sickening ening that has occurred in this parts part of tho the country and should be a warning to young young women to be careful hegt regarding th alic c kind of company they keep I john haigh IIa igli jolin john evans and isaac II If ardman composed ners jury their verdict being that the deceased came to her death from the effie effects cus of strychnine poi sou s oil self administered |