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Show STRYCHNINE ENDS HER WASTED LIFE. Tabic City. June 7.1800. Special telegram to Tub Heari-d Maggie I hompsun, a keeper of a house of ill-fame, endctH.T existence here last night about ! 12 o'clock in a very dramatic way. Two bottles of strychuine in a hail a tumbler of water did the work and soon put an end to the life of the "poor unfortunate." unfortu-nate." About a quarter to 12 o'clock she entered the l'alace restaurant with her little child and ordered the waiter to bring her some oysters. While the oysters were being pregwrcd she asked for a corkscrew, which was given tier. T he waiter returned in a few minutes and saw her trying to give the contents to her little child, who stubbornly refused . "Mag," as she is commonly known, told the waiter the child had a bad cough and that the mixture was cough medicine.and when the child continued to refuse it, she arose, held the glass aloft, at though ottering a toast, shook it gently to mix ttte contents, and then drank it. She raised the glass again as before and then dashed it to the Itoor. She tuld the waiter she had taken strychnine strych-nine but wanted to pay her debrs before she died. She paid tor the oysters and sat down and ate them. A Dr.was sent for, but before he nirivcd she was dead, llefore dying she reproved her little one for not drinking drink-ing the poison with her, and repeatedly called to her, "Oh. why diden't you take it tooV Before losing consciouuesa she arranged fo ' the disposition of the child, vho ts about four years of age. .Site was compelled this week to give up her house on account of non-payment of rent and it is thought that this, working on tier Blind already weakened by the wild fife she had ledj urged her to commit the rash act. |