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Show DEATH BY STRYCHNINE. Mary Wilson, 16 Years of Age, Tafces Up Arms Against Domestic ' Troubles, - And by a Swallow of the Deadly Strychnine, Strych-nine, Opposes and Effectually Ends Them, For She Had Previously Told Her Brother "She Couldn't Stand It Any Longer." A shocking suicide occurred this morn ing in the Eighteenth ward, by which the family of Henry Wilson is plunged into the most distracting grief. Mary Wilson, a young woman something over 16 years of age, was discovered in front of Mr. Harry, Field's residence, on A street, about 8 o'clock this morning, and attracted attract-ed the attention of Mr. Field by the. peculiar manner in which she stumbled along on her way northward above the Eighteenth ward meeting house. Cuming Cum-ing out at hi3 front gate about half an hour later, he saw, some distance further up the road, what appeared to be ' THE PROSTRATE FORM OF A WOMAN. Mr. Field, recalling the incident of the woman staggering past some few mo-' ments before, hastened to the spot, and found already there, bending over the unfortunate young woman, in an effort to arouse her from what seemed to be a stupor, ' Mr. Isaac Langton, who had stumbled upon the body while hurrying down to work. The two gentlemen tried in vain to relieve her sufferings, and in reply to the question, "What is the matter?" mat-ter?" she said, "lam dying, lam dying." Mr. Field hastened down town and summoned sum-moned Dr. Benedict, who arrived too late to afford any aid. Meantime, Mr. Lang-ton, Lang-ton, assisted by J. E. Billing, carried the victim to the family residence near the corner of B and Fifth streets, which was little more than 200 yards from where she fell. On the way she pleaded to be laid down, her convulsions being something terrible, and in less than ten minutes after reaching her home she expired. She stated, in reply to several questions, before be-fore arriving homer that SHE HAD TAKEN STRYCHNINE, And gave as the cause that her . mother was cross with her. The coroner's inquest, in-quest, which was held within two hours after the occurence, revealed the fact that Mary had been absent from home since Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock, and that she had quarreled with her mother before leaving, in regard to taking a situation situ-ation which had been secured for her, and which, it was expected she wouid enter yesterday morning. During the altercation Mrs. Wilson struck Mary on the side of the head, the girl having persistently insisted on going to eome dancing party, to which the mother strongly objected. She was not seen afterwards by her parents until brought home in a dying state. Her brother Matthew, who is employed at the Twentieth Twen-tieth Ward Co-op., on being told yesterday yester-day morning that Mary had gotten a bottle bot-tle of strychnine from the store and had had it charged to her mother, proceeded immediately in search of his sister and succeeded in finding her near Bishop Sharp's residence. He prevailed upon her to deliver to him the bottle of strychnine, strych-nine, and advised her as to the nature of the crime she contemplated. She said she ' COULDN'T STAND IT ANY LONGER (Probably referring to " her tronble at home), but after some considerable talk with her brother she started off to take the situation according to appointment. She had been given a dollar by her brother for the purpose, he understood, of buying an apron, but it is more than likely she used it, or a portion of it, to purchase the deadly drug that destroyed her life. She did not call on the family with whom she was to enter service, and her brother hunted high and low for her last evening without success. There does not appear to have been anything remarkably violent in her quarrel with her mother, further than that already mentioned, and her parents do not seem to have had the slightest suspicion that she would resort to any extreme, well-knowing well-knowing that the fiery temper of the girl had often led her into doing and savin" I extravagant things, which were easily and soon forgotten afterwards. The coroner's jury, after examining the j evidence, rendered a verdict that the deceased de-ceased had come to death by the use of strychnine poison, self-administered. A bottle nearly , half full of diluted strychnine was found near where the young woman fell, and Dr, Benedict expressed ex-pressed the opinion that she had very probably lain down by the creek and filled into the bottle containing the poison poi-son some water, as there was ample evidence that she had drank from the dilution. - THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED Came from Scotland in the spring of 1882, as Mormon emigrants, and are represented repre-sented as being quiet, industrious people of rather exemplary habits. The young woman, herself was a de-I de-I cidedly attractive-looking person, with blue eyes and fair complexion, and is said to have been bright and vivacious, as well as very amiable when not in her occasional moods. It is not probable that any new features will be developed in relation re-lation to the cause of the suicide. |