, 1862-06-28

AYoung Woman Attempts to Commit
Suicide---Pi 0ba bic SedQCliou,

On Wednesday night, while officer Perry |
was ratroling his beat, he observed 8 young |
girl about eighteen years Of age leaning |
against a building on Clark street mud actirg |
in my sterious manner, which at once pro-
yoked close scrutiny OF her actions. He
watched her for some time, and deeming from /!
her manner that she Was meditating mischief,
he went up to her and aecosted her, inquiring
her name and residence, to which interrogato-
ries she made no reply, but seemed to be STU
diously endeayoring to conceal something.
The air being filled with the fumes Of
chlcroforna, he at once suspected her designs,
and managed to eecure bottle Of that liquid
before she had succeeded In concealing 1t.
He then attempted to remove her when she
fell senseless in his arms, from the effects Of
the drug she had taken. He procured assist
ance and the unfortunate girl was removed to
the A11nory. Aphysician was summoned just
In time to save her life. For the past two or
| three days she has been confined to the wit
ness room, and every care and attention has
been shown her which would tend to restore
her to health.
! Frequent endeayors have been made to draw
| from her the secret Of her troubles, but she
has constantly maintained IN abstracted and
| tacitu1n mood, hardly speaking or noticing
anything. Yesterday she called for officer
Perry and s:gnided that she wished to go out
for q minute Permission was granted, but
Immediately on reaching the hall she rushed
to an open window and flung herself ont, fall
ing upon the roof Of shed eighteen feet be-
Low and severely spraining her ancle. Medi-
cal aid Was again called, and she is now once
more under the PHYSICIANS care. Since her
fall she has become more communicative, bat
still ohly gives disconnected and partial &C.
count Of her trouble. She has given two
names-Grace Montrose and Adele Morrison,
but will not disclose the residence Of her pa.
her family farther than that she has s
married sister living in the city O
Milwaukee, and that she herself originally
came from Peoria, Illinois. She says tina
some time since she made the acquaintance 0
merchant in this city, whose name she vii
not disclose. That under promise Of mar
rage he seduced her, and finally prevailed o.
her to 20 with him to California. Some week
since the two left this city and went to Mex
, York to take passage. Arrived there, til
, merchant deserted her and left her almos
I destitute Of money. She returned to thi
Q city in search Of the wretch Who had thu
e cruelty left her, and for days had traye1le
: the streets night and day trying to find hin
At last, giving up in despair, the poor Fa'
time, without money, without friends, utterl
, lonely and utterly wretched, seeing nothin
Z behind her but wretched memories and befol
- her nothing but misery and ruin, attempted
s put period to her sad existence by taki1
> chloroforn. She still ayows her intention NJ
~ to live. She is remarkably handsome n
~ intelligent girl, with dark brown hair, cur
and cut short, hazel eyes, aorid complexio
IN mediam height and good figure, and from b
CT lady1ike appearance has created uuivers
N sympa'.hy amongst those cognizant Of her s:
q history. In another place will be found
in instance similar in many of its surrounding
IN but less terrible in its realities than this,
that the victim in this case has been more er
ely deceived, and that it is more than prot
IT. BILE the name Of the miscreant who has wrong
tn 1er ruin must forever remain secret. It
in sincerely to be hoped that this notice II
tic come within the observation Of some Of
Ill friends, and that they may pay instant atte
u. to the case. Officer Perry is entitled to grt
credit for the kindness he has manifested
his attention to the poor girl, and any inform
ed ton may be obtained Of him.