Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-05-20
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SsDUcTIos AID SrICIDe.-About the
lsss u H"vsabss. Jssl.fs Sesssb vesas
saosd Janet Dastoo. sboat thirty yssss old.
engaged 70 Dc chamber cork 1t the Bur,is
Hooss. OF h~ ssssesdssis ~ ksev noshing,
ssssps that che left Scotland . isv Sssss
since 10 soopsoy With her bosb .od. yssog
hsSs ssd sister. On the way out. hss bss
hsod Ss'l overheard and vss jsewc.d. Her
child died sisss h.r arrival here. Her eiseum.
sesusss we're soeh that she wss eompsIl.d 70
ssrs hss isiog as doing hopssvoek During
ben ssay. ~ loaned 90 seqs.iotssss ~ish
smother eopIoyes Of the bcuss. ss~ed F'snh
ColItns-a rascal Of the first wstss. Their
| ssQss'stspes resulted 10 her ssdaesies. under
rsCmise Of marriage. The shsnsless vi'lsis
msds bis boasts es the sllisb outrage hs hsd
psrps%tss.sd and s"cn The koSwlsdgs Of her
coalition beesns veil ksows among the other
.esvsoss about the house. and she vac soon
he 6sss Of the vaigss jesss Of her companions
Being of nstar.lly sensitive disposition. this
oesrly distracted her. 10 order 70 cover h~s
shame shs procured On abortion. Yourg
CoII,os st,li kept intimate With her and stll
promised marriage. a short time sincs. he
succeeded In gsttisg her hsrd.ssrssd wsgs.
from hsr. uodsr some miserable prsssnss. Up
| - the latter psrt Of last week she had mAu
sgsd 70 seaad % sesinss The insults aad soes's
II her fellow ssrvsnts without statipg 10 sny
friend The extreme torture Of miod shs We
isbsr ring sedsr. FLslly % Friday. che lsis
end procured some lsudoua. which she took
10 end her life. Ahsr taxing ts. she vent 70 .
lady frisnd's houss snd told her What .hs hal
done. An .nsidote wss speedily prepared and
the poisoo did not opsr.ss. TIE ssms even
tng che vent 70 the house of NJ. Dau. Moore,
where she bad formerly worked. and told
Mrs. Moore her troubles. She vas advised |
cot to attempt 10 kiis herself again, but to 20
away quietly over to her sis,er's. vho livss io |
Coal vslisy. snd lsy 70 ct over her trouble. |
On Sunday moroing sbs lett and vent over
the liver 10 Rock I-Isnd. and procured st the |
City Drug Store . 0ius'. worth Of stry chnire,
aud bs, w.sn nine sod ten o'clock came back
and took cot the poison and swallowed It.
Soon the poison began to operate, aud sAs
told the faulty whst she had done. Dr.. Par
Ter vas called IN. and NJ. Moore, vho had
gone away. was sent for. spssms began 10
come 90. and iu her sgeoy she drank ne.rl,
If . plot Of strong CANT hor, and then vent
down into the back yard and drank three
g'assss Of eosp sude. This vomi'ed her. bu,
che was so,n Obliged to lay down. spssn
cana on fast. and nothing that the Do or
could do cou'd alleviate her. She bad taken
po,so1 enough TO kill . half dozen men, aud |
had il not been for the esmphor and suds -hs |
had swsllv we'd. shs probsLIy would hsvs died |
the IL twenty niuu'<e. Sac continued tv ha. . |
most frighttul spssms. and about te .'oIock Dr.
Burtis had Dr.. Adler called In. He did Oh hs |
could do. Tut Of 20 avsil. She fingered along
10 epasms until eix o'clock. ven she died.
It 10 one Of the most outrsgsoas and grossly |
iuhumau casss on record. Tbs hsutsl scoup- |
drsl ~ho ,has brought ruin end death uron |
her. msrits nothing better than death by the |
halter.
Coroosr Touson held an irquest over ths |
corpse % saturday evening. ~hsn the follow. ,
,nx tee imo.y ~as elected:
T.. sttmosy Ia the Case O1 Jsauet Dutton |
w.O Commit cd suicide, sunday, hoy |
18th.
srAr. o. Iowa, 81.
Ex-mi.s.,Un Vi witDssses produced. sworn |
sDd sxsOiosd betoes o,s. J. J. Tomson. Cvro
"sr VI .sid county, aud Israel usli. snd ].
K ch. sDd q. Il. Auslee, lawful men 0f the
iuqu,rs when. how, snd by what msaus Jsn.
us. Uus,oo ssne 10 her death.
Da J. &. tAxKEx SWORN Il know the per.
sou iying deal. cav her eUus eight months
ago. she was apparently ss0s IT thst time
SUms four OF five days sgO che came 20 NY
oiiics. ssy Ing tha. che wss 70 trout~-w,sh-i
t. suUW ahat tu do. She esld . man ~ th.
name Vi Frank CulIins invited her to walk aud
vi0tssed her persOu.
I ssv her t".day ab"u, IL . clock. I fou I'd
her suffering from spssMs She int.rmed NE
that che had taken strychoins With shs int.D-
i"s ., killing hsrs~lf Said she got tue oissn
10 Ro.s is'sod. thiDk th.s her d~sth vas
esu.. d ~ strychnios She sa,d shs had been
.isasuossd. amt wi.hsd % ole. rsnsined
irom III till 3 .ci"ck.
here Aiux dssd. tor the FIRST time this after
hsck. Found her qaits rational. wsh ire.
Q.sis pulse. Face fushed-h.ad turned 70
the lett, and vomiting ct Intervals. Shs had
q slight evnvulsion Of her limbs soou sftsr
aAw her I had been Informed shat che had |
taken stry choins. Sh- tod me herssif that |
srs had taken s:rychnias. / rsa.s,ned until
che died. I am sst'e6sd slDt che died fCm
the ffsets of stry chnipe.
J. J. BOkrls s,eosm know the person here |
l,ing dssd have known her about four |
woo,hs; she hss bssn is my employ son.
s,dsrsd her girl 81 sound misd; DID 20.
kn. y u hse sroublss; sse The last s~o vr
three Wssts che hss not done % veil 10 my
service % pssvious sbs has du. her irUan
..s Is 6s. which have paid to NJ. D.nisi |
Moore believe hsl to bs . girl Of gvvd |
q. rel character she lost no time by rsason IT
-s-kssss dustsy The time che Sss 70 NJ en-. !
pioy.
DANIEL Moons. seor~: ] know the pesoon |
here j. Ing dead her name 10 Jennss Dut,oo |
she worked Tor me- 10 1861. three months, siso |
three Dooths 10 1861 sbs saad that shs bed |
bseo married 10 scotland. and her husossd |
was ioss On the ocssb 90 tar % knuv she |
vos Weman sf good moral cAasssssr ; shs |
esns 70 my house lsst night ahsus stDs o'e'oek. |
. eood deal excited che said that Frank col.
lins had started reports abost her at the Bur. |
sis House, and thst che had taken isudanao
on . seeouot; che laid doso and slept I'll .
s.gh.: THE msroiag she appeared u b. ~
tiOnsl. bus semsvhss exeissd; THE noraisg
.he told me that Feank Ceiiias asked h.r 20
~ iSto bic sao0s eeAlseiees lts-he esh.e into
the rom ssA lceksA The door auu vivls,ed
her psssos She lett ny bvsee
etSselo Sie'osk. - eeto h.e slassSs 10 Oss.
vsll~y, b ,sk lead eUssty. l.lisois; l esss 10
E.ss DIss6psr. ESQ bse sssS ssS ssA eleven
o'clock ! ~as SCOT for seyisg shas Jsnoet had
returned 20 nv hOoeo sod had sAkeo etey Oh.