Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-03
A Melancholy TaIe-sedu duetion, Des-
pair and Suicide.
PrOr, thA ChIraUo 1rrfbnpa

Acting Coroner SummerHeld held an in.
quest yesterday, which developed q fearful
picture of depravitY. The victim was
Maggie McLaren, a withered Leaf from the
vase of society, known since her seduction
as Maggie Lyons, scarce II years Of age
She was bora in New York OF excellent
parents, WAS we'll brought up, aud apea-
rently was making good start in lite
Three or four years since she came to Chi
cagO to learn tho millinery business, aud
became acquainted With brakeman on the
Galena Railroad, by whom, under promise
OF marriage, she was betrayed, ssduced,
deserted aud left with child, the where.
abouts of which 10 unknown.ns ~ a
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Sensitive aud proud; aud 20 conceal her
shame plunged headlong into vice. She
identified herself with . miserable. baguio
kept by a woman named Herricks. where
she lived for two years, the gayest Of the
gay. During that time she made dashipg
displays and was the heroine Of many ad-
ventures.
She finally left the woman Herricks,
wandered about from place to place, and
finally became the mistress of hackman,
with whom she led an uuquiet life, and
two weeks ago, in an alteration, drew
dirk knife aud stabbed him in the shoul-
der, inflicting severe flesh wound, and
this brings US up to the time OF the in
quest.
The inquest was held in the fourth story
of u block on West Randolph street, near
Clinton, in a meanly furnished suite of
rooms occupied by one Jenny johnson and
her mother, with whom it appeared the de-
ceased occasionally stopped. From the
evidence 1t appears that the two girls went
out TO walk on Monday evening. AT first
they went TO u confectionery and oyster es.
tablishmcnt, much freQuented by women
Of this class, aud formerly known as the
Tont;ne Saloon.
After taking seat at the table she dis.
covered that the hackman was outside
She went out and asked him to come in.
He refused, with u rough answer. She re-.
turned, aud desired the girl, Johnson, to
write note for her, and dictated 1t.
1t was to the effect that she loved him,
and, in her vernacular, that she had gone
back on her," He would have nothing
more TO do with her, and so she was going
to die. Her name was McLareu, and her
parents lived iu New York, at No. 80 Park
street. She hoped that he wonld bury her
decently aud think Of her sometimes. She
then went TO neighboring drug store,
purchased fifty cents worth Of morphine,
returned to Gilbert's went down into the
kitchen, mixed the drug, aud took it in the
presence Of the cook, the other girl re-
naming up stairs, and, strangely enough,
using no interference.
They left the establishment aud went
over on the north side, by which time she
began to grow stupid, when they turned
aud went nome. They slept together, aud
during the night she grew very sick aud
vomited, and appeared very. stupid. Once
1t.
asked II she should not send for physi-
clan, and she replied, "No, am determines
to die, and have nothing to live for since
Billy has deserted me-" She rapidly grew
worse. The girl Johnson took her hant
aud went TO sleep; woke up at four o'cloct
in the morning and found she held th'
hand Of corpse. The miserable girli
{ work was oil over. EIL A5t3
The jury held. an inquest, listened to th
: facts, and rendered their usual verdict Il
such cases, "Dted by her own hands"