Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-01-13
Sad Career of n Young Girl-Shc
Commits Suicide I'm a DisrePut-
ahIe UUOuse

| There is no misery which equals that
| which is entailed upon unfortunate women
With very few exceptions they are indeed
unfortunate; untoward circumstances have
made them what they are, and when wo-
man has once forsaken the path of virtue,
no matter how, her friends cast her Off
The ties of blood are sundered, an unfeel-
ing public points at her the cold finger OF
scOrn, and taunts and reproaches assail her
from every side. She is driven out upon
the world, with heart from which every
hope of happiness is forever blotted out,
and with nothing but the gaunt spectre OF
despair pointing to an ignominious grave.
When she finds herself in this fearful posi-
tion, the thought of self-destruction enters
her heart, and, by the aid of arsenic or some
other deadly posion, she puts an end to her
miserable existence. Such was the fate OF
a poor unfortunate girl, not quite nineteen
years of age. in this city yesterday. 1t was
the old story. She had been betrayed, then
cast off and she sought to hide her shame
in an untimely grave.
On Sunday evening last, a young woman,
apparently about nineteen years of age
and quite prepossessing in personal appear
ance, knocked at the door of disreputable
house on Van Buren street, kept by the
notorious Mollie CASTILLO, and requested to
be allowed to remain there few days. The
woman gave the necessary permission, and
took the girl to her own room. Mrs. Cas-
tello was absent during the greater part of
the evening, and on returning found that
the newcomer had retired to bed. Several
times during the night the girl was heard
to groan, and she vOmited once or twice,
but the keeper of the house was not alarm
ed, as she supposed the girl had been drink
| r.. In a n,nrninO ubtla cla W. q
dressing, CASTILLO perceived two boxes on
the window sill, which, upon examination,
she found to contain opium and arsenic, OF
which she ascertained that the girl had
swallowed portion the previous evening.
She threw the stuff into the fire, but as the
girl appeared to be in good health, and hal
partaken of hearty breakfast, she suppos-
ed that the effects of the poison had been
counteracted. Nothing unusual was notic-
ed during the day, or indeed until Thurs
day evening, when the girl complained of
feeling unwell and shortly afterwards went
to bed. She rapidly grew worse, and final
ly doctor was summoned. Antid0tes
were administered, but they were Of no
avail The unhappy sufferer soon became
delirious, and, continuing to sink, expired
at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, with the
name of her seducer upon her lips.
From accounts given by the deceased
previous to her death, it was learned that
she had recently arrived in this city from
Davenport, Iowa, where she had lived
formerly two years with her betrayer,
whose name she give as Higgins. Through
his inducements she had left the home of
her parents, who reside In Milwaukee.
The only motive she gave, for committing
the rash act, was that having been cast of
by the man who had caused her leave the
paths of rectitude and virtue she no longer
wished to live in this world.-C Chicago Times,
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