The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-01-14

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SUICIDE OF A YOUNG WOMAN.
she TAI, 81 t + ines AID 1ni e..
Testimony at the Coroner's Inquest.
Last Tuesday night Miss Ellen Grady, young
and pretty woman, deliberately took strychnine,
and thereby ended her life, at the residsnoe of
Mr.. Scott. on the west side, in this city. We
have gathered, aud present here all the facts
relative to this sorrowful event that We have
been able to obtain. We attended the Coroner's
inquest on Wednesday afternoon, at two o'clock,
at the residence of Mr.. Scott. Here We found
the aged and sorrow.stricken parents of the de.
ceased, q number Of the aoquaintanoes of the
poor girl; Dr.. Bry, the coroner Sheriff Blake,
and jury, composed as follows: James Van
Doren, A. Markham, J. G., Wolf, John Stark, +.
8. Kellogg, A. G.. Freeman, W. Moore, John D.
Gaul, John Domm, G. A. Campbell, John Nc
Carly. end Geo. ". 1avns nv r. ~ w,sT
The ssrps Wa in I. bsd room adjoining tAe
kitchen. The face, besides the whiteusss and
ghastliuess Of death. exhibited an sxpression Of
sgouizing pain, the muscles being risidly drawn,
and tho lips dawn apart and compressed upen
the teeth. She had an iatslieetusli head end
face, and was DOUBTLESS girl Of more than ordi.
nary pers oual charms.
.v'is1aEUvDERce. SsT
PATRICK GRADY sXorn: Am the father Of
the deceased. This is her body in this roam.
Her name Wa Ellen Grady. I live ct IL Sslla,
in this county \ Saw her LIST sonAsthias about
haven't seen her since. Her age va 10 last
New Years day. She wss down home, ct L.
Sale, when saw her last Know uothiae Of
the cause of her death. Had heard some talk a
her marrying some young naa here. hiadoeed
her-thought he would not b ct TO make hse o
living. Don't know that would remember hin.
I demonstrated against her marrying him. She
didn't say anything-didn't say che would marry
him-mads no snsvee. She sssnsd n rood
humor at that time. was sent for msa
csme from here TO La Lalls after me this
Dr.. HcARrHul sxsra: was called 70 -
tend Miss Grady ct 121< this moruins foand
her in spasms She vas unconscious, and osly
lived ons minute after came. She died In
spasms. She said nothing while W. With her.
made IN examination Of the room, aad from
0GSyC00l0o.
Examined the kitchen and found these papers.
(Here the witness exhibited some pieces Of White
paper to the jury, also part 81 label On which
was printed Poison" also cut Of deaths head
and bones, and the word sttrychaias" written
upon it. These were ON the door. There vas
: cup containing little coffee near . chair. |
There vas no stryehains in the ooAse. Stsyeh.
nine is very bitter and it, presence oan essily
30 dsteetsd. Ny opinion, from al I ssw,-hsr |
spasms, and the label touad, IL that che he'd |
tsksn strychnine. aad that that Wa the oauss Of
WV. CRAWFORD swsru: Am clerk In Beck |
q Lorrisaxs drug store I recognize The de- |
ceased She came into our store yesteeday sve.
ning. little after o'clock. Shs asked, (Which |
Is the best to kill rats arsenic or strychaias ,"
l said stryohnipex wss sprest, but AeaGnie the |
cheapest. She SAID, "Givs me ten oeats worth" |
went to got the bottle, when she said, mo, |
mean stryohniae." She asked me how it sheuid |
30 used, and gave her theldirsctions. told her
stsycnnine on. She left Have not seen her sinee,
until now. Am sure this L The girl CHE labsi |
found on the door was exhibited TO witnees) I 4
put up the medicine in this label. This IL NJ |
own hand writing. Iput up grains Of strych.
nine for her. i'aetrff-ssNtfF
Dr.. NcARTHuR recalled: One.fourth Of al
grain Of strychnine has bsen kaowu 70 kill man |
IN ~ mlnuCA6.
Here letters 1esAd ON the table were intro.
duced, and shown TO the jary.) |
EUGENE GRADY called Am brother Of The
deceased This letter 10 her h>ud writing. |
Mr.. Scott also identified the letters ~ The sass |
found on the table. ,,-,...- 500.
rue LETTERS. 'b
Ono letter was folded up and placed in an on.
velope, with the following verbatim super
scription:
O "Givs this to my
Mother"
We give this letter bslow: .l,i,t
my dear Mother ..JiJI
IL am very sorry for you but If you knew all |
have suffered and put up with for tho last three
months you wouldn't blame me was ashamed
and afraid to tell you but am gone now and
suppose you will blame me don't blame for you
wouldn't put up with all have. Henry Rag.
don promised TO marry me this fall, the lat Of
Novenbcr, no then put It of until spring and
finally hc didn't come at all wont with other girl
| send for him aud he wouldnt come near me
after all the proinises and osths he took to me,
The Meyers talk about mo and he talk about me
but was IA pure a. IA angel whenI got acqain.
ted with him. didn't want to go with but he
Jots1 me with knife and said GOO was
ashamed to tell anyone Mrs. Phelps can tell
how he fooled me. / hone / am out ~ troublo II