Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-11-29
Double Suicide at Eureka.
from the Eurck. Sentinel, Nov. as.h.l

ltrom the eureka Senuncl, NOV. Atn.l
On Sunday evening last, this com.
munity was shocked with the startling
intelligence of the double suicide Of
women Of the town, Lena De-
Shields, commonly known as dutch
Kate" and Lizzie Green" The two
seem to have had no joint purpose, nor
to have known of the others
intention, as has been supposed BY
many, though, by a strange fatality,
both were driven to the accomplish
ment Of their fatal design about the
same hour. At the Coroner's inquest,
In the case Of Lena De Shields, the
evidence showed that deceased was a
native of Baltimore, Maryland, where
she leaves a father and a number Of
sisters. Her age was given at q years.
1t seems that about live O'Clock on
Sunday evening, deceased called Mr..
Davenport into her house on North
Main street, and from her manner he
was led to believed that she desired to
speak to him, or mad something I'M
portant to communicate, Mr.. D. n
tered the house and conversed With
her for some time on various topics.
He noticed a glass on the table con-
tanned a liquid which he supposed to
be water. He asked her what 1t was,
and she replied that 1t was none OF his
business, or words to that effect. AT.
ter this conversation Mr.. D. went Into
the front room and sat by the stove
reading a paper. In about tive mln-
utes she called to him and he re-en-
tered the bedroom. He found her re-
clinlng OH the sofa, sat down by her
side and asked her what she wanted
with him. She made no reply. and
upon closer inspection he noticed that
her head was dropping forward In n
seemingly helpless manner. He then
put his hand to her forehead and raised
her head to Its natural position, but
OIL withdrawing the support 1t again
dropped as before. He noticed also
that her lips were compressed. Ex-
amIning the glass, he found it to be
empty, and the idea then flashed across
his mind that she had taken poison,
w%hereupon he fastened to obtain med
lcal assistance. During the converse
ton alluded to above. he observed her
throw a scrap Of paper behind q trunk
at the foot OF the bod. This proved to
be a paper marked morphine pow
ders." Drs. Connolly. Lukens and
Hamilton did alt in their power to
save her, but without avail. She never
from the first regained consciousness,
aud finally expired at about half-past
eight o'clock.
Mrs. Green will be remembered
as the poor. unfortunate creature
whose sad condition we have taken
occasion many times to allude to In the
local columns Of the Sentinel. AT
times she wandered about the streets
poorly clad, seemingly oblivious to all
around her, and wearing the general
aspect of a confirmed lunatic. We
admonished the officers on the score OF
humanity to take charge OF her, and
send her either to the insane asylum
or to her friends In the East. She was
twice placed In the County Hospital,
but, on examination Of DR.. Chamblin,
the County Physician, her insanity
was found to proceed from the use oil
intoxicating liquors. Under the III
iluencc Of liquor she was extremely
fighty, but when duly sober she ap-
peared quite rational. Under these
circumstances, she was not a proper
subject for the asylum, and conse-
quently the officers had to set her at
liberty. We are Informed that her re.
latives In the East were notified Of her
sad condition while In the hospital,
but refused to contribute aught to her
assistance-thus throwing her again
Oh the cold charity Of the world, a
poor, half-demented creature, incapa.
BILE Of self.support. The evidence Of
Mrs. Mitchell, one Of the witnesses ex.
amlned, was to the effect that deceased
lodged In her house ; that OH last Satur'
day afternoon, ut about three O'Clock,
a noise accompanied by groans, was
heard In Mrs. Green's room, and that
upon trying the door it was locked on
the inside. Mr.. Mitchell, however,
effected an entrance through the win.
dow, and found deceased lying OH the
floor, suffering from commissions and
wholly insensible. DR.. Hamilton was
called ito see her; administered al
emetic, but without success. After a
time, however, che revived a little,
and appeared conscious Of all that was
transpirlng. In answer to the In
terrogatory Of the physician as to
whether she had taken poison, she
she answered that she had obtained
opium from "a Chinaman." She lin-
gered In great pain until about eight
o'clock Sunday evening, when despite
all efforts, she breathed her last.
Deceased was a native of Utica, n.
Y, and was about twenty-five years
Of age. Her relatives IN New York
are said to be In comfortable circum-
stances. She formerly lived In Gold
Hill, in this State, and later at Hamil-
ton. While residing In Hamilton, and
while working for Frank Ingram rs a
waitress In a restaurant, she fired a
pistol at that gentleman, woundipg
him quite severely in the leg. From
that time until tho final closing OF her
career she appears TO have grown
from bad to worse. Deceased left a
short note addressed 10 all whom 1t
may ~coucern," in which she stated
that she did not want the particulars
Of this little affair" as she expressed
1t, written to her people In New York.
and above all she did not want q word
said about her In the Sentinel. She
seems to have conceived u great dis
like for the Sentinel, on account, no
doubt. Of the frequent notices we have
given her during the last few months.
Her note concludes with a threat to
'.haunt" all, the editor Of this paper
In particular, who disobey her dying
injunction, that nothing whatever