New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-24
endeavored to take her life the day Of her re-
mova is thus told by The Chicago Times:

mOYaI is tnus told Dy me Chicdgo Itmcs:
So az can be learned found II easy matter
TO convince the girl who had been stationed in her room
to prevent effort her part to Jump out OF the WIN
hall for moment The good natured servant oonsend
probably after renOnstrance and once OUTSIDE sn
seems 10 have found IL quite easy TO pass re sIWI'
darby and Pinkcrton's man. both Of whom had been IN
sru1ed not 10 allow her to pass them on any prete
though IN no case to lay hands on her or oner her any
Olence. She hurried by them and down the staircase 70
ward the east front OF the hotel to the drug S,oe o.
Squair Co, where che ordered two ounces OF au',
nun and ka quantity OF Camph9r The ele5k b she
assured him that she was troubled with neuIsl ID ne
shoulder and the pain often so severe that sne Ws
impeed seek relief by bathing IL in the compound sne
had ordered Still the clerk hesitated and iinaiy con-
suited the proprietor who suspected the real OBJECT r
that little strategy was better than an absolute @
he told her that should he prepared for her put ha
in this AA brief O SPACE Of time to And means Of
again placing her in the control OF her irlenur'
without s~yng another word 70 indicate her Intention,
she stepped out TO the sidewalk, called carriage rom
the number always waiting there. and, stepping qGky
block away The druggist whom she had first applied
suspected her object and hurried after her, as dd fhe
toms They arrived in time 10 prevent her recelI
ing it, though the cOmpounder Of drugs had Deen
disposed to give It to her she again turned to her Carl
and drove 10 William Daies two blocks IIter a"d
and again she failed TO the deadly hni by ts
time seemed TO TO her that her prescription must
have been compounded at the first place TO which she a
piled, she a@an entered her carriage and drove pan
to Squair's store at the Pacific Hotel fourOunce vli
filed with colored but harmless luidand ven her
She graspcd eagerly and started for her ROOM but nn
scarcely passed beyond tie uo9r WneH SHe Pcnntents
After waiting about 10 or 20 minutes
without feeling any unpleasant effects from ths
daught she essayed 10 repeat effort and again slipped
from and passed down 20 the drug store enc
told Mr. Sqair that the lotion seemed too weak to aord
her any relief and asked for another ounce OF audanun
siren ghen il. In order that there might be no rms
take about H. she stepped behind the prescription ease 10
that properly Prepared, thus putting the "a ug
gst his wits ends 70 ind new way to deceive her
Mr.. Robert Lincoln, for whom he had sent Tie moment
he her in his store, had not arrived and there
was no one at hand into she could De ven
50 nc informed her that all the laudanum be had WIS
kept in the cellar and 70 that place lac Withdrew 10 pre-
pare another compound of burnt sugar ana water An
ounce vial filed with this, labeled " Landannn.
stepped out on the sidewalk and drank the fluid after
her son arrived and finally, finding all her
efforts futile she quietly submitted to surrounding cir
cumstances and when the hour for ner departure fF
she accepted the kindly attentions OF the friends Who
to escort her 10 the depot 30 pleasantly tat nor one
Of the party suspected the terrible determination she bad
mad in her mind until it told them after her de-
parture.