The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-09
rue AMI HOUSE SUICIDE.
Further Par.leu,ars OF the Sad Anstr=
The victim Proves TO be Kate Diekel
nee For.ythe=yerdIet Of the Coroner

HeE AIllly HfAllC Nun hA1BiASNt NA
ling left her home in this city TO lead . life
OF shame. As will be seen by the ey1:
Idenee, the substance OF which VI printbes
low, she not only boarded at the Nne
House under an assumed name, but went
80 fur as to induce Mr.. Rine to write alet-
tor Of contrition and repentance for her,
addressed to q fictitious father ut Barnes
vile.
Kate Dickel, the real name OF the unior-
tunate girl, was u daughter OF VIM. For
sythe, residing at No. s 18th street. About
two years ago she was married to q young
German named Philip Dickel, who resides
Lin East Wheeling. The couple lived to-
lgcther but a few weeks, when they separ-
ated, and have been living apart since.
Dickel, we understand, recently applied
for u divorce, and the case Is now pending
in the courts. John Heron, q driver in
the employ Of Simon Baer & Sons, has
been paying her q good deal OF attention
for d month past, and it appears that 1t was
principally on his account that she left
her home.
Justice Vim. Phillips, having been noti-
fled OF the girls death, impaneled the fol
lowing jury to hold an inquest owe the
remains: John Snyder, A. J. Ferguson,
John Moreland, Eugene Cady, F. J. Roth
acker, W. II. Haller, O. d. Spencer, VIM.
Charnock, ii. A. Uthman, John Welty,
George Hfrshiellow and John Mazingo.
The first witness called was DR.. Thomas
II. Logan, at whose drug store deceased
hind told DR.. Kelley she procured the
poison she swallowed. DR.. Logan testified
that no poison had been sold 70 any person
OF the name given by deceased, within ten
davs, as the book kept for registering the
sales OF poisons proved. The poison might
have been obtained there by the girl, how
ever, under an assumed name, rs persons
obtaining poisons for illegitimate uses did
not always give their names.
Nj. James Rine, proprietor of the Rine
House, who was the next witness, testified
substantially as follows:The girlcametomy
house Sunday evening three weeks ago,
accompanied by a man, since Unidentified
as Jno. Heron. She said he had just ar
rived from GAINESVILLE, and wanted to put
up at my house. She was given a room,
stating that her name was Minnie Black.
She paid her board herself until the last
week, which remains unpaid. She after
wards told me she was married to John
Heron. They occupied the same room.
4 man named Shaw frequently came with
Heron. About q week ago Minnie told
witness she was sorry she had left home,
and requested him 10 write TO her father.
Witness did as she requested, writing at
her dictation that she was sorry she
thad left her home with q man
who had since proven false to her,
and that she wished to be forgiven for her
sin and received into the bosom OF the
family again" This letter was put in an
envelope and directed to "Gco. Black, No.
245 Main street, GAINESVILLE, Ohio" which
was given by the girl as her fathers nd.
dress. Minnie took the letter and started
to put itinto the letter box on 18th street.
She went in the direction OF the box, but
witness did not see her drop it in, as he
lost sight OF her after she turned the cor.
Liner. In a couple OF hours she returned
10 the hotel. She wa taken sick on Sun
day evening, and Heron and Shaw we're
constant visitors to her o until she
died. Witness entered her room at $50
A.. NJ. Yesterday, and found Heron lying
on one side OF tho bed and Shaw sitting
on a chair near the bed. Upon inquiring
OF the girl how she felt, she repliedtha
she felt much better. Heron then said
he Thought he would 60 to work, and he
and Shaw went down stairs. Witness and
this wife, and two women employed at the
lhotel, remained with the girl until she
died. Witness went down stairs, and see
ing Heron there, told him Minnie was
dead. Heron and Shaw then went up
Estairs to the girls room, and after looking
at the corpse fora moment went out.
I The evidence OF DR.. G. w. Kelley, the
attending physician, who was next called,
was in substance as follows: While at the
Postoftice on Monday evening, between 4
and 5 o'clock, he was accosted by Heron,
who asked him to call on a patient at the
Rine House, who was very sick. Heron
assured him that he would see that the bill
twas paid. The Doctor went to the Rine
House, where he saw the girl, who told
him that her name was Minnie Black. She
was in q very bad condition, suffering
from the effects OF arsenic poison. The
Doctor asked her why she had taken the
poison, and she at first declined to
answer. Upon being told that she
was in q critical condition, however, she
confessed that she had taken q large dose
OF arsenic, but asked the Doctor not
to fell any ono OF 1t. When asked why
she had taken the poison she said she was
"tired OF living" She asked the witness
who told him she was sick, and who sent
him to her. Witness told her that Heron
had requested him to come and see her.
Witness then asked her II she would not
like TO get well, and she replied that she
would. She said that she had obtained
the poison ut Logan, List & Co.'S. drug
| store, from one OF the clerks, and swal-
lowed it on Sunday afternoon between 1
and . o'clock. When asked why she had
allowed herself to suffer for twenty.four
hours without calling in a physician, she
said that she didn't want any one
4 to know that she had taken the
dose Of diollzed iron, and gave her sweet
milk to drink in place OF water. The
medicine apparently had no effect, and
the physician gave orders to repeat the
dose during the night, and took his de
parture. Death was undoubtedly caused
By an overdose OF arsenic. When asked
by q juror II he had found any marks OF
violence upon her person, witness replied
that he had not. Minnie told witness
that She had never been married to
Heron.
Mrs. James Rine was sworn. Witness
had talked with deceased, who said
she was from GAINESVILLE, and gave
her name rs Minnie Black. She
said she had been married to
John Heron. Witness said she wouldnot
believe it until she showed her marriage
certificate. The girl said Heron had the
certificate, and II he was q man he would
show it. Minnie was very earnest in her
declaration that she was married to Her
ron, and said that il she could write to
Squire Maycs at West Alexander, he
would send her q certificate. She solemn.
" declared, aboutthe last words she spoke,
that she was Herron's wife. When wit
ness asked her why she wanted to die, she
said Heron didn't treat her right; that he