The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-27
Suicide in Saline County.

Correspondent Vi the DALDp ~ NaSe
shall, Saline c",iniy. gives an account Of
the -uici.le Of Mss Hattie Miller. daughter
Of ]. X. Miller, a respectable farmer Of
Grand Pass townsI,ip. on Friday last. She
~ss . beautiful, fascinating youus lady OF
about eighteen yesrs. we'll beloved by ell
xho knew her except one. The cause u
her Standardization seems 10 have been I'M
rcqu,iesi love. On the morning 81 the sui-
eide -he got up in her usual cheerful, merry
rpi,it and there vas nothin in her manner
that would have led any one Z, suppo-e that
IN three hours she would be dead, ard that
Al her own hands
She had been keeping company with
young man by the n~me u Charles Miller.
and after breakfast they had short inter-
view which ended in an unpleasant manner.
Shortly after she said 10 her sister. tell
pap. I have swallowed strychnine" and
vent to her room. In few minutes she
was dead. After taking the poison she
wrote the following and left il On her table
DARLING MOTHER Il come To the con-
clusion ih.t cannot live any longer happy.
II you want To know anything 70 to Char.
lev Miller; he can tell you all. ask for.
Rivene~ Of al the children and Papa.
know what state will meet-death; but
tina, il nothing TO this worlds trouble~
Tell Aunt Liza ! am thankful for all the
GOOD advice she kas given me. know il
will BE- . great trouble to you, Ma but try
and bear it. Ma, dOn'i grieve for me.
Give everything have to Mamie. and ask
her to send Bigger's ring home. Give my
Dig tn Addie. Ask Charlie 10 forgive me
/ forgive him with all my heart. Tell him
for bis mothers sake not TO be 30 tickle
minded. IL IL with regret write this. and
take nv own life but ! will meet Johnnie
Bury me ut the side Of Johnnie, and
hope ne will be the only ones that will
commit such an act. Ny dying love to all
Ask Papa TO forgive me. q, forgive me.
| Hattie
Go. Ma, tell Aunt Nancy Gsuldin every
thing. | am going to take come strychnine
The note vas folded and addressed ss fol
Iowa:
To my darling mother and father. an.
L
Spears. Tell her all, and write 10 Cousin
Gabe.
She had . cousin, Johnnie, referred to il
the above, Who committed suicide fev
months ago, because Of unrequited love.
She vas buried - requested. The grie
ssr;ctes parents and friends hsve the syn
/ nafhv Of all Who knew them.
! An Iowa Murder.
i A cold .blooded double murder Vas CON
nisted near Pacific junction, twenty mile
south Of Council Bluff. Saturday evening
The victims we're Jno. Tynans and Wa
Doria, both Of them day lsbosen IN . s,oa
quarry. When Lest seen alive they Vel
walking along the railroad trsck Z. rosse
: their hone, about Eve nile dissast m
we're found at the side Of the road l,iesall
riddled With shot. DORM 80 known b
his fellow lsbores to have hundred do
lass % hs pss,oo when be qsis vosk Satu
,, day evening. and il = supposed this - q
incentive TO The The decd. The circus
ssances point to young mas named job
} NcCseary, another workman q the quar-
D | . The guilty party, and b ~ ssressl
, Monday; also his fslbse and bsoshs
, Yoaae Mc0rsasy left he quarry Sassrds
Nth shotgun, and When taken into ca
, tody had IN unusual quantity Of money q
Ihi penoa. Lyaehing y sszeagly TALKED I