The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-13
An Attempted Suicide.

Kansas City Mall
The ~. Charles house is situated at the
southwest corner 81 Grand Avenue and
Twelfth street. The proprietor Is not .
very old resident Of Kanss. City, having
come here from the east within year past,
but he has the appearance of being = man
Of respecisbili,y and is we'll -P"ken Of by
those who know him. His vile IS woman
of about thirty Eve, apparently staid, re-
spectab e and OF an evenly balanced di-po-
-ition. Last evening the gentleman men
toned went over TO West Kansas for some
purpose, saving that he wonld return about
half past eight. When AT nine o'clock he
had not come, his wife became very much
excited. and after threatening io take
her life, went 90 her room. A few minutes
later she was discovered insess bile by the
inmates Of the house, and DR. Chapman
Vas .-nt for. lie arrived about half past
nine aud found the woman In an uncon-
scioa- condition. hardly re-piring. Il vas
then ascertained that she had taken at one
draught too ounces and six drachms Of
bottle in her possession. The crug was Of
the best quality and unusual strength, and
the doctor tells US that there has never
been reported during the history Of medi-
cine case in which dose Of this sixe has
produced other than fatal result. He At
once administered . powerful hypodemic
injection Of = preparation OF ammonia, the
Use of which for this purpose is recent
discovery. The doctor remained With the
patient until four o'clock this morning. in
jeciing during that time eighteen drachms
OF ammonia, equivalent to eighteen ounces
taken internally, and then left her on the
way 20 recovery. To-day the woman is
much better No cause is ASST ned for the
act. and the affair seems In he the rash
deed Of hypochondriac.
Mule Grabbers.
A Galveston Ne~s San Antonio special
gives letter from Capt. L. w. Carpenter
OF the Tenth Cavalry, in which he states
on information received, that the Indian:
of Fort Stanton Reservation sDld mules ia
the town Of Del Norte, Mexico, that had
been stolen from FL Paso stage lines, and
that the Indians are supplied at the store.
in Del Nor,e with improved breech loadins
rifles aud ammunition without question
Captain Carpenter further states that ,
company al regular Mexican cavalry i
stationed in the town Of Del Norte. Thi
shows how some OF the American Indian
are supplied With arms and ammunition
Wild Bill Neal.
Wild Bill Neal, veil known in thi
section a. horse thief and desperado, "a
captured last Tuesday, while pss.in,
through Sturgeon With some movers boun,
for Kansas. Neal hiss been hard cas-
since the var. and has been engaged in al
kinds Of devilment. He has served
term in the Missouri and the Illinois peni
tentiarie-. and is said to belong to resu
lar organized band of thietes having thei
headquarters between Hannibal an,
Louisiana. He stole mule near Stureeos
in 1875 and was traced 10 Massia, Ill
where the mule was recovered, but Nea
made good his escape, il Is on this chars
he is nov arresied. Since his arrest b
has implicated other parties. one re.idin
in Centralia, but Meals unsupported evi
dence il not apt to harm any one.-O.
fralia Guard.