The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-07-01
DEATH ENDED IT.
story ola Poor, UnTortunaie Young
Woman.

ksn>s> Ctsy Journal 18th.
The sscUsL al i.issms mts in the Poli~r~'
field c""iaies the following entry: "JWne
.5sh, Mary Miller. died si City Hn-piisi.''
This ~ all that tIs~ record shows of The sad
termination ot = yo"ng wousan's existence
here. The facts al The csse are ~ ioli,ws :
About the ci,-e IL the month III April, =
y"ung woman applissi To Dr. Poster, city
physician. E,r a.imiitanee to The city hos
piisl. She was in d~Iicsie condition. Dr
Porter at 6r-t toll her that he cauId not
submit her. Lui offered Ia s~nd her Io ~
J.-epb. from vhieh plsce she hat came.
According to
THk YOUNG wONAN's STATEMENT
she had gone fr"m Sc. Joe to Iesv~"~ csth.
aud stayed there for while IN hospital
F~m Le.venworth slse hsd come tn h snsas
City. To the Woman Christian Association
Home. Not being able To stay At the
Home, she went to the city physician.
w bVtusru W Ouu1tt urU 10
the hospital she burst into tear-, saying
ihst she would not go Ia Sc. Joseph that
there wss where she got into trouble, and
that IL abe could-not get into the h..pitsl,
che would stay in the streets. Moved by
her team and entTeaties, the doctor finally
permitted her to become an inmate oi the
hospital. While there she made herself
useful, b~ing On assistant :" the mstron.
One week ago . male child was horn to her
Thi- child vss taken and adopted hv .
couple living near Westport. The ehild's
adopted parents are said to b~ very worthy,
kind k~sr,s.i people. Two days after the
child Mas b"rn, pusrp~rsl mrtri,is, Ut child
he'd fever, ~ il IL COMMONLY known, com
a-nc~d. On Tuesday night the mother
her ls-t. v e,in~sday morning
sac her boiy incs,esi in w"ol~n coffin,
loaded into aud unjertaker's wagon and
Inferred in the Po,l~r's field. Before her
death abe told her story to the nation. II
~a. ~ follow-:
SHE HAD Run AWAY
ffosn home anil gotten married against the
VI those who cared for her. Her
husband after living with her for while
ls-erie,l her. Alter working along unit,
her condition wouid no longer permit il
The l~f, st. joseph anal went to l.-sv~u-
sorih and af,-rward To Kansas City.
Nothing concerning her family wa- di.-
.lasesi till she realized that the gs,m
had her in his unrel~nting grs-p
mai WINS steadily tightening IL. Last Mon
lay morning abe summoned the city phys
clan aud told hun tn telegraph tn her
brother ihsi she lay dying in the hospital
II Kansas City. James :. Irwin was the
,ime III her brotb~r and Villi-cs, lava,
sss his address. The dispatch vas srnt.
An answer vac returned over the wirr~
hat Irwin was out in the country. This
answer being received the Telegram VAS put
10 the poet office To await Irwin's appear
,nce. Although snxiously expected by
he dying girl, NO answer from Irwin
anne. Death closed the sufferers eyes be-
ore her brother received the sad letter.
Judging from the girl's manner the sup
>osision il ihss abe was not married
soman but Was the victim Oi some mans
n>t anal Ieriiiy. She gave no details con-
,rrniEg where or BY whom the marriage
Mas performed.
II il s"pIs~esi that she wss = simple
yuileless country girl Who came to towa To
uork and vh0 fell victim tn the snares Of
he sesiucsf. Then when her insiiscretion
'~csme apparent she left her p-,,ion aud
ouxht refuge elsewhere. Physicians say
hat women Who. like this Que, are trosbl~d
in mind and panied in hosiv, are more lis-
BE To be subject 10 fatal inflammation than
are th,se vhO are in their own homes aud
IRE comparatively free from sgonizing fears.
The deceased vss a stout. healthy siri,
about twenty years 81 sge. Oue doctor who
knew the particulars al her case. said that
in all probability IL she had nut l<sn sub
ecie,i To exposure aud constant mental
trials, she would never have taken the fever.