The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-06-17

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At half past six o'clock last Tuesday morn
ing, Mrs Sadie ccls man, living in the small
frame building adjoining the Union House
kept by her husband on East Park street,
anne to her death by poison. From the evil
dence submitted before the ~coroner's inquest,
It vas ascertained that the deceased had come
to Butte about six weeks ago, when she gave
her name as Sadie McDaniels, although her
true name IL said to have been Williams.
For about a month she resided among the
denizens Of Park street, until the 2lst ult.,
when she was married to John Coleman,
with whom she lived until her death. The
testimony of Florence Waldren, one of the
witnesses at the inquest, was to the effect that
some three or -four days before her death the
deceased had announced to witness her in
teltion of killing herself, alleging as her
reason the fact that her life was unhappy be-
cause she had not been married to The man
of her choice, some one living at Fort Ben
ton, but whose name was not developed.
Witness said she had reasoned with deceased
on the folly of giving way to a fit of despon-
dency, and that her discussion appeared to
have the desired effect, since she seemed to
be in better spirits when she left the apart
ments of witness where she had been making
a call. On the other hand, Coleman, hus-
band of deceased, attributed her death to
jealousy, owing to the regard which she be-
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California. Waldron's story is generally ac-
copied as the more probable explanation.
At all events the woman took a dose of
morphine at II o'clock On Sunday night, in
forming her husband of her deed a few min
utes after its commission. Mr.. Coleman al
once applied himself to the task of prevent
ing the fatal opium sleep from coming on,
and by hard work succeeded. He remained
with her uninteruptedly until three O'Clock
Monday afternoon, when, finding her fully
restored, and believing that he had found and
destroyed all the morphine about the prem
Uses, he left to attend to some business mat
ters in town. When he returned at half past
seven Monday evening his wife was lying OIL
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phine, the effect of a second and heavier
dose. Dr.. Hough, who was Immediately
summoned, found the patient very low.
breathing in hiccough, with only five or six
respirations per minute. For lack of a stom'
ach pump, the patient could not be relieved
of the poison, but all other remedies suggest
ed by sc~ience-walking, fagellation, hypo.
dermic injections OF morphine antidotes, etc.
were resorted to without intermission dur
ing the night, to no effect. The quantity o
poison taken had been to great for its efec
to be worked off through such agencies, ant
the woman continued to sink gradually, des
pite the supreme efforts of her attendants
until the hour mentioned of the foilowin;
morning, when she died. Her funeral at tn
city cemetery, took place Wednesday fore
noon. Where her relatives reside, or wheth
er she had any relatives living, is not known
but she was evidently of American birth
Her thoughts had evidently been pre-occu
pied with the subject Of suicide for days be
fore carrying into effect her announced in
%tention. The following verses found in tn
scrap book of Lizzie Kimball, one of her as
s~ociates, seemed to effect her very strongly
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