Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-24
Daisy Davenpori's Doom.

Gle herself to the csptiol0us attachment of her
steptather. whom for reason. she held 10 the
utmost detestatlon. About this time she made
the acquaintance, of young medical student.
Before her PARENTS woro aware Of the young
nau' attentions or Intentions he aud this Girl
OF sweet sixteen Wcro afhanced. 10 great dis
pleasure her parents constrained her to enter
convent OF Baltimore, but upon the first oppor
tu1lty that presented itsalt sho escaped from
the caro- CT tho sisters By lowering herself from
window at dead of night and scaling The con.
vent wall. 10 thcs, adventurous exploits she
was nidrd ADD assisted By her lover. But both
were too inexperienced in tho ways Of the world
to take measures to cover their rotrcst, and b.
foro sbo was we'll donicilcd ucdcr the guardian
ship OF tho You0g mans aunt she was seized
upon by her alarmed parents and ag.io plscod
ii friendly duress 10 the convent she had 50 re-
Gently abandoned to fly to her lovers arms.
The young woman wss watched With more
than usual vigilance, but sho again succeeded
10 CttCc.lEg her escape 10 most romantic and
hazardous men1er. In dciug 30, however, she
oamo nigh losing her life by falling from the
convent wal which sho had scaled By On cx-
temper d ladder fashioned aud placsd 10 pssi
ton by her devoted Abeard. Her arm wss
badly LIBERATED By tho accident, but it was
teuGer!y srlinored aud bsudaged by her com.
pGnion, whose skill in surgury served him in
good stead upon that occasion. When she
became c0cValescont arrangements were made
to have the marriage ceremony performed.
Before, however, these plans could bo carried
on! tho whereabouts OF tho fugitive was dis
covered, and she vas again cirried back to the
convent ard for tho third timc placed in charge
OF tho sisters. But she was not to b. thwartod 10
her desien3 Tho timo c1me orourd again
whco shu found on opportunity to seek her
freedom 10 Fight. Distracted ut 70! being ablo
10 find her lover, who had il tee meautims 70.
c.ived ti5 diploma AID tsksn up bis residence
in WashiGetoo, she thought of following him
thlther. She had been two years 10 tho con.
vent. and it appears that her lover ia the mean
limo had not been inslrsiblc to the charms OF
another young lady. q whicm school companion
OF the Tilted girl. Learning of this per6dy Oh
tho part OF her lover this passionate, wayward
gill determined 90 tcr1itl revenge.
Aiming herself With Keen bladed knife she
sought cut hor rival "a remarkably pretty and
modest maiden,) and with ono lreacherous
lucro Ct tho knife, turicd tho weapon 10 tho
girls check, inhictiog q wound which cjst her
the usS of her eye. Not content with this
muEderous a!t2cS, sho hurled her helpless aud
bleeding rival dowu flight Of stairs, causing
Injuries to her spite that have crippled her.
it is feared, Tor lite, aid left her the inmate Of
a hospital ever since. For this sho was ares.
ted, and IN preliminary examination sho WAS
placed urd,r heavy bonds to staId her trial. A
lawyer went her bail, end sho was discharged
from custody. whcreupon she 1sd tho city aid
went Washington. There she sought out her
falthlcss lover. With JEALOUS rage still burning
10 her hcars. But the sight CT the msn she
loved softerod and Hoothcd her anger, ncd they
soou became recoIcilcd
ln Wash; 5gtoa she assumed o false name,
being 10 o)DSEant terror that obo would BIO ro-
arrested ind taken ttk,n back to Baltimore TO
stand her hi.l. Her tears in this respect wero
iutens f:d when she lecrncd that her victim 8
life was dcsraircd Of. With her lhero was o
hesiteticg. t'ho seemed to bo doomed 10 life
Of shame. Her lover Eal added betrayal to
trcschcry, aud sha was irrevccably ruined. A
crisis was approaching whom she could not COO
. ,ei hc7 Ghsglc, std. 70 add to her humiliation
ard misfortune, the nian ele Lad loVed and
trusted aIj who had betrayed anl ruined her,
now deserted her. Ruiced aud hcartDrcken.
sho c,mo 10 thia city last May. where sho went
BY the Bamo OF Daisy Dlvenport. Fearing that
she would be pursued a1d captured by the
officers OF the law being fugitive from justice,
she frequently charged her residence.
Her constant dread Of being Put in prison acted
| upon her norvous sy.ten and made her capri
cious and exc.table in teIapcr. Las. October
che .llea upon lady friend in Weat Thirty
first street tor tho purpose of saying gooGby.
She esio thst she wns obliged to return forthwith
to Baltimore to stand her trial; that she had
heard from tho lawyer who wont on her bail
bond, and that il she did not surrender horsef
he would forfeit tho amount of her bail. She
then bsao the lady az alecionste adieu. The
lady IN question WAS Impressed with tho belief
that her friend whom she knew as Daisy Dsven-
port, Was sincnie in her representations until q
week b,!oru Christmas q young woman, WAC
| also lives in Woat Thirty first street. called
| upon tho former TO convey tho intelligence that
Daisy l'avenpcrt was lying at the point OF death
at Belo7uo Hospital. who're tho latter young
womsn had accompanied her the day that Dlisy
had announced her intention of going to Balt.
moro TO stand her t,iHls Easto.ing TO the hos.
pital Tho lady WAS ushored to tie unfortunate
girls bedside The change in hor appearance
was startling and painful to behold. In the Ian
gusge OF the lady referred to poor Daisy was
only to DO recognized by her eyes, which sill
! retained their Old time b;i!lisncy. The poor
girl was reduced to skeleton. Six weeks pro-
viouslJ sho had become mother, and suffering
Questioned by maternity Lad brought her to the
brink of the grave. In this sad state ahe becsmp
thoroughly repentant. and anxiously sought
consultations TO be derived from the minis!rations
of her spiritual sdviser, who. learning of her
ri!iablo history from herself, WIS Jealous in his
attentions.
To Tho lady who called upon hor sho COM
plsinod OF tho treatment she was subjected TO in
tho hospital. Ehe said that from the first day
che entered she hsd been subectto almost con.
slant examination and investigation by a corps
ofmodical students that she was plsced in the
professional charge of q young doctor having no
experience in obstetrics, and that she had not
been t:ilfully treated by him. Dnring the crisis
of her sickness, and for some days previous
thereto. sho com blamed that be ides the doctor
in whose care she was placed she was subjected
to the experimental attention Of thirteen medical
students; that also as she alleged, she received
insufficient nourishment, as was evidenced in
her own emscisted condition and that of her babe,
Four days afLsr its birth che had to all appear.
ances improved to such an extent that it was
decid I'D 10 remove her from the Maternity Hos.
pital to Bellevue Hospital. During her transfer
in an ambulance che represented that she got q
chill, and that that was the first Of her unfaYor.
able symptoms. She died on the 9th of Decem.
Der, in her nineteenth year. The babe. ru2y
little thing. died on the 30th of December, and
was laid By tho side of its mother on New Years