The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-09-13
SHE WAS TIREDOF LIFE
So Swallowed Twelve Grains
of Morphine and Laid
Down to Die
In the Graveyard Where She
Was Found and Fired
Out.
She is Afterwards Taken Home,
the Usual Restoratives APP
piled and Finally Receivers.

Ec,weeu the hours uf one and rw"
o'clock Friday afternoon, while the sexton
III the cemetery, about one mile northeast
III town. was making hi, rounds am"ns
the graves and tombs, he discovered the
apparently dead body Of a beautiful Young
girl living on the ground between tw"
graves. lie approached the supposed
corpse. which was found TO BE- neatly
dressed. and commenced shaking il, to iind
Oh, II i, really was stiff" After he
had given il one or two shakes. he found
that he was not shaking corpse. but q
live Young maiden vi about eighteen >','u
mers. The sexton Ut once asked:
''Wha, are you doing here
The girl, whose coun,enance re>embir'i
one just abou, to shuttle ID, replied
Il came here to die. a. am tired %,
life
why do you wan, To die" asked the
inquisitive grave digger.
MY reputation has been ruined. ~
have been accused oi stealing from NV
EMPLOYER. Oh, do not want to live any
longer
"Havc Won taken poison, madame?"
Yes. sir; took twelve grains oil NOR
phine."
The sexton then induced herto quit try
ing To die until some lay when ii was not
so hot. ascOrpses would not keep we'll this
kind Of weather, you know. and the Young
lady with her stomach iull Of mOrphiDs
was induced To- return Z" town.
Alter wandering around in East Se.lalis
i.r short time. the would-be suicide
walked into the restaurant kept by Jas
Wager, where she informed them that she
was sick and wanted to lie down. She was
shown To = lounge and was re>tin. quite
easy when Officers t;ossaye and Holland.
who had been informed oi the girls dning>,
found her
They at once commenced questioning
her. and learned that her name Was lGa
Britt. and that she was - daughter Of Mrs.
J. L. Remis. who resides on the corner af
Eleventh and Laminc streets. She told the
officers that the cause Of her strange AZ
tiuus was that her late employer. Mr..
Judge Sloane. wife of the editor Oi tn.
Times and News, had accused her of steal
ing $40, ring and some lace, which she
bitterly denied taking.
Mr.. Ben,is was notified III the girls cor
dition. and she was Immediately taken I"
his house, where Dr. Bronson, from whom
>J1c u1U YttICu0SSVt uCuvubN uHuSss W~S
called and administered to her wants. He
reported her out Of danger. as she hal
taken too much d the poison. The do''
tor states that she told him when she Pur
chased il that she was in the habit
ri using =. and il was only on these rep
RESERVATIONS that she procured il.
Mrs. Sloane. the lady ior whom Miss Ida
has heen working. saws that the girl lei,
her cmploy about one week ago. About
that time Mrs.. Sloane missed gold ring,
which she had seen the servant have in her
possession lew days before she left her
employ, and pair nj kid gloves. She
sent iOr the girl and told her that she
wanted her TO return the things. which She
did. 4 few DAYS later Nr>. Sloane missed
seme lace and wax flowers. Mrs. =. sent
tor the mother ii the girl and told her
oi the affair and ordered her to tell Miss
Ida to return them. The goods were re-
turned.
About two weeks ago Judge Sloane
missed so from his vest, which he had
left hanging in the room, and after h was
discovered that Ida had gotten away with
the goods. this theft was also laid at the
door III the dishones, girl. She will mort
represented for the theft.