The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-01-31
D0INGS In DALLAS.
Report of the Adjourned Meeting to
Organize Cotton Exchange
A Sudden Death.
Remains of Mysterious Babe Found--
In Jail for "JOking."
His Honor and the Northumberland
for Cabbaging Coat.
Other Interesting Local Matters
ANOTHER UNFORTUNATE.

Ada Epler, a Variety Actress, Actuated by
the Green-Eyed Monster, Takes Strych-
nine and Ends Her Existence.
Sunday evening, about 5 o'clock, Mrs.
Ada Epler, an actress at Loeb u Woods
variety theatre, who resided with her hus.
band NJ. d. Epler, over Neimyer's restau-
rant, corner of Main and Market streets,
put an end to her life by taking strychnine,
About 4:30 ia colored boy handed note to
Mr.. Murdoch, the prescription clerk at
Williams, Tolliver & Walkers, which read
as follows:
please send me so cents worth of strych-
nine to poison rats, and oblige,,
Mrs. A. JOHNSON"
Thinking that il was from, Mrs DR..
him the deadly poison, yet he
took the precaution to question
the boy who assured him Shat the lady
wanted it to poison rats, Within few
minutes afterwards a messenger came to
the drug store hunting for physicians, say
ing that they were wanted to see woman
who had taken poison. Drs. Childers Ea-
gan and Carter were called in to attend her,
but by the time they arrived she had
breathed her last. The poison acted rap
idly and she died in short time after TAX
ing the dose. Her husband was shown the
note signed Mrs. A. Johnson, and he recog-
nized the handwriting as that of his wife
whom he had given 90 cents that evening.
A HERALD reporter was soon on the scene.
Climbing the rickety stairway leading to
the second floor of the old ,dilapidated frame
building, he was ushered into the room Just
visited by death. Lying on the bed was the
unfortunate woman, stretched out in the
position she was when her life went out. II
was sad someone long to be remem.
bered by the most callous observer. There
were a number of women and men of the
profession present wringing their hands and
husband was unbounded He was almost
crazed with grief, The dingy, sparely
furnished room and its griei-stricken occu
pants presented scene ofsadness. Between
their sobs the women would recall heI
good qualities of heart as they wrung their
hands in their grief. "0h 1t is terrible. said
one Of the women, just to think but an
hour ago she was alive and in good spirits
l overheard them talking. He told her
that he was tired of the way she was doing,
and that he was going to leave
her, and she begged him so hard
not to do it, and when he persisted
oilC ottlilCu W ~ WiAus ihNl .uuul-
relied. He had accused her of being un-
faithful to him, and the idea of being
deserted had driven her mad When he
left the room she called the boy and wrote
the forged note for the strychnine, which
in lit of desperation she took 10 end mis-
cradle existence. 1t appears that she was
very jealous of her husband, who is musi-
clan ut Loeb & Wood stheatre, and watched
his every action. Charlie knight, OF a Fort
Worth variety theatre, was here and wished
to employ Epler, and wrote him a note,
for him to meet him, but fearing that
Epler would not respond, he signed the
name of Lola, an actress, and n friend OF
Epler's, to il. This note was delivered ut
the room, and. Epler beng. out at the time, IL
fell into the hands of his wife, wnc, on
reading Il, was filled with jealousy. The
quarrel and this circumstance preycd on
her mind until she concluded to put an end
to her existence. The deceased was about
% years old. and was the legal wife of her
husband. They were married in Iowa
and had driited down into Texas. Her
grandfather and grandmother live at
Waco. Justice Edwards cmpaneled a
jury of inquest, which, after viewing the
remains, adjourned over until yesterday
morning, when the testimony of witnesses
was heard. The jury returned u verdict
that the deceased came 10 her death by an
overdose OF strychnlne administered by her
own hands The remains were inferred
yesterday afternoon, the baud and mem
bers of the theater forming the procession