The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-07
An Eighteen ear-0ld Girl
Who Wanted to Suicide
Last Night.
Being Partially Deranged. She
Took Up Her Abode With
a Negro Family
Living in South Sedalia and Then
Endeavored to Jump
Into a Well.

Stopping with the family of JnO Stewar,
colOred man whose residence is i'm South
Sedalia, on Twentieth street, is a comel,
white girl, aged about eighteen years
named Lucy Snow. She first called a
Stewards house on Friday last, and S,
strange did she act that the inmates wer,
soon convinced that she was of unsounc
mind. She was unable, or refused, to Civ,
any Intelligent account of herself, bu
begged to be given shelter and protection
She was permitted To remain, as the kind
hearted negroes did not desire 10 turn he,
out alone in the world, and since that time
she has been considered
ONE OF THE FAMILY.
Last night, for some unexplained mo.
tive, she determined to suicide, and made
an attempt 10 throw herself into the we'll.
but was prevented by the timely appear.
ance of MIR. Stewart, who seized her and
carried her into the house, where she was
carefully guarded, and Constable Barnett
was notified of the unfortunate girls con-
ditiOn. He visited the residence of Stew
art, and entered into a conversation with
her, during which he learned her name
and also the fact that she had brother
named Roderick Snow, who was in the EN-.
ploy of Joe Barrett. 1t was difficult to
CLEAN much beyond this, but it
FURNISHED CLEw.
at least, and upon it Mr.. Barnett determin-
ed TO act
This morning he called at Barrett's and
met young Snow. He asked him If he
had sister named Lucy. The young man
replied in the affirmative, but said he did not
know where she was, as she had been
mysteriously missing since Friday last.
Mr.. Barnett then related all of the above
and advised Snow to 90 at
once and secure his sister and remove her
to the house of some friend. This he did.
and after taking her TO the residence of
Mr.. Charlie Klueber, he was met by a
BAzoo reporter and related the girls
history, about as follows:
She was raised in ST. Charles county.
this state. Her parents are dead. and
the
HAS NO RELATIVES
living except this brother. When she was
about Ii years old she ran away and went
% Girard, ILL.,, where she secured a home
md resided there until about four months !
lgo. AT that time her brother sent for
her to join him in this city, which she did.
LAST winter she had a severe attack of !
pinal meningitis, since which time
her reason has been partially de-
hroned. On arriving here she
Tent to work in Mr.. Wrench's family.
East Sedalia, where she remained until |,
asst Friday week, when, without the least
office,
SHE DISAPPEARED
nd went to the home OF Mrs. Klueber
here she stopped until last FRIDAY. and
gain changed her place of abode. going TO
ne colored family's in South SedaIia.
,fter leaving Kleuber's, young Snow hunt
1 throughout the city for her. but was NO.
bic to learn anything regarding her. He
opposed, though, that she had returned to
illinois, and was not little surprised ON {
earning where she was.
Young Snow states that prior to her ILL
ess last winter she was kably bright.
ne will receive, inside of few weeks.
early 5000 from an estate about TO be set.
ed. This fact became known to a certain l
dIvidual here, and he has tried to get the
ri to accompany him to Texas.
MIR. Snow says he is certain his sister has :
't fallen from the path of virtue, although
ere are some who have intimated as
uch because she went to live with the
lored people. 1t is sad case. any way
'u may look at it. }