The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-05
HER VERSION.
Miss Brogan and Her rather
peculiar statements.
She denies that She ever at
tempted suicide.

whose attempted suicide at the &. X. l, u
P. depot last Thursday night has beer
given to the public, has recovered heI
health sufficiently to make statement
which is a fiat contradiction of the repor,
that she took drug with suicidal intent
At her request she was visited this morn
ing at the Rock Island House, where she
expressed herself as willing to answer any
question which might be prepounded to
her.
She was still quite nervous and her face
was pale and haggered, showing that she
had suffered both bodily and mentally
during her brief stay in this city. She was
attired in close fitting black dress. Her
hair of the darkest hue was hanging down
her back revealing high forehead and
face of peculiarly sad and interesting
appearance.
She answered the interrogations as one
awakening from dream, apparently with
out comprehending the fill import of the
situation in which she has been placed,
and the publicity which has been given it
by the local press,
SHE STATED
that she left Cincinnati last week, having
been supplied with transportation to Spring
field, Ills, where she was to meet her
sister and brother in-law.. Her ticket
carried her to Mt. Sterling on the Wabash
from which place she was to go directly
to Springfield. She got on the wrong
train and was carried to Sterling She
was obliged to wait some time at Sterling.
While there she learned that an old friend of
the family, j. T. Mccartney of Cincinnati
had been there, and was then at the Har-
per House In this city. She was obliged
to take the train from Sterling to this city.
and arrived here Thursday evening. She
Immediately called on Mr.. Mccartney. and
walked with him from the hotel to the
depot. She had no quarrai with him in a
street car an has enormously been stated.
as the two were never in street car until
Thursday night, when she was carried to
the Rock Island House in an unconscious
condition.
On arriving at the upper depot she told
her friend that she did not have the neces-
sary funds, to pay for her transportation
home, and asked him for the money so TO
do. She stated, in this connection, that
she had no claim on him other than that
of an old friend who would appreciate her
situation Of being away from home with
out funds and would assist her, if possible
AT THE DEPOT.
She stated positively that she did not
take any poison at the depot after she
found out that she could not obtain the
desired money, nor any liquid OF any kind
from VIAL as she says that she had NO
medicine about her. She affirmed that she
had no recollection of having started to
throw herself under moving train at the
depot but explained it by stating that she
did not remember any occurrence at the
depot as she was affected with nervous
chill, to which she was subject
She said that she had no motive to com
NIT self slaughter and did not consider
the fact of her failure to procure the nee
essary money to convey her home. of such
magnitude as to cause her to take poison
or drug of any description.
THE INsTNUATIoNs
of a morning paper, touching upon an al
legged maternity as Swallowed by expires
sions said to have been made by her dur
ing her delirium, were next touched upon.
In commenting on them she denounced
them as false and slanderous in every par
ticular. She said that she could have no
reasons for exclaiming: My child OF
other expressions showing that she was
mother, as she was not married nor had
she become mother without the wedding
ring.
She said that she was member of the
Catholic church, and had been visited
twice by priest since her arrival in this
city, but regretted that she had been una
BILE to converse with him.
In conclusion. she admitted that the
name of Maggie Brogany was fictitious,
but naturally had hesitation in giving
her correct name.
She expressed a determination to leave
for Cincinnati this evening on the c., r. I.
& r. train.
REUNION.
The following card will explain itself:
The 18th annual reunion of the 11eth