The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02

Ada fpdes, variety Actress, Aciosted w
tho Ufeen. Eyed Monster, fakes stfych.
nlne and Ends Her rsiAttnees

Ada fpies, Variety Actress, heiasted w .
tho ufeon. Eyed Monster, fakes stfychl .
nine and Ends Her Existence.
sunday evening, about D o'clock Mrs. |
Ada Epler, On actress At Loeb n Woods
variety theatre, who resided with her hus-
band, NJ. D. Epler, over Nelmycrs restau-
rant, corner Of Main aud Market streets,
put an end TO her life by taking strychnne'
About 4.gOa oolored boy banded note to
Mr.. Murdoch, tho prescription clerk ut
Williams, Tolliver g. Walkers, which read
as follows;
'Plense send me so cents worth Of strych
nine to poison rats, and oblige,
Thinking that i was from Mrs o Dr,
him the deadly poison, yet he
took the precaution. to question
the boy who assured him that the lady
wanted it to poison rats. Wltnln rev
minutes afterwards messenger came 10
the drug store hunting for physicians, say
| ing that they were wanted TO see q woman
who had taken poison. Drs. Chiluers, Ea-
gan and Carter were called in to attend her,
| INT by the time they arrived she had
breathed her last. The poison acted rap
idly and she died in a 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 MS WE
whom he had given so cents that evening"
A HERALD reporter was soon on the scene.
Climbing the rckety 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 me
position she was when her life went out. 1t
was a sad scene-one long to be remem-
bered by the most callous observer. Ihere
were n number OF women anu men a. .liJ
profession present wringng their hands and
weeping bitterly. The grief OF the oereaved
husband was unbounded. He was almost
cra2ed with grief The dingy, sparely
furnished room and its griei-stricken occu-
pants presented a scene ofsadness. Between
| their sobs the women would recall her
good qualities of heart as they wrung their
hands in their grief "Oh it is terrible, said
one of the women, just to think but an
hour ago she was alive and in good spirits
| 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 perslsteu
She seemed to go Wild They had quar-
relied, He had accused her Of being I'M
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 a fit of desperation she took TO end mis-
cradle existence. 1t appers that. she was
very Jealous of her husband, who is mus,
clan at Loeb & Woods theatre, and watched
his every action. Charlie knight, OF 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 irlehd OF
Epler's, to it, This note was delivered at
the room, and Epler being out at the time, II
fell into the hands Of his wife, who; on
reading it, was filled with jealousy, The
quarrel and this circumstance preyed on
her mind until she concluded to put an END
TO her existence. The deceased was about
% wears 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, mt
Waco. Justice Edwards empaneled
Jury of inquest, which, after viewing the
remains. adjourned over until yesterday
morning, when the testimony of witnesses
was heard. The jury returned averdlct
that "the deceased came 10 her death by an
overdose Of strychnine administered by her
own hands" The remains were inferred
Yesterday afternoon, the band and mem
bers Of the theater forming the procession