Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-28
LOVELY GIRLS DESPAIR.
The Daughter Of a HeaIthy Banker
Attempts Her Life.
the OLD, OLD STORY EVER NEW.
Miss Nellie West, the Victim Of Gambler.
Found Almost lifeIess III
Chicago HoteI-Her Brief
Romance.

CuIcAco, December IA little Girlish
figure stood before the clerk in Browns
Hotel last evening. The clerk looked up
and met the gaze OF a pair OF dsrk-oroWn
ewes which peered al him from poke
bonnet
"You will please show me TO Q ROOM"
she said.
With great GOODNESS she inscribed upon
the register, Nellie West, New York CITY
She paid for room and before retiring re-
quested, in case any one inquired Tor her.
that she should not be called. After she
had been in the room short time she sent
to the office for pen aud paper. No moro
was heard from the girlish lodGer, and the
clerk dreamed o! biz blue eyes, chestnut
hair and baby face dancing before his mind.
At ten O'Clock n man entered aud IN
quired whether q girl named Maud had
been there that evening. He was young.
well dressed. wore diamonds, and was
very attentive TO n small, dark moustache.
Hts Air Of fExtrcmc Nervousness.
coupled with the request Of the girl that no
one be SLOWED 10 Sc, her led the clerk 10
ttIN luhl UUN Nphhb k''' ''''
The man left. In the morning the diiier'
eut occupants OF the house arose, but no
one thought Of Nellie West, asleep III room
No 1G.
About = 20 O'Clock in .he afternoon
strong odor of gas Was pcrccptihIc IN thc
n-ichhorhuod OF room No. -. fofters
finally opeued the door. The gas thHt
rushed ont WAS sullUCaiinR. On the bed
iav the httlc lodgcr. 4 tranquil smile
,con.cd TO hover about the wel!'shapcd
mouth and the chestnut hair in tangled
II. ass formed halo ah0ut the Iittle mead
The ewes were closed. Her face was white
sud still. AMI on the table halI-ounce
Eoti!c OF lnudauum wss loand with only .
ut cot IT, drug left III Il.
yr. ll.u,s vas called. At first he thought
Il cirl was dend, and he Fravely shook
RS head when he saw the amount OF
l,..,n ,akcn from the bottle. and realized
huw luIg that stream al Eas had hoseu
VITO ihr room. lie went promptly To work,
r.wevcr, and within an hour she was able
t. talk.
-T,rf for Mrs. George r. Clarke was
al she said. Then sh. turned over on her
,i.lur and wCpt, NJ which the physician
folded up his medicine'case and said.
"Shc Will Recover"
Mrs. Clarke arrived, and at once rccoS.
LIKED Nellie West as the girl whom she had
was about Ia take her 10 Omsha. Mrs.
Clarke locked herself in with the betrayed
girl giving strict orders that no one b"
allowed to see her. The girls his
tory was published few weeks
PrO in connection with an account oi
Lcr rescue by Mrs Clarke from a gambler
who WIS bearing her oil 10 u lie OF shame.
Sh. ~ the daughter Of IA wealthy banker.
She ran away from her home two years
ESQ h, cause she did not like her stspmoth.
,r. Her father soon recovered her and
,ocL ed her Mp in convent. Daring her
krst time Of freedom she became ac
qupiniol with the man from whom Mrs.
Clarke rescued her. l'y bis assistance she
escaped from the Couv"nt. She ran away
with him to New York. After some
months Of residence there they came TO
Chicago Through her missionary work
Mrs Clarke became acquainted with her.
She was closely guarded by the lady for
some days and appeared COntcntod with
her surroundings. The gambler seems.
hONevrr tO nave rcgHined his influence
"vcf her and iurch her away. She ~ very
III still and may die.