The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-03-06
DROPPED DEAD.
the Sudden Death of Mrs.
Bridget Graham, of East
Sedalia.
Attributable to a too Free use of
Alcoholic Stim''lants, Or
Other Drugs

Shortly after one o'clock Yesterday after
noon, &c denizens of Est Sedaiia, and e.
pecIaliy those residing east of Engineer
street, we're shocked ty tn report thai Ms.
hrids-t CIR ,ham, an aged Lady residing
abo, I = block e2s' of Engineer street. had
been found ,iesd In her ROOM
The ohZJo r, porter Was am ng the first q.
visit the premises, where ali that va, NOR
la oi The unfortunate | ,dy lay. He found
"a large number of :, mpath ziny friends.
mostly female, cungrega all bewaIling
the untIueIy tate OF Mrs Graham, whom
they characterized as an excellent woman.
uut un Ter the e. mpeie domination of the
cure Il >rrong drink.
Mrs. Elizab Graham, the daught term
las of The deceased. met The reporter
at the threshold, and very Kindly
volunteered 10 give any information OF
this peculiarly sad ease lii her possession
''Grandmother," said Mrs. Graham, .ha.
been on one of her long continued de
bauches, remaining In q state Of int xica-
ton Tor eight days. Last Sunday she be-
gan 10 sober up, and has ben quite sics
ever since She never would eat ANYTHING
while she was drinking.
This morning she got up and went e,
the We Ii TO draw some water. | offered To-
draw IL for her, but she declined NV offer,
and at er drawing the water returnei t.
her room. About half past pine O'Clock
visited her room and gave her cup OF
coff e."
did YOU notice at that time, Mrs. Ora
ham, anything UNUSUAL i'm the conduct of
your Inother-:n-iaw,' queri-d the =. PORTER
NO, Fir l asked her 4 she wanted any-
4 81 ~. a ri. 81, Il
After making her as com ortsbie as posi-
ble, went down town To art nd to some bust
n-ss matters, and did not return until
about one o'clock"
How long after your return was il tina,
Won discovered the d a,h Of your mother
in-lawY
Only very short time told my lit
lie boy to go and see If Grandma wanted
a cup of tea. He returned in lew min
u,es, saving that Grand ma was living ou
the hoor under the table l imm, dately
W, mt To the room occupied by The deceased,
aud found her in iiieiess condition, or
the tipor, rs my little boy had stat d.
imnedi ,tely sent Tor tn coroner, aud
would not permit tie DO iy to Be moved uu-
I'll he arrived"
Coroner Ovevstreet arrived before the re-
porter ;oOk his departure, and carsfIli,
the situation, examining all ot
the empty bottles he cou d find in the room.
and also making an inspect IN Of the
corpse, after which he concluded that n
would ne nee ssary 10 hold an inquest, and
gave the Necessary orders for july.
While the reporter, the corner and maby
IF The friends If the family, and the :usual
Number OF curiosity SEEKERS were Assem-
pled in the little room. Mr. Graham the
,niy son OF the deceased, who is employed
~ an engineer on the Missouri PaciiC, ar
rived, and after gaz ng for moment OR the
,tifitned form. exclaimed: Il knew it
would come to this, and am relieved, nov
hat she is gone"
Mr. Graham said that his mother had
,een d. voice OF the flowing bowl from
ais ear l. st rene mbsrdnc', and all efforts to
'efOrm her had proved unavailing; that he
lad given orders TO all of the saloon keep
rs In East SeOa la not TO sell his mother
INV whisky. bat she mana ed TO get IL some
yay, and would pawn any article in the
house she could GET her hands on TO afford
ler the means OF gratifying her appetite.
Ahoui tire months since Mrs. Graham
Ost by death, a daugher, 10 whom she was
attsched, and it Is supposed, bv
ler friends and acquaintanceS, that, since
hat time. her natural appetite for liquor
las been augmented by This sorrow. She
lever seemed 10 recover entirely from the
hook produced by the death OF her
laughter, in whom she was completely
srapt up.
THE CoRoNEgs' INQUEST.
A coroners jury was summoned, consist
ns of D. II. Coe, Nicholas Hall, j. e.
Brown, j. ID. Well. Jonn Barlow and Geo.
ieisinger. Alter hearing the testimony OF
he son of the deceased and his WIFI, to
ether with that of one o. the neighbors,
he jury returned verdict that the DE-
eased came To her death from chronic al
oholism.