The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
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sedHeed Dsssr. and Negletsa. 3 Young
Woman Ends Her Life in Tragic
Manner
Philadelphia Record.


After suffering for over three months
with a bullet embedded in Eer brain,
which she herself placed there, tonured to
distraction BIZ the remembrance of her
lovers tTeachery, who after causing her
ruin, cruelty discarded her. and disowBed
and neglected By her father, Sophia
WartmaB, q beautiful girl of 1g years,
yesterday, put an end to her blighted life
BIZ cutting her throat with a razor in her
grandmother's house, No. 2, Pa Fairmont
avenue On the morning of April IN last.
while stopping with her sister at No 53l
Owen street, Miss WarIman shot herself
in the right temple She wrote note be
fore committing the act. which contained
q statement clearly showing that she ex-
pected TO be corpse before its contents
could be read by her relatives. It read as
follows: This is to certify that John
Hitchcock ruined me | was q good and
virtuous girl until be met mt. have no
desire TO live now that John has gone
back on me"
The gin, was promptly removed to the
Pennsyly snia hospital where she laid in
a critical condition for several weeks,
when she had regsined sufficient strength
to be removed to the residence Of her
grandmother. The bullet was no:
extracted from her head
The John Hitchcock alluded to in
Miss Wartmsn's note lives with his
father, at Mol ,011 Olive street, ard is
about SO year of age. The girl had been
employed in the elder Hitchcock's house
for several years The son became
enamored Of the girl, aud. as she claimed
accomplished her ruiG under promise
of marriage When her condition
became known Hitchcock aban0ned her,
and declared that he had never been
shame from the house of her employer
and compelled to seek shelter in her sis
ters home, at No. 53l Owen street
About April she was discovered with !
pistol in her hands The weapon va.
taken from her and secreted 10 the bath
room. Three days later she managed tc
procure the pistol. and, placing it neal
her head, fired three times Only one
ball took affect After her discharge
from the hospital she grew very moody
and was always worrying over her dis
grace. Whenever any of her lady friend.
called TO see her she invariably pleaded
to be excused from seeing them She
once said to her grandmother, with tears
in her eyes Il can not bear to look any
Of my friends in the face now that | have
been disgraced forever She used tc
complain Of a pain in the head. which
was caused BY the bullet On Friday
night last she said: oh, grandma vii
surely have to kill myself, the pain in my
head is frightful. The family fried II
cheer her sp, but their efforts in thi,
direction amounted to naught Or
Tuesday her father called on her, snC
after he departed Sophia bitterly
bemoaned her misfortune Nothing
strange was noticed either in her appear
ance or conduct when she arose YESTERDAY
morning. About 10 o'clock hel uncle
George Jefferies, was making prepare
tons to shave himself A caller at tina
moment caused him To Law his razor OF
his dressing case and 60 down stairs
During his absence Sophia entered tht
room, and, seeing the razor. carried j
with her 10 her own room. Upon Mr.
Jeferies' return up stairs he missed hi
razor, and, calling his sister. Mrs, GeUrg
Deemer, they entered Sophia's bedroom
| to search for it. As soon as they entere'
the door they were startled TO find tn
girl lying on the edge of the bed with he
throat cut from ear TO ear, while the bed
| clothes were covered with blood. He
death was great shock to all her friend:
for the girl was well liked, and her sa
ending viii be deeply deplored by al
who knew her