Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-02

4 Reap<~1as,e Ysang Lady Artist
Takes Msr 0wa ltfe-Ns Casse Civ
en- for the Terrible Bred

Respectable YsanG Lazy AFsss
Takes Her owa ltfe-Ns Caase s.tv'
en- for the Terrible Bred
Las. fall Miss Edith Z wing. so0ng
Iadv, probably 70 years d age. came TO
SEATTLE from Oakland. Cal. where her
parents, highly respectable people. re
side. She Was we'll educated and had
chosen art as her chief vocation, and
Der MISSION TO Seattle was 70 organize a
class and support herself by tes:ting
painting, etc. She came With letters TO
Mrs. j. J. Past, Mrs. Geo. W. Stesson
and others here. Sac az once made her
home with Mrs. Post and organized ner
ART class. IN hlcn -se has gwen ITstr1c-
sons ever since. She was a very quiet.
az assuming Young lady, wbo paid strlci
attention ~ .er own business and let
other peoples affairs entirely alone.
For the past two or three weeks Miss
Ewing has At times appeared despond
@n'. and several times has spoken OF nsr
efforts TO teach not being as successful
IN a ree1niary point of view AZ she had
Anticipated. Finally she concluded 70
return ko f4fE ApSLr 49,
was ERR nginp to leave by the Mexico
mex. i thursday. From time to time sne
would receive remittances from home
and on Monday she go, $50, which her
father sent her in care OF StetsDn Il Post.
Daring her stay here she has either
boarded with Mrs. Post or Mrs. Stetson.
On Monday morning she moved from
Mrs. Posts. back into the Stetson resi-
e h.. ~ es.sFt srafy
About 9 O'Clock Yesterday morning sne
vent down town and paid up some lit
tie bills she had contracted during the
| month. among which was small &C
count at Max Glorious drug store.
While there she said to the proprietor ::
| ." Oh. by the wav. Mr. Ciericus, | want
10 get some strychnine. The honse
keeper, Mrs. Blaine. asked me to get /.
for her"
What does Mr+ Blaine wan. with
strvchnine" asked the druggist.
ITO kill rats witt" was the reply.
Tue druggist bang quite well ac-
quainted with the young lady, proceeded
to put up fifteen grains Of the poison
| for her. As he did 50 he said in jOcOse
| way: Ever since | sold that iaudanum
to Julius Lehman | have been careful
VINO j SOIL pDisDn TO-
The Young lady did not show the
least agitation, but took the little
package aud left the store. she then
| stepped into a dry goods store aud
| bong BIT some little articl, 3, after which
she went To her room. Daring the after
| noon Mrs. Blaine, the housekeeper,
went To Miss Evings apartments, and
| chatted with her for some time. shortly
| after leaving she heard the Young lady
utter a scream, and Fastening back IN
uuired the cause, but got no satisfactory
answer. Noticing that Miss Ewing was
IN great agony, she sent for Mrs. Judge
| Burke, a nsIRnbOr living in ne same
block. On entering the room Mrs
| Burke comprehended the situation, and
| ordered a hot foot bath and strong
enetic. The Young lady fatty refused
TO take the eHetlc, saying that she had
come back there to die. Finally hel
attendants succeeded IN making hsI
swallow CONSIDERABLE strong mustard
water, but all to No pnrpose, and DIR. h
l.. Smith was sent for. On arriving ht
found Miss Ewing undergoing the ter
rible agonles which the poison produces
| What have You beeu takIng! asket
the doctor.
Stryohnine. answered the poor, suf
fering creature
How much did you take?" was the
next question.
a bottle full" was the reply.
What did You DO with the bottle?'
said tho physician.
g threw 1t lii the st9ve." WAS the re
Spouse.
The doctor looked in the stove. ans
there saw small vial. III which she ha,
dIss lived the poison before drinking II
He saw that no human power cuul'
save the young lady's life, but he di'
everything TO relieve her sutierings tina
tie possibly couid. the deadly drn
T had done ITS work of destruction, al,
, five minutes after the doctor arrived
poor Edith Ewing bre ,thed her last
The terrible news WAS at once tele
; graphed to her parents in Oakland
where Mrs. Stetsou - at present vIsi.
ing. Tue remains will probably be or
dered sent In the home of the deces se'
for interment.