Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-26
KANSAS WOMEN.
Various Things Concerning Them.

Various Things Concerning Them.
A woman has been arrested at Fort
Scott for violating the prohibitory law.
Mrs. DIR. Garwood, who formerly lived
in Fl. Scott, is now a pTacticing physician
in Boston and devotes portion of her
time to hospital practice.
Mrs. Julia Moys committed suicide at
Americas by hanging herself to rafter
from her kitchen. I'll health and do
nestle trouble the cause.
White Cloud RevieaV: Miss Lizzie Brad
ley, after going without food for 81 days,
has begun to take nOurishment, and will
is all probability soon be up and around
again:
Recently the Coroner of Mcpherson
was called to the western part of that
county, to hold an inquest over the body
Of young woman by the name of
Amanda Zook, who had been found dead
lying on heap of coal in the door yard
of the house where she had been en-
ployed as servant and housemaid. An
Inquest was held, and the verdict of the
jury was that she had died from an at
tempted abortion. She has recently
come to that county and her history is
little known.
One of the most brutal cases of wife
beating that has ever been chronicled
occurred recently in Smith county. Pa
trick Berry and his wife were speaking
with some neighbors, when a little dis
pute arose between them and the hus-
band struck his wife, Intentionally with
a 2x4 scantling, telling her to the floor.
She remained unconCiOus, with blood
ooZing from mouth, ears and nose, for
some time. After lingering awhile in a
semi-conscious state she died. The bru-
tai husband has been arrested and there
is probability of his being lynched.
Recently Mr.. and Mrs. Larkin, resid-
ing near Fort Scott, went to church
leaving their two youngest daughters,
aged respectively three and ten years, at
home alone during their absence. While
their parents were at church the chill
dren attempted to kindle fire with coal
oil, using the can to pour the oil upon
the fire, when the oil in the can ignited
and terrible explosion was the result.
Neighbors near by saw the breaking out
of the fire and made haste to the rescue,
but before the children could be rescued
one ofthem had been burned to death,
and the other lived only about an hour
after being taken out. There was no
damage to the house, which was built of
stone, further than the burning and dam
aging of the furniture.
Parsons Eclipse: Guindola Inch, four
year-Old daughter of I. M. Inch, baggage
man on the Missouri Pacific, was shot in
the mouth while standing near the door
of the family residence. The bullet en-
tered at one side of the mouth, knocking
out several teeth, mutilating the tongue
and other parts of the mouth in shock
ing manner. It is feared the wound will
prove fatal. Report says this was done
by boy named Thompson and a man
who run shooting gallery on Forest
Avenue, who were out there practicing
target shooting, and firing right in the
direction of Mr.. Inch's house. This
would seem to bea very singular pro-
ceeding, and homicide caused in this
way cannot be considered accidental at
all, for they had right to expect the
result which followed the act.
Wichita Eagle: One of the most pitia-
BILE, and at the same time revolving
sights that has been our misfortune to
look upon, can now be seen only a few
rods southeast of the Santa Fe freight
depot in this city. It is young woman
wrecked in mind and body, who now lies
alone and neglected on bunch of dirty
rags out upon the open common with
nothing to protect her from the heated
rays of the sun or chilly blast of even
ing but an old piece of canvass carelessly
thrown across some poles, thus affording
her but slight protection from the ele-
ments. She gives her name as Della
Smith. Says she is nineteen years old,
and was born in Fayette county, Illinois,
and is Of Christian parantage. Like
many other young women, she years ago
fell a victim to the tempter and is to-day
reaping the reward that is always sure
to follow life of shame. Preachers may
preach and moralizers may write of the
great social evil, but were the minister
possessed of the eloquence of a Demos
themes and the moraliZer write in burn
ing words of fire, it would all fall tame
and insipid before this startling, living
illustration Of what is in store and must
surely be the portion of her who gives
her life to shame. This young woman is
no doubt the child of respected Chris
tan parents, whom she claims are dead !;
but she says she has married sister liv-
ing near Arkansas City, but positively re-
fuses to divulge her name.
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