The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-09-18
SUPPOSED SL.-C-OE.
Perhaps Il Murder.

CACiitiilCIt was 'ft'.f-' = ~
place by The rows that IS ia
ShuS,er, a bcautiit.. young ,tcAeSs
sixteen years Hi' :,|", "HuS, tx o
postmaster Isaac S,inSttr, uat
pEi an end to Ler OWL cXlstthG,
be taking strycllnine.
Miss Ida WAS a native OF Far
meryille and had been reared III
our midst. She possessed an ac
tive mind aud being OF Il studiou>
nature she was generally foremost
in her classes at school. Saturday
night she was seemingly in her
ordinary cheerful flame of mind
and was engaged in pleasant con
vcrsation with TIE family and a
Young gentleman visitor until
about 10 ucloch, at which hour
the family retired. In about an
hour afterward the severe convul-
sions Of Ida awakened an elder
sister who occupied the bed with
her, and who immediately aroused
the family. DIR. w. w. Barnes,
the family physician who lived
near was called and he reached
the bedside in IL few minutes.
This CONFUSION passed off and the
young lady was rational for q few
seconds but did not seem to real
iZe her dangerous condition. She
refused TO take he medicines pre-
scrihed by the physician, and be-
fore further medical aid could be
rendered another paroXysm seized
her which resulted in her death.
Sunday morning DR.. G. II. Jam
cson, Coroner, empanelel Il jury of
inquest, and latter viewing the
body Of decd, and after hearing
the evidence of w. w. Barnes.
NJ. ID. and Mrs. Shustcr, and the
statement Of Isaac Si.uster' re-
tured the following verdict: That
Ida Shuster came to her death Oh
the night of Sept. 18th, prodaced
by taking strychnine, supposed
to have been administered herself.
procured from sources unkuowl
to the jury.
No reason could be assigned
why the young lad! should take
her own4ife until the following
facts were elected: About one
year ago, S. S. Kirkpatrick, a
young man about twenty seven
years of age, came to Farmerville |
aud secured employment as drug
gist, he also secured board in the |
family Of this young lady.
The belief exists thu by his as. |
sumed gentIeman'y conduct, he
won the confidence cf The family; |
made vows of love to the JounS
lady, aud, by promise of an carly
matrimonial union, persuaded her
to yield 10 his lecherous desires. |
On the other hand, it is asserted
that no engagement of marriage
ever existed between the parties,
and that no satisfactory evidence
1T has been produced The truth
or fallacy of these reports and as
sertions may, perhaps, be con-
firmcd by future developments. 1t
is certain, however, that Klrkpat-
rick left here early Thursday morn
ing, and that the young lady died
from the effects of strycbnine soon
after learning of his departure.
This leads to the conclusion that
his fight caused her to take the
fatal drug to hide her shame and
end her blighted life.
The unfortunate young lady was
Inferred in the Jewish cemetery at
this place, at 4:30 p. M, Sunday.
A large number of citizens attended
her funeral, and had it not been for
q misunderstanding as to the hour
Of burial there would have been a
more general attendance.
The following telegram from Mr.
". s. B. Michiner, of Monroe,
of Mr.. s. s. Kirk.
patrick-was received here, on
Tuesday:
"Has anything new developed =?
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