Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-05-08

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ETT1E
81 cannot live in this sinful world. am 60
ing home to morrow. My love to you. from
your darling. Keep this flower in remembrance
of me- leave my plain ring to you, although
1t Is too small for you But keep it till you die
don't let any other girl wear it.
ETTIE"
ON HER WAY TO WAYNEsBORO.
Among her effects was let ter from
citizen of Waynesboro inviting her to
come there and bring a lady" with her.
He told her to put up at Tom Jeffersons
Hotel, but not to ask anybody where the
hotel was, but to inquire the way of ne
groes on the street.
HER LAST LETTER.
The following is the letter she left for
her Staunton acquaintance. 1t Is written
on heavy mauve paper.
SrAUNToN, VA
My Dearest George:
must leave you, for cannot bear to
to live and think that you would treat me as
you have; and all for La lie. George, 1 do not
blame you for it, for she made you do as you
did, first. But you ought to have known better.
God IN heaven knows all. George meet me in
heaven, as we will never meet on earth again.
I have nothing here to live for and I have
something to die for. wish you happy life;
but when you marry her think of me, the one
that loved you dearly. Oh to Heaven that
had never seen you, and never would have
known you if it had not been for LAME And
then she was not satisfied until she brought me
to trouble-to my grave. But God knows best
of ALL Maybe you and her will have trouble
yet, and when you do, think of the trouble you
have caused me. May God help you to bring
me to your memory. George, for my sake
don't let me be buried at Churchville, bury
me in here. But don't let it be any trouble
to you. 1 hope you will meet me soon.-
I am going home tomorrow. Kiss me
George, as lay pale and cold. I hope to meet
you again, and in blissful hope will wait for
you to greet me with your smiles when we
meet in Heaven. die loving you, dearly
George if you ever meet with Mamma, treat her
kindly, and Msttie ALSO will remember her,
for if it had not been for her I don't know
what I would have done SO far She has
treated me as her own child. May God help
and prosper her for it, and him also.
George, these are the last lines you will
ever have written by me- The last request I
make of you is never to marry LAME. l don't
see why she treated me SO badly; never would
have done her that way; but if you all think
1t is all right, it is all right.
'Dear George, tremble to think must die.
1t is lonely and sad in the dark grave to lie.
Gould you but go with me- know your hand
would lead me through the shadows of Deaths
| gloomy land. will close-not by asking you
to write to me but to meet nae in Heaven
''Good-bye my darling. A good night kiss to
you. From your true love until death Shall I
meet you soon? ErT1E KANopp.,"
This was added in a scrawling hand as
if the writer could hardly see the paper:
'My last thought is about you, darling
Keep this letter, George. I am coming Lord
to thee, by and bye"
THE TESTIMONY OF WIT NEssEs.
The evidence before the jury, of chief
Importance, was that of NJ H. Brown,
clerk at Wayt & Bros. drug store. 1t
showed that Wednesday morning about IL
O'Clock Miss Kanopp went into that drug
store. She called for chl0roform, but
wasn't certain of the vial she wanted.
She declined a 2 ounce vial, but said
ounce vial was the size ''the lady who
wanted it' had been accustomed to get.
ting. The clerk cautioned her about the
deadly properties of the drug and asked
if the lady knew how to take it. She re-
piled that the lady knew very well, and
bought the chloroform. About l o'clock
in the afternoon she and another girl were
in the store pricing some albums, but
neither asked for, nor bought any drug.
A commercial traveller who occupied
the next room to her at the hotel, testified
that he heard her up as late as IL O'Clock
Wednesday night coughing.
DR.. Getzendanner testified, that from
the appearance of the deceased, she had
died of poison.
The jury rendered verdict of suici de,
in accordance with the facts.
The witnesses we're examined by Mayor |
A. G. Gordon at the inquest.
The theory of Der death is that she first |
took the strychnine, and as the convul-
sions came on, applied the chloroform.
Her hands were tightly clenched.
Miss Kanopp paid her bill the evening
before for her nights lodging. Last even
ing, the city authorities sent her body out
TO her father near Churchyille. 1