The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-23
THE LOCAL NEWS REPORT.
a WHITE WOMAN FOUND DEAD.
r;reumst4ntlhI Evidences of Suicide-A
Couple of Small Fires-CIty Council
Meeting and Street Extension
Carefully Considered.


sympathetic instance of woman's
& AoyotlOn and mans frailty, OF depth
and sincerity that only recognizes death
ss panacea, was displayed in the shape
q Of a corpse yesterday forenoon. Hattie
q KEYS was found, cold in death, with an
smpty morphine bottle by her side, in
hoisterhan's Pavilion, on East Bryan
street Her stliiened corpse
Ywss detected on the stand
furnishes music for the large dancing
hall. The hall is only opened on Sun
DAYS Tor the entertainmenJ OF guests.
although visitors are permitted u enter
the rooms ior rest and enjoyment dur
4 ING The week. The garden is a pretty
place and the surroundings are adnlira-
a Xiv adapted To the cOnveuionces of adj
4 hiring couples. On the afternoon of
Thursday last the gardener, John Ball,
noticed three women and one man
4 antar the nail. AT the time he was
prsning trees, and paid but little heed
v 10 them. The party remained in the
4 hall about 30 minutes, when they lett.
3 Miss Keys was among the number.
4 About an hour aftorWar0 she returned
and entered the pavilion alone. This
was the last seen Ol her until her corpse
was discovered yesterday morn
ing. At tho cOroner's inquest, facts
were cleaned, which point cUnclusively
to a suicide, and the causes when
prompted 1t. The deceased claimed to
4 Ia HE wife OF Sam :. Sweeney, the
night Waterman II the San Jacinto
Street railway Car stables. She haU
been residing in Fort Worth, and Oh
Monday and Tuesday wrote him inI-
pioring letters, but OF what character is
MOI known. On Tuesday afternoon she
camo u Dallas, repaired to
Ahe office OF the Main
BSueot railway company aud inquired
for Sweeney. lie was absent, uuU sns
4 LEFT note Tor him, IN which inc deciar-
alton was made that she wOuid commit
sulcide AZ AioisJ6rhan's pavilion On tic
Saturday afternoon following. Prior u
this event, however, sac addresses q
note 10 sweeney, asking Tor money with
which W sustain uUraelf,a and complained
that he had De5n neglecung her, O.tJ
Glelser, uu emplUye OF The road, read
the note aud s.uJUS thGJ Gu It's reception
4 Sweeney threatened suicide. suisse
queuiy she cent itltle boy 10 hlm for
4 money, ana again Sweeney Was absent.
She Ctnlt IN person ,gaIn ana Wept mt
LGllFt Ab altLShi anu NllLUI INtuAin ga
thai Sweeney mad admitted 10 him That
She was MS vile and had intro
ducsd her as such. Hattie Keys,
as viii De remembered by the rosuers
Of the HERALD, is the woman who al
tempted suicide last summer by JUMP
Ing from the road bridge into the river,
and was prevented by stranger. she
has several Times swallowed morphine
with deadly lutent, q memorable uccas-
ion being On the San JaCiutO
street car line in December last,
when IL was thought tnat she mad
only iaintsd. She Was OF a mOrUso dis.
position, her main hobby being her re-
gard Tor Sweeney. IJ seems That he had
Lred OF her 8uu become Disguised, aud
Is a lotion for her wounded feelings, she
ended nBr lilo IN the manner described
About JN o weeks ago she wrote him tina
she would die where they had las
parteu-at Meistorhan's pavilion,
Justice Scbuhl was notified, and {
Jury o! inquest was summoned. SIEVE
raj wims,sos We're examined, when ~
Adjournment resulted until this mora
ing.