Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-15

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 held you to bring me to your
memory. George, for my sake
don't let me be buried at Church.
vile, bury me in here. But don't
let it be any trouble TO you. | hope
you will meet me soon. | am 60
ing home tomorrow. Kiss me
George, as lay pale and cold.
hope to meet you again, and in
blissful hope will wait for you to
greet me with your smiles when
We meet in Heaven. 1 die loving
you, dearly. George if you ever
meet with Mamma, treat her kind.
ly, and Mettie also. | will remem'
ber her, for if it had not been for
her | don't know what wopld
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 make Of you is
never to marry LAME. don't see
why she treated me 80 badly; |
never would have done her that
way but ifyou all think it is all
right, it is all right.
"Dear George, | tremble to think
| must die. 1t is lonely aud sad in
the dark grave to lie. Could you
but go with me, know your hand
would lead me through the
shadows of Death gloomy land.
| will close not by asking you to
write to me but TO meet me in
Heaven.
Goodbye my darling, A good
night kiss to you. Fro m your true
love until death. Shall ! meet you
soon ETTIE KANoPP.p
This was added in a scrawling
hand as if the writer could hardly
see the paper:
any last thought is about you,
darling. Keep this letter, George.
/ am coming Lord to thee, by and
bye"
THE TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES.
The evidence before the jury, OF
chief Importance, was that OF NJ
II. Brown, clerk at Wayt & Bros
drug store. 1t showed that Wed
nesday morning about III o'clock
Miss Kanopp went into that drug
store. She called for chlorofOrm,
but wasn't certain of the vial she
wanted. She declined q 2pounct
vial, but said 4-ounce' vial was
the size the lady who wanted 1t
had been accustomed to getting
The clerk cautioned her about the
deadly properties OF the drug and
asked if the lady knew how to take
it. She replied that the lady knew
very well, and bought the chloro
form. About | o'clock in the after
noon she and another girl were III
the store pricing some albums, bnt
neither asked for, nor bought any
drug.
A commercial traveller who oc
cupied the next r0Om TO her at the
hotel, testified that he heard heI
up as late as IL o'clock Wednesday
/ night coughing.
DR.. Getzendanner testified, that
, from the appearance of the decess
, ed, she had died Of poison.
The jury rendered a verdict o.
r suicide, in accordance with the facts
The witnesses we're examlnd by
Mayor A. g. Gordon at the inquest
The theory of her death is that
she first took the strychnine, anl
as the cOnvulsions came on, applied
r the chloroform. Her hands were
, tightly clenched.
Miss Kanopp paid her bill the
3 evening before for her nights lodg
: ing. Last evening, the city author
tiles sent her body out to her father
q near Churchyille.- ViRdicdtOr.