Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-05
ne Pathetic Appeal Of Lucille Kirby,
Seeking for Rest in Lethe's
Placid Waves.
apeticr be Dead and Forgotten Than
Living in Shame and Dishonor."
and Yet $50 Sad TO Die Z"
a, Ola. Old story of woman's shame ana
woman's Dcspcrntion--H How n hi.
vorcc suit was Defeated.

4, saturdays GAZETTE appeared n
,iei notice of the illness of Miss
,ncnlp Kirby of Arson, Jones county. NJ
,bq southern hotel, on account of NOR
,,mc poisoning. Yesterday morning
,bout O'Clock one OF the saddest trage-
hes that was ever woven out Of the wool
snd warp of sorrow eliminated IN the
rrmination of this young life. Death
,himed her unwillingly, at her own re-
4 nest. The morphine which killed her
IA taken with suicidal intent.
j Friday evening about G:80 O'Clock, lust
,ner she had emerged from the dining
nom, she inquired of the landlord
br some empty capsules in which TO take
,iiose of qulninc aud was told tllat he
bad none but that the best method to
AXE quinine was in coffee. She sent out,
togeycr, and purchased the capsules,
md filing them up with morphine took
bctween fifty and sixty grains in four
doses, from & 80 TO s O'Clock.
Soon after she had swallowed the last
dose, which was taken in the parlor, some
one noticed that the bottle was labeled
morphine, and gave the alarm. She adj
mitted that the drug was morphine ana
Aat She was attempting suicide.
FIGHT WITH DEATH.
Or. G.. e. Reilly was Immediately called
TO- lie foundher sufferingno evil effects
inm the morphine, breathing well and
pulse IN natural condition. This led him
10 believe that she had not taken as
nnch of the poison as the attendant
thought, and after administering an an
ihole left, stating that she was in no
Danger,
About ! O'Clock Il. m. the unfortunate
Woman began to get rapidly worse,
and Dr. Rely was sent for
again, Being indispoScd he de-
cllncd to- 20 and DR.. ID. A. Stevens was
called He found herfn comatosc con
lltlon, but, after laborng with her until
daylight, succeeded in rousing her TO
Consciousness. At once she burst into n
storm OF piteous weeping and begged the
Doctor to let her die. His antdotes she
swallowed, but with great reluctance.
DEATH THE VICTOR.
All day long DR.. Stevens remained at
her bedside, making superhuman efforts
against the insidious poison, but the
,ruggle was begun too late; her
system had become thoroughly contamin-
ated, and, after alternating spells of apathy
and consciousness, she breathed her last
aiS o'clock Sunday morning.
Since her death ii has developed that
Lucille Kirby has a history us full of
palhoS, mystery and romance as the most
llghly colored tale of fiction. Connected
With il are characters who are we'll
Known in Fort Worth. Here 1t had its
happy beginning and its sorrowful Sc
qarl.
THE FIRST I'm lpTTu
Three years ago Lucille Kirby, a hand
some, sprightly girl OF fourteen, met Mr.
W. +. Carpenter of this city
al her fathers ranch, near
Arson in Jones county. A short ac-
qualntancc ripened into love and mar
rlage. The parents of the girl opposed
The union, more perhaps on ac-
count of her youth than from any
other cause, and as a consequence the
wedding took place at Muscogee, Indian
Territory.
The elopcment occurred JANUARY s,
lss2 After three short weeks of matr-
aony the ties so hastily assumed
we're rudely broken and husband and
vile separated, never again to blend
ileir lives in the same currents.
THE PLOT.
Over this unfortunate sequel, the com
menccment of the poor girls troubles,
And charity would draw its friendly
sell, Let II be sufficient TO state that
lae husband made discovery, or at
east believed he did, which shocked and
Fortified him, and ut once returned his
ealld-wife to the parental roof.
lie told her father, so il is said, that if
~ went well with her he might in the
coarse OF time take her back TO his
aeart aud home. A downward career,
nweyor, is rarrly checked, and Sher-
@ah i. Carpenter or Lucille Kirby, as
Sae called herself after the separation,
was far too impetaous and impulsivc to
'e'erse primal law of human nature,
DIVORCE.
Several weeks ago Mr.. w. +, Carpen-
tfhegan in the district court at this
pace suit for divorce on the ground
y adultery, alleging that the defendant,
o@fnlan Carpenter, Ind been an
innate of houses of prostitution
Abilene, Colorado City. Fort Worth
aaa other places.
against the protest of her parents Mrs.
afpenter came here about two months
w TO defend the suit, and illed a cross
W charging that her husband had
aeahuoned her without cause three weeks
iHer their marriage, declaring that he
esld community property OF the value OF
espVO0, and asking alimony to the amount
TOO per month
"n arriving here she took
room ut the brunswick
eo'ei Her family connections, which
yeame known to Mr.. Rowland, one Of
g management, secured for her the
algleSi consideration, and her viyaciiy
-'o intelligence made her many friends.
GONG DOWN NIL
rue represented that she was here on
sai business, hut few if any were ac-
fgganied with the real object Of her visit,
II tAe facts of which were kept pro-
ipand secret on both sides. After She
M remained at the hotel two or three
weeks It became painfully evident
We proprietors that she was
subject OF great deal
remark, especially among the gentle
u guests. Ugly stories got ahoat, and
was said that she was too fond OF dis
%iiag her really magnificent form, en-
slapiile in the window by moonlight,
9flDw.
Af. Rowland ucntIV but firmly adj