Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-15
SUICIDE FOR LOVE |.
AYoung Girl Takes StDchnlns and Chloro-
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IMPLoRINa APPEALS TO "A LOVER FOR
A FAREWELL vIsIH-A TOUCHING
LAST LETTER. LETTERS TO HBR
MOTHER, sS. BROTHER AND AN
AoQUIIST<
&C., YSc., &C.
Last wintetr rabout December, Mr..
Noah Kahopp, farmer living near
ChurchviIle, drove into Stanton
with his daughter LAME, girl of
unusual beauty, and visited law
yers Office. fHis visit there was to
commence a prosecution of a citi-
zen of Staunton, with whom he said
his other daughter, Ettie, had be-
come infatuated and who had ruin
cd her. He added that the girl had
lett home and come to StauntOn to
see her lover, and was then at the
American Hotel. After looking in
to the matter, the lawyer told him
he could not see where he could
make out case. Young Bttie was
then sent for and came from the
hotel and reluctantly agreed to ac-
company her father home. She
was a girl Of extraordinary person
al beauty of face, and had tall
and commanding figure. Her fea-
lures were regular, hair black, and
handsome mouth and teeth. Her
next appearance here was to be in
a tragedy. The lover then in ques-
ton, is the same person to whom
the notes and the dying letter ad.
dressed to George given later on
we're written on Wednesday last in
StauntOn.
On Wednesday last, a young lady
about eighteen years of age, with
black hair, a good 6gure, and fine
appearance stopped at the Virginia
Hotel. She registered as Ettie Ka.
nopp Of Churchville. In converse
ton with the clerk she stated that
she was a daughter Of Noah Kanopp
of Churchville, in this county, and
had started to visit a friend in Fish
ersville, but had changed her mind
after getting here. She gave or
ders when she retired on Wednes.
day night, not to be called early
Ten o'clock yesterday morning hav.
ing arrived, without her having
made her appearance she was call
ed by the servant but made no an.
swer. About p. NJ. Mr. Crowle,
the proprietor, accompanied by q
servant, vent to tho room and get
ting no answer the servant went
through the transOm and opened
the door. The young girl was ly-
ing dead upon the bed with two
strips Of cotton around her neck
saturated with chloroform and a
four.ounce bottle lying on the bu-
reau labelled 'chloroform.' A
brown paper with some strychnine
was on the table. Her hands were
tightly clenched. A note and two
letters were found on the table
Several letters were found In her
wrist satchel. She left on the table
a letter to her mother, one to her
brother, one to her sister and a
fourth to a male friend in Staunton'
Behind the door hung her dress
and a jockey hat with two feathers
In the top drawer Of the bureau
she had placed a pair of white
kid gloves, and on the washstand
lay box of the whitening that
ladies use, open. On her hand was
an expensive gold ring. The night
before, she had remained in the
parlOr waiting for her lover to call
until it was closed. She spent her
time there in ordinary conversation
and in turning over the music
sheets on the piano. She gave the
order not to be called early, in the
ordinary way, and went up stairs
TO her room. When she got there
at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning
she at once told the clerk she want
ed to stay one day and asked what
l they called day, she was told
twenty.four hours, and paid in ad,
vance for that time.
JURY OF INQUEST.
4 DR.. Walker, the City Coroner
was informed of the event and had
. the following jury Of inquest sam