Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-21
MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY,
why DID Amanda Nebergall Take
Her Own Life?
sofe'y Amfcted with Trouble, she
seeks hest in the Grave, Leaving a
Young SONIA seusa ,ionai Suicide.

soreiy AFFLICTED with Trouble, she
seeks Rest in the Grave, Leaving a |
Young SOMA se,s,,t.,., S,i.,ae,
Amanda Nebergall, a robust, healthy
looking girl twenty-three years of age,
VINO came here from Adair, Ill, three
weeks ago and secured employment at
wages restaurant on Second avenue be.
tween Sixteenth aud Seventeenth streets.
died there at AS this morning from al
overdose OF drug, pposedly morphine,
self administered and with suicidal in.
tent. She left a note, which, while not
explaining the reason of her rash act.
makes many differences which may lead to
sensational developments during the off.
cial investigation The note begins:
Tired OF LifeT' and she saws:
Don't want to put this in the pa
per as l have it written down" Then
follows brief memoranda of her account
with Mr.. Wage for services and an &C
acknowledgement of payment in full from
him up to a certain date The remainder
of her note which is clearly written,
though very bad spelling is used in the
original, reads SIS follows:
Please telegraph to VIM. H. Nebergal,
Adair. Illinois, tnat his daughter is dead
that she is in Rock Island, corpse. NV
name is Amanda Nebergall. | am %
years old, last Feb. 90. Trouble has
caused this terrible deed and love had
something to do with the trouble. |
asked favor. and now it is too hard
for my brains. l am tired of living; my
lore is too much. AMANDA NEBERGALL
Charley is pas boy, when | am dead
Troubled Trouble! TROUBLED
The words appearing in italics above
are underscored in the letter, and en-
closed in parenthesis. Charley, the boy
alluded to in the postscript, is q little fel~
low three years old. whom she brought
to Rock Island with her and whom she
claimed was her son.
THE girl now dead came to US three
weeks ago" said Mr.. Wage this morning.
She was strong and healthy IN appear
ance and on her application for employ
ment We gave it to her. She brought her
/ 1iFrIa how Tr,t hot I'D ha ettn
She was an excellent eirl-industrious
and willing and always cheerful and sp.
parenrly light-hearted She was splen
did cook and gave satisfaction II every
| way. Since she has been here. n Young
fellow, railroad man | believe. whom
they cali Jack Coons-I think that is hi,
name has been here to see her almos
every day The last time he called va
about 100 yesterday. He had quite 6
lengthy conversation with her-stayeC
about two hours-and then left about on
O'Clock. She attended to her duties q
the dinner table as usual, and nothin!
was noticed in her appearance or demean
or to cause alarm until about 4:30 O'Clock
when she complained to my wifi
of feeling dizzy and very sick
as she expressed it. My wife advise
her to sit down and she at once becam
drowsy. My wife sent for me. We as
sisted her to the lounge where she lai
down. She told Us not to be alarmed
saying that she had had similar spells be
fore and would soon be over it. I OF
tanned the services of physician as 500
as possible and Dr.. S. C.. Plummer, Jr
worked with her until nearly 5 o'cloc
this morning All efforts to arouse b,
were futile; she fell into deep sleep an
taken Al enormous dose OF morphine {
lsudanum. and when she did it or how
don't know Last Saturday night 81
went on visit to her parents down ne
Bushnell, returning Sunday nigh
She was very sffectionately devoted
her boy, who likewise was much attach
to her and was always with her"
While Mr.. Wage was talking brig
little fellow was playing about the tio'
MA has gone away for little Will,
he said distinctly, running up to the I
porter, but she's coming rack when S
gets better" and he went on innocen
about his play.
She never told US much about
relations said Mrs. Wage. 1--WE KIN
of nothing wrong until last night VII
she complained of being sick and diz
! Once she said she was widow, that
husband had died after they had b.
married six months. and that this lii
boy was her son."
After the girls death Coroner HAY
took charge OF the remains and had tn
removed to Knox's undertaking roo
in the meantime sending telegram
the unfortunate womsn's relatives as
Dictated in her letter. DR.. Plummer '
be unable TO tell without a post mort
what deadly drug she administered
herself, but says 1t was either laudanu
opium or morphine and that she
reached the second stage of the pois
= Gus effect when he arrived
There is something very mysteri
Y about the whole tragedy. What parl
J any, the young man Coons plays in
affair IS as yet not known. COons h
ever is married man. 1t may
possible to produce the proof that
dead girls husband left her about eis
cen months ago.
As well as she had concealed her ]
determination, she had made every pre-
ration possible for her funeral, laying
all the clothing she desired to be bu
D" In, even to her undergsrments and
elry.
The inquest is being held this at
Disgraceful Conduct.
mi The mayor has been numerously !
N toned within the past few days to
move certain prominent member OF