Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-18
LIFE HAD NO JOYS FOR HER.
A Heartsick Little Girl Takes Rough
on Rats.
A HOME FOR INDECENT MAsoNS.
Charles Milington Again Takes TO His
Heels-Mary Bremen Sues Jerry
Harrington-News at
the Capital.
LINCOLN BUREAU OF THE OMAHA BEE, !
. 1929 p STREET,

LINCOLN. August Il.
Emma Lindloff, the fifteen-year-old daugh-
ter of John Lindloff, a teamster, who resides
at 1916 Q street. lies cold and stiff in death in
an upstairs room at S26 II. For something
like ten years Emma has been living with
the family OF j. Roberts, at S26 III. Yes
terday afternoon about $3.50 Mrs. Roberts
went out to do some shopping and make some
calls, and when she returned, about z, she
found Emma lying on the floor and vomiting.
AT first she would say nothing, but by and
by she admitted that she had taken three
doses of "Rough on Rats" about o'clock,
and that she was suffering from the effects
of the same. DIR. Carter was sent for and
administered SOME antdotes, and, as she
seemed easier he left other medicines wit h
directions for using, and went home, In-
structng Mrs. Roberts to send for him il
there was change for the worse Appar
emily she seemed to rest easy until about
$3.50 this morning, when she took a sudden
change for the worse, and ut $3.50 she
breathed her last. DIR. Carter came on q
summons, but she was so far gone that med
ical skill could avail nothing.
The girl gave no reson for this rash act,
and oil that is known concerning it relates
TO her life at home with her stepmother, and
her persecution by the Brockelmeyer chill
dren, who live next door.
John Lindloff, the father Of the girl, ad-
mitted TO THE BEE reporter that his daughter
and his second wife did not get along very
well, and that in consequence of tn is dis
agreement his daughter had left home and
had resided with the Roberts family some
thing like two years. Twice during this
time he had induced Emma to return home,
but each time the old trouble betwe en- the
girl and her stepmother would come up and
she would return TO the Roberts domicile.
He said that he kept well informed concern
ing her life with the Roberts family and as
they always treated her we'll and she seemed
to be dong all right, he was satisfied to let
her remain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roberts both, IN talking to
THE BEE correspondent, said that the Brock
elmeyer children, who lived next door, were
constantly making faces at her and calling
her names and Runaway girln whenever
she stepped out in the back yard, and that
this worried her continually and she could
stand 1t no longer. Yesterday morning he
had built high board fence between the
lots so that she could not see the children,
and thus baffied in their attempts they had
marched up and down the other side of the
etc" Once he had spoken TO Mrs. Brockel-
meyer about II and she had replied that
ohildrens' affairs were no affairs of hers.
An old lady who was present volunteered
the Information that as Mrs. Lindlod and
Mrs. Brockelmeyer were very close friends,
y might be true that the step-mother was at
the bottom OF the persecution. She further
stated that the girl was completely discoL r
aged. She had talked with her. She felt
that she had no home nor friends. and that
there was no peace on earth and that she in
tended quitting II. The old lady tried 10 dis
puade her. but she said that her step-mother
hated her, her father took sides with the
step-mother and the Brockelmeyer children
made life q burden. Sne spoke well of her
treatment by MIR. and Mrs. Roberts.
The girl has always borne q good reputa-
tioc, and was bright, active aud smart about
her studies and her work
The case was reported 70 Coroner Shoe