Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22
SOUGHT PEACE In DEATH
TIRED OF THE WORLD. ALICE sEEY-
EMS TAKES HER OWN LIFE.

, She Arrives in the City Thursday and
Seen but Few Times Until Foun
Dead Yesterday Noon-A Hole in He
Temple and Pistol by Her Side sho,
How the Deed Was Committed.
/ A moment OF despair; sting Of remorst
q desolate past to recall and, even q adarke
future ito contemplate. Estranged fror
friends and all who were dear; with NJ
hope OF reconciliation, no one to speak th
kind and loving words for which the hear
hungered, only misery and pain gnawing a
her yitals, and q cruel, pitiless conscienc
to upbraid her. she sought escape from al
| in the way so many do. A nervous clutch
| ing OF a pistol, a touch on the trigger, an,
darkness and oblivion came as welcom
relief-the chapter was ended and SO will
it the whole story. Another unfortunate
the world said, never ceasing in it's endlee,
rush and hurry. No pitying tears wer
shed and no words Of sorrow spoken, th
coroner and undertaken were summoned
and the usual forms gone through with
| Tomorrow, perhaps, lone wagon vii
wend its way-to the silent city of the dead
A body will be lowered into the grav,
Alice Stevens will be at rest forever, Will,
merciful Judge above will pass judgment
upon her troubled spirit.
Although she did not proclaim it in
words, yet all who saw the Hastily dressed
well formed and comely little woman apply
for room at the st. Nichalas Thursday
morning could tell that she belonged to q
class despised by the world and looked
upon with loathing and disgust instead ol
receiving that pity which Charity demands
OF all human kind.
Mrs. A. Sanderson was the name she gave
to the clerk, and Oakland the place she
came from. She was assigned to her room
and her baggage sent after her. But little
attention was paid to her, for she required
none, and as far as is known by the hotel
attaches, she kept to her room closely all
day.
Friday morning she sent for her break.
fast and it was taken to her room by
Thomas, waiter whom she asked to
bring her a glass of claret. The
wine was brought to her, and about
half an hour after, when the same
waiter returned for the dishes she asked
him to send some one to attend to her fire.
The porter was sent, and did as she re-
quested. This was the last time she was
seen alive by any one about the hotel. At
about 6 o'clock in the evening Thomas
went to her room again to see il she
wanted lunch. He rapped at the door a
few times, and receiving no answer, left. A
before him had also tried to
obtain admittance, but finding the door
locked and the key in the lock, thought the
occupant asleep and walked away.
Yesterday forenoon the same waiter
raped again at the door OF No. IL, and
no response, he told the porter at
noon that he thought something was
wrong, and advised him to get step lad.
der and look into the room through the
transom. The porter did SO, and beheld q
frightful sight in the room. A woman was
lying dead upon the bed, her face covered
with blood and the white drapery OF the
bed colored with the same awful, dark
stains. One look satisfied the porter. and
anxious to get away from the sickening,
fearful scene, he ran down stairs and in
formed Mr.. Foster, proprietor OF the hotel,
Of the horrible tragedy that had been en-
acted.
The coroner was notified and r. W.
Stevens volunteered to enter the fatal room
through the transom and unlock the door,
Ind the coroner and several others entered.
Woman dead. A hole in her right temple,
! pistol by her side with one chamber
,mpty, told the whole story. The body,
lressed in rich black silk dress. fine UNDER
clothing and sealskin sack, was ordered re-
moved to the morgue and q jury was
and an inquest begun.
On table in the room were several notes
and a Western Union telegraph blank.
On the date line the letter "B" was written,
Is though it had been the intention OF some
one to write a message and then concluded
lot to. Underneath and half way down
5he length OF the blank, in q neat fem
3anderson, care of Laurel Palace Saloon,
Jor. Rush & Kearney sts.".
One note was addressed ITO the Pro-
,rietor OF the Hotel" and written on q
,heet OF note paper. Enclosed please find
money for two days rent" No signature
vas attached and the money referred to
vas SO.
Another note, also sealed. was addressed
ITO the Undertaken" Upon a sheet OF
,aper OF the same kind as the first note,
vas written:
I'm my bosom yeu will find $35. My
light name is Alice Stevens.
'I was born and raised in San Fran |
isco. Left there three weeks ago yester- |
lay. Send telegrams to Mr.. Stevens, $50
montgomery street, room ., San Fran
isco, CAL"
A third note, not enclosed in an en- |
velope, was evidently sent to q telegraph |
,fice for it requested to inform the bearer |
low long it took to send telegram from
,ere to San Francisco. Underneath and |
igned Operator" was reply stating that /
! message could be sent in about three /
but that it was impossible to say /
low long it would take to receive an answer.
The reply closed by stating that the wires
we're working o. K"
A number of witnesses were examined
" Coroner Howard and the facts as above
iven elected. T. Fl. Elliott, a. hackman,
estified that he had taken the woman
rom the Utah & Northern sleeping car be-
ween and o'clock Thursday morning.
md driven her to the St. Nicholas hotel.
lis hack but got out before the hotel was
cached.
The other witnesses examined were r. w.
stevens, the man who entered the room
through the trausom; J. M. Foster, pro-
,rietor of the hotel; r. e. Taylor, night
Jerk; J. 8. Lee, porter; p. B. Thomas,
vaiter; Joe Downey, Rocky Mountain mes
enger boy; Eddie keenan,, q district mes
enger; G. B. Hoskins, q clerk at D'Acheuls
lrug store, and V. p. Temple, q Western
Union telegraph operator. Downey deposed
hat he had been sent by q woman occupy
ug room 12 in the st. Nicholas hotel,
Thursday, with note to D'Acheul's drug
tore to get bottle OF medicine He said
,e got the medicine and took it to her.
Keenan, testified that he took q telegraph
Message to the Office for the woman Thurs
lay.
Hoskins, the drug clerk, testified that
messenger boy visited the store
nth note requesting that the bearer be
iyen rs cents's worth of equal parts OF
rpott and cotton root. He said he refused
q put up the incidence until told to do 80
" Mr.. Lyman, the manager. The evidence
i Temple was to the effect that he had
emit a message for deceased to Mr.. Sander
on, corner of Bush and Kearny streets,
Jan Francisco, informing him that deceased
lad arrived at Butte.
At first it was thought that the woman
,ad been murdered. and Coroner Howard |
md the jury chased every rumor, and
eport to it's head, but without obtaining |
,ther facts than those given above, and
he Jury returned q verdict that "Alice Stew
ma came to her death in Butte on the 18th |
,r 18th day of May, from agunshot wound,
md that the same was done by her own
and. with suicidal intent" The jurors
we're Gordon d. Pearce, p. A. Kilbride, 8.