Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-09
LEFT ALONE TO Die.
MAGGIE VALE SWALLOWS A Dose OF
CARBoLIC ACID.
Her Daughter Secures Her Money and
Deserts Her Dying Mother
A Sad Case.

Poor Maggie Vale lay on one of the low
touches at the Receiving Hospital at mid
night last night, gasping her last. Her eyes
were set with the stare of death, and there
were no tender hands to close them when
finally the fast-expiring spark of life should
go out in darkness. Now and then the
jailer would look in, when not occupied
with his duties, to see if she was still
breathing, and that was all. There was no
one TO even breathe a PRAYER for the Door
woman as her spirit took its flight from
earth.
And yet her own daughter was not half
a dozen blocks away, whittier she had gone
a few hours before with box containing
her mothers hard earned savings, leaving
the latter to die alone and unattended, as
described.
The poor woman was dying from dose
OF deadly carbolic acid. apparently taken
with suicidal intent. 1t appears that Mrs.
Vale was formerly the wife of a man
named Powers, her present husband
from whom she has been separated for
come time-being an employee at the rail-
road shops. She had lived in this city for
some thirty years, it is said, and had, by
hard work, secured little property. Re.
Gently small house belonging to her at
Fifth and streets was burned, on which
she had some insurance
Her daughter, aged 16 years. has been
living with Mrs. Shadd at 1913 Fourth
street, while Mrs. Vale herself resided
with widow named Smith, at Fourth and
S streets. whose husband was formerly
lawyer nere but died many years ago. The
daughter went to see her rlether YESTERDAY,
but finding her out, went to the site of the
burned house and there found her living in
a barn, with two walls by her side-one
containing some medicine prescribed bv
physician, and the other carbolic acid.
She came up town and informed Mrs.
Schadd that her mother was dead, and the
latter sent word to the Coroner. The latter
visited the place and finding the woman
still alive, notified the Chief of Police.
Chief Drew then got carriage and took
Mrs. Vale to the Receiving Hospital and
summoned the City Physician. She seemed
to be dying, and nothing could be done
for her but to make her as comfortable as
possible.
Mrs. Schadd and the daughter visited
the police station, but the latter, say the
police, exhibited no feeling of sympathy
for her mother. She informed Chief Drew
that some time ago her mother told her
that if anything happened to her (the
motherl she would find q box st Mrs.
Smiths containing some money and
papers: that as soon as she saw her mother
lying in the barn, and supposed her to be
dead, she had gone and secured the box
and taken it to Mrs. Schadd's.
The Chief sent officer Shook with the
women to the house to get the box and
bring it to the Police Station. When
opened it was found to contain 1886 in
money and some papers of value.
After remaining little while the women
left for their home, although the mother of
the younger one Law dying in an adjoining
room to the Chiefs Office, and did not
again visit her.
At l o'clock this morning the poor
woman breathed her last
Captain Lee informed RECORD. UNION
reporter that it was reported that only
few days ago Mrs. Vale had drawn 81 800
from the Sacramento Bank, and the officers
think that if she did it would very
likely have been placed in the box with her
other money. Whether or not the box had
been opened before it was brought to the
police stati, n, h, ofsc RS did not know,
but the woman said it had not.
Deceased was well known as a industri-
ous, saving woman. and it is a shame that
she should have been left to die, as she
was. with no friend OF. relative near to do
aught to alleviate her sufferings and utter a
prayer for her departing spirit.