The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-26
10 CHEAT JUSTICE,
Il Female Singer Takes Nor
phine, Hoping to Die.
PROMPT DISCOVERY SAVES HER.
m. Hay Mcneil Fries 70 Escape ian
~ Dssth, while Seeking Ball
Her stormy Married Life.

Nh. May Z. Mcneil attempted to com
nit suicide yesterday morning By taking
twenty one-half grain morphine pills, bat
her life was saved by the immediate dis
eoyery OF the deed and the prompt aften-
ton Of physicians.
The reason assigned for the deed is that
she vas tired of living with her husband.
Joseph Mcyeil. She left note for her
husband in which she said that he would
hare been dead long ago except for the rea-
a0n that there Is no burying-grou IN the
country bad enough to bury him in.
She also left letter addressed to her
nhysician which read as follows:
April Is. 1901, $40 q. m.
hare suffered insults and blows until my
heod Il nearly broken, but cannot bear public
dfnerxce. Death IL preferable. Don't let them
Hold 4 post mostem. II il not necessary Ihaye
taken ten grains Of morphine. GOODBYE
The story Of the domestic relations is .
tangled ana unusual one. She is very
large woman, Of an uncertain age, and is
decided blonde. Her husband is Joseph
McNeG, proprietor Of the Golden State
hotel (the old Willis housed, on South
Third street. between Warrington and
Main. They have been married only few
Wonths. Three weeks after the marriage
Mrs Mcneil appeared before Justice
Neagle and had her husband put under
$40 bonds to keep the peace. Several per-
sons connected with the hotel were sworn
as Witnesses, and the testimony showed
that both parties frequently started the
fights, spd that bloody noses and black
eyes were frequently the result. Mcneil
objected very much TO giving bonds, and,
addressing the justice. ne said:
I'm go 10 Jail before ! put up $500.
Whenever get into scrap with her get
the. worst Of it. I'll wait until John L.
Sullivan comes this way, then I'll pit her
asainst him and put all my money on the
cid woman, too"
When it came to the point. however,
Mcneil put up the bonds and did not go to
jail.
Nothing has been heard of the pairs
domestic troubles since until Friday at
midnighs Then Officer Frank Krebs
brought them both TO police headquarters
and booked them on charge of lighting.
He said lac arrested them while they were
whipping each other with raw hide riding
whips
Mcneil PIT up so bail for his appear
anee and was released. He would not put
mp any money for his wife, and as she had
no money Of her own. she was locked up.
She remained in jail until O'Clock, be-
noaning her Imprisonment. and saying
ahe was disgraced. At 5o'clock she said
e some one would go with her to the hotel
ehe could get the money, and Jailer d. r.
Noble accompanied her there. She went
TO her own room--No. H. No one was in,
and turning to the jailer, she asked:
Will you step into the Office and get
me some writing paper? A friend of mine
will put up the money, If she hears of my
TROUBLE"
Jailer Noble got the paper and when he
returned TO the room the woman was sit
ting down and acting very strangely. She
then told him she had taken morphine and
ne then ran for Dr. Van. By L. O'Clock
the woman was pronounced out of danger.
When the fighting case was called in
court yesterday afternoon, an officer re-
ported that Mcneil was too drunk to be in
attendance and said that his wife was not
able to leave her room. Consequently the
case Was continued until Monday after
noon.