The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-21
No Indication That Annie johnson,
the Domestic, Intended TO
Commit Suicide.
An Unsigned Letter to Her Sister,
Full Of Strange Allu-
sions.
A Post Norton Examination by Physi-
eiaas shows That tho Woman Diod
. Natural Death.

envy Dear Sister: For the last time j
send a line to you with warm hand, but
hope that we shall meet in another world
where there ia no more death, but that all
things are passed away and all
things have become new. Thedisrespect of
man has now come TO M end on this earth,
but the reward which God gives remains
with God, for he rewards each ono ~ they
have dealt. whether il is good or bad. Ye
may see to il. IL ye have b%ack-bittsn Ins
to death and taken respect and honor away
from me, thon shall God require blood OF
your hands, for we have wearied me TO both
body and soul and ye have taken away all
my Joy and happiness or this earth and
trampled me under your feet and reviled
me for all abomination and shameful
things without cause and made me foolish
for all living flesh. Now ye have reached
tho goal. Now death where il thy sting.
Now grave whore il thy victory. Thou God
seest that / suffer without a cause, that my
cross il so heavy cannot bear it. LORD
help me in my last moment. Thou seest
that / have no friends OF earth bnt enc
mics. May thou, God, be my friend in
heaven after this earthly suffering has
ceased. Oh, God help mo-"
This was the letter found in the room Of
the domestic, Annie Johnson, aged about
40 years, who died at the residence OF Mr..
s. C, Gilpatrick, OIL the west side. q week
q last Wednesday. The letter was not
signed and had no date. Coroner Rock
man had the body taken from its grave and
brought to the court house yesterday after
noon where the inquest was held. An q
animation by the doctors showed the
woman died Of heart failure. Except the
face the body was firm and we'll preserved
showing n finely developed form. A curl
GUS crowd was ut the scene until q late hour
in tho day.
deceased. testified that he WAS called about
a week ago last Wednesday evening at Mr..
Gilpntrick's house, being after six o'clock,
to see the servant girl. He found her in
bed with normal temperature and pulse st
eighty. She was vomiting and had a chill
shortly before. There was some talk about
sending her to q hospital. II WIS cold and
Mrs. Fitzpatrick said she would take care of
her there. The doctor said he prescribed
some tenth grain calomel tablets with some
powders containing bicarbonate OF soda.
bismuth and morphine, each powder con-
He did not sec anything to indicate sudden
death. A short time before she died she
had an Eruption, which was undoubtedly
scarlet fever. Mr.. Fitzpatrick called him
again about II O'Clock that same night. She
Nj. Gi1lpatriek told the doctor that
she had talked to him abont If
teen minutes before she died. The
doctor gave no certificate but said he would
have il one had been =. requested. In his
opinion the woman died OF heart failure.
There WAS nothing to indicate that she had
taken poison Of any kind. DIR. Trcacy said
people often die of heart failure after hay-
ing scarlet fever. There were no indica-
tions Of pregnancy.
her name as Annie johnson. She
lived in his family about two weeks. That
evening Mrs. fitzpatrick said Annie was
vomiting. He watched by her bedside I'M.
Til she died. He did not know the cause OF
her death. Mrs. Stedman opened the won.
ans trunk and they found $75.55. He paid
ont S4S on Annie's account as per the re-
ceipt given by the coroner, leaving a bal.
ance of $27.55. Her face was broken out
and she complained Of a headache. She
was on her feet about half an hou before
she died. Mrg. Gilpatrick's testimony wal
to the same effect as her husbands except
that Ami complained Of a pain in her left
side, saying it was nothing, that she was
subject to such pains.
Mrs. Alice Stedman did not know the
cause Of Annie's death, she thought it wal
measles. The papers she oun in hel
trunk bore the name Of Clara Swanson.
j.. +. Fredericton, the pastor of the First
acknowledgement, thought the deceased
had worked at the Windsor hotel. she hao
said she had a brother in Butte and one II
Colorado. Mrs. fitzpatrick gave him tn,
letter found in n valise. 1t was written il
the Swedish language.
The post-mortem examination was mad.
by Drs. q. II. Barbour and r.. H.. Plesants
They found u dilation OF the right side o.
the heart: the cavities being filled witt
dark blood.
Mrs. s. p. Malcolm was another witness
She knew he deceased had boon a cham
bermaid at the Windsor house. Annie tolt
her she had a brother in Butte and one II
Denver. The one in Colorado she hat
helped to stock a ranch.
The jury found n verdict to the. effect tina
the deceased died of heart failure. The,
were, II. j. Mock. John Steinsaatz; I'D.
Zimmerman. Thomas O'Connor, o. NJ
Khoades, W. u. LaRus.