The morning call., 1892-02-25
MEXICAN JOE'S WIFE.
Mrs. Sylvester Shoots Herself in
Restaurant.
Deserted By Her Husband She Travelled With
Bride Bill" = Suicide il Prefer
encs TO Arrest.

ooh! thank GodP'
I'm dying at last!"
" Kill me at once"
These and other EXPLANATIONS Issued from
the thin, white lips Of little woman on the
operating cot of the Receiving Hospital
yesterday morning. The patient was Mrs.
Emma Sylvester, and she VS. suffering
from bullet-w0und in the left breast, self
inflicted
She is rather pretty woman OF "a, but
has led a turbulent life for six years. At
o'clock yesterday morning she entered the
Temperance restaurant. on Market street,
near Fifth, while under the influence Of
liquor, ordered breakfast in b0isterOus
manner and continued to talk in loud tone,
despite the repeated orders of the walters to
keep quiet.
She was well dressed, and appeared to
belong TO a more respectable class than the
women who are usually on the street unat-
tended at o'clock in the morning.
BECAME VERY NOISY.
She finally became so noisy that police
officer was called TO take h er in custody
As he entered she drew a revolver and
threatened to kill herself, declaring that she
did not want 10 live any longer anyway.
preach her, but they kept working their
way toward the excited woman until she
turned the weapon upon herself and fired.
She was then conveyed to the Receiving
Hospital, where 1t was found that the bull
let entered her left breast, grazing the top
Of the heart. The police surgeons said she
could not recover. She suffered intensely
and frequently asked that ner misery be
ended
When placed in a female ward she made
the following statement
made up my mind TO die three days
ago, not because / was drinking but be-
cause / was tired Of this wTetched life. My
husband is Joseph Sylvester, a salesman
for CObuTn, TeyiS IL Co., 107 Front street.
l was raised in Portland, Oregon, where l
married my husband five and half years
ago. We lived happily for long time, but
began to quarrel after we moved here, and
found it impossible TO live together. We
separated two months ago. Since then l
have been giving magnetic treatment and
telling fortunes for living al room SO IN
the Nucleus House.
DEATH WAS WELCOME TO HER.
a. have made money, but became des-
pendent on account of my separation from
my husband so that did not care whether
/ lived or died. have stood 1t as long as /
can and four days ago bought a revolver on
kearny street with which to kill myself.
No, l am not sorry / did it, aud want TO die
as soon as DOSSl Die / tOGk TWO OF LuTee
glasses OF liquor last night TO nerve myself,
aud l had fully determined to take my own
Life and became boisterous when they
bothered me in the restaurant. But why
didn't they let me die? On, doctor, give me
some pOisOnl"
The dying woman's husband was for
me-ly a street fakir and styled -" Mexican
joe" by reason OF his long black hair and
big white sOmbTerO. After he deserted
her two months ago she took uD with
travelling fakir known as Birdie Bill" and
he used her as an attraction in drawing
Gro Wds on the streets.
During the afternoon Mrs. Sylvester sank
gradually, and her death was expected at
any moment She mas mother and three
sisters, wel-to-do people, In Portland,
Oregon.
PORTLAND. Oregon. Feb. 24-Nothing
can be learned here regarding Mrs. Sylves-
ter, who attempted suicide in San Francisco
to-day, and Who is said to have been a resi-
dent Of Portland.