The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-31
ENDED HER LIFE.
While In a Moment Of Mental 4 barration Ne;tie
al zein ShOotS Herself.

W ii Lcih NIpfftN I1etSciI
The coroner's jury, which was impaneled
yesterday and sat upon the dead body OF
! Nettie Waltzein, brought in the following
verdict at about 6:30 o'clock last evening
Gan inquisition holden at the coroner's
Office at the court house at Wichita, Sedg
/ wick county, Kansas, on the 30 b day OF
! May, 1892 before me, NJ. NJ. McCallIster.
| coroner of Sedgwick county, on the dead
! body of Nettie WaltZein, there lying dead
| by the jurors whose names are hereunto
subscribed. The said jurors. upoh their
/ oaths, do say that from the testimony
given, the deceased came to her death
! from internal hemorrhage caused by gan
shot inflicted by her own hands. We do
further find the cause of her self-destruc-
ton being temporary insanity, j. w.
Wingard, W. A. Sladdard, j. K. Turner,
g. w. Benton, NJ. O. Heady, j. Y. Jones,
jury"
Nettie Waltzein was German girl, about
IA years of age. and had been with the
family of Mr.. w. B. Thockmorton for the
past two years as nurse. Mr.. Thockmor-
ton took the girl from the children's home
and has enjoyed the privilege of good
home and excellent surroundings since
that time. A little over three years ago
Viz dNCCHSCO HAIl saNN wv OlACI ChlAolCA
were taken to the children's home by
their widowed father, who was IN
bic to provide for them properly,
and in doing SO, relinquished
all claim to them. Mr.. Waltzein is a
laborer and is employed by the Santa Fe.
He was found at Andale yesterday, and
came in to see the dead body of his child.
On Sunday morning Mr.. and Mrs. Throck-
morton left their house and bid Nettie
good bye. They, after taking a short
drive int country. concluded to 60 to
Wellington. The girl, soon after their de-
parture, went to the family of Mr.. Tuders
on the West Side, where she spent most of
the day. The train being SO crowded Mrs.
Throckmorton decided to remain here
while Mr.. Throckmorton made a
run down to Wellington. After
visiting until about o'clock with
some neighbors, Mrs. Throckmorton
walked to her home but found the doors
all fastened, and concluding from this that
the girl had not returned yet, she walked
across the street to Mrs. Pearce's resi-
dence, where she waited until colored
man came up who did the chores every
evening. Mrs. Throckmorton requested
him to take ladder and climb into the
house through second story window,
which he did. When he had reached al
most the top round, both he and Mrs.
Throckmorton were startled by hearing
muffied report as if coming from the in
terror of the house The colored
man was bit frightened at
first, but soon took courage and
passed through into the house and opened
the front door from the inside to let Mrs.
Throckmorton into the house. He in
formed her that in passing through the
hallway be had seen the nurse lying on
her bed as if asleep. Mrs. Thockmorton
bid the man to stay at the door while she
called upstairs for the girl. She received
an answer and went up 60 her room where
the girl informed her that she had shot
herself. Mrs. Throckmorton was shocked
and with shrek left for help. DR.. Fab
rigue was summoned and after an exam
ination pronounced the wound not fatal.
He found that the ball of a 32-caliber
Smith & Wessons revolver had
penetrated her body and passed about
an inch from the heart When Mr.
ThFockmorton arrived at S O'Clock the
poor girl called to him. She seemed to
rest easy and conversed with him about
various things. From conversation with
her and subsequent investigation, it was
found that upon returning home at 3
O'Clock she unlocked side door to which
she had key, but instead of going in there
passed into the cellar, aud with a Ratchet
hammered against the door leading into
the kitchen until it yielded. This strange
action and similar ones led to the belief
that she shot herself in moment of mem
had shot herself and kept wishing that
she might get well. In explanation to all
she said that she guessed she had been "a
little off, on Sunday afternoon. Early on
Monday morning, after fits of vomiting she
died of an internal lemorrhage DIR.
Fabrique was called but the patient was
beyond help. 1t is very sad case and Mrs.
Throckmorton is nearly Frustrated from
the shock. The family had grown quite
attached to the poor child. The body was
taken 10 Dunbar's where it was prepared
for burial. Here DR.. st. John made "A post
mortem examination and made a state
ment as TO the course of the ball and Of
fered the opinion thatthe'girl had commit
tea the act ina temporary fit of insanity
Ii seems that after having shot herself she
took the revolver and laid it in bureau
drawer. The funeral services will be held
at the residence of Mr. Throckmorton, 1881
North Topeka, this afternoon at $50 D. N.