St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-25
HANGED In A BARN,
Amanda Peterson, Young Do
nestle, Exits by q Clothes
Line
No Apparent Explanation of or
Cause for the Rash
Act.

|. Amanda Peterson, eighteen years old,
employed as a domestic by Jorgen j.
Lomen, at 463 Aurora avenue, hanged
herself in barn in the rear of the house
yesterday afternoon.
The young woman left no letter as an
explanation of her rash act, and, SO far
as can be learned, had no reason for
taking her life. A reporter visited the
residence of Mr. Lomen last evening.
but could obtain 10 information The
gentleman who CAME to the door in
response to pull at the bell said it was
not desired to have the matter men-
toned in the newspapers, and If any
information was desired, the officials
were the onesto see. From the coroner
and police officials at the RondO street
station the following facts were elected:
About 1:30 O'Clock yesterday after
noon Mrs. L0men, who has been all
invalid for several years, sent the girl,
Amanda Peterson, up stairs for some
embroidery work. AS she did not come
down Mrs. Lomen, who occupied an
inyaid'S chair, wheeled herself 10 a
window in the rear of the house and
calling i'll nelghUOr'S boy, asked him
to go up stairs and tell Amanda she
wanted her. The boy did not find the
girl in the house, and at Mrs. Lomen'S
suggestion visited the clubhouse and
then the barn. The lad was almost
frightened to death on reaching the loft
in the barn 10 see Amanda hanging by
a rope from rafter As soon as he re-
covered from his fright sufficient to walk.
he ran to the house and told Mrs.
Lomen. Although Mrs. Lomen has not
been able to walk for more than year
without assistance, the boys statements
as to what he had seen seemed TO give
her supernatural strength, and, Selling
a pair of scissors, she started to the
barn. Her strength. however, gave out
just after she reached the building. and
she found herself unable TO mount the
stairs. The boy hurried across the
street to a neignbOr'S for aid, and In a
moment Rev. John Sallnger arrived on
the scene. The piece Of clOthesi1ne
which the girl had thrown over one of the
beams and then tied in a hard knot
under chair was SO long that she was
partly OF her. knees when Mr.. SalIinger
found her. Life was not extinct, and
the rope Was immediately cut and
restoratives applied. Physicians we're
summoned by telephone and messen-
gers sent to the nearest doctors Offices.
but none of them could be found. Dr..
r. A. Wheaton was the first TO arrive,
but when he came death had relieved
the unfortunate girls 'sdfferings.
Dr.. Wheaton. being the deputy cor
oner, ordered the body removed to
Wallblom IL Thoorsel's undertaking
rooms. When seen last night, Dr..
Wheaton had not determined whether
an inquest would be held or not. He
said he would make further inveStiga-
lions this morning. and upon tue result
depended the calling of an inquest. The
suicide was a handSome-app
woman. and has been employed in the
Lomen household since July last. She
has sister living at Spring Lake,
Isanti county, Minnesota, and friends
who live somewhere i'll the Arlington
Hills district. The names. of her ac
Quaintances in st. Paul could hot be
learned.