Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-03
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
HARAssED BY DEBTS. SHE
SOUGHT A PLEASANT DEATH.
Miss Maggie Oldham succumbs to
Dependency and Attempts to Take
Her Life-A Sad Story.


MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sept LIN little
room, pl0inly furnished, at the Central
bo,I an Adams s,reet woman Inv
81" - ..,s ~. a.a,i,
Sue vas he1uy htureu anu tne ueatn
like paleness that marred the natural
ness Of her features. gave her an air OF
ono ,,ho,, ,r,,,,lo h,d A,;,.o,, % rho Il. :,
~ "nV'i ''ou'i' ii''u ei''Vu ~ '''e ''''
currently.
1t was about o'clock in the afternoon,
and tba sun,s diving ravs aickered II.
sla,,.,. 80, $50, a.. -. ~,
s'"h'ius pehlns through tne uusS WI
dow-pane, and flooded the dingy little
room with a semblauce of brightness.
T,ba v,.o,,a, o. We s,ra.cl,od ,,.;tl
woman WIN "us stre'eheu WIN
such dcath-like stiffness upon the htue
bed was Magge Oldham, a dressmaker
nged about - veors A stronv oaor oi
,.i,t,.,s1...-.
.H'Vi oio'ln perIheated NOT only the ROOM
IN wnieh the sleeper was, but the entire
upper hallway. This peculiarly penetrat.
ing smell attracted the attention Of Mrs.
Goodman, who Is also an occupant of
the hotel, and softly opening Tie door
Of the room from which the odor eman-
seeing to all appearance the Oldham
woman lying speechless and white with
the finger of death marked upon her
brow.
With scream Mrs. Goodman sped
down the stairway and spread the I'M.
timed tidings of the attempted suicide.
DR.. ID. u. Lands was summoned. and
together with several other boarders,
Mrs. Goodman returned to the room of
the sleeper. She was fully attircd and
reclned upon a single pillow with a
strangely pitllul and woe-begOne express
hs.s. II
folded with humble submission to fate's
decree across her breast, while In her
right hand was a handkerchief saturated
with chloroform, and was tightly held 10
her nostrils. Her body was stiffened
and TO all appearance was lifelcss, as no
Nesuge of color or expression was left
II lingering vital spark still remaineJ ''"'
With the efforts of three women the
handkerchief WIS torn from her denfh.
clasp and restOrutives administered. nr
Lands had In the meantime arrived and
was working with skillful diligence TO
ian afresh the little life that remained.
Aitct rev minutes she began to ex-
hlDlt signs of returning consciousness
After she had become fairly recovered
Dr. Lands, with few kindly words
departed.
The first chapter In her interesting
suicidal efforts was thus closed INF
there followed second. still moro scpsa.
tionnl. The clatter of the wheels of
Ut Lands buggy had scarcely died
away on the stone paving of Adams
street, when the woman arose from her
conrh, ana with wild demoniacal express
sions aud gestures of menance. drove
the hnlf-irightened friends from nor
room, locked the door and bolted h
closed again the windows, emptied the
remaining contents of tho chiornfnr,n
bottle on a towel aud bound IL arannd
her head. 1t was evident 10 ali thnt
such were her actions. ami tLat aro,Ia.
attempt was being made hv ~ lis.
CraZed woman TO fake nor Ito
None of the women In the hall doroJ
BREAK in the door. The police wore
sent for aud Or. Lands o,,ain ~
moned. "e"'" sum
The officer. on his arrival uos ,,,,,a,
the facts i'm the rnsa naai - sNSh
the door and fnnnd III. ~, Dur ss ~
half dead and In tbo emu ,,,,1.i, aFu -.l
state. The towel was form from ba,. l,,a,i
and she was again brought back 10 life
,blornc'rr'' Nj Nj niave ior tne bottle OF
render for some tiny; "n,er reiusihg TO sur
cumbed 10 tho ro.,sn,,;,,, Guy " last sue,
her and turned nver ,s H.. 'iyse 1lounu
bottle, which contained hnt i ,a,,' cue
She was seriously sirt utav y, w
fccts wore al IA frl'. Wheil lhe ell,
waited nv Lar -" ioii ttie"us watched ana
further attemnt mon %or u epreEssht any
however too IeoI a-, 1e iii ne, She was,
guided nv tbo, IN 49,. uuH' me enid, was
again ia oct '' VIII ySun u,, ana promised not
NIiss oti.o W''l SUN iushness'
toncbsd ~ in Mn slor} IS SAD one, and
In b"r o a.. WIZ 10 hVaru heT' as with tears
She poursI io-tb mn mair MiidlH dlSheyeled,
her aniitors Tia r lto ,ne e Mii,hg ears Of
came fron, H.. ei11'ns i"r her act She
Kansas co,,n,r r Gadu anu unsettled Ar
wears kocni,,ss' Mnrrr sne resided Tor ten
mntbcr h,Trj,s-. H IiS l1r her inther, her
n Iii I il,, nleu when she was but
Of parents. and NIars I'VE , iet ne kindest
surrounded only Inv sccnc n't M at nome was
from tbc haul, n ny r. brutal treatment
protected her drove her T from T homie have ave
Inf noorly en- al Whleh she has struggled
years ago she came f ~ tS!s Ihree
fairly We'll and I'i fop ia iSram ,,o she did
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