Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-28
MISS GARLAND SUICIDES
The Daughter of the Ex-Attor-
ney General Shot Herself.
A BULLET THROUGH HER HEART.
She Was Sufferer From Religious MeIan-
ohoIia aud Had Acted Strangely Before.
Killed Herself on the Eve of Her Thea


choita hnd Had Acted strangely Before
Killed Herself on the Eve of Her Thea
ter Party.
WASHINGTuN, Dsj. -S.-Miss Daisy Gar
land. aged - yeas tighter of eS-Attor-
ney General Garland committed suicide at
her home here, Sht shot herself through
the heart with her fathers revolver.
There was nothing in the young woman's
condition in the morning to indicate any
mental disturbance. She conversed with
the family in .egard to n theater party
which she was to give last night. After
ward she went to her room, and at luncheon
time one of the family went to call her.
The young woman was found lying on
the floor dead. The body was still warm,
indicating that the shot had been fired only
II short time previous. No one in the house
heard the report.
Miss Garland is the young woman who
recently left home mysteriously. She was
found in Baltimore three days later. Miss
Garland's friends say that she has been
subject to mental alteration. Lately she
had suffered from religious melancholia-
Disappeared Once Before.
Miss Garland lived with her father and
brothers in the handsome residence of Mr.
Garland, which he had recently purchased,
on Rhode Island avenue. On Aug. 10 last
she mysteriously disappeared from home,
and after the lapse of three days, during
which time no news had been received of
her, the police were requested to join in
the search. This description was then sent
out from police headquarters:
Look out for Miss Daisy Garland, aged
23, tall, stout, dark eyes and hair Wore a
dark dress and several diamonds. Carried
a small satchel when last seen. She is a
daughter of eX-Attorney General Garland
Notify 9l5 Rhode Island avenue"
Soon aftSrward tidings were received
that the young lady was in Baltimore, and
Representative John r. Fellows, an old
time Arkansas friend Of her father, went
over to that city, accompanied by her
brother, and brought her back. The ex-
PLANTATION then given was that she had left
word with young lady friend that she in
tended to visit Baltimore, and by some
means this message failed of delivery. Her
brother made public n statement at the
time that he went over TO Baltimore with
Colonel Fellows TO the address given
(Which was that of n Catholic family in
Madison HvenueD and there found his sis
ter, who would have returned in day or
two anyway. lie added:
Suffered From DementIA-
she thought it was strange that we
should come for her, and when she reached
home and found a number of people wait
ing for us in the house and learned the
publicity that had been given her absence
and the alarm it had created she was pros
trated, and we thought that we should
have to call in physician. If the message
she sent lis had been delivered, there would
have been no trouble. The report that my
sister had gone into a convent arose proba-
bly, from the fact that she has talked late
ly of joining the Catholic church, which
she will probably do shortly l have a
brother who is a member of that church.
and there is no objection to her joining it
if she wishes"
Miss Garland, it is asserted, had re-
peatedly referred to this episode since and
said she supposed her friends would want
some explanation. Yesterday morning she
went down to breakfast, apparently in her
accustomed health and spirits She devoted
part of the morning to arranging details
for theater party, but when called for
lunch at about noon was found dead in
her bedroom. shot through the heart by her
fathers pistol, fired by her own hand. Mr..
Garland had gone to his law office imme-
diately after breakfast and first heard of
his daughter tragic death by telephone.
The coroner viewed the body but did not
consider an inquest necessary. Miss Gar
land was attractive i'll person and man
ners, and was we'll known and popular in
society. For some tinI- she had been suf-
fering from nervous prn>tratiou and acute
dcmentia. Her tragic death by her own
hand was great shock to her friends and
indeed TO all Washington.