The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-29
I HAVE TAKEN POISON
These Were The Words Of Love SiCl
Emml Baak]y.
AND SHE TOLD THE TRUTH
One of Walkerville's Most Popular
Young Ladies Gets Badly
Tangled Up in the Meshes
OF Love.

VAUDEVILLE, Jan. 2s.-The vicissi-
tudes of love caused Miss Emma Beakey,
the l7-year-o.d stepdaughter of Frank
Naneer. TO attempt to kill herself this
morning. possibly in the hope that the al
fairs of the heart would he # a less per-
picking nature on the other side of the
great divide. She selected strychnine.
winch usually carries its passengers
across the historic dark and silent river
on lightning express, but in this case
DR.. Wells managed to catch the train
with holding order at the las, station at
this end of the bridge and, although the
young lady is not yet out of danger by
any means, the chances are in her favor
Miss Beakey has been spending the
greater part of the winter with Mrs.
Brown, who lives between Walkerville
and CentcrvIlle, and she returned home
last Saturday to spend a few days. In
the evening she was one of n merry party
of young people who drove out to Silver
Bow for a dance, and her gaiety was fire.
queltly commented upon. She was also
in the best of spirits yesterday and the
earth seemed 10 hold nothing but pleasure
for her.
sudden change had come over the
scene by this morning, and the light
hearted girl of yesterday could sec moth
ing but dark and lowering clouds on every
hand. She arose at 9 o'clock, and soon
afterwards went into the pantry, return
ing with white powder, which she dis
solved in a glass of water. She then
drank the contents, and turning to her
younger brother, Johnny, she said: II
have taken poison"
Something in her face convinced the
boy that she was speaking the truth and
he hastily gave the alarm and ran for n
physician. DIR. Wells arrived at about
10:l5 o'clock and found the girl still con-
scious but in great agony. The girl adj
mitted having taken the poison ana soon
after lapsed into unconsciousness. Tho
doctor worked over her increasingly until
about l. O'Clock, at which hour she re-
gained her senses. All that she could say
was that she was in earnest when she took
the poison and thought she had taken a
large enough dose to produce death.
4 few remarks which she dropped acct
dentally indicated that the rash act was
n result of the mysterious effects of a be-
wildering attack of love. Just what
as the members of the family
deny that there was any love
ALTAR in II. 1t Is whispered, however, by
intimate friends that the girl was very
much infatuated with G. Gorge Cooper, the
ex-city marshal of Walkerville, who did
not seem to reciprocate her love, while at
the same time. Ell Broughton. a cable car
conductor. was paying the young lady the
most asslduous attention. Mr.. Brough-
ton accompanied her to the dance at Sill
yer Bow Saturday evening, IN spite of
which fact she is said TO have manifested
something of preference for Mr.. Cooper.
IL is quite possible that il was the be-
wilderug results arising from this condi-
ton of things that led the romantic young
lady to attempt TO kill herself.
The girl is we'll known IN Walkcrv lille
and is universally respected. She has al
ways been of a bright and cheerful dispo-
sition and is very popular. When last
heard from this evening the girl showed
some improvement and Dr. Wells has
strong hopes of her recovery.