The herald., 1895-07-24
IS Worrying CoUNC|LMEN TRIED 70 END HER LIFE
II. M. Ames Continues Firing Miss Nellie Mlers Attempt at
BrOadsides Suicide
HIS PEN NAME is RIPARIAN HAD GROWN DlSCONSOLAIE
The From the Alleged WeKnown Married Man had Paid
Water Owner Her Attention
Miss Nellie MilIer's Attempt at
Suicide
AID GROWN DISCONSOLATE
A Well.Known Married Man Had Paid
Her Attention
He Did Not Appear One Night, So She Took
Dose Of Morphine-Her Life Saved
by the Night Clerk

Tired of life, and respondent, pretty
Nellie Miller attempted to end he :. Nif
recently by taking morphine. But Cor
prompt action by the night clerk at the
Hotel Ramona, she would have expired
within an hour after swallowing the
dose. As it is, she now walks the streets
far more sensible young woman than she
was two weeks ago, and is now quite sat-
isfied to take things as they come in this
world and not 60 after others who have
reached that bourne from which no
traveller ever returns.
Miss Miller is about IS years old and is
a very charming young person. She is
just budding into womanhood and the
fresh bloom upon her cheeks sets off we'll
her brunette type. Her eyes are large and
lustrous and are fringed with long lashes.
FroS. between a rosebud of mouth
glea-. two rows of lovely teeth. Her
hair is of delicate shade of auburn and
falls in ringlets upon her shapeiy shoul-
ders. The manners of the young girl are
very fascinating, and it is but natural
that so delightful an individual would
soon be sought after bv @en. She re.
ceived attentions fro - many, but finally
chose to bestOw her smiles upon certain
prominent young married man. VINO has
dabbled in politics to greater or less
extent.
Nearly every evening the two would
meet and pass several pleasant hours to-
gether. The wife of this gentleman is
also a handsome and beautiful Young
woman, and tor obvious reasons it was
necessary that Miss Nellie and her friend
should meet in some quiet place. Ac-
cordingly they selected well known cafe
near the Ramona Hotel and here the two
were in the habit OF meeting.
pear, and after waiting vainly for several
hours Miss Nellie was compelled to return
to her place of domicile without having
met her friend. She dispatched note to
the negligent man the next morning,
arranging another melting for that even
ing. Twice in succession he failed to
keep his appointment. Whether it was
that his wife had caught on to the harm
less little affair or whether his regard for
Miss Nellie had begun to cool. cannot be
stated. At all events, MISS Nellie,
woman-like. chose to assign his neglect
to the latter cause and accordingly be-
came desperate.
On the afternoon of the following day
she was seen struggling up the stairs of
the hotel. On being asked what affected
her she replied that she had sprained her
ankle. This was untrue. however, as she
was completely under the influence of
morphine which it appears she had been
taking during the entire morning. Short
ly after she entered her loom the guests
heard wild screams and hurried upstairs.
The girl was found lying upon the floor
and appeared to be almost in spasm.
About the time help arrived she tainted.
DR.. c. A. Briggs and his wife, who is
also a physician. started in at once to
restore Miss Miller to consciousness.
They worked for two hours before she was
finally resusscitated.
In the evening Miss Miller went out of
the house and returned about 8 o'clock.
The night clerk saw that she was still in
a highly nervous state and walked up
stairs with her ana lit the gas. The girl
had brought in bag (which the clerk
found to contain fruit and vial of white
colored medicine. He asked what the
bottle contained and as he did not re-
ceive a satisfactory reply, absuracted the
bottle without the girls knowledge and
went down stairs. In about an hour he
heard a noise from the room and on in
vestigation found Miss Miller in a more
nervous condition than before and further
that she had severely burnt her hands by
knocking over them the contents of
bottle of carbolic acid. A nurse was
placed in charge of the suffering girl. who
was finally given an opiate and put to
sleep. The next day Miss Miller, although
very weak, went out for walk.
Had it not been for the night clerk tax
ing the vial from her she would in all
probability have swallowed CROUCH to
nave killed herself several times.