The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-18
She Believed She Was to Have
Married A. de la
Tore Jr.
ANOTHER WOMAN IN THE CASE
In Despair She Wrote a Letter and
Swallowed a Dose of
Poison.

Mercedes Ilsuado, pretty little Span
ish girl is years of age, who resides with
her sister at 1904 Powell street, was has
tened away to the Receiving Hospital in
the ambulance last evening suffering from
dose of carbolic acid, bad case of being
hopelessly in love and desire to die
DR.. Bunnell, by the use of stomach
pump, relieved her of the acid and the de-
sire of an early death, and it is expected
that she will recover from the second COM
plant.
As may be surmised there was man in
the case and the young lady said his name
is A. de la Tore Jr., a Spanish interpreter
at the Occidental Hotel. He is also
lieutenant in the Juarez guard. That she
was deeply in love with the gallant young
officer of the guard goes without saying,
although she took occasion in writing and
in speech to proclaim that that was what
was the matter with her.
Alter the unromantic but necessary
operation of being pumped out by hos
pital surgeon had been completed, Miss
Tisnado consented to tell her tale of woe,
and how the one whom she loved the most
had left her.
According to her story, she met Mr.. de
la Tore about nine months ago, and from
her story they were both smitten with
each other at the same time. To corrob-
crate her statement the young lady dis
played the following letter. which she
said was written by Mr.. de la Tore, al
though the writer's name was not affixed
to the epistle:
My Dearest Little Angel: write you these few
lines in order to please you, as you requested
me 10 do so. AT The same time take the op-
portuuity OF expressing my sincere and ardent
love for you. Believe me, dear, sweet child,
that since the very first moment I had the
pleasure OF gazing upon you my admiration
was so great that became deeply in love with
you.
Perhaps you may think am a fool for writ
ing thus, but I could not refrain from ex-
pressing my sentiments toward you. admire
you for your beauty and your childish ways !;
you are so pretty, so sweet, so charming, so
fascinating, so dear, so graceful, so true. In
fact you are sweeter than moiasses candy
Now you have it. have expressed myself in
plain style. hope you will do the same, and
/ VIII anxiously await a reply
One of your unknown admirers. X
If Miss Tisnado had any doubt on the
subject the comparison to molasses candy
settled her mind and she was satisfied that
he loved her truly. Matters progressed so
fayorably that she understood that he
wanted her to marry him and she was
perfectly willing to become Mrs. de la
Tore Jr
About the first of this month she be-.
came convinced that she was no longer
his dearest little angel, and that the price
of molasses candy had gone down in the
market. She feared that he was calling
another woman pretty, sweet, etc., and
the thought nearly broke her heart.
Last night she said she met NJ. de la
Tore Jr. on the street. and from him she
learned that all her dream of love was
over, so she went home and, after writing
the annexed lie tier to her sister, took tea
spoonful OF carbolic acid and laid down to
die:
Ny Darling Sister: A. de la Tore Jr has
forced me to do all this. 1t is against my will
BE has broken my heart since the Fourth of
July. 1 just as leave die now as live. l have
already told you 1 will die for him. He has de-
cided me. will not say any more about my
dear sweetheart, only that he is the cause of
my death. Keep his picture, my purse. my
silk handkerchief and the bottle OF perfume.
Put my white waist on me.
My gold ring is down on Washington street
Take II out and give 1t 10 Nita. Give my purse
TO Manuel and my handkerchief TO the little
fellow, Juan de Gloss God bless all my family
long ana enjoy life. Good-by. Your poor,
heartbroken, unfortunate sister,
MERCEDES TIsNADo
am going with baby. Don't worry dea T
sister, as l am better off than all living on
earth. Don't worry. ! die happy Keep
everything. Give something for remembrance
OF me to Mary, Sal and aunty, up in the
country. Tell them 20 forgive me.
MERCEDES
The sister discovered the unfortunate
young woman's plight and had her sent
to the Receiving Hospital, where the
physicians saved her life. She is not
likely to make the experiment again, bat
will live just to spite de la Tore Jr.. if
nothing more.