Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-19
BELLE MASON TIRES OF LIFE
Young Woman Drink Carbolir ACID to End
Hu Weary Eugtsnos.
SOME QUEER HAPPENINGS At RtR HOME
Father, Mother. sister and Friends
All Ten Different stories Con-
cerninE the Tragedy and
Ik Cruises.

Belle Mason yuune woman living a.
ll@a East broadway. committed suicide about
0 clock yesterday morning q; Ter home by
t5A.ng dose Of cErboAe uu1. During the
nirl; waiter Lowe:y . drl1 er for EmpLlU.
shurnri d Co. sgas WIKI var. Iu5 Der father
sGld that when be returned home about /
I O'Clock lu thc morning they were laughing
ans having rond time. Mason could no,
account for LIS GH-rhtei's suicide, unless d:
was because q some quarrel she had with
l.owely.
All the family had retired. and the young
woman had prepared 70 20 70 bed. she
wen; iuto Tie kitchen. poured two-thiras q
a. ounce 5ottls Of uHrbulic acid into china
cup and swallowed u e. Eulp. she then
staggered into the next room. where her
mother was sleeping, ana fell across The
bed. This az nke Mrs Mason. ana she a.
once discovered that something was wrong.
The young wuiuEu was In commissions ana
htT sister WIS sent foT q doctor. she went
20 The OF e uf lr. Hourltun. but before
lie arrived al inc house The EiTl Was dead.
Her mother stated Yesterday thar her dAuEh-
ter was only 20 yesrs old, but she looked a.
least - o. 30
seytrnl conflicting stories were told Al
he home a me dead woman which have
caused tnure u less Euspitipn amour me
case The house where tbc Eil TOOK her
] lcAn-tu she'd kitchen. Here are quaiiefed
! The mother ana TWO rruwn-up dEuEhters,
several men uul Z ltIe girl TO Inc See
! reporter The mother showed q large slN-uunce
bottle. about une-fuurth Jun u cHfpollc Acla.
! she said her daughter had secured the poi
son evidently the Gay before, Is she old
no; know o. its presence IN the house one
q The men volunteered the Information that
the dead woman had poured TIE poison 1910
z cup and swallowed il re had found The
bottle curled on The window Sill in the
kitchen md the cup beside H. From the
smell and the action q some q TIE Acld
which remained in The cup. be sE1u. be Waf
cor fdent that the poison had been taken n
that manner. The lips and nose Of The
dead woman had been burned 10y the action
o. the acid ana 3 deep red scar Oh her left
hand showed where some o. u lad been
yrllTled The bottle had the regulation
| label. with q skull and cross bones and
/ he word poison" in large type. upon l.
! THE address Of the Paramount Pharmacy
LOG BroadwHy' WIS also upon the label.
WILL HOLD no INQUEST
The body was taken 10 Lunfley's under
taking rooms and The coroner notified. Or
Jennings decided that III inquest was not
! necessary.
Mason has not lived with his wife for
some time and told The doctor
! he was working on farm eas'
o. town. ana had only come in saturdR!
/ % see his children. He had taken MS
! other daughter. Pearl. 70 q dance al the
| corner % Fifteenth street and Third avenue
| and had returned al ] O'Clock His elde'
! daughter had expected 10 70. but had beer
| compelled 10 stay al home because she didn Z
| ist-d 20 bring her & wrap that night, SO that
| she could 20 but had failed 10 keep his
I promise re and Pearl had left them and
I gone 10 the dance HIS Oldest girl WA
somewhat put out about her lover coins
/ back on his promise but they seemed to ~
/ having Z good time when be got home and
/ he did no; think any more about The matter
/ This was the only reason be could give tui
The girl taking her life.
When Dr. HouEhtun went 70 the house ht
! was shown the bottle which THE poison
| was taken. i was uue-ounce bottle
| and has on 81 the label Of the FHirmoun
| pharmacy. He was somewhat surprised
! when tulo thai the family was now e..
! h.bitinE a siE-ouncs bottle and claiming
| that the poison had been contained IN H.
A l.. Dickey, the clerk II the drug stor,
whore the poison WIS purchased. said b.
dia not remember selling q large bottle q
carbolic acid Saturday, Mr.. Dickey sal.
That he did not keep & register Of the car
bulic srid sold. but simply labelled il pol
son" de did not remember selling thi
drug 10 the woman during the day.
1 The mother said that the poison had no
been IN the house. one o. the men seeI
! there by Dr.. HouEhton when he went Il
/ attend the woman told him that The bottle
had been in the house ana that 3 part O
! The contents had been used before the cir
1 swallowed the rest o. IL The mother blsi
stated that the little child playing Eb0u
! the house WAS her daughter. Her huEhHnl
l told Dr.. Hourhtun II was the dead woman
! child ana that her husband had left her
I Inquiries among The neiEhbors elected lit
I tie Information. They shrugged their shuul
( ders ana stated that they had nothing 4
/ 90 with The dead wumEns family.
Pearl Mason. the dead wonEns sister, sal.
! that she md Belle had gone 70 Omaha Sat
/ urday and she was in good spirits. Shi
! had laughed ana had L general good tint
! ana gave no iniimation Of killing herself
! Hsr sister and she we're coufdRuts and 1
/ Belle had been in trouble and had any reR
son 10 kin herself she thought Pearl woul!
have known about IL Nothing had beer
left by Belle giving any reason for th'