The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-04-04
SHE TOOK A FATAL DOSE
FLORENCE HOsENBRoCI< wEABFBo
OF CAREER OF SHAME
The Unfortunate Girl Thought Mer
Lover Had Tired of Her
Charms.
Spokane. Wash. Anril /.

Spokane, Wash. April T.
One more observation-disclosures,
Rosenbrock. or as she has always been
known in this city. Ida Ahlard, took an
eighth of an ounce morphine last even
ing and though Coroner Dutton worked
hard over her he had no hopes of her
living and she will probably die before
morning.
1t was about o'clock last evening
when the landlady of the rooms over the
Black Hawk stable was called to the
room occupied by Ida Ahlard, by her
calling for some water. When she
reached the room the girl was stretched
across the bed unconscious, two short
notes were lying on the floor beside her
and near them, the empty morphine
bottle. She never regained conscious
ness. Coroner Dutton was at once
called and he applied every remedy
possible TO save the poor girls life
The girl came to this city about siG
months ago with Al Ahlard, who Is now
the night cook at Seiffert's. They lived
together for while in the Bennett
block, taking their present room "A few
weeks ago. Ahlard says he knows little
of the woman That when he met her
size WAS IN a mousse III new WeSLiutN-
ster. and that he heard she once ran
a big house there. He never knew her
by any other name than Ida until she
| took his last name He said that one
night he was al the house and told her
he was coming to Spokane. She asked
| If she might not come along, saying
there was man at Bonner's Bay--Bon-
ner's Ferry is supposed TO be the place
| she meant-that was tine father of her
child. and she wanted to find him.
II don't know why she did this" said
| Ahlard, very much excited, so much SO
| i'm fact that his talk was rambling and
| disconnected. eve have got along nice,
but she got so she loved me. All the
time she kept saying she wanted to go
and find this man. I don't know his
name. but here is his picture. She told
me lots of times this was his picture
and that is the picture of the little
baby. She said If die, Al, want you
Ia bury the picture with me- She talked
all the time like that | helped save up
$50 for her to go to this man, and yester
day told her sh'd better go, and TOOK
all my things out of the room, and put
them in another room. guess
she didn't like this. / don't know where
she came from, and I think sh'd like to
find this man, but then 1 don't know
why she killed herself" Ahlard talked
on i'm this way for some time repeating
a dozen times All the possible informa-
ton was as above. The girl left two
notes. One to Ahlard read:
al. darling, l can not live and lose
your love. GOod-bye.-F."
The other said:
"My name is Florence Rosenbrocl1.
killed myself The 4th day of May
will be 80. ] am tired Of hfe.-Florence
Rosenbrock."
In the room was found a large num-
Der of pictures of friends. From the
name of the photographer ii would APP
pear that the parties nearly all lived
in New Westminster or Seattle. The
baby's picture mentioned by Ahiard
was hanging on the wall in a little
frame alongside of the picture of a
large, heaVyset, gOOd-looking man,
who is supposed 10 be her husband.
From Ahlard's statement, Tins man,
she thought. was at Bonner's Ferry,
and he was a justice OF the peace. She
was very careful with all letters re-
ceiVed and not a scrap of one could be
found around the room, and as no ash
es of paper were found in the stove,
she evidently destroyed them as soon
as read. Absolutely nothing was found
|
is said she came from Los Angeles. at
least she always said her home was
III California.
From others i'm the building il was
learned she had always been very quiet
since she came there, and she appeared
10 be Of a happy disposition. She was
? talking with the landlady yesterday
afternoon and she seemed cheerfui
enough 1t is learned, however, that
} yesterday she and Ahlard had some
{ kind of a quarrel. and he moved out
of the room
} The woman is rather good looking,
plump, with blue eyes and heavy head
l of dark hair. Though it would appear
} she has for some time been in a house OF
ill-repute, she does not show dissipa-
; ton. On her right arm had been tat
tooed the words, Harry Porter" The
work was evidently done by an anna
teur.