Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-26
A STRANGE SUICIDE,
RelhOdiCaI Madness on The Part 0,
a Singular Woman.
A CAREFULLY PLANNED DEATH
81 Take Ny Life On Account of Crusl
Disappointment aud Give Ny
BODY to the students"

One OF the sirangost suioiioI In tina
annals VI cell .slfuction Ia this ci,y
came 10 light tOJay with n careful
regard for detail worthy the acc.m.
plishment OF some great anu good I'm.
deftakiug, Miss Anna A. Miller
a. she was known ia Sail
Lake, successfully planned the ending
Of her own life by tlrychnint, anu the
giving OF her BODY to the c,u,, of
medical science. The PARTICULAR o,
the mysIiiying affair together with the
anIeceJeuts VI the young woman, 40
FAR ss known sfu rs follows:
Miss Miller came here rom Denver
I'VE or SIX weeks axe. She had been
Ia sail bsRo VA 1894, but left tor tie
East anu was los. sIghl Of by Old &c.
qusintanots until her return recently
On hei atfival here the Last time che
stated that she hsd been marie iu
Denver " young mau UhO uuatel
her well before the nuptial Vows were
taken, but shnmoiulIy s0on after, iand
that sue secured u divorce with iI,tip
loss OF time. She Wa, II was claimed.
very oitoumspuot Ia her conduct
dressed we'll anu had some money. For
lack VI something more iuciatlvc shp
diu domestic WORK for lady living la
tue sOutDuAslofn part VI tue city, But
she lid not remain there long, a
couple Of weeks ago she went " the
home VI w. l., Butler, tho ~ 10 street
grocer anu butcher, wbefo Fho hal
stayed nj intervals while On hUr former
visit 10 Salt Lake.
A lew evenings since she was Ia
playful mood aud leaned against q
window Ia the Butler residence anu
broke a large pane II glass. She lon.
mvdiatuly apologizsi aud shid
sue would tavU it replaced a.
her own expense aud specially
requested that no bal feelings uo tn.
goudcTed NJ the LrsAkago was purely
accidental, she Put on her wrap aud
loft the house with the remark 10 one
Of the hilss Bu,lni's tuat sho was going
10 nnd n glsEieT, aud that In order 10
usy MIN she would have ~ change .
so gold piece.
shs did not return ana was no,
heard Of again until last plight Ut 10
O'Clock when she presented nntsrlf At
the Frlsoh lodging house on Second
south street where she asked Tor aud
strange sounds were heard coming
from her bodohhmboT.
The inmates Of the house rushed In
and found her In the thtots oi death.
A sttychninc bottle on the dresser told
,.he story OF suicide. Near II was a
note, bearing THIS remafksblo wording.
~ tske my life because Oi cruel die
Appointment. GIVE my body TO tho
Students"
DR.. Fisher was called 10, but too
late. The woman was beyond all
earthly BHsistAuco anu died about
O'Clock. She had swallowed an eighth
n an ounce Of atfychnine, enough 10
kill forty persons. Her BODY was re-
moved 10 the moTgue, where an In
quest will probably be held tomorrow,
IL transpirud today that she went 10
the 5aniIafium yesterday afternoon
aud took q bath, had her hair dressed
came up the street to dry goods
house, purchased clean undetliueD,
which she donued before entering upon
a sleep that will know no ending In
this world. The only relatives she
had Ia this country 20 far M can DO
learned, arc an uncle aud grandfather
living Ia New YORK,