The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-13

seas,is has bad May suIcldes ard at
s<-rxss a. zstrlee. bat probably r0zs 10
- g. dramatic i1tEgsHf that which &C
- last evcaiCE % q i02gfng house on
sw.sAsn~7oa stree rear Occidental ave
- Three prett5. bsue-efe1 girls. not
a. az whom IS over 3 years Old. delisaE-
- ,ssad 70 sHd their lives Calmly they
80 over thetr troa5ses. ard having
-. - the eouo.uzaon that death was
--sfeyahsa % Mfe. they each took FIVE or
= rnerrsiae pills and lay down Ia the
go bed 80 die. Two hours later they
- sizeovered, ana. owing 70 the prompt
srrigai o. a physician, %ao worked with
saers tsrseaslagiy for tEso hours, their
kYss were saved.
IRE rausss o. the unhappy girls are
.4rxaerste Flras. Grace Norwood and
Assss NElef
Ths srst tried 20 Xii herself for love o.
Al Ptnkhsna. the second on account OF
Jsek MsFsa n. and the third on account
o. psrg Larsen.
one u the most singular features OK tho
.hse analr i that the three men who
have driven three pretty girls 70 the verge
az death 81 suicide are employed aboard
a. Tslsed States revenue cutter Grant.
The plan vas hatehed last evening ABOUT
as s'cloek. Grace Norwood had Just re-
sssrns5 from New Westminster. where she
h41 been visiting friends. she felt dis
ceAFax~1 and lonesome isees use Jack Nc
Pan had gone away without leaving her
a l1ve message. She went out TO a drug
ssafs and purchased liberal quantity OF
norphine pills. Then she returned 70 the
rom where her companions were and took
gao 81 these.
sac made some remark about wishing
q die This idea Was readily taken up
D. Marguerite Firms who thought that
Al Pinkham had deserted her. and by
annie Miller also. who was loyesick ca
account o. Bert Larsen.
in less srrre than II takes 70 tell II they
I'D deSdded 10 die. II was arranged that
theT w0aid write a joint cote telling the
esfI@6 % their "a 81 ac1. Paper and pencil
we're provided. bat when Marguerite sat
Gown 70 pen her last epistle she lost the
rsacil and the result was that the letter
cas- net written. Each girl then took I've
or SIX Of the pills aud lay down on the
b~d . die.
They were soon overcome By the deadly
drug snG lag in stupor when discovered
b the proprietor OF the lodging house.
BE attempted 10 arouse them. but was
unsuceessfuL a pay stefan Was iufme-
dsstsig called IN. auG after two hours
bard work an three girls we're saved.
A Pest.Inte1lseneer reporter interviewed
re gir!s at I o'clock tais mornlag. Mar
gasFi'e Flgns. wno Is plump, roun6-faced
hae-e5 ed SRI. with curly brown hair. was
tho fsst 50 sell her etoFy. This Is what
t1e said.
al there ls 70 It, took the poison be-
cause ! wasted 20 die. The cause OF my
stis A Pinkham. Of the United States rev.
enue cutter Grant
TAah Grace Norwood told her story She
+ q slender. pretty faced. fiaxcn-haired
sSl scarce Is years old. she aid her head
r A pillow Hhiie she talked and appealed
e TIE reporter 90 keep her name out OF
ths paper. After repeated questions she
aaally said
= VAS discouraged and wanted 10 die.
j. sas al becaase Jack McRath went away
Ni1hCat writing me a letter"
Annie Miller is also a decided blonde.
snd nay Justly be called pretty and pc
TIE She was nor IN y condition 10 tell
he story hut her companion admitted
tAat she took the poison because she loved
besl IsaFssB.
A. - o'clock this morning everything
Sas qaief 81 the lodging house. and the
thgle gif.s were trying 20 80 20 sleep.
lae element Of tragedy Ia the triple act
rss decidedly intensified by the fact that
tae three girls selected one bed as their
roFgae. ana had they succeeded IN what
Us Internationally a bona Hde intention.
tat Resulting suicides would have gone
eaWn n police annals as TIE most sensa-
t.aAl "a the alstary % the city.
~ r a most rrmarkabls coincidence that
latest suiclde Iu Seattle. that OF Grace
ffFy} which Occurred last week. was also
81 account - q recreant lover who had
baen aoard lhe same vessel. the revenue
eas{ss GTsut