The evening times., 1898-08-27
THEY W0OHD GRIN death
Three Persons Sought to End
Their Lives Yesterday.
LOVE, ACID AND LAUDANUM
Amos Davis Was Rebuked by His
Wife, a Young Woman Became
DespOndent. and Frank Gressett
Wa. Found by Ono Sweetheart to
Have Another.

Three persons tired Of life endeavored
yesterday to end their existance. Their
reasons for wanting to die were varied.
Amos Davis was rebuked by his wife
because of hts attentions to other women.
and he drank carbolic acid.
Kate Bernard. a pretty young woman.
become Respondent over her love affair
and hesOrted to laudanum.
Frank Gressett. printer. who had two
sweethearts, swallowed hydrocnioric
acid. oxolic acid and sulphuric acid.
Davis is the only one of the trio who
Is In serious condition. and 1t is feared
that he may die. He Is a hostler, in
charge of Childs' brickyard stables and
lives at 1913 Twelfth Street northeast
His wife charges him with dividing his
affections and explained to him that he
owed entire allegiance to his wife. He
became angry and swallowed two bot
ties of carbolic acid. He was treated at
Emergency Hospital. and was able to go
to his home last night. The physicians
do not think him out of danger, as the
contraction caused by the burning of
the membranes may result fatally.
1t was about o'clock in the afternoon
that Sanitary Officer Frank received a
call for the police ambulance to go to 3l7
Missouri Avenue. Driver Oliver quickly
responded and found Frank Gressett
suffering from the effects OF a compound
of acids used to clean straw hats The
man was hurriedly driven to the hospital.
There it was decided that he had not suf-
fered to any serious extent. The acids
had made him very i'll and he feared that
he might die. The cause OF the affair
was discovered when a pretty young girl
drove up to the hospital in a cab and
after Gressetts stomach had been reliev-
ed. drove away with him. 1t is said that
he learned yesterday afternoon that one
CT his sweethearts had discovered the ex-
istence of the other. and this caused the
trouble.
A mysterious affair occurred at No. 9l7
G Street northwest. shortly after mid
night. 1t is a boarding house kept by
Mrs. Elizabeth Cherry and a sign on the
front indicates that prof. Bernard.
Palmist and Clairvoyant'' has an office
in the building. Notwithstanding the
professors communion with the spiritual
world he is not averse to receiving visits
from the fair women of this world.
A young girl. with bright blue eyes and
waving golden hair has frequently
been seen to enter the professors office.
To Mrs. Cherry she stated that she was
the doctors wife, and the clearinghouse
keeper was perfectly satisfied with this
explanation of her frequent visits. The
professor saw the woman put bottle to
her lips and swallow the contents What
have you done?" he exclaimed he pick
ed up the bottle and saw the inscription
"laudanum and then rushed to the tele-
phone and summoned the Emergency
Hospital ambulance. II arrived on time
and the woman who would have ended
her life was removed where medical men
defeated the drug.
The professor went to the hospital and
after learning that the young woman
was out of danger, returned to the boarh-
ing-house where he declined TO state the
cause of the affair.".
A Times reporter saw Prof. Elmer Boyd
Bernard this morning in his Office He
appeared to regard the occurrence as
amusing. He denied that his companion
is his wife and stated: She has come
here often to see me; you see. she got
stuck on me. and when / was up on New
York Avenue used to come frequently to
the office tried to get rid of her but
she would not let me alone. She came
here last evening and went out and was
drinking with some friends. She returned
about II O'Clock and | tried to get her to
go out / had a friend here. and wanted
him TO take her home, but she would not
go with him. Then he left. and she said
she would go after a messenger. l fol-
lowed her and she went to the drug store
and got some laudanum. She came back
to my office and was fixing her hair. I
was looking in the looking-glass. and
saw her suddenly raise the laudanum bot
tie and swallow the contents. ! then had
the ambulance called
'She gave your name at the hospital?'
said the reporter.
"Oh yes. and she called me Elmer, my
first name
"She also told Mrs. Cherry that she
was your wife,
'I'll tell you how that was. One night
when she was here I sent her back into
the landlady's apartments after some ice
water and Mrs. Cherry asked her who
she was. She told her that she was my
wife. Her name is Kate Kellert. She
does not live with her parents, but re-
sides on New York Avenue. / wouldn't
have had this happen for anything in the
world
The unfortunate woman remains at the
hospital, but is much improved.