The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-12
MUST have BEEN INSANE
Mrs. Youngson Took q Dose of
Morphine.
NO CAUSE FOR SUICIDE
After Listening to the Testimony OF the
Witnesses the Jury Arrived at the
Conclusion That She Was In
sane at tbs Time.

A coroner's inquest was held last
evening at Richards undertaking
rooms to ascertain the cause Of the
death of Mrs. Margaret Youngson. who
died yesterday from the effect OF a lose
of morphine. Mrs. Youngson the day
her home. No. 2O4 West Gold street.
Mrs. Belle Reggel and Mrs. Mary Har-
rington. These ladies left about 4
O'Clock, n then Mrs. Youngson was
in the best of soirits and evinced no
desire to end her life.
Later in the afternoon she sent her
daughter w town and while she was
away he mother went out and pur-
chased some quarter-grain morphine
pills. She swallowed them and at 2:15
o'clock yesterday morning she died.
Her husband. Bailey G. Youngson. is
employed at Morehouse * Albertson's
pool rooms. and at the inquest last
evening old the following story:
Il quit work Thursday night bou s
O'Clock and was at my home at s:15.
! found my wife in bed and tried to
arouse her. i thought she was sleeping
of the effects of liquor. for she had
been addicted to the use of it. and /
paid no particular tentio to IL. /
~ wi atl' n tAt
door | met my daughter and Mrs. Ded-
erick, a neighbor. l said to my child:
Hazel. your ma Is full again My
daughter then said that she a gone
after Mrs. Dederick after returning
from town. as she noticed her mothers
condition and feared that she had
poison. We all went into the
house n then I noticed that my
wife's face vas purple. showing no
doubt she had taken poison. / sent
for a physician and Drs. ~Ignatius Dom
nelly n Co~wperthwaite responded.
They applied restoratives and a stom-
ach pump. but she died at 2:15 O'Clock.
j know of no reason why she should
have taken her life. She was addicted
to the use Of intoxicants. however, and
i think she took poison in a fit of tenn
porary insanity. In the morning. when
/ left for my work. she was in good
spirits n appeared To be well. | am
positive the deed was not ~premeditated,
for among other things she said that
she was going shopping the next day to
take advantage Of some of the bar
gains offered by the dry goods stores
Mrs. Belle Reggel said tina she had
known Mrs. Youngson for six years
and never heard her say that she want
ed to die. She was with her at 4 o'clock
and during the time she was at the
house Mrs. Youngson took two drinks.
She was surprised when told that she
had taken poison. She believed Mrs.
~Ioungson never took drugs of any kind
and said she felt positive Tia the wo-
man was insane when she swallowed
the morphine.
Mrs. Martha Dederick corroborated
the statements of the previous witt
nesses. She had known Mrs. Young
son for Is years and never saw her in
a suicidal frame of mind. She said.
however. in addition to what the other
witnesses said, that while she n MIR.
Youngson were Shaping the dying
woman and trying To revive her. she
smiled and said: II hope you are en-
joying yourself" She said no more. but
frequently called for her young daugh-
ter, Hazel.
Drs. Cowperthwaite and Donnelly
gave I'm substance the same testimony.
II was their opinion that her death was
due to morphine poisoning. DIR. Dom
nellv believed that she was not in the
habit OF taking morphine. judging from
the effect the drug had on her.
Little ~14-year-old Hazel Kirke Young
son. the only child. testified with great
tears in her eyes. but the little lady
with the great weight Of sorrow crush
ing her, gave a straight account Of the
tragedy.
II went up town on an errand and
returned before 3 o'clock. Mamma then
said: I'm going to lie down and you
call me at Z o'clock Before Z o'clock,
though. she got up and stood in the CEN
ter of the room. She raised both her
hands above her head and said: .'Oh.
I'm going to take something She lay
down again, and soon after I noticed
something strange i'm her appearance.
and ! went over TO the bed. I suspected
that she had taken poison. Then / saw
the empty box. and I went after Mrs.
Dederick. and as we entered the house
we met papa. who told me that mamma
was full. ! said. No, I guess not. She
has taken Doison: she told me she was
going to take II. I saw the box Then
we all went to the bed and tried to re-
vive her"
"Oh no." the little lady answered a
question put by a Juror. II know IL
was not premeditated. ' am positive
she did II on the impulse of the mo-
ment. I have heard mamma say that
she could never rest in her grave II she
thought that I would he left an orphan.
I know mamma would not have taken
Il IL she had bought twice" and the
little face was buried in her hands.
while she sobbed as II her heart was
breaking. She said that her mother
had, on several occasions I'm the past
year. said TO her that she would take
her life.
Mrs. Youngson was 40 years of age.
She has two brothers in Colorado, one
In Deadwood. and a sister in Los An
geles. Hazel Is the only living child of
n family Of six. five boys having been
buried in Colorado.
The verdict of the jury was that h
porary insanity.