Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-18
GREAT NERVE
Exhibited by Girl Suicide at
Bellaire.
With Small cord She Deliberately
Clicked herself to Death - No
Cause Known for the Horrible act.

cause known FOR the Horrible act.
Wheeling News.
A young woman employed as a do
nestle by r. Kapper and family of the
Fourth ward Bellaire, suicided some
time last night and the dead body was
not found until half past five this
morning. She chose a most horrible
method, showing either great nerve or
hopeless despair.
She has been with the family
for six or seven months, ana they did
not know her name. They believed
her home was in McMechen, but be-
ing a model servent In every way they
did not inquire particularly about her
life. Apparently she had no troubles
at least she did not show them to the
family, and appeared always bright.
yesterday she was i'll good spirits and
last night at s O'Clock cooked Mr..
Kapper's supper. After cleaning up
the supper dishes she went TO her
room to retire.
That was the last seen of her until
this morning, when Miss Ricke Ulman
young lady who makes her home
with the Kapper family, got up about
five o'clock and not finding the girl
about the house as usual, began hunt
ing for her. Going into the wash
house in her search a horrible sight
met her eyes. Half sitting and half
reclining on an old wash boiler was
the domestic with her eyes staring at
the door. She had been dead proba-
bly, for hours, but at first the young
lady finding her could not discover the
cause.
Finally she saw small cord around
the girls neck and a little further ex-
animation showed that she had DELHI
erately strangled herself with fine
cord until life was extinct.
Instead of putting rope around
her neck and swinging from the raf-
tiers the girl had used the light cord
and with wonderful nerve had squeez-
ed it so tight around her neck as to
shut off her wind. Miss Ulman soon
after discovering the suicide notified
the family and they notified the
coroner. The coroner viewed the re-
mains and rendered verdict of sui
eide in accordance with the facts as
he saw them. Afterward the body
was removed to the house and word
was sent to McMechen where 1t was
supposed she had a sister living.
AS far as could be learned this
morning the girl left nothing behind
TO tell why she had taken her life in
such horrible manner. No cause
could be given by the family with
whom she had been living but it may
be possible that her sister when she
arrives may be able to give some sort
of an explanation.
JEALOUSY THE CAUSE.
A peculiar situation developed
when the sister of the suicide arrived
about noon from McMechen. She re-
fused to give her name or the name OF
her sister. The Kapper family knew
her only as Betty" She was Slav
and until recently had quite number
of girl friends about Bellaire They
also say they never heard her last
name and they always called her Bet
ty This afternoon it was stated by
girl friend Of the dead girl that jeal-
ousy was the cause Of the rash act. A
young man who had been going With
her for months is to marry another
woman within week and it was only
a day or so ago that this was learned
by the Tilted one. 1t may have been
this that caused her to take her life
but if it was she kept her story to
herself for she was never heard to
make complaint.