The times., 1898-08-17
TRIED TO KILL HERSELF
Miss Landoa BIackford Makes
an Attempt Upon Her Life.
SHE WILL PROBABLY RECOVER
Is "A Clerk i'm the Treasury Depart
ment-ComBiaining of Not Feeling
Well, She Asked TO Go Home
Instead She Went TO Chevy Chase
and Shot Herself Three Times.

Miss Landon Blackford, living at No.
eo26 o Street, the nineteen-year-old
daughter of B. Lewis Blackford, the we'll
known Street real estate agent. at
tempted to commit suicide yesterday
morning at the circle, at Chevy Chase, by
shooting herself in the head, breast and
hip with 22-caliber revolver.
She was taken to Garfield Hospital on
special car of the Capital Traction Com
pany, where late yesterday afternoon DR..
J. Ford Thompson performed an opera
ton by which the bullets were extracted.
AT late hour last night the young lady
was resting easy, and the surgeons say
that she will recover.
Miss BIackford is employed in the
Treasury Department, and went 10 her
work as usual yesterday morning. AT
about 10 O'Clock she went 10 the chief of
the division in which she was working
and asked 10 be relieved from further
duty during the day, as she was not well
and wanted 10 go home. He assented,
and she left the Office. Instead of going
home, however, she took car going 10
Chevy Chase.
When the car reached the Chevy Chase
circle Miss Blackford signaled the con-
ductor TO let her of, and, after leaving
the train. she walked some distance up
the track in the direction the car was
going. After walking about five minutes
she sat down on the grassy slope and,
drawing a revolver from her pocket,
placed il TO her head and fred. She again
drew back the trigger of the weapon and
fired again. this time pointing the muzzle
toward her left breast. The third shot
was probably the result OF an accident as
She ball entered the hip.
The reports OF the shots attracted the
attention OF several persons in the nelgh-
borhood, among whom were Drs- Morgan
and RAY. who Immediately carried the
Young lady 10 the railroad station, Wnere
temporary treatment was given
The news of the shooting soon reached
this city. and the police ambulance was
sem 10 meet the special train at the cor
ner of Eighteenth and L Streets
MT Blackford, father of the young
woman. was at the point where the ambu-
lance was 10 meet the train when 1t ar
rived Miss Blackford was still conscious
and as she was lii. ed into the ambulance
she recognized her father, who stopped
down and imprinted kiss on the girl :
bloody face. He accompanied her to the
hospital
On the arrival there, Miss Blackford
was taken TO the operating room wnere
a careful examination was made of The
wounds The bullet supposed TO have been
fired first was found at the back OF her
head. it having passed entirely around
her head under the scalp without infiict-
ing any other injury than two severe
scalp wounds The second bulle. was
found 10 have entered the left breast
Immediately below the heart, and lodged
near that organ
DR.. Thompson, after a difficult opera
ton. succeeded in removing the leaden
missile. The wound in the nip was nos
a dangerous one. and was dressed with
little trouble. After the operation had
been performed the surgeons said that
the young lady's condition was very much
improved. and there was no doubt of her
speedy recovery.