The Anaconda standard., 1898-12-16
AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Lille Brown Driven to It by Her
Lover.
HE BOASTED OF THE DEED
That l. the Story the Unfortunate
Woman Tells OF Her Unsuccsss.ul
Attempt at sslf-Destruc:ion.
OCornell Arrested.

Lille Brown. an unfortunate living
at - East Mercury street. made an uH-
successful attempt to end her life oy
taking morphine yesterday. II the story
she told the police before she lost con-
sciousness is true, the most summary
measures would he none too severe sor
the punishment of Mike O'Connell. her
lover whom she accused Of driving her
To the act.
Yesterday morning about . o'clock.
the woman went into a wine room In
the rear of the Push saloon. corner of
Mercury and Main streets. Calling a
boy she sent him TO the Eagle phar-
macy. drug store nearby. and Ead
him buy % grains OF morphine. The
boy returned and handed the poison to
the woman. who made no attempt To
conceal her purpose. but at once swal-
lowed more than half the contents of
the box. The boy In alarm. ran out
and told The people in the saloon. who
at once called Officers Radmilovch anI
Curley. BY the time they arrived. the
morphine was beginning To take effect.
but she was still conscious and she told
the officers that Mike OCOnnen was
her lover: that she had grown tired of
supporting him and had told him nc
would have TO go To work. lie replied
by taking all the money she had sue
ceeded i'm saving out of the proceeds Of
her LIE OF shame. and then telling her
IL she did not like II. to go and kill
herself. The woman is of despondeht
tendency. and at once adopted his sus-
gestion.
The officers sent at once for physi-
clan and DIR. Bryant. who chlnced to
be passing, was called i'm. He admin
istered an emctic and the woman was
then taken to the city Jail IN hack
and City Physician Shultz summoned.
She had in the meantime lost con-
seriousness and remained in that con-
dition four or five hours. She was In
a very low state and at one time there
was little hope of saving her life. tut
she was eventually pulled through.
1t was decided to arrest O'Connell,
| the lover and Officer Walker went to
/ look for him. He found the fellow in a
saloon and took him To ioil where he
was booked for Vagrancy. ON the way
/ to the Jail O'Connell put on an air Of
| bravado and boasted that he had told
the woman to kill herself.
Connected with the unfortunate wom-
| ans life is a story of interest. as show
! ing that low as she has fallen, she is
|
! Of late she has tired to do at least a
! little better. There was time, "A ht-
! tie over a year ago. when Lille Brown
! had the reputation Of being about as
tough a woman as there was on the
| row. and a great Deal Of her time wac
I spent in Jail for infractions of the laws
| in support of decency. One day. In
| company with another woman. she " rs
| arrested i'm n shocking state of drunk
enness and taken TO jail. During the
day. young girl was brought in who
was accused, unjuistly il turned out, of
| theft. The girl was of good parents
| and had never seen anything of the
| abandoned women of the world. When
throAn in contact with the two 'rea-
| tures she was unutterably shocked by
| their coarse. leWd actions and talk. and
she was thrown into paroxysm OF
| teams. During the time she was forced
! to remain in the company Of the two
! women. the girl showed So plainly now
| repuls.ve they were To her that Lille
| Brown was touched. She broke out in
| to A fit of crying. which lasted all night
| Next day she was fined for her Of
| fense and had To serve out her time
| some two or three days. During all the
time till she was released, she lay "a d
terrible fit of rcmorse. When she was
allowed to go. she said she would new
er come back under arrest. and sh,
never has.