The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-27
ANACONDA news.
TWO STORIES ARE TOLD
Troubles of Miss Lulu Ross, For
merly of Anaconda.
SHE HAS BEEN WRONGED
She Brings Accusations Against q Wen
Known Young Man. Also Once a
Resident Of Anaconda-Her At
tempt to Commit Suicide.

Miss Lulu Ross, who resided in this
city for some time, is having lots of
trouble. Miss Ross is now a resident of
Spokane. in which city she is said to
have attempted to commit suicide a few
days ago. The following account is
published in the Spokesman-Review:
as Miss Lulu Ross a much wronged
girl or has she almost caused the ruin
of the life of a prominent young man of
this city? This question is difficult of
solution for two highly contradictory
stories are told in regard to the matter.
"Miss Ross says that she came here
to marry a local bookkeeper. but when
she arrived ne refused to keep his prom
Use. AS a result of this refusal she be-
came desperate and was rapidly going
to the bad when rescued by the Amer
lean Volunteers.
THE young man is not now in the
city, but his friends claim that the rep
utation of the girl was distinctly bad
before he met her, but she managed to
fascinate him and secure a promise to
marry her. She is said to have ruined
his business in Montana and ruined his
career in this city. They say that any
claims she might a a on hin have
been settled by a settlement of a breach
of promise suit.
Miss Ross is the girl who attempted
to commit suicide Thursday evening,
Sept. IS, by jumping from the Post
street bridge, but wa pulled back just
as she was standing on the top plank
OF the railing. She was also saved
when she took poison in her room in
the Hazel block later in the evening.
In regard to these attempts to make
away with herself the following letter
has been received:
ITO the Editor Of the Spokesman
Review: / note in your paper last Fri
day a small article about my attempt
to commit suicide. In this connection
/ wish to state that / am not a we'll
known character of your city, as you
said, and neither have / several times
attempted to commit suicide, as you
also stated. / will tell you my story
and leave you to judge whether you
statements are correct.
"I came to Spokane about three
months ago from Anaconda, Mont, to
be married to a bookkeeper in your city.
When / first came I stopped with his
father and mother at their home. For
reasons of her own his mother objected
to the marriage. He then came to me
m said that circumstances vol not
permit him to get married in less than
six or eight weeks. OF course l could
understand the circumstances of the
family. He had one sister and three
brothers. While, although they were
not kin to me, / have both love and
sympathy for all of them.
IT knew his mother did not wish me
to remain there. so / wrote to a friend
in Walla Walla. She asked me to go
there and / went to her home. / re-
manned with my friend and her hus-
band for some time. AS l had neither
writing paper nor stamps l wrote to my
affianced husband in Spokane asking
him to send me some of each. / waited
long for an answer, but it never came.
/ did not know what to do then but
started out in search of work. / APP
piled to the superior of st. Mary's hos
pital and she gave me a position taking
care of the sick. I had only been there
a few days when I was taken sick and
the doctors feared /. had fever. / got a
little better, but had to quit work. I
wanted to return to Spokane, but had
no money. Just as / was about to go
out Inc sell my watch to get enough
money to pay for my ticket. / received
a letter informing me that there was a
ticket to Spokane awaiting me at the
O.. r. & n. office. 1t had been sent by
another friend.
81 then returned to Spokane. The
day l reached here l was sick, but as
soon as l got well l wrote a note to my
afianced husband asking him to call
on me. He came and l had a long talk
with him. but could not induce him to
keep his promise to marry me. l then
became hopeless. My Low for him
turned to hate. / had left mother, home
and friends to come to marry him. and
when l arrived he would not keep his
promise. He made an attempt to take
my nfe, and that caused me more than
ever to desire revenge
II then turned onto the downward
road, as many other young girls and
women a lone from the same cause.
i kept going on and on and getting
more and more desperate until last
Thursday night / attempted to take my
own life by jumping off the Post street
bridge. But some kind hand came to
my rescue and saved me. When / took
poison a few hours later. l was again
saved from my own hand. oh, il
seemed everything failed me.
After that I did not know where to
go or what to do. Then another thought
came to me. I remembered that there
is a place where almost any other girl
would have gone under the circum-
stances. i called a cab inc went to see
the ~landlady. She said yes. I could
come and hive with her girls. l returned
to my room, packed my run and sent
IL to where / expected to go. But just
as the cab was waiting for me, and /
had my hat and coat on, four members