The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-28
ENDED ALL WITH MORPHINE.
MAGGIE MARSHALL, WEARY OF
TROUBLE AND SHAME, SUICIDED.

Dependency and IA Lovers Quarrel
Ascribed as the Moving Causes of
the Nomnn's Rash Act-ThOught
AT First That Death Had Resulted
From the nI-Treatment of the
Man with Whom She Had Been
Living and Jowett Arrested-He
Was Released After IA Few Min
utes' DetentIon-she was Former
" n variety Actress in the Music
Halls of the City.
Maggie Marshall. white woman
boarding at No. 505 OglethorDe
avenue, east, in the heart of
the Tenderloln, was found dying upon
her bed shortly after o'clock yesterday
afternoon and died a few minutes there
after. Death resulted from an overdose
Of morphine, administered by her own
hand and with suicidal intent Sensa-
tonal developments followed the discov-
cry of her body.
The woman had been, until some three
months ago, employed in the Alhambra
Music Hall. on West Broughton street, but
had lost her position because of an un-
fortunate tendency to look too long and
too hard upon the wine when it was red.
Then she had come to the house in which
she died. where she had been living with
j. JoWett, gambler who rejOices fur
Their in the nom de guerre of Charleston"
il is said by those in the house that Jow-
EFT frequently ill-treated her, and that
upon several occasions he had adm MIS-
tered to the unfortunate woman thrashings
that even they thought inhuman.
Several days ago there had been a quar-
rel between the two, followed by the beat
ing which seemed to be a quarrels inevi-
table consequence. on this occasion he
had been particularly urmerciful and
there was on the womans head a cash IN
hcted at that time. on her body were
what appeared to be bruises or contu-
sions and the women in the house and
Coroner Goette, who was hurriedIy sum-
moned. came to the conclusion that death
haG been caused by the beat.ngs Jowett
had given her BY the direction of the
coroner, JOWett was arrested and taken
to The station house.
The coloncr ard Or. Nichols, who had
arrived al the bedside of the woman short
~ before her d,alh continued their ,nvesti-
parent that what had appeared to be
bruises were not so in reality, but the
H. tcLes that oftCn follow in cases of opium
or morphine poisoning. A further search
of he room was then made and a paper
tina, had contained morphine found. It
was known that the woman was not ad-
dicted to the morphiue habit and the find
of the package, with the poi sonous nature
of its former conten 5 blazoned across is
face rendered certain the coroners pre-
Vious impression that L was a case of sui
eide.
1t further appeared that Jowett could
not have been implicated in the death of
the woman directly, for the reason that he
had not been with her at all on the night
preceding her death. Early yesterday
morning. the woman. who then was drink
ing hard, got into a cab and was driven to
the place in which the man is employed.
She endeavored to get him to accompany
her to her home, bur he said that he was
busy and that he could not do it,
She returned quite drunk and very de-
spondent and babe the women in the house
gOodby before she went upstairs TO he~
room. She told them that il was not like
| " that they would ever see her again and
requested, should she die, that NOTHING
concerning her life or the cause or man
ner of her death be conveyed to her fam
lily. This was almost the last seen of her
until she was in the very thrOes of disso-
luton.
Her failure to rise early during the day
attracted no attention, those who passed
the door of her room thinking she was
on.y sleeping At last one of the women
went inside the room and found that it
was impossible to waken the unfortunat e
| creature. She gave the alarm and a mes
senger was sent in haste for Dr. Nichols.
| He came as rapidly as was possible. but
| reached the house only a few m nutes be-
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