Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-29
IS
FRUSTRATED
MRS. MINNIE TINDELL MAKES
SEVERAL VAIN ATTEMPTS
TO KILL HERSELF.
WAS ARRESTED FOR
STEALING SlLvERWARE.
Under Pretense Of Changing Her Dress
She Took Morphine-Tried
Hanging and ~stabbing.

/ Mrs. Minnie Tindell made. half a doz-
en- desperate attempts to kill herself, at
her home at A West Mercury street this
morning. Each time h was frustrated.
although she fought viciously against
those who sought to prevent her from
taking her life. and several of her friends
held her and watched by her side con-
stantly to balk her in her unnatural pur-
! A warrant was issued for the woman's
ARREST this morning on a charge of petit
larceny. The warrant was issued at the
instance of Mrs. Kate Formell who
claimed that Mrs. Tindell had stolen
some silverware and household articles
from her. A search warrant was also is
sued, and armed with this document, De-
tectives Murphy and Ray proceeded to
.seach her home. The articles described
by Mrs. Formed We're found In one OF
Mrs. Tindells runks and the woman was
accordingly placed under arrest.
+ Mrs. Tindell entered a viforous protest
against the proceedings. but when she
was placed under arrest told the officers
she would accompany them to Jail lie thew
would give her time to change her dress.
She was told she could have all the time
sne wanted in reason, and Detective
Murphy LEFT the place, leaving Assistant
detective Ray in charge.
The Woman then went into another
room, and when she returned a few min
utes later Officer Ray noticed some white
powder on her dress. He asked her
what sh chad done and she replied that
sne mad taken morphine. She then ran
INTO the Kitchen and grabbed a knife.
but after a struggle this was taken away
her, and a moment later she broke awav
from the officer. snatched up a bottle OF
carbolic acid and drank some OF the
stuff. This was alr- taken away from
her, not, however, until she had sWal-
lowed a considerable quantity Of III.
Matters were getting exceedingly inter-
esting for Officer Ray and he conclud-
ed that he needed some help. He called
in Officer Mcdonald to watch the woman
and sent for a doctor.
McDonald's experience with the fren-
zied woman was one that he will not
O forget, and he had all he could do
TO Keep her from accomplishing her pur-
pose. While he was with her she drank
several bottles of stuff. including a large
bottle of glycerine, which probably saved
her life. She knotted several handker-
chiefs together and tried to strangle
herself by tying the improvised rope
tightly about her neck, and she manag-
ed to become possessed of a pocket knife
with which she made several desperate
jabs at her jugular vein. In each in
stance the attempts We're frustrated, but
the officer was kept very busy, and be-
tween ATTEMPTS he had time to reflect
on b fact that when it comes to the life
SAVING 'OuSlAeSS tHe PollceIHdH . IOL IS not
! a happy one.
A messenger was sent to the Offices OF
several physicians, but none could be
found. In the meantime the woman was
recovering of her OWL accord, and at a
late hour this afternoon was apparently
out of danger.
Mrs. Tindell formerly resided in Deer
Lodge. Her husband Is Lon Tindell
who is we'll known in this city a who
went to the Klondike country several
years ago and has not since been heard
from. Among her neighbors h has the
reputation of being an honest and hard
working woman. Her daughter, Mrs
Pearl Ferguson, says h Formell We.
man has been prosecuting her for some
time, and also says that her mother il
I; innocent of the crime with which she i.
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