The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-13
UlNAN'S RASH ACT
Mrs. Peters Makes an Attempt
to End Her Life.
WAS DETERMINED TO DIE
She Fought Off Assistance
and Wanted More Morphine

Tired Of this life and wearied Of the
troubles Of this world. Mrs. A Peters
made an attempt to commit suicide in
her rooms in the smith-sknner building
last night by taking an over dose Of NOR
phine. Her husband, coming home at
night after attending the theater found
his wife PROSTATE from the effects Of
the drug she ad taken and lying on q
chair beside her was a letter, in which
she babe him goodbye, saying that She
died Of a broken heart and requesting
him to send her remains, is she should
never awake, to va Dorado and bury
they be1lde her first husband and er
children, who had died. She ended the
letter by asking God to forgive her and
to bless her dear name"
When found Mrs. Peters had almost
succum5ed TO the effectE Of the drug
Assistance was Immediately called. and
several OF the ladies who live in the
adjacent apartments went into the room
and cared for the unfortunate woman
while medical assistance was sent for.
ON account Of the fact that it was i'm
possible to arouse any doctors in the
naighbovho0d it was several hours before
physician arrived 10 care for the We
man. Meanwhile the ladies' Of the house
worked increasingly and diligently, using
excellent Judgment and care i'm trying to
arouse Mrs Peters from her etupOr. at
last succeed In getting her on her feet
and awakened However the woman
who had attempted SELF destruction. was
determined to end her life, it seemed. as
She fought all attempts that were made
10 get her over the effects Of the poison
When She would pass the dresser as she
was being walked back and forth by the
ladies who was trying to arouse her, she
would stop and seemed to be looking for
the bottle Of morphine which had stood
there. Several times she made attempts
To end IL as II she was not satisfied with
what she had already done and aDpar-
enty would take more Of the drug which
had almost killed her
AT about u o'clock, it being impossible
to get a doctor. the police were notified
who Immediately took charge, calling
DIT TT. IT Darrln, who answered the SUM
mons at once. After working with Mrs
Peters for a little while giving her emet-
les. De succeeded in getting her to the
point where she was pronounced to be
ont Of danger
1fr Peters, the unfortunate woman's
husband, in talking to an Eagle reporter
stated that this was his wife's second
attempt to take her own life Last
August, he said. they had had some
trouble afterward Mrs Peters had at
tempted self destruction by taking NOR
uh'ne She recovered. however.
Yesterday he arrived home little later
han usual lie then went out and re-
turned about o'clock. Later he went
70 THE theater and on returning found
his wife almost dead from the effects or
the drug She had taken
AIR. Peters stated further that his wife
had widowed mother in Fl Dorado, and
a grown son Gus Williams in this city.
and married daughter Mrs Bu5y ia
Topeka. both of whom were her children
s. her first husband He and she had
1eu married but nine months. having
come to this city from El Dorado April
le9 since that time they had been
Hfns where they now reside lie had
part Of The time veen employed in one
~ the wholesale houses Of the city. but
at present was not doing anything.
Mrs Peters evidently had the drug
in the house, as she was not seen going
ont after ii Yesterday evening