Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-21
Il. no apparent remedy save = sound
discretion on the part OF young people
often found wanting when most neces-
sary.
\ FROM BOSTON.


ing had the following:
About GAS last night q woman,
known as Mrs. G.. w. Phillips, about
rs years old, attempted suicide in the
lodging house at 81 Clarendon street,
kept by Alphonse st. Marie.
Mrs. Phillips wa strikingly hand
some. of medium height, and had been
at the house about six months.
When she engaged the o she
told Mrs. st. Marie that she was a
widow, that her husband had been
aead four years, leaving her an in
come sufficient to live on without the
necessity of working.
About five last night Mrs. Phillips
passed Mrs. st. Marie on her way out,
as the landlady supposed, to go to
supper. At $50 she returned, and
seemed to be depressed, as she passed
to her room, a hall chamber on the
third floor.
Fifteen minutes later the sound OF
a revolver shot rang out from the up
per floor. At first 1t was thought
something had fallen, and then it was
decided to investigate. One of the
dodgers ran up to the woman's room
and knocked, but received no res
ponse. He tried the door, and finding
it locked, he rushed down to the street
and called to Patrolman WEIGH of Di-
vision 4, who was standing on Column
bus avenue.
The patrolman forced the door and
was startled at the sight before him.
The woman was lying on the bed,
fully dressed, with the exception OF
her shoes, in an unconscious cond1-
ton, with blood flowing from a tiny
hole in her right temple.
By this time Sergeant Brazier and
Patrolman Miller of the Dedham
street station arrived, and realizing
the critical condition of the woman,
the sergeant ran to The patrol box
and rang in a hurry call for the po-
lice ambulance. On its arrival it took
just six minutes to transfer the wo-
man to the hospital, where it was
thought that she had been fatally in
jured.
The bullet entered the right side OF
1L4 hood md ~ ir,hadIad in Tho
skull. 1t was unsuccessfully probed
for, and late last night an operation
was decided upon in the faint hope
of saving her life.
Her Past Life Unknown.
Not much was known about the
woman at the Clarendon street house.
save that she was supposed to have
come from the south. During her oc-
cupancy of the room she was "
known to receive male callers, and
was in her oom early every night.
She was unusually bright and sheer
full in her manner, but never made a
friend or confidant of any of the other
dodgers.
SO far as her daily life was concern
ed it was one of complete mystery
which none cared to or did investi-
gate.
The room was daintily arranged
with pictures, drapery and other arti-
cles dear to the feminine heart, and
expensive perfumery and soaps were
on the white commode. A large
trunk at side of the room, mark
ed on one end Mrs. G. w. p" was
the only bulky possession of the wo-
man. The contents of this trunk are
not known, as it was securely locked
last night and the key missing.
That the woman made deliberate
preparations to end her life was evil
dent by a farewell message which she
had tremblingly written on the torn.
biotter of a large pad of paper, pre-
sumably just before the bullet crash
ed into her head: Send word to
Moundsville, W. Va"
On the cover of the tablet was
printed: THE Harvard Tablet
Theme Paper" On its extreme top
was written in ink: Pauline Phil
lips" Underneath was written:
Geo. o. Griffith, 9 Holworthy Hail."
On n side of the cover, written
with a pencil, were the following
names and addresses: Myrtle, Bel
mont, Mass" "Fottler. 206 Norfolk
street," annie Smith" Matte
Hayes. IS Savin Hill avenue" "Stei-
fei, 81 Walnut avenue" "St. john"
Libby"
After writing her message she put
the tablet on the window sill, where
it was found by Sergeant Brazier.
Had Read A Wronged Wife.
A possible evidence that the woman
was in an extremely depressed condi-
ton was found in the fact that she
had been reading a novel which she
left beside her, entitled "a Wronged
Wife" Inside this book she had left
a postal card, which she had used as
a book mark. The card was address
ed to Mrs. G. W. Phillips, 81 Claren-