Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-11-20
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Mrs. William Watkins Ends Her Life
With Morphine,
HUSBAND LIVES AT SAN MARCIAL.

MrS. Wllllam Watk'uS was 1Ounu
dead in her room at the Majestic room
ing house on South First street this
noon. The deadly poison, morphine.
was the cause of the untimely death
OF a young woman with everything to
live for.
Mrs. Watkins came here about two
weeks ago and secured lodging with
N.Y. nambini. of the Majestic. She
VAS paralytic and spent most of her
time in the reception room of the Ma
jestto reading or idling away the time
in quietude.
a Citizen reporter s2w Mrs. Bam-
binf Just after the discovery of the
horrible deed.
'The lady was very quiet" said Mrs.
Bambini. "and we knew very little
about her. She sent Aeyeral kilograms
to her. husband at So Marcial. hut
received no reply. Most of the time
she stayed here in the Office, but was
not in the habit Of getting up very
early, so | did not pay any particular
attention to her this morning.
"My husband came home for dinner,
end seeing She was not in the Office,
asked If she had gone away. | said she
had not, and went and tried her door.
Not being able to get in looked In
the transom and saw in an instant
that she was dead for her face was as
white as a sheet and was distorted and
convulsed."
The city marshal and o. w. Strong
& Sons were notified and the body re
moved to the undertaking rooms of the
latter.
When found the morphine powder
was protruding from her mouth and a
box containing the poison in different
forms, powder, capsules and tablets,
was in her hand. On the dresser was a
note which read as follows:
Dear Billie PLEASE pay this land
lady. | am going. | can't bear to have
er die than be away from you. Don't
tell my sister. | can't use my hand
very well. Good bye, dear; good bye"
The letter was written with ink on
a piece of writing paper and was poor
ly written, the letters being large and
irregular, showing that she was not in
her right mind.
The label on the morphine box bore
the name of Page & Voorhees,, now S.
Nann & Son. When an investigation
was made il was found that they had
complied with all the requirements of
the law, as she had registered, not her
name, but a fictitiOns one, Mrs. Straw
er, also giving her residence as San
Marcial and claiming she wanted it for
medical purposes.
Mr.. Page stated that so far as he
could see the lady was all right when
she called there.
The only reason that can be given
for her rash deed was that she was a
paralytic and her misfortune preyed
On her mind.
IL is said that her husband is an en-
gineer at San Marcal, A Santa Fe
pass from Chicago TO san Marcial was
found among her belongings also a
baggage check from Reloit, Wis.
The lady was at 5. Vann & Sons
yesterday after she bought the NOR
phine, getting a pair Of glasses fitted
and gave her right name, but as she
Lad purchased the morphine of Dr.
Page and the glasses Of DR.. Vann the
changing of names was not noticed.
The laws which govern the sales of
Fc:sons are not stringent enough, hut
as long as the druggists comply with
the existing law no complaint can be
made.
The lady was evidently laboring un-
DER some priyite troubles which had
prompted her TO take her life. She
was about "a years Of age and rather
good looking, but being a paralytic had
spoiled her beauty.
Her husband. who is supposed to be
at San Marcial.. was wired and an an
swer is expected tonight.