The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-24
Miss Tempest Leeper Drinks Car.
bolic Acid After Escaping From
Jacksonville Sanitarium.
NERVOUS FOR SEVERAL YEARS
Laundry Marks on Linen Enables
Uncle to Identify Mecca
Guest at the Lin
dell.

While suffering from melanchoia. brough,
about by nervousness, Miss Tempest Leep-
er. who made her home with her aunt. Mrs.
Bertram Fahren. No. $3.50 Delmar boule-
ward, committed suicide at the Lindell Ho-
tel yesteday morning by drinking the con-
tents of bottle OF carbolic aciG.
The young woman died at the City Hos
pital at l o'clock. Il was several hours
later before she was identified by her uncle,
Bertram Fahren. secretary OF the Fahren-
Becker Petticoat Company of this city.
He was riding home in street car and
noticed the description of the girl and the
laundry marks on her clothing. He feared
IL was his niece, and telephoned TO Coroner
Funkhouser, who went to the City Hos
pital and identified her. Doctor Funk
houser had formerly attended her.
The woman had been a patient at the
Norbury Sanitarium at jacksonville. ILL.,,
and escaped from the institution Friday.
She had been sent there by relatives sew
eral days ago, in the hope that she might
be benefited by the treatment.
Miss Leeper was the only daughter OF
Judge ]. II. Leeper of Pierce, S. D., who
died four years ago. Her mother died
when she was a child. and she came TO st.
Louis and since made her home with her
uncle She was educated at the Vista
ton Convent.
INJURED WHILE AT CONVENT
The direct cause of Miss Temples nerv-
BUSINESS is attributed TO an accident which
betell her three years ago while attending
the convent. While playing bali she was
struck and sustained AN injury which con-
fined her to bed for several months. After
she recovered and was graduated she be-
came nervous and suffered much.
Her relatives sent her to an institution at
Alma Mich, and later she placed in a
hospital at Kenusha, Wis. she improved
for a time but several months ago became
worse and was sent to Jacksonville.
When she arose Friday morning at the
sanitariuin she appeared in bright spirits
and n request to be allowed to walk was
granted. That was the last seen of her. II
Is supposed she boarded train for st.
Louis.
COMES TO LINDELL HOTEL
About o'clock Friday evening young
woman applied for room at the Lindell
Hotel. She registered as Dell Dare" !"
Kenosha. Wis. She was assigned a room on
the fourth floor. She came to the Office
about 5 o'clock yesterday morning and left
her key.
About o'clock she went to the drug
store, adjoining the hotel. and purchased
the acid. She then returned to her room
An hour later. while Nellie OBrien, a
chambernaid, was passing the room, she
was attracted by moans. Pushing open the
door. she found the PROSTATE body Of the
young woman lying on the bed Manager
Eckles was notified and he summoned Doc
tor Smith. All efforts to revive her were
futile and she was taken to the City Hos
pital She died at O'clock without gaining
consciousness.
MARKS ON CLOTHING.
The only means of Identification were
the laundry marks. ''T. A. L." and ITEM
pest" that were found on her handker-
chiefs and clothing. 1t was by these marks
that her uncle was attracted in reading of
the death of the woman at the hotel.
Miss Leeper was &c years old. She was
very fond OF poetry. and among her ef-
fects were found two poems, supposed to
have been penned by her. One was en-
titled. ''Platonic Affections: the other was
a farewell to her chums.