Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-10-24
MRS. MAUD B. WEBSTER.

Mrs Maud b. Webster, who carried
on a dressmaking establishment In
this city few years ago, leaving for
Fort Worth. Texas, attempted to com.
NIT suicide in Denver last Saturday.
rhe Rocky Mountain News of Sunday
gives a fine half tone of the unfortu.
nate lady. and goes into lengthy de-
tails regarding her attempt at self
destruction and her life. The Citizen
reproduces the following extracts
from the article
Because she believed she could no
longer face domestic trouble and
financial reverses, Mrs Maud b. Web
ster OF 1874 Downing avenue attemp-
ted suicide yesterday morning by
swallowing strychnine tablets. She
took the poison In the presence of
Miss Julia Foley, one of the board
ers. Miss Foley snatched the box
from her hand before she could take
its entire contents. Mrs. Webster was
determined to die, however, and tried
to- regain possession OF the box. The
loud talking and Sigh. struggle that
followed attracted Mrs. Webster's
children to the room. AS soon as
they learned the cause of the trouble
they ran into the back yard and star.
ted to shout TO some men who were
near. that their mother was dying.
One OF the men telephoned for the po-
lice surgeons, who soon arrived and
| n mi pfut at pnntiHG n tho
woman. She struggled with the phys
icians for some time to prevent their
assistance, but finally succumbed.
She was resting easily at night, and
il is said she will recover.
SO far as can be learned, domestic
trouble involving financial embarrass.
ment was the sole cause OF the at.
tempted suicide. An attempt was
made to make a mystery of the case,
and a theory was advanced that a
love affair with an unhappy termina.
ton had entered in the matter. This
was emphatically denied and laughed
at by all concerned.
There is not word OF truth In
such stuff" said Miss Julia roley
Mrs. Webster was simply having a
| great deal of domestic trouble-the
| exact nature OF which l cannot state
land she concluded that she coult
not near II longer. Then the trouble
over the rooming house here was par
TALLY the cause. Ii was not a finan
cial success, and she had worried
greatly by the loss OF money. But thai
was not the whole cause. There is NJ
mystery or love affair back of this
trouble. OF that 1 am positive. Mrs
Webster's husband died some tim'
ago, and she has since lived yer.
quiet life with her children"
|
| Mrs. Webster came to Denver will
her two children from Fort Worth
Texas, a little over six months age
She rented the house at 1871 Down
ing avenue and opened boarding
house. The children, Pauline, age,
~. and Willard, 10, attended the Coz
ona school.
But boarders were few, and mont
l dlA'I luouiHs II ~ shut tApthSto piit
up that she found it constantly NOR
difficult to meet The furniture, az
; cording to the story had been pul
chased upon the installment plan. an
Mrs. Webster had been frightened II
} 10 the belief that it would be take
} from her Besides. she mad been su
fering from heart trouble for som
time.
Mrs. Webster possesses a rare bea,
" that would make her an object {
/ admiration amid any surrounding
Her children are also strikingly hant
, some. Miss Julia Foley is an exec
+ tionally pretty woman as well 1t
: said that both women were great Il
T. vorites with the younger set. In tn
= connection Il Is said they were fr
quently the center of coaching an
theater DaTtieg