The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-18

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Shortly after lolo'clock Friday morn
ing y pistol shot rang out clear in tn,
neigltboriiood Of the Traders hotel. At
tacllcs Of the hotel heard 1T, but paiC
NO attention to THE report, as they sup
posed the colored help was having lit.
tile sport in the court in the rear Of the
building. But a horrible discovery waa
matle twenty minutes afterward, wher
Mrs Mary v. Clifford, an aged cham
bcrnlaid, opened the door Of room No. 81
on THE third floor of the hotel. An aw
full sight presented itself 10 her. Her
room-mnte, a sweet-faced young girl, lay
on the bed cold in death. Emlina wy.
att, aged II years, who had charge OF
the silverware Of the hotel, was the sui.
eide, for such it appears to have been.
The girls body MAS found stretched
out at full length across the bed She
maslying on her back. her head slightly
70 one side. In her right hand was /,
pistol, and the other hand was lying
across the one that held the revolver a.
il she had deliberately folded her hands
after dhe gun was fired. A large poo
Of blood was on the bed about her head
and hole in her right temple indicated
the course OF the fatal bullet.
NIrs. Clifford was the girls room mate
and she says she went to the room after
her morning work was done, but the
door was locked and she could not get in
Another dhamibeimaid came along and
loaned her a key, with which the dool
mils unlocked, and they entered ana
inadc The startling discovery.
The hotel authorities were notified al
once, and DR.. NJ, j, Bartlett was hur-
riedly summoned, but his visit was use
less. He found the girl dead. Ii is ap
parent tlat she died without struggl,
aud almost mstantaneously. The room
was Immediately locked and THE coroue:
was sent for. Upon his arrival, NE mado
an investigation and then ordered the
body removed ITO The Clifford Osborn I'M,
dertaking establishment,
Mrs. Clifford the girls room-m.utc
says that the girl mud been domestic
at the hotel about five months, and thai
she herself has been there seven months
According to her story, the suicide cam,
from Buckhannon, where she had for
merly worked, but her home is in Ell.
kitls, or, Mt least, that is where her
mother, Mrs. Amanda Wyatt, resides, a>
we'll as n sister.
For the past ten days, according tc
Mrs. ulillord's statement, Miss Wyatt
acted queerly and contemplated suicide
Only last week She conceived the ide,
Of poisoning herself, and induced some
Of the colored male help to go ont anc
try to purchase carboic acid and arse
llic for her, but they failed to get them
although they went to a store or 80 tt
purchase them. Later IN the week Mrs
Clifford went into the room unexpected,
and She found that the girl had tlt
chefs carving knive on the window sil
and she was lying on the bed. Inquiry
as to what she had the knife there fol
elected the information that she intend
ed TO take her life mibh it. II appeari
that she had attempted to do So as sh,
showed Mrs. Clifford two cuts on hei
left wrist. The next day she bandage,
one Of her wrists to stop The flow .
blood and tried TO cut the arteries will
a small pairing knife belonging to tn,
chef. Mrs, Clifford caught her trying /,
jab the knife into her arm, and reprove,
her. She answered by telling Mrs. Cln
ford that she had had the knife betweel
the mattresses OF their bed for sqvera
days.
Wednesday, after she had finishct
lVOkiHS HtteF bhe silVerWitre AFTER IN
moon hour, she started to the Contra
Business college, where she had bee
learning shorthand, but soon returned
changed her wraps and went out agat
she returned she had box wrap
ped up. Mrs. Ida Goodwin, dish wash
cr in the hotel, went to her room an
she showed her the package, but rt
marked that she would not have Ne
know what it contained for the worl,
hut Mrs. Goodwin saw the end Of tl
box and told her She did not have 1
tell her what it contained, as she a
ready knew from the label on the bo,
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