Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-14
FATAL DOSE OF
CARD0L|C ACID.
Mrs. Matte ]. Stout Adopts this
Means of Putting an End to
Her Sorrows.
THOUGHT SHE WAS DESERTED.
Mysterious Circumstances Surrounding
The Whole Afiair--Died this
Morning,
Il lest her husband had desert.

Fearful lest her husband had desert
ed her. Mrs. Matte j, Stout, living at
15I Tenth East street, committed suicide
last night byotaklng carbolc acid, For
time II was thought that the woman
would recover but she passed away
at the Holy Cross hospital shortly be-
fore noon, despite the efforts OF the
doctors to make II otherwise.
Thore is an air Of mystery surround
ing the whole thing, The Stouts, 1t
appears, came here about a month
ago, moving into a neat little cottage
at the address given. The house was
comfortably furnished and the husband
and wife seemed to be much devoted
TO each other Saturday morning Mr..
Stout who Is said to be about AZ years
Of age, left the city, stating to his wife,
according TO her story, that he was
about to look after some mining prop
critics, That'evening, 1t is said Mrs.
Stout was seen at one of the dcpots In
search of him. She is also stated TO
have told others that her husband prior
to bis departure, had written her q let
ter In which he said that he loved her
but that he had left her for another
woman. These stories, however are
so contradictory that little credence can
be given either Of them.
STORY OF DISCRETION
Sunday night Mrs Stout went to the
police station and told the officers that
her husband had deserted her and had
taken all her money, amounting TO S5.-
10 In on
companled by an officer she was taken
home and stated on the way that she
i.tended to commit suicide.
WAS GOING TO DIE.
Shortly after o'clock last night Mrs.
Stout entered her neighbours next door,
acting very strangely and asking per-
mission to remain there all night, as she
was going to die. Alarmed at the wo-
mans conduct, the police were sent for,
and they had barely arrived at the
house when Mrs. Stout, who had been
alone In another room, appeared at the
door and holding an empty bottle In her
hand, Indicated TO the officers that she
had drank its contents Officers Lin
coin and Seager, who were on the scene
took hold OF the bottle and found that
1t had contained an ounce OF carbollc
acid Drs. Benedict, Hart and Gard
ner were quickly summoned and
worked with the woman until an early
hour this morning, when she was said
TO be beyond all danger Later. how
ever she passed away as ABOVE stated
WOMAN LEFT A NOTE.
That the deed was deliberately
planned Is evident from the fact that
the woman left a note addressed to her
mother which ran as follows:
i must tell you, Mr. Stout has left
me with all the money | have. He has
taken all have. He has left me alone
Write TO me about Mrs. Stout. | am
taking carbollc acid and / win die 20
night. l will give this world up for
ever. - MRS S'rOivr
LOVE LETTERS FOUND.
There were also found in the house
large number OF letters, some of them
addressed to Mrs Matte Stout and 9th
ers 10 Miss Matte Reeves at Ruther-
ford. W. Va. These were in the nature
OF love letters and were signed By Jas.
Stone. The woman is said to have pur
chased the acid taken, at the Theater
pharmacy, corner OF First South and
state streets II is stated that she was
addicted TO drink and had been seen
under the influence Of liquor. Before
moving TO Tenth East street Mr.. Stout
and wife had rooms at the Drexel.
BOUGHT PROPERTY.
Shortly after their arrival in the city
Mr., stout appeared at the office Of Tut
tie Bros. & Woolley, the real estate
dealers, and stated that he had lust
come here from West Virginia and was
looking for investments He was taken
over the city by Mr.. Woolley and sh wn
number OF places they had for sale.
In the afternoon Of the same day,
which was the 18th Of September. he
appeared at the ONCE again and agreed
to take three OF the places shown him.
The next day he purchased his home
on Tenth East street. His four pur-
chases amounted TO something over
SIC 600 and partial payments We're made
on each, while he and tho woman gave
mortgages for the balance.
LETTER WORRIED HIM.
From that time on MIR. Stout made
the office Of futile BROS sort OF head.
quarters, calling there nearly every
day. Last Thursday they received let
ter from q party in Ripley. Jackson
county. W Va. Enclosed was sealed
envelope addressed TO John NJ stone.
The other letter asked the firm n they
knew u man by that name and II SO TO
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