Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-17
NOT A SUICIDE. AFTER ALL
augusta Young Woman Tries to Create
Sensation.

| IeoPie DO strange things, sometimes,
| winch are as uneN plain Die, IL
/ 'he urinary mortal. as the spots on
Inc sun. some Of these things arr of
course done IN spirit OF fun or from
| o'Her causes, ?lcn CAR De traced out,
Out On the other hand some things
winch people 40 would seem 10 sugscs;
! a ulaaiianS eme.l: or dissolution or The
gray matte in tEe brain OF the one who
diI them.
| Ar Inclient Of the latter nature came
to the notice ii Inc Journal a few DAYS
ago. Among tie mail which was
brought from the postcffice was a note
to the publishers of the paper, which
contained the startling information
that certain young woman in the
city, having become GesEcndent from
neing out of employment, had COM
nitted suicide by taking loison, in ner
room. Inc statement was accom-
panied by request that it be pub
lished in the journal.
Owing to the unusual form of thu
announceme Mt, not mut h credence WAS
accorded il, but the matter was turned
over 20 the city edIto:, for HIM u i'll
NeStiSate. Ii was task, however
that ana not offer much tncoura CEMENT.
Tie note mad Il ilimsy TOOL, on the fac.
of it, and the fact That it bore no signI-
ture. except three iaiti;t,.;, would have,
under ordinary circumstances. r-i..-
gated it to the waste basket on sight.
DLt the note bore III. name -,
young vvoni.1i v no was :ilicge to lal.
left this world of joys and sorrows
through the medium of cold poison,
also the name Of the street where her
room was lo-at+l. and SO. With 4 fol-
lorn hope that there might be A para
graph u Two .ortht oluns, the note
was placed in lhe hands OF one Of the
night police that he night look the
matter up.
And he did look ii up. In less than
i've inmates :,..,r receiving the note,
he secured a clue. Goins to the post
Office, he ascertained that there was
sucn d louIg noni..n i'll the city, ana
also where ner mail WAS delivered. h.
.,!so learned tnat she mad been seen OF
the street within Is minutes.
Then, with 4 feeling OF relief that he
should not he called upon 10 view the
remains of one more unfortunate,
etc. as told in the we'll known poem, ne
visited the house where the young
woman rOOmed. She vas AT home. an"
on coming INTO the room, was Sn"" Il
the note On reading the note. she ad-
mitted that she was the one mentioned
in it, and that she was out of employ
ment, but GiSclaimed all intention OF
ending her existence upon this earth,
and all knowledge as to who had pcen
the author of the note.
She also told the officer about losing
ner place at one OF the publishing
houses. and how she happened to lose
II. She Furthermore expressed Il de-
sire that she might have the note I"
snow TO the city marshal. and To ana heT
in finding the author OF it, but Inc ON
cel retained the note. and returned II
o the newspaper man.
on the following morning. the latter
submitted the note TO City Marshal
.reen and that officer. after talking
he matter over advanced the theory
,hat the young woman might nave
written the note herself AS result
Of the interview. the newspaper man
visited the publishing house. later In
the day. and interviewed the foreman
IN whose department the young woman
had worked.
That gentleman had heard the story,
and at the request of the reporter. pro-
iuceu some wrappers winch the Young
woman had addressed during the time
she had worked at the Office. Those
warmers proved to be the key to the
whole situation. for when compared
with the note. the handwriting on the
two was Identical and the only con-
,lusiou to be drawn was that she wrote
The note herself.
The only variation in the handwrlt-
| ing was the formation of the first M
,jal of the three which appeared at the
bottom of the note. The initials We're
those of Il young lady who roomed at
the same house with the writer of the
| I,ote. and the inference is that she un-
| icrtook to form the letters so that they
| would resemble the handwriting of the
one for whose name they stood.
AS the young woman's motive for
writing the note from what has been
| learned of the case. it was probably re-
| taiation. and she perhaps thought 70
| enlist public sympathy in her hehali ny
having the contents of the note pub
| ished in tie Journal
In requesting it's publication. how
| ever, she betrayed Il woful lack Of
| knowledge as to how newspapers are
conducted. and also a lack o. judgment
in writing the note. as had she pos
sessed an ordinary amount Of common
sense. she must have known that the
| identity Of the writer Of the note would
surely be discovered
| II is but charitable to believe that
! when she wrote the note. she was Ia
boring under some mental hallucina-
| ton and that she will not attempt
| anything of the kind again.