The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31
Miss May Jensen Takes a Dose Of
CarboIic Acid at the Park
Street Hotel Monday
RESULT OF LOVERS QUARREL
Girl Drank Poison Potion and Then
Fought Like Maniac With the
Physicians Who Were Attempt
ing to Save Her Life

Because her lover was untrue to her
Miss May Jensen, aged p years, a
| daughter of Andrew Jensen a we'll
known farmer of the town of Paris.
ATTEMPTED suicide at the Park street
hotel late Monday afternoon by drink
ing portion of the contents of two
ounce bottle Of carbolic acid. The
prompt arrival of physicians saved
the life of the girl and she is now at
the Kenosha hospital and will prob
ably recover.
| The attempt which Miss Jensen
made upon her life was the result of
a lovers quarrel. Miss Jensen had
come to the city to work about two
years ago and had been employed as
a domestic at the hotel for several
weeks. According to her story she
had been engaged to marry a man
named Bert Hermann but opposition
on the part of the Hermann family.
had broken up the match and when.
the girl was told that Hermann had
decided MOTTO marry she made up her.
mind that life without him was not
worth living and proceeded to put her
decision into execution by drinking
/ the acid.
Miss Jensen had been worrying over
the Hermann matter for several
weeks as she was aware of the fact
that the marriage had been opposed.
It is claimed that the main ground
for the opposition to the wedding was
a difference in religious belief be-
tween Hermann and Miss Jensen.
Hermann is employed at West side
grocery store and on Monday after
noon he came to the hotel to deliver
some groceries that had been ordered.
He went in and talked to the Jensen
girl and it is declared that he told her
hat it would be impossible for him to
marry her. Just as Hermann was
leaving the hotel the Jensen girl came
from her room on the second floor Of
the building. She seemed to be
suffering from hysteria. She rushed
into the dining room of the hotel and
picked up bottle of carbo1ic acid and
ran through the rear door into the
yard at the back of the hotel. Mrs.
DIETRICH the wife of the proprietor'of
the hotel saw the girl and fearing
that all was not we'll followed her.
Mrs. DIETRICH got out into the yard
just in time to see the girl place the
bottle of acid to her lips. She rushed
to her aid and knocked the bottle out
of the girls hand but she had already
taken large amount of the deadly
acid.
Mrs. DIETRICH shouted for help and
in minute large crowd was gather
ed about the dying girl. Among the
crowd was DIR. George T. Kimball and
he ordered the young woman removed
to the Kradwe1 drug store. Miss
Jensen fought like a maniac with the
men when they attempted to remove
her to the drug store, declaring that
she wanted to die and didn't want any
thing done to save her life. After a
hard fight the woman was finally
taken into the store but she bitterly
contested every effort of the doctors
to save her life. After hard fight
the doctors managed to give the
young woman something which
counteracted the effects of the acid
and she was returned to her room at
the hotel. Later in the evening she
was removed to the hospital.
Last night the girl wept most of the
night claiming that she had wanted
to die and censoring the physicians
for their efforts to save her life. She
declares that as soon as she is able to
be up again she will make another at
tempt on her life. Her parents have
been notified of her condition and it
is probable that she will be taken to
her home some time this afternoon