Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-04
Quarrel With Lover Said to Have
Caused Pretty Carrie Mobiles
Rash Act.
DOCTORS CALLED TO LATE
Girl Was in Dying Condition Before
she Told Her Sister What She
Had oone-Trip to Pine Beach
Given as Cause for Trouble-No
Inquest Held.

Itystcrical and Respondent because,
1t is said, of a quarrel with her lovSe.
Miss Carrie Noble. 10 years old am,
pretty, ended her life yesterday after
noon by drinking Two ounces of Ian
danunl She took the poison shortly |
after moon M The home of her sister,
Mrs. Saliic WarbnrIon, 1921 Washing
ton avenue, where she died about i:30
o'clock.
DESTROYS of avoiding publicity, the
family will give no statement concern
Ing the affair and. although there are
various rumors, no one except those
actually connected with the case seem
to know The details.
No Inquest Held.
DR.. Is. II. Gary. the coroner, made ny
investigation and decided that an in.
quest was unnecessary. Last night
however, he stated that he was on
aiming into tile case further and
might have an inquest this morning,
Miss Noble came here abou. four
years ago and has lived with hcr
sister Mrs. Warburton. Her father
and mother were both dead Since
coming here she had grown to he an
unusually pretty AMI attractive young
woman and she received great dee:
of attention from the young men.
QuarrelIed With Lover.
Just what happened 10 bring on the
melancholia which caused the Eirl to
end her life may never he known 10
the public 1t is said, however, that
she qmarrcllcd yesterday morning
with n well known young man, to
whom she was supposed to be engaged,
because of a trip 10 Pine Reach Sun
day evening with another nan.
About II O'Clock yesterday morning
anu '"p"iiiS III II nyHicric;u WY III
efforts to comfort her were I'm vain
ana she went 10 her room, ma hcr
sister thought, to have her cry ont =
Found Weeping PitlfulIy.
About 1919 o'clock Mrs. Warbur.
ton was attracted To The room Nv
hearircnding cries and means. She
found the girl lying on her he'd, weep.
ing pitifully. Sitting down by the
ned. the older woman put her arms
about her sister ana begged her to
stop crying. The girl would mol he
coinforied and Is said to have remark.
ed, IF ynn had on your mind what 7
nave on mine. you would cry, too"
Finally the girl drew from beneath
her pillow an empty hottie labeled
iaudanum. 81 have swallowed what
was in that she said
Unconscious and Dyfnu.
distressed AMI frightened Mr.;
Warblrton hurriedly summoned Drs
w. i. Cooper and w. II. Aylctt. who
round the unfortunate girl in an I'M.
conscious and dying condition. A
stomach pump was used anu every
thing possible was done 10 restore tho
patient to consciousness. but Tho
doctors worked in vain. Eycrf sign
OF life was extinct at 1880 o'clock.
Child Bought the Poison.
The poison with which Miss Noblo
Killed herself was bought nj Gorsnch
& C0mpanys cut rate drug store
1923 Washington avenue, next door
TO The building in which Mrs. War
burton and her family live. Lille
fstellc Mrs. Warburtons cight.year.
ola daughter, was sent for tho la,lda.
mum ny her aunt, who said that she
had tooth ache.
In order to strengthen The toolh.
ache story. Miss Noble had the child
gel small quantity of cotton. Thu
druggist sold laudanum and cotton 10
inc littic girl. little thinking what The
poison was to be used for. 1t Is sail
mat the child first made an effort 10
get the landanum at Aliens druu
storc, but the druggist there refused
to sell 1t to her.
Authorities May Act.
Dr. Gary has put the facts In tbc
Gaze before Comonwcalth's ATTORNEY
Z. W. Robinson, who will make an in.
vesligaiion today TO sec whether ar
not action should be taken against
inc druGgist who sold the laudanum
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