The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-04-20
Young Girl Attempts to Commit
Suicide Because She
HAD BEEN CAST OFF
BY Her Home People, Who Lives at Pac'
oGet, s. c. The Priendless Wan.
derer Drank Big Dose of
Laudannm After Getting
a Letter from Home.
a Letter from Home.

Orr zed with laudanum and begging
for more. with the avowed purpose OF
ending her life, o girl Of eighteen who
gave her name as Annie Turner, Of
Paoolet, was arrested Thursday af.
ternoon by Onlcer Alexander ard
looked up at the city hall for safe
keeping, says Fridays Greenville
News.
1t developed that early in the
morning she had gone to the livery
stable of Brlscoe 81 Douglas, on w est
Washington street, and ask d for
ing the contents Of o bottIe Of laud-
mum which she carried in her hand
George d ,ugia. took the drug from
her apt ptur' II on the ground, and
she weht away weeping bitterly.
Whom arrested she was begging
hysterically for work, saying that she
had been discharged from the cigar
factory because she couldn't leaan how
to make cigars and that she couldn't
work in the cotton mill on account Of
her weak lungs She declared herself
willing to do any honorable labor IL
order to make living.
Her story, tUia UsCween hysterical
sobs, as she clung TO the door Of her
cell and pressed her hot face AGAINST
the cool iron bars, YVES that she Is the
second daughter OF j. ii, T0rncr, once
q second. hand In the Pacolet Milla;
that last October she ran away ard
married o sewing machine agent nam
ed Marsh Green, only to find that be
already had wife; that he beat her
and finally deserted her and her peo-
pie furthermore would not believe
that she had been married to him;
that her child died soon after tLh
birth, and waa taken away 80 that
she never saw 1T, and that In despera
tion at the abuse and scorn of her
home people she came to Greenvllle
with q afriendly stranger who jpropols-
ed to find work for her here. AT this
point her sobs became so Violent tnat
she was unable to 60 on for sometime,
because, she said, her first and only
transgression Of the social law was
then. Rain was falling heavily when
she reached Greenville, according tt
her story, and the man finally perSua-
ded her to go TO lodging house az
man and Wlfe, assuring her ttat nt
one would take her in at that lou ,
otherwise. She went with him, but
left the next day and sought employ
ment. For while she worked IN the
cigar factory on Court street boarding
with family block away, on Falls
street, but she gave up the effort tt
live honestly and decently when sht
was discouraged from the cigar factory
and received in addition a letter for
bidding her return hone. one saio
that she had been drinking laudanuni
at intervals all day. Her CONDITION.
proved the truth Of her assertion.
The police gave her all the atten
tion possible at police barracks, and
she became quieter and Weaker altei
the effects Of The drug passed or. III !
parents will be notified aud somo as
position made Of her. The facilities
at the disposal OF the police do noI
contemplate the caring OF such cas- !
and her pre- tsence Is rather cmbarrass
ing to the kind hearted III 3ers.
The letter from her younger sister
which explains the whole dramatic
story and is rather interesting in it
self, follows:
'I'ear Annie:
Il will write to let you know we
received your letter and was glad and
surprised. Papa saYs you can't come
home any more. You would not ba-
have when you were here, SO you
can't come homo. | wish you hadn't
done like you have.
Now, Annie, you must be good
girl and work hard and maybe some
day we will meet again. Remember
poor mamma. how hard she tried tl
make us what we ought to be. Sht
will be dead eight years Easter morn
the morning Christ died for us. II.
died that SO we might be cleanse
from our sins. What are you doing
We will writo to you, but you can
come home. DO the best you can
You won't stay anywhere long, pn
afraid. Answer as soon as you go
thia ~