Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-31
Daisy Booher Was to Have Mar
ried, But Broke Engagement
After Accident
REALIZED MENTAL CONDITION.
Know That at Times, Probably Thruout
Her Entire Life, She Would Not Bs
Responsible For Actions, And For
That Reason Decided to Live Single
Burial at Greenfield.

That Daisy Booher. the Greenfield
girl whose strange suicide at Ackley
proved mystery until her positive
Identification on Saturday, would have
married a Chicago man had 1t not been
for her mental condition, was made
known. to the Times-Republica SAT-
urday night. when the body Of the
young woman was taken thru the city,
en- route to Greenfield for burial. The
funeral was held from the Booher home
this afternoon.
Henry Booher, father Of the girl, who
Is retired farmer, passed thru the
city Saturday night, with the body Of
his daughter in charge. He reached
Greenfield at noon Sunday.
To the Times Republican Mr.. Boomer
told Of his daughters mental conditions
The aged father was heartbroken and
bowed with grief, The daughter had
been quite care at times during the
past year, or since she became un-
balanced mentally at times, owing to
a sunstroke, sustained at Stuart,
Guthrie county town, about twenty
miles distant from Greenfield.
Broke Her Engagement.
z Miss Booher suffered the sunstroke
one hot afternoon, year ago last sum-
mer, when she had accompanied her
sister to Stuart, that the latter might
,to1 Tho oSo.
ter had babe that was turned over 10
the charge of Miss Booher, and while
on the street with the little one tha
young woman was overcome by the
heat. 1t proved more than an ordinary
prostration, and the effects have told
on the girl at times ever since.
Realizing that probably thruout her
entire life she would be mentally dee
ranged at times, Miss Booher, who was
engaged to be married to Chicago
man, broke the engagement by letter,
after explaining to her lover that sne
felt she was not a proper person to as
sumo the duties Of wife and mother.
1t was an extremely hard task for the
Young woman, as she was deeply in
love. She was honest with herself and
her lover. however, and could not be
persuaded into the belief that, in time,
she might overcome the effects OF the
sunstroke.
Had Been Gone Two Weeks.
Mr.. Booher said that his daughter
left home little over two weeks ago
to pay a visit to relatives and friends
in Stuart. She reached her destination
safely and was rational thruout her en-
fire stay From Stuart, after a weeks
visit, she went to Nes Moines. That
her parents also knew. From De3
Moines however the trip to Ackley IS
a matter of mystery. Mr.. Booher said
he did not know, and probably never
would know, how his daughter reached
Ackley. and when she arrived there.
He only felt sure that, while In DeS
Moines the girl suffered another att
tack Of the mental alteration to which
she was subject, and wandered, per-
haps aimlessly, until she reached the
spot where she ended her life.
Had Been a Hard Worker.
Mr.. Booher attributed the fact that
his daughter had been hard worker
for many years as being responsible
for her weakened condition at the time
she received the sun stroke, and said
IldC CudI plOOdOiy iicN s'ciAASeAtt1A6 ~ -
with the accident. For two years.
seven and eight years ago, Miss Booher
was in the employ of Marshall & Duffy.
clothiers, Des Moines. From there she
went to st. Louis and clerked In the
large department stores for three years.
then to Chicago. and for three years
was in the employ of Charles A. Stew
ems & Bro. sIt was while she was eir1-
ployed in Chicago that she met the man
to whom she became engaged.
Aged Parents Survive.
Miss Booher, who was q years OF
age, is survived by her aged parents.
four sisters and one brother The sis
ters are Mrs. Jennie Waller, of WASH
ington county; Mrs. Stella Holey. Of
Boulder, Col; Mrs Chloe Thomas. Of
Greeley Col; and Mrs. Lizzie Hall. Of
Greenfield. The brother, John Booher,
resides at Boulder, Col.
Iowa at Washington.
Washington, Dec. 31.-The following
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