Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-21

/ stance WAS as follows.
was called tO the Jordan home
! tnoui $3.50 O'Clock Thursday cvouing by
! leirphoue. Upon reaching the hougc
| tn, iHfenl-. who were greatly excited.
/ lNiI Inc lille had swallowed something
/ llOm 90 bottle The bottle was two
/ ounce affair and the father told me hu
/ uiu knocked DO from her hands before
! rn' could have swallowed any great
amount of lno fluid The vial was half
iuIl of loudnum when picked up.
| examined the girls condition. finding
| Der Boo uo way under the influence of the
| drug Her pulse. respiration and
breathing were normal. I admins
tered entities. hot water and strong
coffee. and upon leaving the house
/ told the parents 90 keep This up
At - o'clock the next day ] was
again summoned 20 the Jordan homo by
"a voice saying over the telephone, "Hur-
ry Lille is dying." when 1 got there
this time she was completely uncou-
sciOu7 and there was every reason to-
| suppose she was under the influence OF
poison. There were all the character
istics of person iu such "a condition.
The parents told me she had boon nor
NAL az I o'clock the night before SD
everyone had retired. They found her
sleeping In the morning and thinking
she was worn out from her experiences
Of the day before did MOI disturb her
After a while they noticed she was
breathing heavily and then they tried
to arouse hen but could not awaken
her. When / arrived / saw there was
no hope and doing AN I could finally
let for the office. When ] got there "a
telephone message came that she had
died. l attributed her death Co opium
poison in the death certificate.
DUAL-PERSONALITY DREAM.
q have been the family physician for
years and while / had not seen Lille
for four years. ] do not remember that
sho had any sickness in her earlier girl
hood. Regarding this story OF a dual
personality which was printed in one Of
The morning p2pers-this was the work
Of some imaginative reporter. be had
no authOrlty-it was an rot Lille was
unfortunate. ] so regarded her and 90
avoid lacernting the feelings of her
grieving parents furnished just such I'M
formation as 1 thought the public en-
tiucd to-there was nothing withheld
nor suppressed. / asked the papers %
say just as little as they could. saying
10 would be a great favor. Her hon..
NE was as happy as the average
Chnd's."
judge Smith asked the physician why
he had not notified the proper author-
ties OF the death. las coroner / usually
hold an inquest I'm such cases" he said.
This Is the first time that ] have not
been notified OF a suicide" Dr. Wilcox
said he did not know this had to be
done.
ELEMENT OF MYSTERY.
"But there was a mystery about this
death" persisted Judge Smith. You
say the girl was In no way under the
influence Of any poison hours after
taking the first dose, yet next day died
from the effects Of poison
There was an element OF mystery"
interrupted the doctor u told the par
euts Lille must have taken a second
dose Of poison, as the first did not cause
death"
yet you did not see the necessity of
am inquest or official investigation OF
any kind 2"
mo 1 acted upon the theory that II
a man I know was afflicted with heart
trouble drops dead. ! believe he died OF
heart failure when no other causes can
be discovered. / was positive the girl
had taken poison and saw she was dy
ing when / visited the house the second
time"
WAS a SECOND DOSE.
But no one had seen her take a SEQ
ond dose, no one knew In Sad any
bottle secretcd about her clothing. II
was mere suprusltOn and theory all
the way through" added the Judge
The jurymen erquired for details on
this particular point and finally DR.
Wilcox said her having taken second
dose was practically a certainty. Jury
man Nichols was most active I'm this
questioning and his questions brought
out considerable additional valuable
testimony. When the jury and court
had brought ont the declaration that the
girl must have taken a second dose OF
poison DR. Wilcox was excused and the
father recalled.
Mr. Jordan said Lille had returned
from another term at the industriar
school only a short time back. "Since
coming home she had been very good,
he said. "Sha worked az days for
ncighbor and stayed at our house AT
night Saturday she asked me N she
could go 90 the theater with a Wray
woman and her husband. She pleaded
so hard, saying She would come home
right after the Performance that / let
her go and she did come home as she
had promised. Monday she left the
house, presumably 20 60 TO "a dentist
as a filling I'm one Of her teeth had
come out She did not return 10 the
house during the day or night but In
view OF her good behavior. we did not
suspect anything. believing she was
became worried AT this juncture a
noon adjournment was called until .
O'Clock when Mr.. Jordan viii continue
his story telling how Lille telephoned
Tuesday that she was married and re-,
turning home Wednesday 20 attempt
self-destruction the following day.