The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1907-04-11
SIDE LIGHTS
ON MICHIGAN
eAPHRONIA LAGODNE'S PLIGHT
AND CRUEL SUFFERING
IN A SWAMP.
A RESPECTABLE FARMER
Walk to FIorIda--story Of a wronsed
Girl.
Too Cold In Detroit,

AIter q Terrible experiences during
which she had been left to die alone
In the freezing atmosphere OF O
swamp near South lockwood by the
man who had wronged her, Saphronia
Lagodne. the demented 32-year-old
woman who left Detroit on the Sd inst.
to walk to Florida because lit is too
cold here" was found early In the
morning of the 9Th lying on the swamp
grass. her bare feet submerged ankle
deep In water. and her thin clothing
saturated with ooze. Her plight was
brought about, it is alleged, by a man
who had been regarded as respect
able farmer
The fact that the woman Is In q de-
mented state Of mind. and has been
since her husband deserted her seven
years ago, adds to her pitiableness.
Once she was Q bright woman. After
q happy girlhood she married q widow
or with three children. He left her
after living with her two months, and
Qinoe then has not been seen or heard
from. She had to labor for living and
her sad matrimonial mistake preyed
Il
The unfortunate woman left home
sariy In the morning as usual with her
lunch box, on her way to her work in
2 box factory. No sooner had she got
ten out OF sight Of home than one of
her attacks of dementia came on and
fhe made up her mind that Detroit
Vas too cold, and that she would walk
. Florida. She took the Lake Shore to
Trenton and then struck down what
II known as the 'U. g." turnpike. She
frequently retraced her steps to find
Q dry place to rest. Finally man
drove UP and asked her to ride and
q short time after overlook q man
who was introduced as the drivers
brother. The three rode, she says, I'M
Gil she thought she would freeze, and
then pulled UP at a saloon. One of the
men went inside and little later re-
turned with whisky bottle and asked
Der IL she did not want to drink. She
drank several times until her brain
began to whirl, and after more riding
they stopped at she'd where the man
unhitched his horse and carried her
inside. There they stayed all night
The next morning, just before noon
the farmer brought out the horse and
they started again, be telling her he
'tyo1i IN -lNE,tN<hXs ookkpQ -gixa
her something to eat and wear. The,
stopped at some house in which were
evidences Of children and a woman
but none was seen. She was given
, nothing to eat. ,'T almost starved, bu
, he kept saying that he would get some
, thing pretty soon, and / waited" she
explains.
The victim was given more whisky
. and again became intoxicated, anC
then put into the wagon and driver
toward the lake. Just how long they
drove, or where they were, the woman
does not know At last they came t.
, khe swamp. They drove in some dis
lance and then the farmer ordered
, her farther where the horses could
not go. She was walking ahead ant
when she turned around her guide hat
disappeared.
The unfortunate woman was fount
by q boys dog who brought hell
TO rescue her.
Foul Play.
( The finding of pair of brass
knuckles near the body OF John Dell
who was found dead in the woods neal
Grayling has led to the belief that III
, was murdered. Dell had considerable
money when last seen, two years ago
but his pockets were empty when hi
body was found.
The verdict Of the coroner's jur!
was that Dell mot death in some I'm
known manner
The deceased leaves a son, Mar
shall Dell. Of Flint, and two daughters
: one Of whom is assistant postmaste
here.
Only Intoxicated.
That plain, blunt, Anglo-Saxon word
r drunk, used for ages to describe
? mans condition when he had imbibe,
, too freely, is henceforth tabooed II
St. Joseph's city council. In It's stea'
will be used the milder Latin word "in
toxicated." The chief Of police ha
used the word drunk in his reports
and Aid. Wilson said the bluntness o
: the word "rasped harshly against tn,
nerves." 20 he made q motion tina
( henceforth the word intoxicated b.
used In all reports and in all discus
sions q the council board.
Prisoners In the Flint jail settle,
the race question when Jack Bradley
colored, arrested on q charge Of break
I. ing into q saloon. was given . trounC
) ing by johnson, alleged horse thief.
The total vote on the constitutions
amendment relative to convict labor
} made known Wednesday night. show
q negative majority vote In Muskegol
of 1850. The fight against the pass
ing of the amendment was centered II
that city a. we'll az In Detroit an
Grand Rapids. and the result Show
q systematic canvass Of the labo
. unions.
Voting machines were a success d
, the recent election and the old blsnke
Z ballot VIII probably be seen no NOR
"a Saginaw.
Z fear Of old age and poor healt
caused Morris HICKMAN, aged
years, to end his life by swallowin
carbolic acid.
The Pontiac. OXFORD q Norther
railroad, with its 100 miles OF trac
between Pontiac and Casoville, didn
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