The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-12
SEEKS DEATH
 IN CEMETERY Mrs, Albert Hearn Tries to Commit Suicide. LIES DOWN BY cHLoRoFoRM Intimated Purpose to "Spend Nighf"
 at 0akwood. Domestic Trouble supposed to Have Been the Cause of Act of
 Young Woman Who Was
 Bride at sixteen.
 
LIES DOWN BY cHLoRoFORM
Domestic Trouble Supposed to Have

Tn the sombre presence of ghostly tomb stones Mrs. Albert Hearn sought death last night PiIlowing her head upon a coil of garden hose In the tool house at Oakwood Cemetery, she ap- piled cfloroform to her nostrils. When she was discovered the flame of life was but faintly ffickerine. Domestic trou. ble is supposed to have been the cause of her act
 By the side of tho prostrate form of this young woman, not. yet in the hey day of youth. lay partly filled bottle The contents were unmistakable. The fumes of chloroform were so strong in the neighborhood or the tool house that the police who found the young woman were partly guided to her by the odor.
 Although she had been in the ceme- tery since before 5 o'clock. it was 10:30 o'clock when she was discovered. The palIor of death had already cast a shadow over her finely chiseled fea- lures, indicating that she had applied the saturated kerchief to her nostri1s several hours before.
 From her position on the rough floor of the house she had evidently prepared herself comfortably before seducing her senses with the drug. Her head rest ed naturally upon a coil Of garden hose, and her hat had been placed care- fully by her side. <
 She loft no word to indicate the req son for such a rash step, but previous to going to the cemetery she stated to her attorney that she could not stand the treatment she received at the hands Of her husband.I and that she was Ro- ing to spend the night. and perhaps the future. at the cemetery.
 At first the attorney did not take her seriously. She had called to see him relative to the disposition of some property in Florida, and only mention ed the fact that she contemplated self destruction in Q casual manner. She did complain of treatment at the hands of her husband, however. ac- cording to the attorneys statement. Just before leaving the attorneys of flee she stated. seriousliy, that she was going to the cemetery, to "spend the night.
 After thinking over the matter the attorney decided to ascertain whether Mrs. Hearn had gone to her home at Highland Park, When at g o'clock she had not returned home, he went to tile. police, and Informed Night Ser geant Ragland. and also the woman's husband. ...-
 Mounted Officers Glen Marshall and Curtis and Bicycle Officers Cloud and Sprinkle were sent to the cemetery to make a seach for the woman. Of- HlcerS Marshau ana Curtis were tne first to discover Mrs Hearn in the tool house. They immediately sent a tele- phone message to Police Headquarters and Captain Miles Smith hurried to the scene with the police ambulance.
 Physicians were waiting at Police ffisSti when the aTaiss iiiisssfiS ssT rived, and after much work partially restored Mrs. Hearn to consciousness. She was then taken to St. Margaret's Hospital, where she was reported as resting quietly at late hour this morning. The physicians say that she will recover.
 According to statements made by those who are familiar with the domes- tic affairs of the unhappy woman, she has had much trouble.
 Hearn is a machinist employed at the Louisville and Nashville shops. She married him when she was sixteen years of age. She is now 22 years of age, and a very attractive woman. She has two children.