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

tp Inc jury told bis stony. which ln SUBJ
stance was as follows.
was called to the Jordan home
ABOUT $3.50 O'Clock Thursday evening by
.,l'nhonr. Upon reaching the house
tno parents. who were greatly excited.
told INC Llluc had swallowed something
from % bottle. The bottle was two
ounce aitalr aud the father told me ho
hiu shocked 90 from her hands before
-it could have swallowed any great
amount of tnc fluid. The vial was half
IuIl oi lauduum when picked up.
Examined the girls condition. finding
l'f lu uo way under the influence OF the
drug. Her pulse respiration and
breathing were normal. / admins
tered entities, hot water and strong
coffee. and upon leaving the house
told the parents 90 keep this up.
AZ ~ o'clock the next day J was
again summoned TO the Jordan home by
a voice saying over the telephone. "Hur-
ry Lille is dying" Whom / got there
this time she was completely uncou-
sCiOuz and there was every reason to
suppose she was under the influence OF
poison. There were AN the character
istcs Of q person iu such "a condition.
The parents told me she had been nor.
mai al I o'clock the night before so
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 her but could not awaken
her. When ! arrived I saw there was
no hope aud doing AN ] could finally
left for the office. When 1 cot there
telephone message came that she had
died. / attributed her death 90 opium
poison In the death certificate.
DUAL-PERsONALITY DREAM.
Il have been the family physician for
years and while / had not seen LIN,
for four years. ] do not remember that
she had any sickness I'm her earlier girl
hood. Regarding this story of a dual
personality which was printed I'm one OF
the morning papers-this was the work
OF some imaginative reporter. he had
no authOrity-it was an rot Lille was
unfortunate ] So regarded her and to
avoid lacerating the feelings of her
Erleving parents furnished just such in
formation as ! thought the public en-
utlod to-there was nothing withheld
nor suppressed. / asked the papers To
say Just as little as they could. saying
% would be a great favor. Her hon.
life was as happy as the average
Child's."
judge Smith asked the physician why
ne had not notified the proper authOr-
ties Of the death. AS coroner / usually
hold an inquest i'm such cases" he said.
This is tho first time that ] have not
been notified of a suicide" Or. 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 |
ents 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 knd?"
mo. / acted upon the theory that ~ |
a man ! know was afflicted with heart |
trouble drops dead. I 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 sSen her take seq
ond dose no one knew LII. Sad any
bottle secreted about her clothing. II
was mere suprositiOn and theory all |
the way through" added the Judge
The jurymen enquired for details on |
this particular point and finally Or |
Wilcox said her having taken second |
dose was practically "A certainty. Jury
man Nichols was most active in this |
questioning and his questions brought |
out considerable additional valuable |
testimony. When the jury and court |
had brought oft the declaration that the |
girl must hav. taken a second dose of |
poison DIR. Wilcox was excused and the |
father recalled.
from another term at the industrlar /
school only a short time back "Since |
coming home she had been very good" |
he said. 'She worked al days for /
neighbor and stayed at our house at /
night Saturday she asked me N she l
could go 20 the theatcr with a Wray 4
woman and her husband. She pleaded |
so hard, saying She would come home |
Right after the performance that 1 let /
her go and she did come home as she /
had promised Monday she left the /
house, presumably TO 60 90 "a dentist /
as a filling in one Of her teeth had l
come out. She did not return to the /
house during tho day or night but IN /
view OF her good behavior. we did not /
suspect anything, believing she was /
staying with suWe Chum. Tuesday we /
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 TO attempt |
destruction the following dav