Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-31
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about her lack of money. While she
was talking about being in financial
straits she wept bitterly but gave no
indication OF what she Intended doing
As she looked at the situation starYa-
ton was staring her In the face.
1t was about 1915 o'clock when
Dutch" Nelson went to the room. He
tried the door but found 1t locked.
Noticing that there was a light in the
room and when he received no response
TO his knocks upon the door he took
1t for granted that the woman was in
one of her spells OF III humor and loft
About $50 o'clock yesterday morning
an Italian, having a room next to the
one occupied by Mrs. Nelson. heard the
woman crying. This was the last sound
heard emanating from the room.
shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday
Mrs. Culver entered the room with the
the woman was discovered at the end
of a rope. which had been thrown over
a door. The woman had made a moose,
which she placed about her neck Then
after fastening the other over the door
and closed 1t she allowed her body to
sink to the floor, her weight being
sustained by the hempen cord, while she
slowly strangled TO death.
The determination of the woman to
end her life is evidenced hy the fact
that at almost any time until she lost
consciousness she could nave relieved
her sufferngs and sustained life by
simply standing up. Instead she en-
dured all the pains of selfstrangulation
While she bore down with her entire
weight upon the cord. =
Police Officer George Wardlaw an
swered the call from the roominghouse
where he arrived shortly after 3 o'clock
At that time the body was cold. death
having apparently occurred many hours
before The body was lowered from its
position and taken to the morgue.
Mrs Nelson had been previously mar
ried to man named Mcbride. now
said TO be resident of Idaho Falls
by whom she had one daughter, now
married and living at Pocatello.
Dutch" Nelson viewed the body at the
morgue last evening. He said the wom-
an had been respondent for some time
and that she must have committed the
deed while temporarily insane.
ROBBED IN A SALOON.
ogden, March S1-.Last evening Jo-
seph Staples, young rheumatic of
Oakland, who is stopping at the Hot
Springs came into the city with mau
by the name OF Green, a fellow guest
in the house. on the way to the city,
ON a street car, Staples was advised
away and later repeated this advice
as they were near Pat Smyth's saloon.
The two men went into the saloon and
Staples walked to the rear to a toilet
room to hide his money about his
clothing. AS soon as he entered the
room two men. who evidently over
heard Green's advice about caring for
the money, entered the room and one
grabbed Staples and held both his arms
and held an arm under his throat so
that he could not make any cutlery.
| The robbers then relieved the unfor-
tunate young man of his roll contain
| ing S175. 1t was fully 20 minutes be-
fore Staples could speak. then he and
| his companion went to the police sta
| ton, where the robbery was reported.
| Up TO late hour there had been found
/ no clew TO the robbers.
POLICE DOINGS.
j. w. Radcliffe young man about
| % years of age, was arrested yesterday
| afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Clark mp
| on "a description received from the Ohio
| state reformatory from which Rad
| ciffe is said TO have escaped and to
! which place he was sent for attempt
| ing to kill his father-in-laW. The boy
| has been in the city for some time,
| but had succeeded in escaping detection
, for some time. The Ohio authorities
| have been communicated with.
Il. NJ. Regain, wanted at Reno, New.
was arrested here yesterday afternoon
at about . O'Clock, by Detective NJ. p.
McInerney of that place, and will be
taken back to Nevada Immediately. II
appears that the young man, together
with his father. who was also arrest
ed here. arrived in Reno several days
| ago and posed as contractors. They
both began writing checks, the father
drawing his on u Chicago bank, and
| the son on a Reno bank They gath
cred i'll about $500, and left the city.
The boys checks, ii is alleged, We're
found to be worthless, but no report
has been heard from the Chicago
bank Pending some report as TO the