The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-25

to me with q glass of water that SEEM
ed to have rome powder in It and
told me to drink It, but was afraid
Of the look on her face and wouldn't
take It.. Then she went to the boys,
Morris, Eastman and Gardner, and
made them. take. Morris, who is
fourteen years old, seemed to be
afraid too, but he took a swallow.
The other boys drank the rest. Nor
ris became i'll right away and mamma
put him to. bed; but Gardner, who was
only six years old, just went off to
sleep and died. Eastman, who is ten,
began to cry with pain and then
mamma, who. was looking at them all,
put her hand, on Gardner's head and
found he was dead. That was when
she took her little revolver and shot
herself"
AS the woman fell unconscious
across the bed, the child continued,
the two surviving boys cried out for
something to. stop their pain and the
girl ran screaming for the neighbors.
A doctor was sent for and Mrs.
spooner and tho boys were taken to
the Vassar hospital. There 1t was
found that ths poison given to the
children was aconite, one of the dead
Hest. Heroic remedies were admins
tered and 1t was said that there was
the barest chance to save the lives Of
the boys. The bullet the woman sent
into her own head lodged at the base
of the brain and there is no hope for
her recovery.
The Woman's Letter
rho ,otto, Ho,,ud -, A.,. .sx..
Coroner Andrews and the police had
taken charge Of the case, told pitt
full and vivid story. 1t said:
ITO save the trouble and expense
Of coroner's Jury, l write this to
say / did 1t myself with morphine,
some of whichSI had in the house for
over three years. have always been
an expense and trouble to those
whom should !care for, instead of
they for me-. Life has held nothing
for me for the last two years and
holds nothing for the future, 80 far
as eye can stretch: only worry and
care and responsibility of bringing
up family All alone. No, 1 am not
crazy, but shall be II I have to live
this way much longer, and 1 am re-
solved to take the children with me
so they shall not be bothered by 9TH
Asks inexpensive Burial
II wish to have none of us em-
balmed-Mr. 8. was not-and bury us
cheaply as possible. l want Susie to
have the machine. She needs it,. Put
the children's clothes in a trunk and
ship them to Mrs. William Hall, Hou-
satonic and let her pay the freight
Give Sarah and the Spooners, If the
children are gone. the pictures and
give Oakes the post card album he
gave me. Give one doll to Willie
Wilber and one to Ethel Wyn Case.
Give, Mrs, Wilson the tubs and wash
board and the two straight handled
flatirons, the set don't care about.
Put Mattis's dolls in the coffin with
her. She sleeps suith them and car
ries them in a pillow all the time,
his insepar1ble companion.
"Give Mrs. Downing my black
aprons. She admired them so much.
I want all curiosity seekers kept
out andi-a private funeral and no SER
mon, only prayer and two hymns
We Shall Meet Beyond the River
and When the Mists Have Rolled
Away Notify H. G. Gidley, Moore's
Mills, and j. A. Bowman, Claverack,
N. Y" @t'''t
Mrs. Spooner is the daughter of
John Gidley, prosperous farmer of
Moore's Mills, this county. He had
frequently aided her, but of late she
had shrunk from asking his help
She was q we'll educated woman and
came to this place from Great Bar
rington, Mass. For the last two
months she had sought work con-
stantly, but was unable to find it.
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