The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-05
|STRYCHNINE BY
HANDFULS
Taken by a Despondent
Young Woman.
TRIED TO END ALL
Had a Loaded Revolver in
Had a Loaded Revolver in
Her Handbag.
After Several Hours of Hard Work
She was Relieved aud is Now
out Of Danger.

a
Shurley Matthews. OF this city and
Mr. Lowell Landon, or Moral, In
Iithis city Saturday night. The young
woman, Who is very well known in
this city hfd become alarmed at
the attentions paid by her lover to
one in his home town and she had
further resolved to blow out the
brain OF her lover with a thirty-two
oaliber revolver which she had pur-
chased and then end her own exist
tnce .Y .u
Miss Matthews has for some tim-
been employed as q domestic at the
home of Dir. G. r. Want. Of South
State street. but for the past few
days had been absent. Saturday
evening she returned to the Want
home TO get supper aud in the mean
time she slyly gained opportunity
10 take a vial containing $50 to 200
rortieth grains of strychnine tablets
from one OF tho shelves in the office
o the doctor. Supper passed and 1t
was noticed that the girl was quiet. |
Immediately after supper was over
the girl ldit the home and took
with her h,V handbag. in which she
had concealed the strychnina tab.
lets, wioh she had resolved to take
shortly after leaving Miss Nett
ews met her lnver and the two
started down south Main street.
When ncer Columbia street the
overs began to quarrel, I.andon
having told of paying some atten-
ton to c young woman, Rose, by
rame in Moral Miss Matthews
reached into her hPndbag and Sc
cured a handful OF the tablets and
placed them in her mouth While
at the corner o. South Main and
Columbia street second handfr,
OF the dec1ly poison tablets was
taken and the lover thinking them
&c be candy drops because they were
rCd. said nothing. /,
Near the gas house, on south
Prospect street, the young woman
| laced her hand in the leather hand
lag once more end the third hand
ful Of tablets was placed In her,
mouth. Landon became suspicious
and discovered that It was not
candy that she was taking His
'rspicions were at once aroused and
the young woman was led 10 the
car track as they advanced IN
Dayids street ard Miss Matthews
stated that she was sick The street
car conductor wns instructed TO,
step the c"T in fIont of the nearest
Office OF physician but as the
yourly woman al not seem to be
very sick At the time the car ad-'
varced AMI had not been bothered
since her first cOnvulsion on board
ing the car II wPS not stopped be-
fore reaching the Office of Dr. r.
NJ, Baldwin, on West Center street
While advancing along in front of !
the Office of the doctor the lady |
once more suffered convulslon .
nero severe than the first and she |
was taken into the Office of ths q
DOCTOR he in thu mePNtime admins. !
lerirg antidotes. The young woman
at this time was very sick and was
nearing the point of death. She |
suffered two spasms while being
tron'ferrel
II was eight o'clock In the even a
ing when the young woman wqs 7
IaReh INTO the Office of DR.. Baldwin :
ana the doctor with his assistants
was busy with the patient untu
piter eleva o'clock She was found
70 have taken srom two TO two
ana hall grains of strychnlne SUI
ohate and suffered number of
'Plhlnl convulsions. The stomach I
vas thoroughly washed and in
lpe time the young woman was
NearlrIg recovery.
IN Judging as to the amount OF
lntldote to be properly administered
T Baldwin made thorough investi-
saijon and examined The handbag
d the young women. Within IL
Aere found but few of the tablet,
'emaining so that 1t was known
nat quite a number had been talk
'h' In the handbag was also found
revolver loaded with cartridge
'eady for use This she had pur.
haFed that day and recording 10
ne evidence II Is probable that the /,
'ol'hs woman desired TO take tho Z
olson and with the revolver shoot
Ter lover Evidently her courage
'ad failed her when she begpn 10
ROW sick. For a time at the office