The San Francisco call., 1908-04-27
SUICIDE SPECTER
BLIGHTS Her LIFE
After Farewell Letter TO Sister
+: Lovely Alma Harrison Takes
Fatal Dose of Poison

Dear Little Girl. There Is just alb
soiutely nothing 10 say 10 yOu-no
aPology-but IL was just my love for
gOu that kept me here so long. Death
isn't 80 sad. dear: not nearly sad
as lifes ] am tired and very lonely.
Just post these few letters and try
NOT zhlnk that L am cOwardly and re-
member that I viii be much happier.
cannot write TO Ned or papa Much
: loa'e 10 you. litIe sister, and i wish
Sou a happier life than ! can have.
have fought this beastIy idea for years.
II is all UP now, dear. and except for
won i am happy 10 go. I have just
kissed your picture. deary. Much love,
deary. Be brave for mammals sake.
Don't know what TO say 10 papa
ALMA.
Her mind darkened with the despair
that there could be no happiness for
hey, pretty little Alma Harrison, the
IS year old daughter OF J. c. Harrison.
ga. prominent mining man in Mexico.
.liying at - Steiner street, yesterday
put an end TO a life that had never
.;trod the sunlit ways OF happy girlhood.
by swallowing a dose Of cyanide OF
potassium and ammonia carbonate
DR.. Julian Waller. who was called 70
-Stend the dying girl. almost died from
the same dose BY fOOlishly swal-
. lowing some Of the contents Of the bot
tie. he placed himself in a condition
= that bordered on the fatal. he was not
relieved Of the poison for five hours
later.
BOUGHT FATE FOR YEARS
For years the black specter of sui
eide has relentIessly attended her. IN
a farewell letter TO her sister quoted
above she told how the leaden hand OF
-Eneisncholia had weighted her steps and
obstFucted every desire she had 10 join
in the gayeties OF her girl friends Al
ways darkness. blackness. despair. The
kne star that lifted UP TO heaven
through the whole night OF her clouded
existence was her love for an elder
sister. Zoe
It was the fear that her long con-
tenplated resolve might bring sorrow to
the heart Of this beloved one that often
put away from her hands the poisonous
cup. With the letter TO her sister she
Left 3 number Of other communications
: To whom these We're addressed the
/. coroner was unable 10 discover. Every
-endeaTor was made TO keep the suicide
: as secret as possible
f. After finishing the writing OF these
> Hast messages she retired 10 her room
:. She had been chatting with Scott Wal
lace. q young man who resides with
= the family. about going TO the theater-
. The immediate family had no conversa-
T. sion previous 10 the taking OF the poi
:. son.
Cries Of pain about o'clock brought
p wallace 10 her room. He found her
writing IN convulsions on her bed He
'. Immediately called Mrs. Harrison and
Miss Zoe Harrison. There was a delay
in summoning medical assistance. Mrs
Harrison IS a Christian Scientist
scott. however, rushed from the house
and returned with Dr. Julian Waller
who resides At the Duboce apartments
And then there was almost another
:. catastrophe.
The physician saw that the little
Eiri had done the deed we'll With q
fatuous curiosity. however he placed
' the poisonous bottle TO his own lips
10 taste what was the nature of the
poison He was Immediately stricken
Tor Z space his life was despaired OF
He was carried 10 a nearby drug
store and treated and later assisted tC
his home.
It was not until 9 o'clock that hs
was well enough TO communicate the
suicide 10 the coroner. In the lettei
written TO her sister. Zoe. the line:
post these few letters, was ooscurec
D.. bv pencil drawings. Mrs. Harrison anC
.. the sister refused 10 say what had be-
come of these communications or tS
-. whom they were addressed. Al th'
: present time Harrison. with an eldei
- brother, is in Mexico, occupied on tn.
mining properties in which he is in
terested-
Alma Harrison was q beautiful young
girl OF the brunette type. In her large
, dark eyes there was always deep
melancholy look that remained even II
her lighter moments. She read grea
:. deal although she was not given q
the perusaI Of the morbid or hysterical
p. Her taste for dress was so marked tha
she was often requested 70 superintens
the designing OF her girl friends gowns