The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-02-11
SUICIDE annie"
Alive, WELL AND
HAVING A LAUGH
THE NEGRESS DID NOT
EVAPORATE, AS
REPORTED.
She Simply Played a Trick
on Them and Then
Ran Away.

While bewildered policemen
deputy coroners. undertakers and
doctors searched every nook and
corner for the body Of Mrs Annie
! Glen. who mysteriousiy disappear
ed from her home a. Sc Blanchard
~ last Tuesday night after takins
what was supposed 10 b. carbolis
I acid. which apparently had thrown
I her into commissions. 81 appears
/ that Mrs Glen. very much alive,
| watched the proceedings from
E nearby haven in commissions Of
laughter
Mrs Glen is alive. and in the
city OF this there can be no mis-
take
T. s. Hamilton, shortly after
I reading the story published last
night IN The star met the woman
on First av, holding her sides with
laughter copy Of The Star before
her he Immediately called IN per.
ron az The Star office and gave hls
Information. which was given the
police this morning.
Another man. whose name cannot
Z be learned, called up later In the
evening and gave practically the
same Information. Therefore. IL IL
evident that Mrs Glen h alive. that
she did not take two ounces Of car
bolic acid that she did not drown
herself in the bay. nor completely
( dissolve ia the fiery acid, az many
l had almost come 10 believe.
She Is . Real Cut Up.
She has but PLAYED a stupendous
practical joke on doctor. coroner
and blne.coat. and has worked upon
I the feelings Of Lewis Wallace. man
ager Of her house. and also said to
I be her lover. until he willingly
viii lay aside the quarrel Of the day
preceding her disappearance, and
take her again 20 his arms.
Mrs Annie Glen Sc today the big
money with Lewis Wallace. and
I this Is how II was done
Tuesday morning Mrs Glen dis
covered. or thought that she dis
covered that she had lost her
charms for Wallace, and that he
loved another Accordingly, abe
put " up 70 Wallace. who admitted
that there might be others. and that
she had no stakes ont on him Then
followed very pretty stage
quarrel.
Tears. wet and brlny. gushed
Z from Annies eyes She Haunted
forth from the room locked herself
Z in her houdoir and Wallace-poor
I Nallace-goi great grump.
All dag she mourued over the
I loss OF her Louie. and with evening
came the knowledge that she could
not lose him, she must have him
hack and hold him. the same as
before. but Louie must forget this
other woman.
How should she do IL
Abscntly picking up paper. she
read OF a dead girl. and the heart
broken remorse OF the lover who
( had wounded her An ha-she had
IT,
Suicide ls Discovered.
II was dark. the street was de-
serted. only across the way the
lights of livery stable shone dim
ly through dirty windows A bottle
OF acid was handy. seizlng this she
ran out onto the yeranda. poured
the contents on the ground. dropped
the bottle e the floor and fell be-
side g. grOanlng and screaming in
mortal agony-nit
The door OF the livery stable
across the street opened. and a
hlauched face thrust itself out into
the darkness
Then came the sound OF running
feet. heavy feet. the feet OF police
men. They rushed up To her--they
discovered her horrible plight.
They hurried 20 phone for assist
ance. and an was we'll Annie Glen
had taken carhollc acid had COM
mitted suicide. The policemen had
said $3.50 Annie Glen rose hur-
iedly and. speaking slangily.
beat H."
Meanwhile. behold the deputy
coroner aud doctor. hastily sum-
moned in "a case OF life and death,
the eager undertaken searching am
bitiously for his corpse. and the puz-
zled policeman scratching his head
and waving his arms Ia soulful at
tempt 90 convince them all that
there had been a suicide
Find the Empty Bottle.
To back up his statement was the
empty bottle. giving forth the fresh
and mistakable odor OF the dead
~ poison Also the effect on the
recreant lover was all that could
be desired He was In a pitiable
state, half torn between smpersu-
tious dread OF the body that had
so mysteriously, so uncannily, and
so completely vanished. and desire
TO hold that body once more in his
arms. providing OF course that It
was alive Louie did not care about
having anything whatever 10 do
I with a "Hant"
Meanwhile, Annie. safe In an un-
I known place. IN another part OF
/ town. followed the accounts in the
papers and bided her time Last
night she decided that Louie had
| been punished enough and returned
q Al.