Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-02
YOUNG WOMAN
SHOOTS HERSELF
Shock of Finding Her Fiance
Untrue Proves Too Much
for Her to Endure.
SLIGHT HOPE OF RECOVERY
Fired Five Bullets Into Her Breast
Tried To Commit Suicide With
Morphine First.

The knowledge that her liance was
untrue to her caused Mrs Olive Lam !
quist to attempt to kill herself early
this morning and she wounded herself
20 severely that she has a very small
chance OF recovery Mrs Lundquist IS
a young widow aged q years. Shn
resides AT 40 Fourteenth-anda-h
street with Mr. and Mrs II. l.. Pfennin
ger from whom she rents part OF thei-
house Early This morning about 4 90
Mr.. Pfenn!nger heard noise in Mrs
I.unduuis's room and !; minute late.
a shot was fired. He suspected WIN,
had happened and jumped from bed
and ran 10 her room. but the door was
locked and he was unable 10 get III.
The first shot was followed by four
more and then all was quiet in the
ROOM
Tried Morphine First.
Physicians We're called at once and
when they arrived and the door HAD
been opened they found her lying on
the floor almost dead. Five DULLES
had been fired and three Of them had
entered her lungs and one had
gone entirely through. A box
containing morphine tablets was
found in the room and the doctors
expressed an opinion that she had first
tried to do away with herself by taking
the drug, but that she decided to max =
sure Of accomplishing her purpose and
the shooting followed She was re-
moved to the hospital in the city am
bulance at once. and she lies there
today with less than one chance IN 4
hundred of recovery.
Is "a Very Sad Case.
Mrs. Lundquists life although short
has been crowded full of sadness, and
and has won her the friendship and
sympathy of a large number of people.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs
]. ]. McGinis who reside at Viola H..
and who are on their way here now.
When she was mere child of Is years
she was united in marriage with the
son of a neighboTing farmer namel
Lundquist, the match being the wish
of the parents of both the young PEG
pie They were given sum of money
10 begin life with and they went tn
the west and settled on ranch. but
Lundquist went bad after a while and
made the life of his girl wife misera-
hle. She finally left him and secured
divorce and the custody OF her child.
lad nov 10 years old who lives with
his mothers parents at Viola. She
came to this city after a time and had
various e-nployments. She was wait
ress at the Young G McCombs grill
room recently until a severe spell IF
sickness caused her to give up her pc
sition She was i'll for some time. be-
ing in bed for two weeks before re-
covering. but she finally did recover
and had the promise of good posi-
ton whenever she was ready to go 70
work.
Found Fiance Untrue.
Then came the shock which caused
her to seek her own death. After re-
covering she made the discovery that
the young man TO whom she had been
engaged for several months. and whom
she dearly loved had been untrue 10
her and was not worthy of her affec-
ton. She had given her whole heart
to the young man and the shock was
too much TO bear and she at once de-
termined to make away with herself,
and from all indications her attempt
will be successful, although it was re-
ported this noon that she had showed
some signs of improvement.
Left Several Letters.
The would be suicide wrote two