Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-28
GIRL DIES WHEN LOVE FAILS
Miss Bonnie Talbot Kills Self Over
Broken Engagement,
F1ANCE REFUSES TO TALK OF IT
Young WOman Leaves Letter 60
Friend which Contains Her Res-
son for Sending Ballet
Into Her Head.

The suicide Of Miss Bonnie Talbot, who
fell out with her sweetheart, Palmer Lam
oreaux. has Frustrated the mother OF the
young woman and young man. Both are
confined to their beds and are said to be
seriously i'll as a result of the shock.
Miss Talbot. % years OF age. shot herself
through the right temple yesterday after
noon with a SS-calibre revolver at the resi-
dence of Mrs. r. Dunn, t314 Dodge street.
She left a note ascrbbing her deed TO the
fact Of loves blighted plans and requesting
certain funeral arrangements. The coroner
was in Lincoln yesterday and is there still
and the note is locked in his safe. He will
hold an inquest.
Young Lamoreaux will say nothing. He
spent the day at his fathers home, 1880
South %Thirty-third street. and has engaged
a lawyer, j. B.. Kelkenny. His father is DR..
r. f. Jamoreaux. HI will not discuss the
note. their love affair or the tragedy.
Arriving at the Dunn home, the young
woman found no one there. 80 went to Mrs.
Howell's at the corner, and borrowed the
front door key to the Dunn house, saying
that she wanted to get something. As Miss
Talbot and Mrs. Dunn we're close friends,
Mrs. Howell gave the former the key with
out any hesitancy.
Entering the home Of her friend, Mrs.
Dunn. she made careful and deliberate
preparations before ending her life. appar-
entity. The revolver had been hidden under
the pillow Of the bed by Mrs. Dunn, but
Miss Talbot is said TO have known there
was a revolver in the house.
Mrs. Howell Gets Anxious.
Mrs. Howell became curious OF what
might be keeping Miss Talbot in the Dunn
home so long and the discovery of the
suicide resulted when Mrs. Howell
went to the house. She saw the body Of
the young woman lying crosswise OF the
bed and ran screaming from the place
without investigating further.
DIR. Nelson OF the Walnut Hill Pharmacy,
Fortieth and Cunning streets, was sum-
moned and found that death had been
instantaneous. He later notified the cor
oner's office, but did not make any de-
tailed statement until Wednesday morn
ing, when he gave out an idea OF what
the note contained.
Besides the statement by Miss Talbot
that she was sorry she was going to kill
herself, yet wanted to die because she
had nothing to live for. now that she
had finally broken Off relations with her
sweetheart, the note only dealt with a
description OF the clothes in which she
wished to be buried, and with some private
matters. 1t will be used as evidence at
the coroner's inquest, Thursday morning.
Mrs. Dunn's knowledge OF Miss Talbot's
love and other affairs is referred to in the
letter, but Mrs. Dunn will not talk at
present of what she knows.
Quarrel Breaks 1t Off.
According tO RaNmond Talbot n ,,o,rcA.
brother, Lamoreaux and Talbot's sister had
been intimately acquainted for several
years and had been engaged to be married
two or three times. Each time the engage
ment was broken off on account of a
quarrel. Young Talbot, who is a night
messenger employed by the Reliable Mes
senger company, 1A South Thirteenth
street, says that his sister broke off an
engagement with Lamoreaux last Thurs
day and has been brooding over It ever
since. He did not know OF her death
until last night, when apprised OF the fact
by the father, who lives with Ray Talbot
at the brunswick hotel and is a carpenter.
Mrs. Talbot, the mother, is Frustrated
over her daughter and was uncon-
scious the greater part OF Tuesday
night. She is attended by DR.. LOTUS, who
says her condition is serious, as her heart
Is dileClcu' Inc ldIneT mas Deen with his
wife ever since the tragedy.
When Raymond Talbot, who is now the
only child. saw the body OF his sister at the
morgue, he tainted and then becoming
crazed with grief, declared that he would
not leave the side of his sisters body.
The Talbot family has lived in Omaha
and South Omaha for almost eight years
and resided in South Omaha until about
three months ago. They moved to Twen-
ty-third and Brown streets in Omaha, and
when Mr.. Talbot secured work in Benson
he and the son took a room at the Bruns-
wick hotel, while the mother and daughter
rcomed and boarded at the Mccarthy
boarding house on Douglas street. They
formerly lived at sturgess. KY. and the
body Of Miss Talbot will probably be
taken to Kentucky for burial.