Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-10-01
FOUR SUICIDES IN
DENVER IN ONE DAY.
Young Woman Discouraged and De-
spondent Because She Lost Her
Position Drinks Carboric Acid.

Denver, Colo. Oct. 1.-Roused to
anger on being told to go to her room
by her stepfather, with the statement
that she was a subject of his charity
because she had lost her position, pret-
ty 19-year-old Eunice Mitchell ended
her life by poison at her home, 1856
West Thirty-sixth avenue.
The mother of the girl, Mrs. John
Speck, distracted upon seeing the
writhing form of her daughter and
hearing her screams, also attempted
suicide. During a struggle for the pos
session of the bottle containing car
bolic acid. the mother was burned
about the face and the body, as was
the woman woh probably saved her
life, Mrs. g. W. Runge, living at 1851
Clay street.
The dying screams of the girl, to-
gether with the pain of the burns re-
ceived by the carbolic acid, prostrated
the mother, and late last night she
was in a serious condition. The girl
died within thirty minutes after she
had swallowed the poison.
After her marriage one year ago to
Albert Mitchell, the son Of ranch
man, and their separation within few
weeks, the girl had been morose and
sullen, She secured employment as a
cashier in a downtown grocery. This
position was lost owing to niisunder-
standing a short time ago.
Henry Van Wormer and Martin D.
Cavanaugh, both i'll from nervous dis
orders; worn out with long search in
various parts of the country for health
each having made his final stand in
the fight against the disease in Den
yer, ended their struggles at about the
same hour, one with rope, the other
with a revolver Adhering for one
year to the requirements of religion
known as the Unity of Silence in the
hope that he might be rreed of locomo
tor ataxia and finding his condition un
changed, Wormer, a news vender a
Fifteenth and Arapahoe streets, ended
his life yesterday morning by strang
ling himself in his bed at the Artit
rooming house, 1902 Arapahoe street.
A man named Brown, recently from
| Silverton, gashed himself in the region
of the heart five times with knife il
a saloon here last night. Nothing Il
| known of his life. His feet were Grip
pied, portions having been amputatet
following frosting, and he became mel
ancholy from the fact that he coult
not get work in his crippled condition
| 1t was clear case of suicide, as bot
tie of poison was found on him.
Commits Suicide by Jumping Int
Lions Cage.
Paris, Oct. IA young woman
committed suicide in a frightful man
ner here last night. Having had a quar-
rel with her sweetheart. who is
lion tanner in theatre in which thre
lions are introduced during a melc
drama, the woman went behind tn
scenes and leaned forward into tn
cage. The animals were wild wit
rage and with a few blows of thei
claws tore her head and breast t
pieces. The woman's screams and tn
roars of the animals caused pani
among the audience, and the fir
proof curtain had to be lowered
Lost Two Wives by Suicide.
i Sarnia, Ont. Oct Rev. Eva
T. Evans whose wife committed su
eide at Penwylt, Wales, yesterda.
came to Sarnia three years ago froI
Wales as rector of ST. Johns Episct
4 pal church.
A year ago his wife returned t
Wales. After her departure Evan
was married to Nellie Davis. 40 year