The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-01-23
GRAND FORKS PARTY SH|P WRECKED IN COLLISION
BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC AND UNKNOWN VESSEL

SeAs$S oA4S AANO0 VAIL AlOs 6u0 WIOL0
music all over the wall paper in her
bed room and every book in the house.
She Kept a blank book especially for
jotting down refrains that would come
into heT I'D and she would frequent
~ get u the middle of the night
"Funera. oA:es' and laments'
were her passs Nloery night, before
going 11 s;ts to be- bed. Is she VI play Chogin's
Nocturne. The Fifth No,rne she
considered the greatest tn, opusic,
and Beethoven the greatest b-er.
! could have listened to he, .jlay
forever.
There never were any callers, men
or women. for Miss Law. She went
nowhere. except to the Office and to
concerts. When she wasn't scribbling
music, or dreaming at her piano she
was pouring over Yog!'s philosophy.
or the occult teaching Of Richard and
Isabella Ingalese The Indian philo-
sopher was her demi-god, and all the
books she read were marked up with
abtruse comments Of her own, show
ing her peculiar trend Of thought and
a remarkable facility for expression.
Find Gas Tube in Mouth.
Thursday night she was late in
getting home. They told me at the
office that she had stayed overtime
to finish her work and set her desk in
order. Without speaking to anyone
In the house she went to her room.
At breakfast We noticed the smell of
gas and traced it to Miss Laws room
We opened the door and found her
dead, with the tube still in her mouth,
the letter she had left lying on a table
beside her, together with Mark
Twain's funny story of the Stolen
White Elephant which she had evi-
IDENTIFY. been reading as a prelude to
her act and one of the ,Ingalese books" {"
This is the letter Miss Law left ad-
dressed to "All Concerned
Tells Why She Kills Self.
l am ending my life because
am seized with an acute disin-
clination to live, and l believe
have an absolute right to end my
life IL wish. The struggle is too
hard. There is too much work,
too much monotony, too much
WEAKNESS and not enough art,
music; recreation and rest.
am to change it. am in my
right mind: my reasoning powers
are as good as ever. go because
I want to. The chief reason is
because l am too near starved.
Let the state pay my expenses.
II were blind, crippled or had an
incurable disease the state would
be obliged to take care of me. So
think l will take advantage of
my rights and be buried at the
public's expense. as have no
money to defray the same.
The prices charged for a casket
and burial are SO exorbitant for
persons in moderate circum-
stances. 1t just keeps the entire
family in bankruptcy for year.
This condition is outrageous and
l do not want this injustice in
my case.
On the envelope the young woman
wrote these words:
Suicide is inevitable to a per-
son like me; cannot endure 1t
to live. If do not take my life
now I will later.
Inquiry at the offices of the publish
ing company revealed the fact that
Miss Law was to have been a bride
Thanksgiving day in double wedding.
Her prospective husband. however,
became i'll the day previous and her
wedding was postponed indefinitely.
Since then, 1t Is said, she has ap-
peared despondent, and limited that she
would end her own life.