The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-22
DRINKS CARB0LIC ACID
AND DROPS DEAD
Mrs. Frank Williams Breaks Out Of
Quarantine While Under In
fIucnce Of Liquor.

Salt Lake, April 21-After drinking
a large quantity of alcohol and be-
coming intoxicated, and after being
| taken to her home in the patrol wag-
on, Mrs. Frank Williams. formerly
Miss Hilma Peterson, aged 80 years.
| locked herself in room and drank
| about four ounces OF undlluted car
bolic acid, killing herself almost in
| stantly.
The tragedy is surrounded by a
number Of deplorable features. Mrs
Williams was addicted to the use of
liquor and ii IS said she frequently
drank 20 excess. For some time she
has been stopping with her sister,
Mrs w. II. Toms of 135 Social Hall
avenue. Two Of Mrs. Toms children
are Ill with scarlet fever and diph-
liberia and Mrs. Williams was assist
ing In unrsing them Living In the
same house was Mrs. Susan Nav Pc
terson. mother OF Mrs, Williams and
Mrs. Toms, and a younger sister of
the latter was also In the house
About 4 o'clock this morning Mrs
Williams drank some alcohol and dis
regarding the quarantine laws left the
tween South Temple and First South
street. There she was found rolling
about on a lawn The police were no.
tilted and Patrolmen Johnson and
Kast went to the scene In the patrol
wagon and loaded the woman into the
same. They took her back TO her
place when informed that the house
was under quarantine. as they could
not take her to Jail The patrol wag-
or was then thoroughly fumigated
At about l0:30 word was received
al police headquarters that the wo-
man had committed suicide by taking
carbolic acid Again the wagon went
to the place Jailer Ripley and Pa
trolmen Heath and Grundvig made an
investigation and found that Mrs.
Williams had locked herself in room
and had taken about four ounces of
carbolic acid. She was dead when the
| police arrived
DR.. w. F. Beer. who was treating
the sick children. was there and i'm
| mediately notified Justice of the Peace
| Hanks and then ordered the body
removed to Joseph William Taylor's
undertaking establishment.
The scene at the house was most
pitiable one. The aged mother. Mrs.
| Peterson, could not be consoled and
was on the verge of nervous prostra-
ton. Shaking with grief she called
| repeatedly for her dead daughter to
come back. Mrs. Toms In the mean
| time was trying to console her, al
| though on the verge OF collapse her
self from the terrible shock The
children ran crying through the house
and the entire neighborhood was
| aroused
| ''Thc woman did not live long after
taking the acid" said Dr. Beers. She
locked herself in n room and drank
! a glass OF acid and could not have
lived long. The children of Mrs.
Toms, two girls. have been sick for
some time with a combination OF
scarlet fever and dipbtheria. but both
| are now ont Of danger"
The dead woman was born in Swe-
| den 80 years ago She married Frank
| Williams. but the couple separated
and since that time she took her
maiden name. Hilma Peterson. DR.
Beer stated she WAS in the habit OF
drinking too much occasionally. She
is survived by her mother, Mrs. Pc
| terson. sister, Mrs Toms. and an
| other sister, aged Is years. Her
brothers are August Peterson, of S09
south Second West; Albert. OF sos