The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-27
POISON FATAL
To MRS. DAVIS
Takes Overdose of Laudanum to
Relieve Pain, and Never Re-
gains Consciousness.
PHYSICIANS WORK VAINLY
TO RESTORE SENSIBILTTY
Victims Strength Wasted by
Complications Following At
tack Of Pneumonia.

Mrs, Amelia Davis died at o'clock
Tuesday morning at her home. 617 South
First West street as the result say the
attending physicians. OF taking al over
dose Of laudanum. IL is said that the
laudanum was taken to alleviate the suf
ieTinE caused by neuralgia and a nerv-
Gus physical condition following recovery
from an attack OF pneumonia.
DR.. 9. +. Wilcox, one OF the attending
physicians. was called at o'clock and
arrived At the residence a few minutes
atterward. He found that the woman
was under the influence OF a powerful
drug. lie was unable to revive her and
immediately called upon the city physl
rtan for assistance. Assistant City
Physician F. Is Steele answered the call
and together the two doctors worked
for two hours over the unconscious wo
man. but she never regained conscious
ness.
Mrs, Davis had been living at the
First West place Since last September.
She kept boardcrs and Toomers for the
support OF herself and her two chill
aged ycare. She bad been suffering
from the neuralgia attacks for some
limo and the ravages of pneumonia had
played havoc with her strength
Takes Overdose Of Laudanum.
Early Monday evening she appeared 10
attack OF neuralgia set In later and she
took some OF the contents OF a bottle OF
laudsnum. found in the drawer OF
dresser, TO relieve the pain. That she
took an overdose was shown by later
developments.
The heavy breathing Of Mrs. Davis
a roomer who Immediately called DR..
Wilson. Mr.. Mcintosh says that Mrs.
Davis had been working beyond her
strength TO support her two children and
for fit1op zt n
neuralgic attacks.
Husband Sought Reconciliation.
ABOUT two years ago Mrs. Davis was
divorced from her husband, Warren
Boyack. Al Spanish Fork Utah where
both were born and reared. The former
husband visiting at The house,
where he went TO see his children and
10 ask his wife TO return TO him. She
had promised 10 consider a reconcile
alton
Life Struggle.
The story of Mrs. Davis life has been
one OF misfortune and of a struggle for
The necessaries OF life ever since she
obtained divorce from her husband. In
January the house In which she was Nv
ing was quarantiued on account or scar
let fever and she was unable 10 get out
10 work. With no food in the house and
no coal TO keep her children warm she
sought aid from the county commission
ers Following their usual dilatory meth
ods I'm affovding relief TO the needy, IT
wes 4 week before coal and food were
furnished. During that week there was
actual suffering for want Of the ncces-
saries OF lifc i'm the Davis household.
IL Is likely that al this time Mrs. Davis
became so weakened that pneumonia
easily claimed her AS victim later Her
nerves were so shattered from her sick
ness That she began taking laudanUm, an
overdose OF which resulted in her death.
Mrs. Davis leaves a large number OF
sisters and brothers, among them be-
ing Mrs Amanda Paul and Mrs Rey-
nolds Cahoon Of Murray; Mrs. I. G. Nor
gan. Mrs. I. II. Evans Mrs. w. u. Nc
Lean. Mrs J. r. Jensen. Mrs. l.. Shun-
halls Of Salt Lake City. Mrs, Kate
Thomas OF Spanish Fork, and Howell Da-
Wis, a brother at Mammoth. and Harry
Davis. a brother, at Spanish Fork. The
body is at the undertaking establishment
OF Joseph William TAYLOR and will be
sent 10 Spanish Fork for interment.