The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1910-08-10
ENDS HER LIFE
IN OHIO RIVER
After Leaving a PitifuI
Note Behind.
YOUNG WOMAN'S FEARFUL ACT
DeSpOndent Over III HEALTH
Declared She Had Moth.
ing TO Live For.
MISS CHAMBLIss' SAD FATE
The Greensboro Messenger saws:

The Greensboro Messenger says:
when you find this note my BODY
will be in the Ohio river. | will
be at rest, as | have nothing to live
for. Don't try to find me, nor grieve
for me, as my soul will be with my
Lord and Savior and with the loved
ones gone before.-Mabel."
The preceding note was found in
the writing desk of Miss Mabel
Chambliss, aged twenty-four, a book
keeper for the acknowledgements
Furniture Co., on East Main street,
Wednesday afternoon, and the facts
disclosed following the finding of the
note, indicate that the young woman
carried out her intention and jumped
into the Ohio river at the foot of
Pearl street some time Wednesday
morning.
Dependency brought on from i'll
health, is believed to have been the
cause of the woman's act. For the
past year she has been i'll, but had
been able to work most of the time
For the past month or so her con-
dition had been worse and she told
her sister, Mrs. A. ]. Reynolds, that
she did not expect to ever be well
again.
Mr.. Reynolds, after finding the
note, rushed from the store to his
home on Clay street and as he enter
ed the yard, fell Frustrated. Mrs.
Reynolds was also Frustrated and it
was necessary to call in a physician
to attend her.
Miss Chambliss appeared to be
happy and contented on Tuesday
night and was at the store of Rey-
nolds G Rowland on East Main street
Wednesday morning, where she is
bookkeeper for the firm. About 8
O'Clock Wednesday morning she COM
planned of being ill and lett the store
to go to her home. She ate a light
breakfast on Wednesday morning
and as she failed to return at noon,
Mr.. Reynolds discovered that she
had left the store some time dur
ing the morning. This information
caused uneasiness among her friends
and Mrs. A. ]. Reynolds, sister, and
after a search of places where it was
thought possible that she had gone,
Mr.. Reynolds looked over her desk
he 10
quoted above, giving the informa-
ton that she would commit suicide.
Miss Chambliss visited the home
of Mr.. Robert Nanz on Wednesday
morning and applied for a position,
stating that she desired 70 make
change. Mr.. Nanz referred her to
his wife and Mrs Nanz asked If she
did not work for Reynolds & Row
land. She said that she did, but de-
sired to make a change. She said
that she had several places in view
and asked that If she could use her
later, to notify her. The young wo-
man visited the home of Mr.. Nanz
about 1880 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, going shortly after that to the
store of Reynolds & Rowland.
Mr.. Nanz stated that the woman
appeared to be very respondent dur
ing the time she was at his home.
About II o'clock Wednesday morn
ing two boys, whose names could not
be learned, appeared at the fishboat
of Hiram Drew and told Mrs. Drew
that they had seen the hands of some
person sticking up above the water
and wanted a boat to go in search
of the supposed person that was
drowning. The boys stated that they
had seen the hands above the water
near Pearl street.
A parasol and a handkerchief of
Miss Chambliss were found on the
bank of the Ohio river at the foot of
Pearl street. 1t is supposed that she
climbed to the waters edge by hold
ing to the willows, as the growth
along the bank indicated they had
been broken and bent.
Miss Chambliss was quiet and
pleasant young woman and was we'll
known in the city. For a number of
years she lived with Mrs. o'Bryan
on Clay street, near the home of her
sister. It is said that she did not re-
ceive the attentions of any young
men. For the past two months she
had been living with the family of
George Ray, ell East Fourth street.
She is a daughter of ]. w. Cham
bliss, of Fordsville, and the father
: arrived Wednesday night in Owens
boro, after being informed of the
supposed suicide.
Body Not Yet Found.
NOTE-The greensboro Inquirer
says;
There has been no trace whatever
!. of the body Of Miss Mabel Chambliss,