Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-19
MRS. w. NJ. MACK 0WAlloW0
SEVERAL TADLETS, BUT De.
MES ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
SAYS eHE hAo POINT 70
GAIN IN TAKING 1ADLErS
Physician hurriss 20 Mack hens and
Administers Antidetss For Poison -
Woman Sends Word TO Nsiehbor
Above, Telling Her Coed Dye, end
Nsishhsr Calls Doctor.

that she had attempted her life, and
declaring that she had taken some
thing" to gain . desired point. yet re-
fusing to say what she was trying to
accomplish, Mrs. Mabel Mack, aged
about %. wife OF W. NJ. Mack, 4os
East Linn street, swallowed what the
attending physician believes to be q
quantity Of one-eight grain morphine
sulphate pills shortly after Z o'clock
Friday night. and as q result had ap-
parently a close call from death.
The prompt action of Mrs. Charles
Reisler. who lives up stairs in the same
house. in calling Q physician. probably
saved the woman's life, altho Mrs.
Mack today claims that at no time
was she UNCONSCIOUS OF her surround
inss and in danger. She claims that
she did not take morphine, but refuses
to say what she took.
Telephones Doctor About Tablets.
AT about o'clock Friday evening
Mrs. Mack telephoned DR.. C. H. Tidd,
asking him how many morphine tablets
she could take without hurting her DR..
Tidd told her not 10 take any, and ask
ed her what the matter was. Mrs.
Mack replied that she had q severe paia
In her stomach, and In reply to this
the doctor Informed her that ne could
prescribe another remedy that would
he better then morphine.
Shortly after o'clock DR.. Tidd
called at the Mack home to leave medi-
cine for Mrs. Mack. and found those in
the house rubbing the woman's body.
DR.. Tidd inquired what she had taken,
~ IN Gre
the patient. and finding that she was
not as yet in serious condition, told
them to call him again II the woman
grew worse. Shortly after 8 O'Clock
DR.. Tidd WAS called hufriedly by Mn,
Reisler. who said that Mrs. Mack had
taken more OF that" DR.. Tidd
responded Immediately
DIR. Tidd administered to the woman
. hyp0dermic injection Of apo-morphia.
the strongest emetic known to counter
act the effects of morphine, and good
results were obtained. altho today Mrs.
Mack declares that she did not rid her
stomach OF anything that she had TAX
en-. Permanganate Of potash was also
given the woman. but Mrs. Mack de-
clared this afternoon that she did not
swallow any Of it when the doctor gave
1t toher.
Sends "Goodbys" 70 Nsishbse.
At the Mack home Friday night Mrs.
Reisier stated that the first she knew
Of Mrs. Mack's condition was when her
little daughter, Julia. aged 8, came run
ming up stairs, telling her that Mrs.
Mack had said to tell her mamma
Goodbye" and that she had taken
something.
Attic Mrs Mack denies that she took
any morphine the empty box on the
floor was labeled Morphine sui
phate, one-eighth grain" Mrs. Mack
said this afternoon that the label on
box indicated nothing. Mrs. Reisler
said Friday night that Mrs. Mack had
written a note to her husband, which
was under her pillow, but that the note
had been torn up.
Woman 0sniss She Had Doctor.
When the Times-Republican was try
ing to learn the condition of Mrs. Mack
today. by telephoning Mrs. Reisler,
Mrs. Mack came to the telephone her
self and insisted that no publicity be
gwen the affair She denied that she
was even i'll Friday night. or that she
had a doctor: furthermore that Dr.
Tldd had not been called to her home
Friday night.
Later. to q reporter and Dr. Tidd.
who called on Mrs. Mack, Mrs. Mack
said that she denied the presence OF
the doctor In order to keep the thing
out OF the paper.
Mrs. Mack. who has been married
before, said this afternoon that her
given name was Mabel ana that her
husbands christian name was Frank.
When asked how he happened to be
known as W. NJ. Mack. Mrs. Mack said
that the first name was changed for
personal reasons Mr. Mack said Fri.
day night he was an Iowa Central en-
sineer. The company's payroll here
shows no such name. Mrs. Mack said
her husband was a mechanic, and that
she and Mack were married only re-
Gently.