The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13
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\ fruit intended for the show.
But-there was no doubt that quar-
rels between the pair had been In
creasing in frequency; and there were
the bruises.
Poor Dan, with sobs and wild words,
admitted the bruises. He admitted that
there had been disagreements. But
if every time a married couple had a
few words, the wife took and made
away with herself, it would be a pret-
~ state of things" He loved the very
ground she trod, as anybody who
knew them could testify.
The doctors evidence was to the ef-
feet that the deceased suffered from
weak heart The particular drug
which killed her had great effect
upon the heart. She had taken dou-
BILE dose-a treble dose, in fact. He
thought that she might easily have
done this without any suicidal intent,
as people were in general way COM
pletely ignorant of the action of drugs.
She had been sleepless; she had said
to the maid, as they had just heard,
that she was anxious to rest well that
night on account of the show the fol-
lowing day Under the circumstances
it was very possible that she might
have increased her dose recklessly, or,
as he had known happen in one case
before. she had perhaps taken her
drug forgotten that she had done so,
and repeated the dose accidentally.
Sir Miles Umfravile was then call
ed, as an intimate friend OF the de-
ceased and one who had been great
deal with her of late. 1t was evident
that the publicity given to these facts
was not agreeable to Sir Miles, but
there was no doubling the truth of his
evidence. as he emphatically said that
he was positively certain that Mrs.
Trent had no idea of suicide. She
was too full of interest in life too full
Of vitality to desire such thing. or
any woman he had ever known he
should consider her the last least like
ly to kill herself
Mrs. Bardsley, when the time came,
gave her evidence concisely and with
dignity. She was most decided upon
the point that Mrs. Trent had no idea
Of self-destruction when she called up
on her She related what had passed
between them as nearly as she could
recollect it.
The chemist gave evidence of her
buying the drug in question at his
shop, of her complaining of s'eepless'
ness, and his having said that drugs
were no use. Change of air was the
thing. She ought to go to Dartmoor,
and walk all day; then she would
sleep all night.
The chauffeur said that his mistress
visited no other place in the town
save the postoffce. The stamps which
she there bought We're found in her
purse She then went into a confec-
toner's to have some tea. He went
down the road to the place he prefer
red and picked her up again in a quar-
ter OF an hour. The young woman
who served her was there present, and
said the lady had hot toast tea and
cake. ate well, and seemed quite COM
posed and even cheerful.
1t seemed that all the evidence
pointed one way and there was no
doubt as to the cause of death. The
inquiry was brief, and the verdict of
death by misadyenture unanimous.
The one person who could have di-
rected attention to the only suspicious
thing that Laura had done was not
called The note to Lionel had been
written inside the postoffce when
buying stamps. During its writing
one of the clerks had noted the con
spicuously dressed lady, who seemed
to be laboring under some emotion.
But Laura was not well known in
Yeominister, as she already was in
the small towns near at home She
had never before been into the gen
eral postoffice. The clerk who OBJ
served her had no means of connect
ing her with the case of suicide over
the other side of the county.
Thus, the writing of the note, which
might, Father Conroy feared been
traced to Mr. Gladwyn's possession,
never came to light at all
The inquest terminated, the Coro-
ner expressed sympathy with the Wild
over: and Mrs. Bardsley and Vernon
drove back to that aversion of the
elder lady. by her described as "a
house without man in it,"
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