Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-19

down she hill, she crossed the willows.
He stated that he did not believe she
saw the race and plunged into the
water before she knew it. Mr.. Clark
expressed the opinion that her
screams we're for help and before aid
could reach her the cold waters had
chilled her body and resulted in her
death His theory of her timidness is
advanced by the statement of Patrol
man Levi Noah, who stated yesterday
that he saw 2 young woman standing
on the bridge and that she approached
him and after coming close turned
around and walked away. It is be-
lieved that she was too timid to ask
the officer where she was. The
brother cannot believe that his sister
ended her own life, as he declared
that she was always happy and jolly.
Was Engaged to Marry
The brother identified the picture
LOT the man in the front Of the girls
watch as her sweetheart and asserted
that they were engaged to be married.
but that he did not know the date of
the wedding. Recently he stated that
THE girls lover out in Colorado had
sent her a nugget bracelet valued at
$3.50 and it Is blieved to be in the
handbag which is missing and which
is supposed to be in the bottom Of the
race. Mr.. Clark exhibited post card
which he had received from his sister
wishing him a merry Christmas and a
happy New Year It. was learned ,uls
morning that she purchased ;:cke-
at the Milwaukee depot for Fayette,
Ia.. which is ninety.one miles north Of
Cedar Rapids.
The deceased was member OF the
Methodist Episcopal church OF Fay
cite, having been converted seven
years ago. The brother stated that she
was an active church worker.
Accompanied by Mr.. Clark, the re-
mains Of the deceased will be taken
this afternoon over the Milwaukee t.
Fayette Ia, where services will be
held and interment made. Miss Clark
will be buried with her father, who
preceded her in death just few
hours.
A constant stream of men. women
and children visited Sullivan's morgue /
yesterday to view the body but none
could identify her.
The Coronvr's Inquest.
After listening TO lHe .- eNlueHCe ~
Gideon Kendall, Carl Kendall, w. S.
HOLSTER and John Birchell, to deter
mine the cause of death. the coroner's
Jury composed Of William Reece, Alf
G. Cook and Thomas o. Brown yester-
day afternoon returned verdict that
the woman had ended her own life:
Gideon Kendall on the witness stand
testified that while he and his nephew
Carl Kendall were going to work they
cfoy iY,cr
street bridge. AS they approached she
started, ahead of them down to Mil
waukee tracks toward Market street.
Kendall asserted that she kept walk
ing faster than they and turned around
several times to see If they were be-
hind her. He stated that they saw her
sit down by the railroad track ana
slide down the levee into the willows
md 20 across toward the race. He de-
dared that he was surprised at her &C
ions but thought that she was afraid
% 20 across the bridge and would walk
across the ice on the race. After they
aad reached the bridge he stated that
hey looked around and saw her stand
ng by a tree. After crossing the bridge,
but did not know whether she
vas calling for help or not. He then
estified that he saw her floating down
he race and go under the bridge
SmeIIed Carbolic Acid.
The only evidence submitted TO
show that she might have taken poison
vas given by Hollister who declared
hat she was frothing at the mouth
md that he smelled carbolic acid on
lis hands after he had rescued her
rom the water. Birchell told the story
# the rescue and the evidence Of Carl
Kendall was similar to that of his
,ncle. In returning the verdict, the
,oroner's jury stated that death had
,een caused by cramps and convul-
ions. They did not advance the poison
heory.
Their verdict in full follows:
1--WE, the jury find that Grace Clark,
came to her death by her
,wn voluntary action and that she
brew her body into the mill race and
While it does not appear on the facts
,iven us that she was drowned, yet we
ire satisfied that cramps from contact
With ice and water followed by convul-
ions caused her death and that life
vas extinct before relief could be
.iven.'' .. .e
Teacher Injured Coasting.
Clinton. Jan. 17.-(SpeciaD Miss
MAYNARD q high school teacher