Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-05
GIRL TRIES To DIE
WHEN EX-SU|TOR
LEAVES HER
Miss Katherine FIeeman Takes
StryChnine When Arthur Fol-
som Quits Her Forever"

While pretty Katherine Fleeman lies
close to death today IN a white ward
a the Georgian hospital. stricken by
dose Of powerful poison she took to
kin herself, her erstwhile sweetheart,
Arthur H. Folsom, a young automobile
dealer is believed to be speeding to
New York apparently unmindful of her
fate.
Leaving her standing on the curb in
front of boarding house at 101 Capt.
tol avenue last night, after informing
her that all was over between them,
young Folsom, without a backward
glance speeded up his machine and
proceeded downtown.
While several women. occupants of
the boarding house, watched her from
the porch Miss Fleeman stood for
moment in indecision. Then, taking a
small box of strychnine tablets from
her bag she swallowed them all. then
went to her room and fell into convul-
sions.
Called Him to Come Back.
Arthur come back to me-" she
called as the tail lights of Folsom's big
machine turned into Mitchell street.
Apparently ignoring the girls pre-
dicament, Folsom drove his machine
to James street and spent some time in
the company of friends. According to
the information given at the house of
his father Henry L. Folsom, 794 Pied.
mont avenue. the youth left for New
York al II o'clock last night.
When Miss Fleemans condition was
realized her fellow boarders, who had
watched the closing scene of the little
drama, rushed to her assistance.
Let me alone" she screamed, strug-
Cling with her friends; Il want to die.
| have nothing to live for now. He has
left me forever, because I was burned
and have lost my beauty"
II was after o'clock before Miss
Fleeman, still in spasms from the eff
fects Of the drug, was taken to the
Georgian hospital, in Capitol avenue,
and treated with antidotes Physicians
at the institution said today that they
| had hopes for her recovery, but that
| her condition was serious
Miss Fleeman's split with young Fol-
som, according to the girls friends, had
| been coming on for some time. Their
| acquaintance had lasted five years, al
| though Henry L. Folsom. the boys ia
| ther, denied strenuously that the pail
| ever had ebeen engaged.
Mrs. Lambert, who keeps the board
| ing house at 101 Capitol avenue. and
| before whose door the tragedy
| was enacted, is authority for the state
ment that Miss Fleeman has been de-
| spondent for weeks over the turn her
| affair with Folsom had taken
She bought a bottle of chloroform
| several weeks ago. and l took it away
] from her" said Mrs Lambert Il did
not know she had the strychnne last
night"
Beauty MARRIED by Burning.
| Last spring Miss F'leeman, who is
| said to have been a handsome young
| woman, was severely burned at a house
| In West End, where her clothes caught
fire from an open CRATE. Since that
| time her health has been bad.
Her friends say that during the last
| two weeks Folsoms visits have been ir-
! regular, and he had told her that they
| had best call il off.
| His GOODNESS, coupled with her de-
| pleted physical condition. is given by
| her friends as the motive for her action.
| Miss Fleeman was admitted to the
! Georgian hospital as a private patient,
| ana II was SdlU she was DONG well ana
| would recover She was not permitted
| to talk of the case.
| Mrs. Lambert declared that the girl
appeared respondent on many occa-
sions, and Mrs Lambert thought this
| was due to the death of her father. the
girls illness following her burns. and
| her inability to do well in her business
| course.
Tuesday night" said Mrs. Lambert,
| "Mr. Folsom came to the house. and
| the two sat while in the parlor Then
| they Went out for an automobile ride
and when she got back she saiu to me-
| It's all off She said they had quar-
relied again and could not agree Last
night she called him up on the phone
and asked him around He did not
come inside. so Miss Fleeman put on a
wrap and went out and sat in the auto
mobile at the curb
Presently she came in and went to
her bed. She lay down and told me she
had taken poison She did not swoon
| on the sidewalk. DR.. Buford came in.
| and we did what we could to restore
| her
mt Folsom had been to see Miss
Fleeman several times of late. He oc-
| casionally took her to the theater. but
| they had not attended for some time"
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