The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1915-11-20
SHE SUICIDES
WITH REVOLVER
MARY SELIWANNA, AGED ABOUT
18 YEARS, SENDS SO BULLET
INTO HER BREAST. DIES
QUICKLY.
Had Been Chambermaid About Two
Years. Parents Live Near Fay
cite. Came For Body on
Wednesday,

A sad thing happened at a local
hotel Monday morning at about 1895
o'clock, when Mary Seliwanna, aged
about 18 years, took her own life with
a 38 American revolver, the bullet
entering her left breast.
Deceased was not a strong minded
girl and of late had been epileptic at
times. She was also madly Jealous
of Louis Hatzenbuehler, night porter.
The girl finished her chamber work
the morning of the 18th as usual,
talked with her paramour at his room
a short time at about 9 o'clock. She
then went away; returned at about 10
o'clock and knocked at the door, say
ing that she had forgotten something.
On gaining admission to the room
she went to the dresser, stood and
stared at the young man for min
ute and then got into bed, remarking
that she was tired. The young man
went for some water and when just
outside the room the fatal shot was
fired. Death was almost instantane-
OuS..
DR.. H. A. Davis was summoned i'm
mediately but life was already ex-
tinct.
Coroner A. D. Davis summoned
Alfred White, J. E. Dryer and J. j.
Sweeney as jury, holding the in
quest in the afternoon at the office
of H. A. Burgeson, states attorney.
DR.. Davis gave it as his opinion
that it was a clear case of suicide.
The girl was in the bed with her
clothing on, having pulled the covers
up over her carefully. The clothing
next to her body was burned in a
spot about 8 by 10 inches, and the
wound in her breast was about an
inch in diameter. The revolver was
hanging on the girls thumb, one
chamber discharged and two still
loaded.
81 Miss Rose Westmore, a waitress,
heard the shot and hurried to give
the alarm. The body was covered
with quilts and no one moved the
body. in any way until the doctor ar
rived. This was substantially the
testimony Of the first girl called.
Miss Pearl Davis, waitress, was in
a room near where the tragedy hap
pened and heard a noise like some
thing falling but did not realize that
a gun had been discharged.
Miss Marie Jergers was near and
heard the shot and entered the room
with other girls. "a
Louis Hatzenbuehler gave his age
as 20; said he was just outside the
room when the shot was fired. 3 He
said he had kept company with Mary
but had never promised to marry
her. He knew, she was: jealous of
him and it had made, some unpleas-
antness at times between them. He
said the girl went to his parents in
South Dickinson and declared that if
he did not marry her, she would kill
him and herself. This was some time
ago and very little was thought of
it. The girl, he said, had bad spells
now and then, something like fits, and
a doctor had been called twice.
The jury decided that Mary Sell
wanna came To her death from bull
let wound inflicted by herself.
Louis Tobias identified the revolver
as one taken from his room. He did
not have any shells, he said, and did
not know where the girl got them.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. Seliwanna and chill
dren arrived Tuesday night from
near Fayette. The parents do not
speak English and had considerable
difficulty in conversing with the au-
thorities about the sad affair.