The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-26
The St, Louis Carried 81 Passengers.
WENT TO BURLINGTON
TO COMMIT SUICIDE
Mrs. Ida Scott of Randolph Was Headed
for Lake Champlain When Stopped
by Police Officers.

/ Burlington, March 26.--Ida Scott, wife
Of William Scott, whose home is in Ran
dolph was prevented from committing
suicide Saturday afternoon by Officer
Levi Vincent. who overheard her asking
the way TO the lake, after having OBJ.
served that she did not appear TO be in a
rational state of mind She Was taken
to the police station and later locked
up in the county Jail to be kept safe
until she is turned over to relatives or
the proper authorities.
The woman arrived in this city on an
afternoon train. When she stepped from
the train she appeared to be working
under stress of mind and Officer Vincent
followed her to the street level. There
she stopped haekman and asked him
the direction to the lake. He told her
and she started in the direction indicate
The police officer heard her remark and
caught up with her. He inquired of her
why she wanted to 20 to the lake She
looked him in the face for few mo-
ments and when the question was put
to her again she looked away and said
that she might as well tell him that she
had come from Randolph to commit sui
eide by drowning. The woman was taken
by the officer to the police station.
According to the woman, her family
affairs have not been pleasant. She stat
ed that she had been divorced from her
husband and that she lived at Randolph
with her little girl, Bernice, about six
years of age. She said that she had
L.. .srYx ii hat
tives did not care for her and that her
husband still made her no end of trou-
BILE. She stated that in order to put an
end TO an existence which had been and
was still one of horror she had finally
decided to make away with herself by
probably not knowing that
the surface of the lake is still covered
with many inches of ice.
According to the woman's story this
was not her first attempt to kill herself,
rs she had attempted to commit suicide
twice before, once by trying to drown
herself in the watering tub for cattle
At her farm and another time by at
tempting to drink paris green. The wat
n in the tub was not deep enough and |
he paris green was struck from her hand /
ust as she was about to drink it.
The womans mind was working at a
'ery high tension and she pleaded with |
he chief of police to allow her to drown
lerselt. An envelope containing a little |
'ver 81 she gave to the chief with the
equest that he send it to her little
laughter. When asked why she came
o Burlington to kill herself, the woman
aid that she came here to avoid all flu
eral and other expenses which would be
Incident to her death.
She had in her possession a little bot
le of pills which she said was given her
v DR. G. w Scott of Randolph These
roved TO be nothing but something
-hch would perhaps be used to break up
cold. DR.. Scott was communicated
18th and from information given by him,
nd general observations, it was con
uded that the woman was not of strong
lind. That she was in earnest in her
tempted suicide was eyinced by her at
,mpt to leave the officer while on the
ay to Jail and 90 toward the lake.