Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-03-12
YOUNG N WOMAN
ENDS LIFE
Miss Ruth Boreen, A Teacher In The
High School, Commits The Rash
Act On Sunday Night.

Something very sad happened in our
citytison Sunday night. Miss Ruth
4Boreen, teacher in the WARREN High
School, came to her death by drink
ing carbolic acid self administered The
rash act was no doubt committed in
fit Of temporary insanity brought on
BY despondency over her continued i'll
health.
Miss Boreen was staying with Mrs.
R.sF. Gilmore. She had spent Sunday
by attending services twice and late
in the evening had played the phono-
graph in the Gilmore home. Nothing
In her talk or actions Indicated that
she contemplated deed so unnatural
and srepulsive. AS she did not get up
at her usual time on Monday morning
the Gilmore's found, when calling her,
that3the door to her room was closed.
On opening it they found that the life
less form Of Miss Boreen, clad in night
clothes and kimona, had fallen against
the door. The odor Of carbolic acid
told the story. When found the body
was already cold in death, Indicating
that the deed had been committed sew
era1 hours before.
Miss EB0feen came to the Warren
school last fall as the teacher of Eng
fish. She has also taught the class in
Zoology. Her work in the school, we
learn, has been satisfactory. Three
years ago she graduated from the State
University, but shortly after her grad
uatlon she suffered nervous break
down that prevented her from taking
up 5theswork of teaching until she came
here She had tried to become nurse,
but had to give that up on account Of
her health. All this goes to show that
her physical and nervous condition was
otsof the strength and vigor needed
by one who is to be a teacher Owing
to the handicap Of poor health it is
quite certain that she found it difficult!
to do the work as satisfactorily as she
wanted to do. Feeling unable to do
the work and considering it disgrace
full, perhaps, to resign and return to
her home, her life to her appeared alb
solutely useless and she decided to end
stit all. z
In her room were found letters to
her father and mother, one to Mrs Gil.
more and note to Miss Parker, a
teacher in the schasl These letters
show that poor health caused her to
act as she did. She states that she is
absolutely useless and wished to die.
That she had prayed to God to take
her life. That her feet are cold and
numb and her hands cold and numb.
4 Miss Boreen finished up in good shape
all the school work required of her in
connection with her<classes up to Mon
day morning and she had also written
out checks to settle all accounts she
followed in the city, j This would showt
that the act was premeditated to some
extent, at least. There have been some
rumors of love affair in connection
with her death, but lit can be- stated
definitely that nothing Of that sort was
theFcause.l Her home life also is said
to Hhave. been IDEAL Her parents live
in or near Minneapolis, but are said
to have moved there from Wisconsin.
An uncle, Of the dead girl lives in Thief
River Falls and is locomotive engin-
eer on the 500 railway. Another rela-
tive also lives in Thief River Falls
They know of no cause for her rash
deed except the nervous breakdown she
suffered after completing her course at
the university.
The body Of the unfortunate young
woman was shipped to Minneapolis
Tuesday. Interment will take place
there or at the former home in Wis
consin.