New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-02-26
MRS J. F. ARMSTRONG FINDS
LIFE TOO GREAT BURDEN
FOR HER STRENGTH
ILL HEALTH LED TO USE OF
DRUGS AND UNDERMINED
81 HOPE AND. PEACE

mother IN cleaning up the rooms. The
child looked thru the keyhole to find
out il anyone was in the room and then
noticed the odor OF gas. She Immediate
ly notified her mother who also smelled
the gas and noticed that the curtains
in the room re.all pulled down. Mrs.
Henle called her husband, Anton A.
Henle, telling him that she thoght tthau
Mrs. Armstrong who occupied the room,
had killed herself.
Found Unconscious.
MIR. Henle called up the chief of
police and sent someone to call a doctor.
He and three other men then went up
stairs and Charles Amann broke the
door open, turned off the gas and opened
the windows. Shortly afterwards the
doctor came. He found that Mrs.
Armstrong; pulse was still normal and
stated that she would come out OF her
coma all right in few hours and she
recovered consciousness about O'Clock
Three watchmen were on duty all night
SO that no further harm would, befall
her. She left Henle's Sunday morning
about 10 o'clock and the city for
Minneapolis in the afternoon.
Had Been Ill.
Mrs. Armstrong came to New Ulm
Wednesday evening and stopped at the
Dakota House during the night and the
next morning sought and obtained rooms
at Henles' hiring the room for the entire
week. She told Mrs Henle that she
had lust recovered from the flu and was,
in weakened condition and that: she
thot that drink of whiskey would brace
her up- and asked Mrs. Henle to get
her a half pint which she did. When
Mr.. Henle found this out he told his
wife.and al the hartenders that She was
to be supplied with no more liquor
ut is said that years ago when Mrs
Armstrong was very i'll and suffered much
pain, opiates, were prescribed for her
and she became addicted to their use
and could not break off the habit. That
is said to be the main reason why she
and her husband had been separated and
lived apart for some years.
Ordered Whiskey Supplied.
After Mr.. Henle had given orders
that no more liquor should be provided
Attorney Henry N. Somsen Of this city
called at the saloon after 6 O'Clock
Thurs lay evening and In .u1Fed whether
Mis-. Armstrong was there and wanted
to know what she was drinking When
informed that 1he driirk supply had been
cut off, he told Mt. Henle TO give her
all she wanted stos drink and to keep tab
of it and that they were going to shut
her off the next day entirely and it is
also reported that Chief Alvin Harmon
ing called up Mr.. Henle and asked
whether Mrs. Armstrong was still stopp-
ing there, what she was drinking and
how much and when told that she was
not getti~g anythign he is reported to
have said to give her all she wanted to
drink and that he would stand back Of
Mr.. Henle. Mr.. Henle refused to dc
this and when Mrs. Armstrong, came
down from her room Friday noon and
asked for more whiskey she was told
she could not have any.
Divorce Papers Served.
When Mrs. Armstrong had taken the
room she had left word that her baggage
should be gotten. from the, hotel and
somebody was sent to get it.. No one
answered when heareturned, and raped
at Mrs. Armstrong door and then Mr.. !.
Henle went up, tried; the door and opened
it far enough to satisfy himself that she
was lying on the bed, fully dressed and
asleep. Shortly after that DEPUTY
Sheriff Herman Jahnke called ard asked
whether Mrs. Armstrong was there and
was told that she was asleep in her room.
He went up shortly afterwards and served
divorce papers on her.
From Friday noon Mr.. Henle did not
see the unfortunate woman again unit;
Saturday evening after the attempt at
suicide when she told him that she had
also tried to take her life the evening
before by jumping into the Minnesota
River Iut ,eca1ne confused in the park
and had not been able to find the river.
several years and there are great many
that has come to wreck her life thru the
drug habit.
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