Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-28
STRANGE DEATH Of
WOMAN AT MORRIS
TRACED TO SUICIDE
coRoNER'S INQUE EST OVER
YOUNG MOTHER WITH SEW.
ERAL RELATIVES LIVING IN
OTTAWA REPORTS VERDICT or
SUICIDE.

Morris, Ill.,, June 2S -Carholic acid.
taken with suicidal intent, was tn"
cause OF the death Of Mrs C. II Berg
gren, young wife and mother of Sioux
city Iowa who died here June ! Just
after she arrived for a visit with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs Hans sampson
according 10 the verdict OF the COrU-
ner3s jury returned Tuesday after the
inquest started June 8 was resumed
Mrs. Bergsren was we'll known IN
Ottawa where several OF her relativ IS
now reside Although there are still
some unexplained circumstances 'u
connection with the death Of Mr.,
Berggren, including the Whereabouts
Of the bottle which contained the acid
she swallowed, evidence In possession
Of the coroner's jury led to tn sutC.d,
verdict
when Mrs. Berggren arrived eu
Wednesday May 81. with her aisu'
months old daughter she had @ hott'e
Of medicine which had been pre-
scribed by a Sioux City doctor TO IN
duce sleep Testimony at the star,
of the inquest disclosed no evidence II
any carbolic acid being KEEP, in the
Sampson home here or the woman
home in Sioux City. Late in the night
of May 81 Mrs. Berggrsn was taken
suddenly and violently Ill., dying early
the following day without regaininr
consciousness. despite efforts Of two
doctors to save her The family at
first gave out the information tha,
she had taken an overdose OF tn
sleep potion and the woman's huShaHi
had another bottle Of il prepared from
the same prescription used i'm com
pounding the first TO see if some error
had been made
The bottle OF sleep medicine. partly
used, was found on he dresser in th.
room where Mrs. Berggren retired the
first night after arriving here art
also on the dresser there was found
an empty glass with a spoon in it. the
glass giving off a strong odOr of car.
bOlic acid No member of the family
would explain how the glass and spoon
came TO be in Mrs. Berggren's room.
Physicians explained that Mrs
Berggren probably mixed some of the
medicine with the acid. which would
account for no burns on her lips or in
her mouth. these burns being Away;
present where carbolc acid alone is
swallowed
Or. w. D. McNally, chemist to the
coroner OF Cook county. received the
stomach OF the woman, the two bottles
OF medicine and the glass and spoon
from DR.. WI G .Sachse, Grundy county
coroner, acting at the instance of his
jury Analysis showed the only poison
was in the stomach. large quantity
of carbOlc acid being discovered
Neither bottle of medicine showed any
trace of poison As to the motive for
the suicide the verdict states nothing.
but those who have been in touch with
the case state that domestic unhappt.
ness was probably the motive, though
there were some indications that de.
spOndency over i'll health might have
been a contributing factor as Mrs.
Berggren had been in rather ner
yous condition and unable to sleep
soundly for a few weeks prior to her
death.
In addition to Coroner Sachse's in.
vestigations, States Attorney Frank
l.. Flood has worked on the case in
two instances-onCc when he Ques
toned the wOman's husband and his
sister.in-law. Mrs Ruby Berggren, and
also on last Saturday when both he
and the coroner quiZzed Mrs, Berg
green's parents and her sister, Miss
Amanda Sampson,