WAITED FOR POISON TO ACT. ~ Woman Tells How it Feels to Expect to Die.

November 6, 1907

WAITED FOR POISON TO ACT.
Woman Tells How it Feels to Expect to Die.

Mrs. Ora Shugart, the young woman who attempted suicide by taking cloroform yesterday at the Sexton hotel, was removed from the emergency hospital this morning to the home of her grandmother, Mrs. H. A. Snyder, at 2010 East Seventh street. She will recover.

Mrs. Shugart and a man giving the name of M. L. Wells registered at the Sexton hotel as husband and wife last Monday night. She was found unconscious in her room yesterday afternoon.

"Wells was jealous of another friend of mine," Mrs. Shugart said this morning, "and he threatened to kill me. He left the room saying he was going after a revolver. I thought I would kill myself before he had a chance to do so.

"I sent a bellboy out for an ounce of chloroform, saying I wished to use it to clean my kid gloves.

"After I took the poison I combed my hair, polished my finger nails and stood around and waited to see what it was going to do. I took the poison about 10:30 o'clock; it was about noon when I became unconscious."

Mrs. Shugart hadn't heard from Wells this morning.