Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....STERLING, HELEN MAY January 6, 1915
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Gladwin County Record dated 01-07/1915 Column - 5 Page - 1
JEALOUSY CAUSED GIRL TO COMMIT SUICIDE
 
BEAVERTON GIRL SWALLOWS CARBOLIC ACID WHILE DRIVING WITH GENTLEMAN FRIEND.

   Helen Sterling, 17-year-old girl of Beaverton, met her death Wednesday 
morning at 12:30 from a dose of carbolic acid administered by her own hand 
while cutter riding the night before accompanied by a young man whom she had 
been keeping company with. They had been to Gladwin and during the evening 
made a visit to the office of the Farmers' Home, where the girl visited while 
the young man was making the rounds of the city. 
   On the way to Beaverton she opened a bottle, drained the contents, and 
exclaimed, "See what I have done!" They were on the road several miles from 
the city, and the young man spurred on the horse and made a quick trip to 
Beaverton, where the girl was staying at Lee Perry's and going to school. She 
had become unconscious in the cutter on the way home, and was carried to her 
room when they reached the house. Doctors Pierce, Sturge and Tiffany were 
called, but it was too late for remedies to be of avail. The deadly drug had 
done its work, and life soon became extinct.
   The girl was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sterling of Billings, who were 
notified and came at once, being very much grieved. An inquest was held before 
Coroner Pierce Wednesday morning. Prosecuting Attorney Shaffer and Sheriff 
Sisco being in attendance. The evidence disclosed the above facts, and 
jealousy appeared to have been the cause of the rash act. A verdict of 
intentional suicide was rendered. 

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