Ormsby-Carson County NV Archives Obituaries.....Lampman, May Ella August 26, 1888
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Daily Nevada State Journal August 29, 1888
Suicide of a Young Girl

She takes a Fatal Dose of Laudanum to Frighten her Mother, Who had Reproved Her
Last Saturday night Miss May Ella Lampman, a sixteen-year-old girl, living on
the Phillips’ ranch, near Carson, committed suicide by taking a dose of
laudanum.  The Carson Tribune, of Monday evening says: During Saturday afternoon
Miss Lampmann asked leave of her mother to accompany some lady friends to Shaws’
Springs, agreeing to be home by 5 o’clock.  Permission was granted.  It seems
that she did not return home until near 8 o’clock, and had been escorted home by
Curtis Wright.  The mother appears to have been a little annoyed at her failure
to arrive at the appointed time and was on the lookout, and on her arrival spoke
a little sharply and told her to go into the house quickly, accelerating her
speed into the house with a slight push.  Shortly afterward the girl told her
mother she had swallowed a dose of laudanum, and that she (her mother) would not
have another opportunity of upbraiding her before a young gentleman.  The mother
paid no attention to the remark thinking it merely a foolish threat calculated
to scare her.  Later on the girl became acting strange and flighty, stating that
there was a man dressed in black after her with a knife, and then fell on the
bed in a stupefied condition.  The mother then came to a realizing sense that
her daughter had swallowed the fatal draught.

Two physicians were called to the girl’s assistance, but too late to save her
life, as the poison had been absorbed and had spread through her whole system. 
The doctors did all in their power to save the girl, but she died about 4
o’clock Sunday morning.

When it was too late Miss Lampman told her mother she was sorry that she took
the drug.  She earnestly appealed to the physicians to save her life.  The
mother is almost heart-broken, but is not to blame by her friends and neighbors
for what she did.  Miss Lampman was born at Oakland, California.  Her father was
accidentally drowned in the Sacramento river thirteen years ago.  The girl was
very handsome and was highly esteemed by all who knew her.


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