From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Oct. 7, 1911:

“A suicide for which there is no accounting, a death that brings sadness to a widowed mother, took place yesterday in Kansas City when Miss Olive Skeet of Lawrence took carbolic acid. A dispatch from Kansas City says: After asking for water and going behind a screen in the clothing store of D. E. Lauderback, 311 East 12th street, presumably to get water, Miss Skeet, a stenographer, about 26 years old, who roomed at 1121 Troost avenue, drank carbolic acid about 9 o’clock this morning. Then she screamed that she had taken poison and died. No motive for the deed is known. Miss Skeet was employed by the Upjohn Chemical company, 725 Wyandotte street, and was in good standing with them. She had remained at home yesterday, being ill, but had called her employer by telephone this morning, saying that she would report for work in a few moments. Instead, she went to the store on Twelfth street; there she met a friend who works in the store. Miss Skeet told her friend she had quit work and was going to visit her mother near Lawrence, Kan., a few days. Then she asked for the water…. A business card of the Lauderback Clothing Company in an envelope of the same firm was found on her dresser. On the back of the card was written: Dear Miss Skeet: Why did you not let me know you were sick? Call me and let me know how you feel. It was signed with initials, ‘D. E. L.’ Mr. Lauderback said he was acquainted with the young woman and had sent the note and a basket of fruit to her yesterday. He had not noticed her when she came to the store this morning, he said…. Relatives here are at a loss to give a reason for the death. Olive Skeet received her business training here at the Lawrence Business College and is said by her schoolmates to have been a very nice girl indeed. She was quite attractive and always was quiet in her behavior.”