Sarah Bacon Disappears

A few days since, it will be remembered, that Miss S.C. Bacon who kept a periodical depot in Fourth Street , opposite the Post Office, mysteriously disappeared. Last night, Mrssrts. O'Neill and Ironton, Oh., informed us that a young woman, answering her description, on Monday last, was in Terre Haute , Ind. , and took the cars to Paris , Ill and then the stage to Sulliva, Sullivan County, Illinois . She acted very strangely and exhibited symptoms of insanity.

After arriving at the hotel, she was questioned by the landlady as to her name, residence and., when she remarked that her name was Sarah O. Bacon, and that she was from Cincinnati . Shew was shortly after observed to talk a walk, and returning to the hotel, swooned away. She was provided with comfortable quarters and physicians called in, who stated that she had taken laudanum and it was impossible to save her. She died on the following day, Tuesday last.  A two ounce vial, labeled laudanum, was found in her possession. 

Cin. Com. Monday

Brooklyn Eagle Newspaper 11 Jan 1855 page two