The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-11-29
WICHITA TIE SCENE OF ANOTHER SUD.
DEN SUICIDE.
A Sad Case Of Unrsquitsd Lovs--A Beautiful
Girl Takes Hsr Own Life.

Another kad incident rpringing from unre-
Quilted love, involving the life of fair and
maybe innocent woman. has been exposed to
the gaze of the world; another sckening
tragedy resulting from the knowledge that a
hearts love met with no response from the
,ne idollzed. The sequel was the quenching
Of the vital flame by tender hand Suddenly
and releniiessly turned against its possesscr.
A lew minutes past II O'Clock on Monday the
iarlhng announcement was made upou the
streets that woman had suddenly died from
he effects Of poison. Inquiry led to the de-
velopment OF the following Supposed brief
| iacts: One Benjamin f. Nhitlock, a black
>miih from Illinois, where he left family, it
Gems, some months since rented Brsdley's
hop or Douglas Avenue. Whitlock is a
| young man about tbirty-two or three year,
I'D. of stout build. lie was accompanied by
young woman who passed as his wife. aud
Win whom he went TO housekeeping. Later
ne built neat little house on Topeka Avenue
soafh of First street. rbe next thing OF in
terest 10 the public wa. the announcement 4
he tragedy and the after deaoUsmsat. An al
ttclie OF this office, on his way 10 dinner
reached the house just al the moment of he
cath, when he secured The following letter
iritien by the deceased, which was directed
a rather scrawllng hand TO the man who i
morally responsible for her untinely death
u is without date, bat was written few mo
lnents before she TOOK the fatal poison. anu
'reathes spirit OF undying love aud eterna
-"nsiancy. Life was nothing without the re
iurn OF the love she had a,ished upon him
and now that another was coming to uSur;
ler place. it became burtnen too inloleraoe
t. be borne:
DAZZLING FRANK: will write you my last
letter Pet, don't grieye for me. | don I
Want to live. 1 hope You will enjoy yourself
With the one you love better You are man |
1 trusted; and all the man / loved. Write L.
my father and tell him that died Tor you |
Tell Nan that she can have ali my things. NJ, |
new suit will be done "Wednesday she ba, |
been so good to me. She KIN ws all my trouble |
Darling you went away this morning with GU
sing me good day. Telegraph 10 pa anu |
e VIII send for my remains. Ii he don't. |
irow me in the river. This shall be the lad |
zine shall write my name.
"MIsS SARAH TRUEBLooD.
"To her lover, B. F. Whitlock, Wichita, |
Kansas"
Eumor was busy adding speculation to Incl
dents and incentives TO known facts, which |
soon unrsvelled something OF Sarah Tru--
b ood's entauglca existence. She was but th,.
mistress and the lawful wife was expected dali, |
Ir'm Illinois. That very day Sarah True olocd |
was 10 leave the honse that had been her home. |
"Trip 10 Lawrence's drug store. after WHIT
lock had gone to WORK. tue purchase of twea-
'y-hve cents worth of s'ryohnine, the wIitine
Of the letter. and the fatal act, was but tn.
work of fe W moments. Her father lives il
Anderson, Indiana she was about seventeen
years old, OF roiuptuous, not 10 .ay sensuou-
mould, and passingly handsome. At this
writing we know little OF Whitlcck's antece-
dents. Some startling scraps of VIVA, are SAD
10 be hir history have teen told. He ssy
himself. we understand. that he picked up
Sarah when mere child, brought her up, ana
hat when he started west she followed Il
says further that he r letter WAS not true, iu
hat that be did not bid ner goodbye in ibe
noTnisg--that he kissed her at the door ard
ave her money 10 buy ribbons for her ha'.
We understand further that Wnitocs, but B.
ew days since, lost child by death, that wa
wing with its mother.
coroner Munger summoned, Monday
iierpoon the following gentlemen a, jury
" ;. Jenkins. L. l.. Curist, ;. l. Evans. dos
'ittengsr, X. Stephens and A. d. l5uchins-
AIN VITO. after several hours dehJeraliun
esierday and to-day, reBraed verdict las
1s deceased came 10 bor death by poison al
by her own haad A g0st mort. m
xsln nalion, conducted by Drs Ghiiehsrs
I'D Leonard assisted by Dr Oatley, deter
iaed substantially the same thing.
Another unioriInate, rasniy iniporEunste,
one 10 her deatn.'