The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-06-01
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James Is. Field Writes the II ssra,S and His
wife from Palestine tina 4 He Means to

"CrOak.
The HERALD's last nj <s.t's mail brought
the following startling Ieuter, which is gwen
word for word;
To the Editor of the Eernla..
PALEsrISe' y. Jay %, 1sS2-Will you
please publish this in your paper for the
beneht OF ID 8 wife who lives in your
Town. / le' her and my children last Sat
urday W. $50, but have not VIII en- ncr
line we &, q d never will, for when ohls
s rrave E'u i will vii b be sEs tn n %s
and aeath is preferable. God knows that
l loved my w,ie and children, but
ia led TO make them a comfortable tivlng
.fter six years brrd work. i never was
man thai drank to excess or setnt my
money foolishly. My wife grew cold TO me
and would quarrel with me aud blamed
me of s0i mSy Of things 'nai Is h s"i
to leave my csaildren behind. bat l leave
them in the hands of the Lord, | have
Only one request TO make of my wife, and
that is to forgive the woman she was
Iiiealous Of for she viii know
who / mesl. | do not care 20 have the
iady's name published, as she is innocent
lof the charge. God in hsayen knows
Ithat | never said an indecent word
n to the woman in my lie
\ or she to me. / further request my wife
to let mw child go to see her (the lady9
whenever she wants to 20. Ny wife was
lying in hons.. one ss5 Eou 81 street Mgs;
when left. May God ever bless and pro
tpct her and my darling little. children
Hoping that you will PUBLISH this, ana
sir, yours in DEATH Il will write a
few Zines to my wife and enclose i'll yeur
letter. Respectfully,
JAS. B. FIE5sD.
observation-disclosures send The ,elter enclosed
teSmy wife, No 2O5 Houston street,
u HERALD reporter looked for the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Fled, outbound that She had
moved, and not findinsher, the letter to
hcr is given below;
P4LEsrINE Texas, May TIC 2Sd, 1sS2-Mrs Kitty
Fields.
4 My DEAR WIFE-I will write you few
Zines tor the last time in this Ii Kitty,
iCeft YOU with the inteIyt,on OF never return
iing again, but left You under the impression
Y nv undertaking weuid have returned. l
4 failed in that, aud will never return to
( YOU alive. Kitty, forgive me If YOU can, for
NJ am resolved to take my own
life. My remains will never be
found, as 1 have guarded against that;
So there is no use in trying TO hhd them;
Try and forget ii you can, every hard word
ever said to you. KITTY will you grant me
one favor; it will he the last will ever
make of YOU. wish you To forgive Mrs
NJ. of all God knows she j. innocent. Do
not let Mollie have Matte if you give her
away. make one more o IeqW,,riIi. WI!
liam Clark, in Fort Worth, where y,u can
have a home, but if you q All rather
live in Dallas let it be so. Write TO my
cousin in Hearne, Texas. | haze writteh
him letter aud asked him TO help YOU to
get good home. His name is one never
mentioned ,I to you no in ian ii ier va me
Write 10 Frank Cook at ntsrne, Texas
May GOD bless and protect you and our
dear children is the prayer OF yeur husband
in death.
Kitty, do not grieve after me; but try
and raise the children up 10 do what is right
to every one, and to be loved %! every one
God will help Seu if you only will try to do
your part Keep in your brexst the secret
you know of one that was the sting Of my
life | do not want any one to suffrr Tor
anything at all. will bid you good bye
for the / ist time in life; and remember II IS
my dying wish 10 write to my cousin,
Frank Cook. Good bye-kiss the children
for me. May my G,d bless you and my
children Your Husband ~ Death.
JAMES b FIELDS.
Owing to the lateness of the hour bu lit
tie could be learned concerning the threat
ened suicide. lie left a lew weeks since in
a bad humor TO look tor sorR. IL may be
that he has failed TO carry out his threat TO
take his own lite, yet tn raa n"rites IF
Palestine will no doubt IN
spect the grounds surrounding
that place. They did not, 50 tar rs Can be
learned, live happily together As Mrs
Field was not found, The MIS-. NJ re-
| fe red to in his letter has nota~ yet been dis
covered, yet TODAY may develop more facts
concerning the affair.