St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-20
urt myself 10 see you again, as my heart

turt myself TO see you again, as my heart
sovercomes my head and makes me say anu
promise things which we both know are M
possibilities, unless we count on certain rlllil
in this world Up to my landing III TINS
country was an honorable man. Since then
| have been 81 dishonorable fool in my inter
course with you. Had 1 the sense to see the
drift of YOUR letters would have realIZeu
that YOU wished to put something to me and
make me understand that what we Wlsned
for could not be. On Saturday you were
straight and honorable and could not see IT,.
Since then you have given me the opportu,
nifty, over and over again, to say would
Withdraw my attentions and even last night
YOU were straight and true. In your presence
am unable to think of anything but your
self. can't look i'll any other direction. You
know and know, we'll that any ceremony
that we might go through as marriage Woulu
be illegal, either here or at home. what IS
the use, then. of putting ourselves in a more
equIvocal position than at present? There is
some arrangement, you tell me, at prcsent
with your friend in Montreal for your going
home again. Be so. He is a man of true
thought, and feel myself. compared to him,
a worm. have thought myself sincere (God
help me. where is the sincerityy 1 have no
right TO address you. you are SO superior TO
thing else. keep thinking from your hay
ing IN. letters all tied up that you had made
up your mind to do this, and intended it
should be so. Forget me, Pollie Wipe me.
out as not worthy TO tie your shoes. 1t feel
arain, but shall look upon it as an
honor to be able TO do anything
can for you at any time, if you wish it. !
know deserve shooting for the crime of
tsifinc. but God knows it has been without
thought of being so, and yet can see ROW
what have done. can also see that after
m. vacillating conduct of yesterday you
could not respect me as a man OF moral cour-
age, and as one you could look up TO. IhlS
olf 3 ~ L,x-r
wrong. Forgive me if you can. but our lov-
ing intercourse shall cease, and then perhaps
you will be able to look up to the man whom
l feel have wronged horribly. Punishment
will overtake me. ana / deserve it and shall
not try to run away from it. You asked me
for your letters, which have, during the last
three months, b,oIght comfort to me
can't describe, and am in honor bound TO
comply with your request. nave not
slept all night; am sick, and don't know
what to do. dare not see you. Break this
Off for Gods sake and our own happiness.
What we proposed to do would only bring
more Unhappiuess than we have ever ex-
perienced. l can't say more; but legally
marry we cannot, and the other way means
destruction to ourselves and our children,
whatever we may think when talking to one
another. Goodbye! God bless YOU, my
darling still! Your own loving FRED.
Some Toronto gentlemen who have
known Barber for year past, and who
came to the bridge after the suicide,
thought hinr widower. but Coroner
Cornell understands that he had wife
living in England. This view is con-
sistent with the foregoing letter. which
was not mailed, and it is believed that
his remorse over being lured into mar
riage with the Hill woman impeled
him to suicide. Tile Hill woman has
disappeared, and no one at the Bridge
knows anything about her.
The woman whom Frederick Barber
married on Wednesday, but two days
before he killed himself. and who gave
her name as Mary Pattison Hill, turns
out to be identical with a dissolute
woman of Toronto, Ont, known as
Polly Bredin. She has been, for Eve
years past, living in various houses.
There can be no doubt that it was the
discovery of the disgraceful connection
he had unwittingly formed that drove
Barber to suicide. Polly Bredin is hand
some and well educated, and contrived
to thoroughly dnpe Barber. Her iden
tity was discovered owing to her claim
ing the body OF her alleged husband.