The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-27

ing her absence to q couple of hours.
She was gone over five, and when cate
chized by him as to whore she had been,
lied so terribly and made such queer
statements that he, who was already
partly possessed of the confession she
had made to him, distrusted her. broke
open her desk and found therein letters
from Davenp) rt, an actor in travelling
lyceum company, mems. about Her
bert Kelley and information concern
ing two married men, R. a. Romer and
Isaac Brown, which almost drove the
poor man crazy. He accused her on
her return to the house of her bad con
duct, forbade her going out AGAIN and
undertook to detain her forcibly. This
she resented.
ACT SECOND.
"Mr. Marsden strove once to hold her
when she was going to leave, and called
upon his body servant to aid him. Size
tore her fathers beard and beat him
about the face until he released her,
and then she fed across the street to
the home of the girl who had been her
companion in evil ways. MIR. Marsden
went after her and begged her to return
home, but she scoffed at him and
charged that he had insulted and
grossly abused her. l returned from
Philadelphia and the unhappy girl dis
appeared. Mr.. MaTsden sent her 500
and found her again She stood above
him on the steps as he implored her to
| come home but she swore at him. This
conduct broke his heart. He breathed
vengeance against Brown and Romer,
whom he blamed largely for her bad
| conduct, and armed with q revolver, he
sought but never found them. They
avoided him. 1t was while he was
searching for them that he made me
promise to tell the true cause of his
misery or any mishap that might be-
fall him. He made new will, wherein
he cut offhis heartless child. and com
PEELED me to promise that would never
take her back again. Then he grew
morose end said he did not eat five
meals in the whole six weeks. and he
began TO talk of insanity and that he
would either die speedily or end his
days in an asylum. He was low
spirited and very unhappy and he took
his meals upon the third floor"
LAST ACT OF THE DRAMA.
"This went on until last evening,
when he sat in his study up here, and
about Z O'Clock babe me good night,
urging that We all should retire to rest,
and if possible enjoy a long nights
sleep. He kissed me good night, and l
left him here smoking his meerschaum
pipe. Then went down stairs. Will
lam, his servant, saw him after 9
o'clock, still smoking, and he told Will
lam not to call him until noon, or even
later. L want to have good long
sleep if cam were his last words,
never saw him again but once in life.
He came to my door on the floor below
and asked me for bromide mixture,
which he had taken for a couple of
years whenever he was overworked.
gave it to him. He kissed me again
good night, and after he went looked
at my watch and found it was IL %
p. N. We passed through the night. |
Morning came. The girl went up stairs |
about IL a. m, and said that she |
smelied gas. William brCuPht me two |
letters for Mr.. Msrsden. which l took |
up to his study. and there l found the
following letter:
MAY Is, 1888.
"MY DARLING WIFE:
when you read this shall have found |
rest or yassed from the movable to the |
unknowable. l have always claimed that |
no man can be held bound 10 any contract |
TO which he is not party, and nature is |
simply impairment when 1t demands man |
should go and endure when he feels that |
life has no future for him Although l |
have no doubt about m yseli, yet l feel GER |
tain that 1 have no right to take the life OF |
any more; but God knows 1t has been very |
closely. You know the terrible confession |
you made to DR.. J W. Ranney about girl |
and man; you know how l searched, found |
letters, mems, marked books, cyphers and |
enough matter to implicate many people. |
/ can keep it off my mind moment, feel |
that work is gCne. and without life without |
work simply StagnRtion.
ooh! 1 know how hard this will hit you
in the morning, but be brave and stearn.
"Good bye my Darling
FIRED MARsDEN
"You know her statement in the country !
and what she has said here Now dying
man doesn't dare to lie, and l Oh my I'm
mortal soul swear both her statements to be
infamous lies.
ON THE BACK.
"11PM.
"OH MY DAZZLING:
THE hour Is rapidly approaching and as
you are sleeping SO calmly l am preparing
TO make q nnaI departure.
Good by again
land with
"deep love
FIRED MARSDEN."
The letter was incoherent in the mid
die, but the references to the girl and
the man and the confession are ex-
planned by Mrs. Marsden's statement
given above.
THE FATAL TRovE.
II only read the first sentence. I have
never read any more. cannot read
it," Poor Mrs. Msrsden's fortltude left
her and she wept. When she recov-
cred she centinued:-"I summoned
William and babe him call his master.
He knocked at the door. No answer.
He listened at the keyhole. Could hear
nothing. He stopped to look In and
could not see. Then gathering all his
strength for the effort he burst the door
wide open. The room was full of gas.
The man hesitated, but when he entered