St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-12
DID PARTICLE SUICIDE
Sensational Advertisement
for the Winston Opera !.
Company.
Hartello's Apparent p-amatic
Farewell to This
Life.
Letters Charging His Wife
With Being Unfaithful to
Him.
The Police Throw Doubt on
the Case as Being Sui
eide.

At II o'clock last night w. II. Walker,
who resides at 81 South Wabasha street.
found coat on the Wabasha street
bridge. He thought the owner had
with him. Letters in the pockets caused
him to bring the garment to police
head quarters, Chief Of Detectives Ma
son, as soon as he saw the letters.
gave a ready explanation. The coat be-
longed to Samuel S. Particle, who, Ma
son said, had consulted him day or so
ago, and wanted the police officials to
help him locate his wife. Particle was
positive in his assertions that resident
of the city named Mackubin had eloped
with his wife. He was informed by Ma
son that. while they would do every
thing possible, if he desired any arrests
he would have to secure warrant.
A memorandum book in the coat
pocket, the pages dated cOnsecutively
from July 10 10, charged that Mrs.
Particle had been rather intimate with
a man named Mackubin, The move
ments of the couple were given in detail
at least the various places
where they stopped on different
dates and the names under which
they registered were jotted down
in pencil. The facts which the hus-
band claimed TO have discovered, were
God's!" Heavenly father what should
| Dor' "Oh My Darling. God Forgive
Youw One of the pages had clipping
from the Albany Argus, which stated
that Pretty Nettie Hutchins had
gone to her ruin by running
away with an actor.' Following this
was the remark that the opinion of the
paper had come true. A letter in one
OF the pockets was addressed to Miss
May Burt, Winston Opera company and
on the back of the envelope was writ
ten, "Whoever finds this, please de-
liver with my blessing" just what the
contents of this letter was could not be
learned.
A letter evidently written but short
time previous to the finding of the coats
was addressed to his wife and had been
left unsealed. The letter read as fol-
lows:
My Darling Wife: / write you these lines
to let you know you are free. l cannot live
without you. You have broken my heart
Oh, my previous darling, you can never know
of all your faults with yearn
ing heart and undying loyalty,
Why did you treat me so cruelty? Did my
harsh conduct give you the right 10 not only
blacken your own fair name but dishonor
mine. which is and has been stainless so far?
For the sake of your and my darling little in
nocent baby be careful of your future. Your
unloyalty to me will come out again. can
not believe woman can be as false as
you treated. me when YOU gave me your
loving kisses and caresses. and then told and
made every one an outside confidant that
you hated me.
oh, my God forgive her deceitfnness and
falseness. She knew not what she did.
am going to do something to please you
at last, as have never did SO be
and lake wing to that home from which no
traveller returns. 1 have telegraphed youto
send your decision. You have kept. silent
and it gives me my signal to quit this
it; Good-py my owl. precious darling
l have prayed God to forgive you. as do,
for what you did. have all the facts in my
possession, and no one shall know. ! go TO
save you and give you freedom and happi-
ness. May yomr lot in life be a happier one,
as l have failed to teach you what was
only my duty to do. Kiss my baby, and say
when it grows up its papa was at least a
mother or brother aud explain away these
things. Reporters are now busy trying
to find out everything, and my last
breath is that your Albany people
Will uOG EuOW vi. MY udTlluS. i uate 10
part from YOU but Il am penniless and alone
Good bye, and my blessing on you. From
your dishonored but devoted husband.
/ Among the papers were copies of tel
egrams sent to Mrs. Nettie Particle, SIS
Hudson avenue, Albany, n. Y, one of
which. dated July 6, read:
Know and forgive ALL Must know your
intentions; means life to me. or death and
scandal to both. : SULLY.
A reply to one of the kilograms from
Mrs. Hutchins, dated Albany, July Z,
was to the effect that Nettie had not
reached Albany. Both Particle aud his
wife had been employed in the Winston
Opera company. Mrs. Particle being one
of the chorus singers.
Particle married his wife at Albany
about two years ago, ana has one child,
who is now with Mrs. Particles mother
in Albany. In conversation with sew
eral of his acquaintance Particle Sun
day threatened to end his life.
The public are inclined to the belief
that Particle did not suicide, but left the
letters and his coat on the bridge to
make things unpleasant for his wife.