The morning call., 1893-07-16
LOVE AND SUICIDE.
A. l. Stone Ends His Life
in Despair.
HIS HEARTLESS WIDOW.
A Happy Alameda Home Wrecked
by a Mans Weakness and
WOman's Infidelity.
On slab in the Morgue lies the body of


A. l.. Stone
In pretty Oakland cottage lives Mrs.
Wnterwood, and, deserted as she has been
by her husband and robbed of her child.
her life seems indeed a sad one.
In a fiat at AT Jones street dwell Mrs.
Stone and Edgar Wiltermood and his
child, and though they have been the in
direct cause of Stones suicide and the di-
rect cause of Mrs. Wiltermood's sorrow.
they seemed last night as unconceIned as
though nothing at all Of interest 10 them
had tranSpired.
Shortly before 10 O'Clock last night
Stone staggered into the New ork Saloon
on the Barbary Coast, and. calling for
glass of water, murmured something about
poison and fell to the floor.
At first he was thought to be drunk, but
a hasty examination proved to the con-
trary, so a policeman was called. the
patrol wagon summoned and the man
conveyed to the Receiving Hospital.
There it was discovered he was suffering
from The effects of large dose OF NOR
phine, and Drs. Somers, Simpson ana
Samuels Immediately set to work upon him.
Their efforts avaied them naught, how
ever, for Stone was never brought out Oh
the unconscious state in which he was
when he reached the hospital, and ten
minutes after his arrival he expired
That he had deli berately taken his LIE
and what the causes were that led up TO
the act letters which were found In his
possession readily showed.
They were written upon sheets of paper
torn from d notebook, and, Judging from
the date upon one of them. Stone must
have contemplated suicide several days
ago.
1t was dated July -, and read:
"ro whom it may concern-l am going to
take my life. | do not want to live. My
wife, who lives at All Jones street. ca tell
whv. as she is the cause of it, but | for
give" Here the note ended abruptly, not
even a signature being attached. In all
prOba bility Stone, before he reached the
conclusion, made up his mind that life was
still worth living and abandoned the self
destruction plan.
Another note found uuon him was ad-
dressed to Mrs. Edgar Wilterwood and
showed plainly that Stone had been work
ing in conjunction with the Oakland
woman TO put an end to an Illicit cOurtship
which he believed was being carried on in
the Jones' street flats.
Its contents are:
SAN FRANCISCO. Jniy TO- 1898
Mrs WilterWOOd-DEAR MADAM: | write
you these few lines In regard TO what we were
talking about a short time ago.
the whereabouts OF your husband and my wife
and your little boy
spent over an hour at their place of busi-
ness today.
found them absent yesterday. but was ad-
mitied 10 her royal highness' presence to-day.
This was all contained on the first page
of the letter, but on the reverse side the
following was found
Husband rig little boy and wife. They are at
All Jones street Il nclOse a card. | have
he Sinpn
was there sunday and again today.
am satisfied that they are keeping fast
house. saw three or four visitors and over
heard their mode of treatment.
1T Is nothing more thsn {. mouse OF III fame.
She explained after gave her little encour-
agement, her method OF Treatment.
she don't deny the character Of her house.
promised not TO molest them, so as TO give
you time TO act.
of Oakland ana swear out warrant against
her for abduction; then we will prove the char
acter of tie house.
The card referred to was found envel-
oped in the note. and simply contained
the address of the alleged guilty pair.
The incidents which eventually led to
Stones death and the destruction of the
Wilterm0Od home are what now might be
termed commonplace, and they go to make
up the oft-told tale Of mans infdelity and
woman's weakness.
Until a few months ago there was no
Edgar Wilterwood, when he met Mrs.
Stone. or Belle Thorne as she styles her
SELF and fell
He seemed infatuated with the woman
and could hardly be dragged from her
presence. Finally one day he and his
three-year-o!d boy started fer walk.
Neither has been seen in Oakland since
While all this has happening across the
bay, Stone, in an Interior town. was hard
at work washing Dishes for that WAS his
occupation. and sending his money to his
wife.
Finally, tiring of life in the country. he
started for home, expecting 10 find a
happy wife with outstretched arms at the
door to meet him. He did not, however.
Instead. he found ''To Let" sign on the
huilding and received the Information that
bis wife had lett him.
After a search of several months he
finally succeeded in locating her at the
.Iones-street place. and there he called
about six DAYS and tired to induce her to
return to him. She refused to do so. and
this refusal, IL is thought. finally led up to
the suicide.
Mrs. Wiltermood it seems, was more
prieyed over the loss of her child than her
husband, and IL is for the boy that she has
been seaching.
Through the kindness of Stone she
finally located him and then commenced
of her boy.
While Stone may have been greatly
abused man it is very evident that he has
not led bameless life. During his trips
into the interior he whied away his
spare moments by planning elopements
with other peoples wives, and twice has
landed in jail in consequence, once IN
Rocklin and the other time in Kings City.
His family resides in Oakland, where sew
eral mem bers of it have gained much
notorietv through their love affairs and
esca pades.
When Mrs. Stone. who is now engaged
in conducting a vgpor-bath establishment,
was told of her husbands death she
seemed Quite unconcerned and remarked.
'Oh. he can 60 TO the devil if he wants
! don't care"
She refused to say anything further uD-
til a policeman appeared upon the scene.
| Then she admitted that she and Wilter-
wood had been living on Jones street as
hus band and wife for several weeks. That
she had formerly been married to W. p.
| Sprowl of Merced, and that her family
resided in that place.
Willerm0od, who was present, refused
| to make any statement other than that
"any time his wife came after the little
brat she could have him"
AM IuDODTANT DECISION