The morning call., 1893-08-24

out you. leaving you to be here
alone without any money. They viii
IS over firmly believe we shall be happy 10 10
gether IN some other life. Be good. Be tht
geaI, pure woman you now are love my
darling wife-how much you never can know
! You know my who'll heart, you know that
My life is simply ended. 1t has been one END
less chain OF rough places. opposltlOhs ana re-
gretS. Strive as / may have been uhaDe 70
remedy fate. for i think that is What IL IS
You alone have filled the void IN my ne ana
| everything has been against my making you
| happy. The Masonic fraternity VIII see tnd,
am properly buried and see that you want 10l
nothing Mr. Whitaker. l think, VIII no
tify one OF the lodges here. Don't Dr
| proud accept their aid. You VIII pc aDle to
| pay II back a thousand times out OF the estate
| which have left you by Will, ana hefeOy
again declare it TO be my VIII that you tah c
| everything | possess. Do not Judge me nafsnly.
| You VIII see il is best IN he end. Ihe struggle
has been terrible and IL has required great Will
power TO bring me TO the polnt. You, My sweet
| vile are the only tie l have had for a long
| time binding me to tins lie. i wish we could
cross The dark river together, but II IS not best
If there is any way in that mystic region by
which spirits can watch over and protect their
| dear ones here / shall do my best
TO protect and guide you. My heart
is breaking. darling, at the thought OF
! leaving you. But there is nothing else TO do.
/ b tier leave you this way where you can have
friends than leave you here pennieSs while
! 20 TO Chicago. | could not b ar the parting.
! Ii would put me In the madhOuse Oh. my dar-
/ ling my life, my all. with my last breath as.
sure You of my iove-changeless. eternal.
YOUR HUSBAND.
| tn .Toh, f. Crapford: Your backmal did moi
work l shall end my life to-day with curse
! for Won at the last breath. | have written to a
| relative who will just as certainly Kill you and
your co-cOnspiratorS as that you are the cur
you are. PARKER.
! TO chief of Police: For Gods sake do what
| YOU can for my wife toward getting pass for
! her 10 New York. l am not guilty and cannot
stand The strain. Money expected TODAY did
! moi r w
am not guilty Of the charge Crawford made
against me.
The hotel men were appealed to In Mrs.
Parker'S behalf in the following epistles
Southern Hotel. Chicago, H.: Please be a
little leni-nI with my wife and allow her 10
take a few of her personal eff cts out of the
house. You VIII doubtless hear of my fate be
fore this reaches you. Our families are rich
and will handsomely reward you for any favor
shown her. NOuSs truly, r. w. PARKER.
Grand Hotel: Please be a little lenieut
with my wife aud allow her TO take her personal
effects cut OF the hotel. Our families are rich
and Will literally repay any fayorS shown her.
l am not guilty OF the charge made against me,
but cannot stand the publicity hat Will be
necessary and the humiliation to nv family
hearing OF II. r. w. PARKER.
LEY: For GODS sake do what you can for my
wife. Try and get her a pass TO New York.
Yours in trouble. PARKER.
While Parker, with firm hand. was
writing these farewell letters, his wife
went twice from the room, and on her re-
turn the second time she was accompanied
by Mr.. Pearley.
Parker had a few DAYS before gone to
Pearley, and told him that he bad a letter
of introduction 10 him from a mutual
friend in Salt Lake City. but that he had
lost il. He said he had come here with
the intention of going into the stock bust
ness, and was waiting for remittanceS
from New York. he asked for TEN pOra-
81 50.
When Pearley entered the room with
Mrs. Parker. Parker had finished and ad-
dressed his letters He told Pearley of
his arrest, and said 1t was nothing but a
blackmailng scheme and he was gaing al
once 10 Chicago to face il. Meantime be
was in trouble about his wife. as he had
no money TO pay her fare to Chicago, and
he asked Pearley to come to his assistance.
Pearey. while expressing his sympathy
for him, told him that he was not in a pO-
siton TO help him.
His wife had stepped into their bed
room, and Parker rose quickly from
Pearley's side. stepped into the bedroom.
threw his arms around her neck ana pas
siOnaiely kissed her over and over again.
While in this position. and while Detec-
tive Whitaker was standing in The
threshold of the bedroom, Parker quick
temple and fired.
Ihe scene that followed battles descrip-
tion. With groan Parker sank TO the
floor from his wife's arms, while with
agonized shrieks she threw herself beside
the PROSTATE body of her husband and
covered his lips with kisses, calling upon
him to speak to her.
The detective and Pearley were stag
gered for an instant. and while the latter
in the kindest way possible endeayoIed to
comfort the stricken woman the former
summoned Dr.. Rodgers, who was quickly
IN attendance. He ordered that the dying
man should be taken to the Receiving
Hospital and the patrol wagon was SUM
moned. Five minutes after arriving at the
hospital poor Parker breathed his last and
the body was removed to the Morgue.
Mrs Parker followed the patrol wagon
in few minutes. When she reached the
hospital she asked DR.. Somers if her hus-
band was likely to get better. The doctor
replied that there was no chance Of that
taking place. SIS he dead?" she asked in
an awe-stricken voice. The doctor nodded
his head and she dropped in adead faint.
On recovering she was in such state of
nervous hysteria that she was given in
charge OK the matron and put to bed, where
she lay moaning and crying as if her heart
would break
About 9 o'clock last night she was seen
al the hospital by CALL reporter, when
she had become somewhat composed. She
is petite and of prepossessing appearance
and gave evidence of being lady of cul-
ture and refinement. At first she did not
care to talk. but gradually, between heart
breaking sObs, told her story.
For reasons best known to myself" she
said, u prefer not to say who my hu.-
bands parents were, only his father is a
minister and is very wealthy. For the
same reasons l will not say what nv
maiden name was. belong to New York
and was an actress there when we were
married two years ago.
My poor husbandw she sobbed out.
what life of trouble and worry and
vexation he has had. No one will ever
know what he has been made to suffer.
He told me last night that rather than
leave me pennless and alone mere he wonld
take his OVID life. l implored him pot m
think OF such thing, saying thataIl wonId
be well, and got him to promise not to do
it. As he never told me a lie in his lite
believed in his word and never thought of
telling any one what he had threatened
to do.
This was all blackmailng scheme of
this man Crawford, who is one of those
men who are only solicitors in name. He
has been aided by Judge A. p. Ballard of
Salt Lake City, and on the heads of these
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