The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-08

see me or write. Anything is better than this
suspense. Yours TRUIY
am not working this week, as perhaps you
know, and will be home all the week except
Iuesday-to-mOrrow.
THURSDAY, December %.
Dear Mugsie: Why did you not come down
as you said you would? What was the matter?
some other engagement more important, 1
guess. Was it? Who was she, Harry, or was
IL she? What is -? Now, l don't mean
any OF that dear. L am ashamed OF myself for
thinking such thing. for l know it is not true.
is IL, dear? Forgive me for the thought.
WON'T you darling? But / needed you so badly
yesterday and to-day, and when you did not
Goibe al all you cannot imagine how miserable
leli' Tor began 10 imagine all sorts OF hOrri-
ole things that could possibly happen. 1 do
"iSh' marry, when you cannot keep an engage.
hent mat you would write and let me know,
Iof by doing 50 you Will keep lot Of worry of
the mind Of one who loves you devotedly. Your
own Teury
Harry G. Poole's mother, Mrs. New
lands, told the story of her sons acquain-
rance with Miss Shattuck and the receipt
OF the note that lured the young man to
his death.
have never seen Mrs. Shattuck, my
sons murderess. but her daughter Truly l
know well. She has been at my house sew
eral times L knew she was trying to get
MIN TO marry her. but as he has been sick
Ior I'VE months | always advised him not
10 marry l have told him also not go too
lar with Miss Shattuck for he might get
Into trouble.
This morning he got up about O'Clock
and ate his breakfast 1t was lust 1910
when the dOor-bell rang. Harry answered
ii, i. was maSsapuar NTH pota
from Truly. The boy, after delivering the
note said to my son, Now, be sure and 90,
Tor the lady is dying / heard this and
said to Harry, that is very strange, she
was all right when you were there yester-
day. Harry was dressing to go to the
doctors office, which he did every morn
ing, and handing the note to me to read,
he said. will 60 down on my way to the
doctors office and will persuade Mrs.
Shattuck TO let Truly stay here
II will tell her that the advance of Sc
per week with Sinbad will not pay her
extra expenses. 1 told him to go, but not
to neglect going to the doctors office. He
was boy that never in his life carried
revolver. His disposition was the most
Jovial. He was never tired of having fun,
and when he left me this morning he was
In the best of spirits, for he felt sure of
his success in getting Mrs. Shattuck's con-
sent to let Miss Shattuck remain here.
Truly has told me that she did not want
to go away. but that her mother thought
she could make more money with "Sin bad"
than 10 remain in her position at the Tivoli.
"Of course l am his mother. and you
can't say that [ will say nothing wrong of
my boy. but l do not believe that Harry
ever wronged Miss Shattuck. l know my
boy better than any one else. know he
has been sick for five months. and almost
his every moment l know.
THE fact is that Mrs. Shattuck thought
that my boy would some day have some
money, and she was bound to have him
marry her daughter. L have heard that
the reason she shot him was because he
refused her point blank this morning when
she told him that he must marry her to-
day.
Il don't know who 1t was that told me,
for L am almost out of my head. but who
ever il was told me that Truly told him
that Harry had refused to marry her and
her mother had shot him. My poor boy
is dead, and oh, that woman ought TO
hang"
Miss Shattuck's name is Etrulia Bu-
charde. She Is the daughter of Mrs. Shat
tuck by a former husband. She adopted
the name of Shattuck shortly after her
mothers second marriage and ever since
then has been known by that name.
At the headquarters of the First Regi-
ment it was learned that Corporal Poole
had been as much Of favorite as Miss
Shattuck was at the Tivoli.
He was the life OF Company B." said
one of a group who were discussing the
tragedy.
"And a splendid good fellow every
where" said another.
For over two years he had been taking
care of his grsndfather-who is said to be
wealthy-who is confined to his bed with
rheumatism. From him presumably Poole
derived all his income. as he had no other
occupation. Recently the young mans
account had been considerably depleted
by heavy doctors bill which be had to
meet for an operation performed upon
himself. This may explain the compare
tive meagerness of his expenditures on
Truly's account.