The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-13
An ERRING SISTERS SHAME
Deserted by Her FaithIeSS Lover, She
Could Do Naught but Die.

Investigation by the Coroner of the
Death at the Commercial Hotel, At
lanta-A Letter Written by Miss
Singleton Before She Swallowed the
Fatal Drug-M. t. Whitlock, Vet
Urinary Surgeon, Her Betrayer.
Atlanta, Ca, Sept. lathe investiga-
ton by the coroner to-day of the suicide
If Miss Alice Singleton, the young woman
who killed herself at the Commercial
Hotel last night by taking laudanum,
brought out some facts that make the
tragedy a sensational one. 1t seems the
Young woman was jealous of her sister,
who had won the affections of the man in
the case.
written by the girl to her mother,
which gives in detail all
the facts leading to her suicide
and naming her paramour, but he re-
fuses to give the contents of the letter to
the press, although it is regularly in evil
dence Miss Singletons brother has been
here all day attending to the inquest, and
tonight accompanied the body of his I'M
fortunate sister to her late home in
Norcross.
Miss Singleton had been working in
Atlanta as a seamstress. While here she
fell in with the man who deceived her.
She went back to her home, and lately
She learned that her younger sister
was corresponding with the same
man. Last Tuesday her sister
came to Atlanta and the dead girl fol-
lowed her, hoping TO surprise her and the
man together Yesterday she came to
Atlanta on the same mission. She had
heard that the two were at the Windsor
house and went there after them, but did
not find them. She also sought them at
. in, DO no ion
bought the drug and went to the Com
mercial house to take it. Before taking
the poison she wrote a note addressed
to Bob Jones. livery stableman.
This note was to be handed by
him to MT. Whitlock, a vetinary surgeon.
A former letter addressed to Whltlock
had failed to bring him to her side and
this one was sent to Mr.. Jones to make
sure that he would get it. This, however,
failed also, and then the
poor girl took the lauanum and sank back
upon her bed to die. Whitlock, who was
a witness before the coroner's jury, test
fed that he had received both letters.
The second one was handed him by Jones,
who testified that he did not know the
girl and begged Whitlock to come to see
her before she died The girl declared
her undying love for Whitlock and wanted
to see him.
This note was read at the inquest.
Whitlock declared that the girls charac-
was good so far as he knew. He is mar
ried man. He met her three months ago,
he said, at East Lake, suburban resort.
Whitlock, who is the man who killed
Neal Bedding, a horsemau, in an Alabama
street saloon and was pardoned out of the
penitentiary because he appeared to be
dying, is highly indignant at the sus-
picion against him. He was sent for to
appear before the coroner's jury a second
ina oct or fhaV h1It a mi
out of the city on business. 1t was said
at his office he would not be back until
night. Whoever the man in the case is,
the girl met him on the street yesterday
and quarrelled with him. The quarrel
was about her sister, and when they separ-
ated it was evident the man had cast her
off.
The coroner's Jury, late this afternoon,
returned verdict of suicide in the case
OF Miss Sarah Singleton, and recommend
ed further investigation by the grand
jury. IL was decided to give the letter,
written by the unfortunate girl to her
mother to the public, and thus set at rest
the many sensational rumors that have
been afioat concerning the case to-day.
This letter corroborates the accounts
already sent out, showing that the girl
killed herself because she was jealous OF
her younger sister. 1t also establishes
the identity of the man who betrayed her
and whose desertion of her for her sister
was the cause of suicide. This man is M.
7. Whitlock
After telling her mother that her sister
Eve was at the Gate City hotel with
Whitlock Miss Singleton wrote: "He is
married man with one child and has been
married eighteen years. You need not
bury me. Times are too hard. Eve and
Whitlock have got big times planned.
Don't let her come to Atlanta any more.
Keep your girls at home" She says she
and Whitlock lived together as
man and wife for three months.
Il loved that man better than
anything on earth. l knew
he was married all the time, but could
not help it, Tell Eve l forgive her" OF
her visit to Atlanta the letter is most
sensational. ~ came to Atlanta to-day
to kill Whitlock and Their myself, but one
suicide will do. ] have two bottles of
laudanum. l will take them. AS am
bound for hell, take my advice and live
Tor God and none other. lived Chris
tlan life for nine years" When made
acquainted with the contents of the let
ter, Whitiock was greatly affected. He
evidently thought he had had narrow
escape with his life 1t was good
thing l did not go TO see her when she
wrote these notes" he remarked, but
would not discuss the affair The girls
body was taken to her old home in Nor
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