Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-04-28

Oldbury, Eng, April 27-The Rev.
Jonathan Bell came from Blackheath
to Bradford fifteen months ago. His
pastorate embraced the three hamlets
of Blackheath, Rowley and Halesower.
Emma Hall, the young woman for
whose death in a Detroit inlying hos
pital the Rev. Mr.. Bell is said to be re-
spOnsible, was the daughter OF Jonn
Hall, day laborer employed in the
chemical works at Oldbury. Miss Hail
was engaged TO nurse the wife of the
Rev. Mr.. Bell, and when the latter re-
covered and visited her mother, Emma
remained with the family Emma
went to Leeds on October 27 last, and
wrote from that place on December q
to cousin, Joseph Hail. living at
Spark Brook, near Birmingham, as
follows:
Il am now sitting at very hard
task one that breaks my heart, to write
you a sad communication TO deliver to
my father and mother. | have sinned,
and God knows but one day, nay one
hour, before it was done, l could not
have believed should have given way.
l held out until every bit of strength
seemed gone. Ever since l have been
here have buoyed myself and my pa
rents up with thoughts of soon coming
home again; but l find it is not so.
First of all l left home pregnant.
know this sounds awful, but il is sadly.
rue, and when | left to come here it
was with the notion TO soon be rid OF
my trouble. l drew my first month S
salary and spent it in
STUFF TO PUT Me RIGHT;
but it failed, and the chemist finally
wrote me that he had done the utmost
the law would allow
Emma Halls parents received a let
eer from her on January 10, and heard
nothing else from her until the news oa
her death reached them.
The Hall family is in very poor cir
eumstances. The members live in a
small, neat, whitewashed cottage at
Blackheath. The mother is an honest,
industrious woman, but she is unable
to read or write. She says that Emma
was a good girl, was educated and was
always her favorite. The girl also
liked her home. Mrs. Hall is COM
pletely crushed at the news received
from Detroit
The Rev. Mr. Bell lived at Primrose
Villa, Blackheath His wife is a plain,
hard-worked woman with a shall child.
She said to-day:
Il don't know where my husband is.
He left here on Tuesday after seeing
the papers. l fear he has committed
suicide as he had no friends in Eng
land TO whom he could fly
Mrs. Bell also said that she did not
know what money her husband had
with him. She admitted he had
CONFESSED HIS GUILT
to her on Monday, and on Tuesday
she found in his desk a letter addressed
TO him at Boston. Mass, and coming
from Emma Hall. who wrote from
Leeds. Miss Hail. in this letter, said:
Dear Fricnd:-If you are still in
Boston you will have mine of the oath
telling what ! have done. Had | been
we'll there would have been no need
of it: but the doctor. who told me what
was the matter in a minute, vowed he
would write 10 my parents II l did not.
When I wrote my mother through my
cousin. Joe. your name never crossed
my lips. and never shall. l know l
have thrown them of the scent from
YOU altogether. / do not think now
that anybody will think of You In con-
uection with me unless IL is your wife;
but 7 hope not. feel sure YOU. until
now. have done the best for me; but
III YOU think / have forfeited every
right 20 your help and sympathy l am
sorry. You will never need TO lie or
fight a battle if my condition ever gets
known. You will never be betrayed
by me. Don't trouble to write to me
again. Don't. dear, be angry with me.
The part played with YOU was pleas
ant but il left a bitterness beyond en-
durance. We were both weak. l can
not look back without a shudder, but
l know the Lord has forgiven me. Do
exactly what you like; but come back
and do good with your work with fresh
help from on high. I will do my best
to get we'll and will be brave.
Yours ever,
EMMA"
MRS. BELL ALSO FOUND
in her husbands desk letter from
Mrs. Lane. who kept the lying-in hos
pital i'm which Emma Hall died 1t is