The herald., 1895-07-21
Louisville, KY. and not Nashville, Tenn.


as stated.
Nor was this letter all that Mrs. Luck
had read Friday morning and handed to
her husband. as was positively said by
Mrs. Metcalf yesterday. The parts OF two
other missives we're also secured by the
detective. They are both from ths same e
person, who is evidently a travelling man,
Mrs. Luck having an apparent psnchant
for gentlemen of this vocation.
These notes are not complete. however,
as but few OF the scraps of paper could
oe secured. They are as follows:
WEDNESDAY, / a. m.. July 4. 1896.
Dear Lily: Your letter comes like a
ray Of sunshine - probably get away
tomorrow (Thursday)--- expect Il today.
tween 10 80 and IL come same place. May
] hope to see your NY permanent adj :
dress is Now York, but a letter win al.
ways reach me if addressed to 333 Forty.
irst street. Chicago, H. That is my
headquarters when in the west, and let.
tiers sent there will be forwarded me aoy-
whore. Sincerely, FRED.
Thursday. 6 pm.
Dear Lily: We leave at . pm. on Fri
ing? Yours hastily.
FRED.
.--th and Hill.
LUCK, SO Mrs. Metcalf asserts. read the
letters, so he learned all OF tho contents.
In them was proof tnat his wife had ar
ranged a liaison with Fred, but whether
or not.she kept it cannot be asserted.
When Detective Goodman entered the
room in which the tragedy had been en-
octed, he saw a numbr OF scraps OF pa
per ly ing about the floor. He locked the
door and proceeded to make thorough
Investigation. All OF the scraps were Sc
cured, and on the night after the affair
the clever officer sat up until daylight
putting the torn letters together, so that
their contents could be learned.
Mrs. Metc'lf had taken package OF
letters from under the mattress, and these
Detective Goodman asked for. She claimed
that she did not have them, and in her
conversation informed him that the rea-
son that Luck had attempted the tragedy
had been because Mrs. Luck knew OF some
criminal act he had committed and had
threatened to divulge it. Mrs. Metcalf
claimed she did not know any of the de-
tails, but promised to learn and give
them along with the package of letters to
the officer. When seen later she refused
to do as she had agreed, whereupon Mr..
Goodman told her he would no longer
withhold the facts from publication. AS
a result he gave copies of the letters to
the press and impaired the additional in
formation regarding his interviews with
Mrs. Metcalf. The officer also saw Mrs.
Luck, but she would not divulge The ma
ture OF her husbands crime.
Mrs. Metcalf talked to reporter yes.
terday afternoon. When questioned re.
garding the statement to Chief CLASS, re-
garding the existence of Harry Harrison,
she at first denied having made it, and
endeavored to throw the blame upon
Goodman.
After being asked for positive affirma-
tive or denial, she then remained silent,
but finally endeavored to explain it with
the statement that whom the chief asked
her who Harry" was. she acknowledged
it may have been Harry Harrison. But
she hastened to assert that he was in no
way concerned in the affair.
Regarding the letters the detectives
had been after, she claimed that they
were private and had been destroyed by
order Of Mrs. Luck.
Detective Goodman showed unusual
sagacity in Investigating the case. and
deserves special credit for being able to
show the probable cause of tho affair.
pAmong some more Of Mrs. Lucks let.
ters 10 the name of NJ. E. Wells, who
always signed himself IN. E."
Luck died at ! :15 o'clock this morning.
He had been at the Sisters hospital
since Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Luck was reported as resting easily
at an early hour this morning.