The herald., 1895-07-20

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life and that his wife was endeavoring
to prevent il. The blood running from
the latters throat soon dobused her
mind Of this, and she straigbtway set
about trying to separate them. Mrs.
Metcalf did not return until about noon,
and when she was informed OF the affair
was nearly Frustrated. From her were
learned quite number of:facts regarding
the relations between Mr.. and Mrs. Luck.
''They were married four years ago in
Santa Cruz this Septembe per-" she said.
"Her maiden name was Lily Jones of La
Grande. Siskiyou county, Cal and she is
90 years of age. They first met in San
Diego.
~ have known them for about year.
They first lived with me in cottage on
Twelfth street. Mrs. Luck went north re.
Gently on visit and returned about six
weeks ago She has been very i'll and con-
fined to her bed, and have been nursing
her.
"In regard to the relations between
herself and her husband / will say that
the pair did not live happily together. In
fact they had agreed to separate, month
or SO ago, and the only reason she ha'
not left before this, was because Of tA-
sickness and inability to get about. She
was only waiting until her health was
sufficiently strong to allow her to be
moved.
No, there was no particular cause 70.
their separation beyond chain of cir
cumstaDces, sort of incompatability OF
temper. He loved her very dearly. but
she did not care for him. Mrs. Luck had
told her husband that she proposed VI
leave him. He declared that it woul
break his health up, and that he would
kill himself. if she did. When he saw she
was in earnest he told ner that if she
wanted TO be away from him he wonln
not interfere, and would make the sacr-
fee 10, her. 1t was distincly understoo,
that they were to part.
'He announced his intention two days
ago Of leaving, and had his trunk rem ovoo
to lodging house up town. l slept witt
Mis-. Luck last night he being awav. ba'
about o'clock this morning he came
the room. He seemed in fairly goo
spirits, and after a few remarks requcs
ed me to leave the room. as he wanted t.
talk with his wife. did so. He wanted
her to make up with him. When they
had finished the conversation l went into
the room again. He then asked her 10
promise not to leave him. AS she was
nervous on account of her sickness. [ told
him not to worry her, put to let her 70
to San Diego and see her sister for a few
days. Mr.. Luck replied that he would go
too. shortly after he left the room to go
to work.
when he returned. about o clock, he
seemed we'll enough and told me he felt
unwell and requested that I should 60
tell them at the store. 1t was just after
my departure that he made the assault
upon his wife.
II believe that the man was insane
when he tried to kill hel. He had been
brooding for month over her announce
ment of leaving him. until his mind be-
came unbalanced. His wife had told me
that she believed him insane over the
affair.
1t is In the following statement though
that Mrs. Metcalf places hsrsef on record
directly opposite to what she acknowl-
edged to the police:
"There are reports" she said, ''that
there is third man mixed up in the
case. want to say most positively that
this is absolutely false and tnat no other
man is concerned. Mrs. Luck never had
anything to do with man outside of
her husband. He tried to kill her be-
cause he was jealous"
The statement of Mrs. MetcaIf that Mrs.
Luck had nothing to do with men other
than her husband seems to bs borne out
hv tha faSfi rOpv of thoso bou< tho Tobr
son hotel. They say Mrs. Luck never
received visitors, nor dia any notes ever
come for her.
Regarding the matter of notes, it is un-
derstood that Mrs. Luck was in the act of
reading letter wheh her husband entered
the room the last time. The missive
was picked up in pieces from the floor
after the tragedy, but as many were
IN issing. it could not be patched together
sufficiently to ascertain the contents. 1t
is asserted, though, that the reason Luck
quarreled with his wife yesterday morn
ing was because he had observed her try
ing to destroy the letters. On one was
the address of street in Chicago. Both
notes were written by different men and
addressed Mrs. Luck in terms Of endear-
ment.
As far as Mrs. Lucks personal character
Is concerned, about the only thing ascer.
tanned yesterday was that she had occu-
pied room until midnight in the lodg-
ing house over the Peoples store. She
came down the stairs alone. got into a
carriage and was driven to the johnson.
This occurred about three weeks ago.
Mrs. Smith visited Luck at the receiv-
ing hospital, and she says he made the
following statement to her:
"No woman shall deceive me and live
with me as my wife. l lived true to her."
To Chief Glass the injured man declared
that Mrs. Luck had been deceiving him
ever since they were married.
The ladies at the Johnson. while admit
ing that Mrs. Luck was very pretty wo-
man and quiet person, say that she was
very vain.
At the Receiving Hospital
1t was some minutes before the physi-