The herald., 1896-05-13

| plOyed there. To him she delivered the
note addressed to Fred Emerson, and
babe Fink find him as soon as possible
| and deliver her message. This he prom
ised to do. He knew Emerson well. as
the latter upon returning to town after
| his sudden departure had been employed
at the Royal as a waiter.
Then Mrs. Emerson walked down the
street with Fink as far as Third and
| Broadway. where they parted. She was
dressed rather unusually for her. ana
Fink remarked that her costume was
hardly what she had been accustomed
to. receiving the reply that 1t did not
matter. She then bade him good bye.
saying she was going to the Hotel Lille
| and boarded a Westlake car at about
S:45. Her handkerchief was waved in
farewell; and she remarked that he
would never see her again. He thought
little of the remark, however. as she had
on several occasions seemed down
hearted, and went away. He was the
last person, so far as known. to speak
to the dead woman. She evidently went
straight to Westlake and threw herself
into the water. 1t is known that be-
fore she boarded the car she had in her
possession her mothers letter. for 1t was
shown to Fink. but what she did with
il is not known, as no trace of a message
of any kind was found upon the body.
Miss Chute returned from the theater
and found her companion missing. On
the bureau was the note to Fowler. but
nothing was thought of 1t and it lay
there All day Sunday passed and by
evening Miss Chute had become thor
oughly alarmed. Mr.. Zeckendorf called
and to him her fears were explained.
resulting in their deciding to open Fow-
lerS note and see what was the matter.
This was done, and although the con-
tents We're of an ordinary nature. mere
ly asking t'owler'S pardon for speaking
1,,, Ia Nv Ia OF frr,n ~ ~
goodbye forever, they were enough to
cause alarm.
A thorough search of the room was
made to ascertain If any other message
had been left, and it was finally decided
to break open Mays trunk and see
what it contained hoping that it would
reveal something to throw light on her
disappearance. This was done at about
$50 sunday night, and on opening the
lid the first thing that greeted their
eyes was an envelope lying upon the
top tray and addressed to Lizzie, her
friend. The finding of this confirmed
their worst suspicious and the letter was
opened and read by Zeckendorf. Miss
Chute feeling unable to the task after
perusing the first few sheets.
The envelope was addressed Miss
Lizzie Chute, room %. No. 229 West
First street" and contained the follow
ing message:
you except my breastpin, which please
send to my little sister after you hear
from them, if you do not keep ii your
self. And my picture send to Mrs. New
man, 231 Clipper street. San Francisco.
and my sister, Miss Bertha Flagg, 1919
D<visadero street, San Francisco.
Dear Lizzie, what is life without the
one you love; with all his faults l love
him still. l was good, true and kind,
what more was to do? But as all know
l loved him. Perhaps he will think of it
when l am gone. l wish him all the
luck and happiness there is in this
world, which is very little.
Now, Lizzie, forgive me, as you know
l am so unhappy. l will say goodbye
to all of my kind friends, and when you
see Fred tell him that he won my heart
and then broke it.
l have no hopes of anything better in
this world, so l will say goodbye darl-
ing. Please excuse all as you must
know how feel. 1 am your unhappy
MAY.
P. S.-You can let the world know
died for him.
On the reverse of the last page were
scrawled the following lines: please
tear up all my letters that are in my
trunk. The nickels are for YOU and
Arthur" Within the envelope were two
5-cent pieces. all the poor girl had left
IN the world after reserving a nickel for
the payment of her street car fare to
Westlake to end her misery. Miss Chute
and Zeckendorf Immediately reported
the matter at the police station. and
detectives We're detailed on the case
The letter was left in their hands and
Monday was spent in friiitless search
for the missing girl.
Yesterday Detective Steele and Mr..
Fowler We're out at Westlake, and had
but Just returned from there when word
rLn Ta1 1f& l, =
foWler was on hand at the morgue and
instantly identified the body and told
the sad story. The note which was adj
dressed to him is in his possession, while
that TO Miss Chute was turned over to
the coroner to be used at the inquest to-
day.
Fink was seen at the restaurant and
the letter which he had to be turned over
to Emerson was obtained from him. He
said he had been able to see the lat
Ter, as he was supposed to have left for
san francisco Monday night. Emerson
has been very friendly with Miss Mag
gle Love, who rooms at 53314 South SDrine
street, and who is referred to in the fol-
lowing letter as the one who separated
May from her pseudo husband. She is
also the waitress who was suspected of
having eloped with Emerson at the time
OF the Baltimore cafe affair. 1t is said
that Mrs. Emerson discovered that there
tween them and accused Fred of infidel-
ity. Her whole letter breathes touch
ing spirit of charity and darkly hints at
incidents in Emerson's career that are
as yet unknown to any save the dead
girl and himself. Below Is her message
in full as given to Fink for delivery to
Emerson:
LOS ANGELES,
Saturday Afternoon.
Dear Fred:
] wanted to see you once more before
| left, but fate was against me- Now,
Fred, when ] am gone and you never see
me again, think of the good times we
used to have. l will forgive you for
everything, but why did you tell my past
life to SO many? / kept my word and
have not even told your right name, but
it is all right. 1t is over with now. l
deserted one that loved me, and now the
one l love has deserted me for another,
so l think that is punishment enough
Now, Fred, l will ask you once more not
to talk about me. You have, l know,
but If you cannot say anything good
don't say anything bad. / loved you
and tried to do right; and God knows
/ was true to you. What more was
to do?
cafe; what q sad mistake it was. Say,
Fred, in your. own heart / know you do
not love that girl, but you did love me
once; l know it. I hope, Fred, you will
never cause another to feel as / have
felt. Just ask Lizzie if l love you. Fred,
life seems burden to me, now can not
care for anyone. What is life without
love?
Now 7 will saw goodbye for the last