The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11

Sustained Dy Letters OF
Probably Before the Trouble Occurred
Mrs. SaIlie Clark Turns the Letters
Over to :. Reporter for the EagIe-To
His Wife, Mr. and Mrs. Underwood, the
Public aud Hope Church.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Sailie Clark,
the wife OF B. C. Clark who shot Mrs.
Alice Underwood on last Tuesday night,
received several letters from him. The
letters were found in Clark's coat. Mrs.
Clark had some trouble in getting the
letters. she learned that Mr.. Clark's s
coat with some letters in the pocket had
been found and that it was in the pos
session OF George johnson, who lives in
the second block on North Mead avenue.
Mrs Clark went to Johnson and asked
him for the personals but he refused 20
give them TO her. She then went 20
police headquarters and got a written
order on C. L. Johnson for the letters.
Johnson even then did not seem in
clined to give the letters UP but finally
NCIlScHtEI 1aANHS tEJiSAiS0 iAAA-NeNN~ SA-~%-
they had been written before Clark shot
Mrs. Underwood. The cairography and
the photography are such as to make
the letters hardly ineligible. They are
as follows, and confirm the Eagles the
o-y of the trouble:
TO THE PUBLIC.
This is to let the world know what I
have been. have loved this woman for
three years. she caused me to leave
my wife apd 60 away with her She
broke me UP in my life. l am heart
troubled. / spent my money on her for
three years. l bought all OF her best
cloahes-five or six dresses l gave her
a plain gold ring; that is the last thing
I gave her and she lied 10 me. She will
tell me no more lies. That is a sure
thing.
Henry, 1 have kept your wife ever
since you lived on Norm Market street
where first commenced sweetheart
with her. SEE tried 70 get me 10 run
away with her. Il was one year before
I woulj agree to go. At last 1 made up
my mind 10 go. She had me to leave
my wife. sell my stock to go with her.
Then she tried to back out. She broke
me up for good and this will settle the
matter. We will both go the way. I
don't care what you do when l am
gone. This is no new thing about this.
Sallie has heard the truth.
(SignedD "B. c. CLARK"
TO MRS. CLARK
''SalIie. your words have come to pass.
You said this, so don't grieve for it
is finished now. We are both gone Al
ice CMrs. Underwood caused me 10 leave
you this way, SO it is all over now.
DO the best You can for 1 am gone for
good this time. Sallie, you give my
clothes TO Charley Venters, my ring to
Ruben Floyd and what money you find
take it and go nome to your folks; don't
stay in Wichita You haven't disgraded,
(p7obably meant for disgraced) Alice
Underwood caused this. Take me and
bury me the same day. This is all
Goodbye.
SigneO 'B. c. CLARK"
TO HENRY UNDERWOOD.
Henry, your wife did not sell you
that she let me have the keys SO l
could come in her room every morning
when you would go out. I have done
this for a year and she would not tell
YOU that she would let me know when
you was away by raising the window
blinds, SO that would know when you
was away [ did give her that spoon
pin that she wears for a breast pin and
all of her best clothes. She kept after
me to go away with her till 1 left my
wife. Now she is trying to give me the
worst OF it. / told her if she did not
90 tina. 1 would kin her, for 1 had
good wife and a true wife. She had me
get a big trunk 10 pack her clothes in.
She said ali the time l am going as soon
as 1 come from the east. We will 60
for ! don't love Henry like l 90 you.
You sell your horses and pack my trunk
and some prayer meeting night we will
go. So she went back on me and 1 do
what I said. I told her if she fooled
ne l would kill her SO I had a good
wife, so l viii make my words good 70
her. ! will show ner l 90 not lie so her.
This is all Do what you please with
ne.
Signed "B. C. CLARK"
FOR MRS. UNDERWOOD.
alice Underwood. you are the cause
Gi me leaving my wife to go away with
you. l sold my fine horses to 60 and
you stole the church money 10 go and
now you won't go. You have f5een tell
ing me lies long enough. This settles
this matter in short. SO young gentle
men take warning. DON'T let a girl or
woman get the best Of you. Boys. be
careful. and young ladies and old ladies,
for God sake don't lie 10 no man. Don't
lie SO the New Hope church. This
woman dii lead me astray. She had
been my sweetheart for four years and
l dressed her with the best clothes.
Every nice dress she wears, it was my
money. Tie week that we VAS to so
away l gave her a plain gold ring. Sae
wants it to wear away. So 1 got it
for aer. SO she won't go one way or an
other. win not wast any longer
To NEW HOPE CHURCH.
Your good shouting sister. Alice Un-
derw0od. mas ruined me forever. TIE
thing like this will not break I'D no
more women from their husbands. I
had a goo5 wife and she broke Us I'D.
1, IS the last break in this world
The last two letters had no name
flgned to them but they mere in the
same handwriting as the others. Mrs.