The herald., 1897-08-15

sent to her room. OF course, they came
from Miss Wheelwright."
All of which seems to strengthen the
theory that Alice Barrett was slightly
insane.
Her hats, she said. were given to her
by Miss Wheelwright. AS they passed
along the street and Alice saw some
thing in the hat line that she remarked
Miss Wheelwright would insist on buy
ing it,
A TELLTALE LETTER
That Miss Barrett loved to dress well
and enjoyed the good things Of life IL
proven by her letters to her cousin, ex-
tracts from which are given here:
She wrote:
1T is a charming day. I long to be
out of this stuffy office
"Oh how long to travel If were to
come into the possession of cool
million tomorrow the first thing would
do would be to buy ticket for England
"How I do hate to be poor"
The contemplated marriage Of her
cousin moves her to make these rem arkS
concerning herself and her views of mat
rimony:
Nov, IL I were going to marry, like
you, of course poverty would not have so
many terrors for me, but as I am de-
termined to sup my little cup of tea in
silence and alone I naturally hope that
may be able to buy at least drinkable
brand, and that I shall not be obliged to
drink it out of a cracked cup.
Don't you neatly feel a dreadful re-
sponsibilit'y in taking such a step? I
do not think I am a coward, yet the
thought of married life is quite fearful
one to me. One runs such an awful risk;
don't you think so? A husband is not
like hat. you know to be put on and off
if not pleasing. All Of my friends are
being engaged or married now and I
really feel that I must be very queer
girl to feel SO light hearted and care free
and happy at the prospect of a lonly fu-
ture. I have some young men friends
whose company I enjoy; one or two Of
them I like extremely, and one of whom
I am very fond, but am not prepared to
give up my girlhood yet Still I think
there is nothing more beautiful than a
happy marriage. I do not like house
work. I do not feel above it. But you
see I have been in an office so long and
enjoy the work so much that anything
else is tedious to me-
The fire marshal has learned from a
proprietor of bucket shop that Miss
Barrett had speculated in stocks. On
her first attempt he said she had made
$500, though afterward she had lost
some. The marshal would not give the
name of the man in whose office she had
speculated.
At the investigation a stock broker
testified that the girl had been at his
office, and that she had sent $10O at two
different times. 1t was claimed that she
began to speculate through the office of
this broker before Thanksgiving, which
may be taken to indicate the possible
disposition of the $500 she drew from the
bank on October 81. The broker had the
girl registered on his books as "A M.
Barrett"
Capt. John Goldman, to whom it Is now
know Alice Barrett stated to her mother
that she had given the $500 that she
drew from the Waltham bank, states that
he never thought of borrowing any
money from the girl.
He had seen the girl in the office, had
had her do some typewriting for him,
and had taken her to supper at the
Parker house because she would take
no money for the copy writing she did
for him, but as for borrowing her money,
why, he said, cit is too absurd"
Alice Barrett's keys have been found
minus the office door key. Hers was the
one found twisted in the lock-
The keys were found on her at the un-
dertaking rooms. They were attached to
one of her inner garments, and the baby
blue ribbon that decorated the heart
shaped key ring was stained with blood.