The herald., 1897-11-01
THE MYSTERY
Of Anna Hollywell's Sui
eide at Berkeley
" ,-
THE REDLANDS GIRLS END
WHAT WAS THE SECRET THAT
SHE GUARDED
The Mans Identity Not Disclosed.
His Last Message Of Forgive
ness-Who Was Arthur

The following is the text Of the mys-
terious letter found among the effects
Of Miss Anna B. Hollywell Of Redlands,
who committed suicide at Berkeley on
Saturday morning. The letter was
written on paper heavily bordered with
black and had been mailed in San Fran
cisco:
RECTORY OF SAINT RE NUE.,
October %, 1897.
My Dearest Anna Can you be brave,
dear, and brave one more sorrow? Arthur
| is dead He passed away quietly this morn
| ing at o'clock He seemed to go without
| pain, and his last words were of you. He
kept murmuring your name and his moth
| er's.
My poor child, my heart aches for you
l. know how dreadful this loss will be.
You love so few and those few well. But,
darling, there is some wise plan in it all.
and don't, oh, j pray you! don't shut your
self away from friendship and sympathy
and from people. You have suffered, but
the end of life is not happiness Don't let
this sorrow make you any more morbid or
morose than you are. He would not have
it SO. Can't you try and love others for his
| sake? See how beautiful and sympathetic
his life was: how he lent the helping hand.
His college friends are deeply affected,
| and his tutors say he would have made
rare man. Professor Paget wept like a
child, and will not be consoed.
1 will inclose little note he wrote be-
fore he died. I fear it is not very legible,
his hand was so weak, but he wanted to
write you himself, if you would not, now he
Is dead, wear the ring you refused to wear
while he was alive as a token of forgive
ness and reconciliation. He wished me to
say there would be nothing binding in it.
Il, f,rnv .trAe, rIx
to be remembered only as a friend.
There are many things I should Likely y
say to you, but you must not hear them
now.
All send is prayer. Fly to the Sacred
Heart of Mary She was woman and will
know a woman's pain. You have much
cause for remorse, for your pride was GER
tainly to blame But may the Infinite Pity
surround you and help you to live. My
dear girl, good by. God bless you.
ELLA r. KING.
There are two young ladies' from Red
lands at the University of California,
and one of these, Miss Louise Gardner,
knew the dead girl well, but evidently
had not her confidence, says the San
Francisco Post.
| It is Miss Gardner's belief that Anna
Hollywell never cared for any young
man. She says the young lady wished
to go to Wellesley college because she
| preferred an institution where there
were only girls. She describes Miss
Hollywell as a curious and morbid girl,
but studious She did not care for So
ciety particularly and never visited San
Francisco Miss Gardner further states
| that Anna was uneasy about the health
of her mother, but not seriously de-
pressed otherwise.
The suicide had obtained morphine
from Kelsey's drug store about two
weeks ago under the name of Miss La
Blanche. Morphine which had been OBJ
tanned by an unknown elderly woman
from another drug store was also found
in the girls room.
A package arrived at the Berkeley
postoffice Saturday for Miss Hollywell,
and presumably contains the ring spok-
en- of in the King letter.
Professor Paget of the State univer-
sity, who is mentioned in the letter, says
he knows nothing about the affair, and
has not heard of any young man dying
recently. He did not know Miss Holly
well. Paget has no brother.
AS stated in yesterdays dispatches,
Miss Hollywell made similar attempt
to take her life on Monday night. Mr.
Durgin's sister found her in the same
way she found her Friday night, breath
ing heavily and apparently fast asleep.
DR.. Eastman was called, and the girl ac-
knowledged that she had taken six
grains of morphine. She said she had
not been feeling well, and took it in order
to sleep. Mr.. Durgin's sister took the
girl into her room for the night, and the
next day she seemed better.
Friday afternoon, says the Bulletin,
she called to pay DR.. Eastman for his
services on Monday night. and got him
to prescribe for some iiNIi,0osition from
which she was uffering. She did not,
however, have his prescription put up.
She was found in her room fully dressed,
evidently having thrown herself on the
bed just as she got in.
| Few of the students knew Miss Holly
we'll except by sight. Those who did
know her spoke of her as an extremely
nice girl, refined and ladylike. They