The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-12
n Of SORROW FULL.
\. ,,,rk Leaves His Wife and Suicides
in 81. Louis.
I, NJ FRUSTRATED OVER THE NEWS.
Y.y Completely Pcnniless
" I Large Family Of fonns
+ children.

.ixsd At tne
W. ., in the Fifth ward. and who had
n ,.n BY her husband with four little
s.',.,s children TO provide for the Oldest
saps Nj, Years OF age and she about to
-. W. become mother
~ husband worked for the Telephone
.,rpapy. and before he left his family
s... ,xo weeks ago, he came in pos
..,.r a. something over 5000, all of
IA he took with him. His wife only
,..,rod Of his whereabouts by ascertain
,,om one of the railroad offices that
I. ,sd purchased ticket for st. Louis.
s.,.a heard nothing from him since that
,ins until last night. when she was in
,,,msd BY reporter for The Post that he
M suicded in st. Louis
when Mrs. Clark was left by her hus-
NM she and her four little children were
n only entirely dependent upon friends
IA peighbors, but the house in which
!. lived had been but recently purchased
II the Southern Pacific Railway company
"A they had given her notice to vacate,
"a make room for some contemplated i'm
Drcyements. Corporations are generally
rsrxrded as soulless, but this was a case
int even appealed so strongly to the
sympathy OF corporation that they could
ro, nut this family out into the street and,
II Is stated to their credit, that they pro-
yiied temporary shelter for the aban-
doned mother and children in small
sbsnty next door to where she was liy-
irr, which is on Vine street. next to the
corner Of Shea. and here it was that she
was found last night when Post re-
porter was reluctantly the bearer of bad
usvs in the shape of dispatch from the
s.. Louis Republic which stated that Geo.
Clark had killed himself in that city on
Sunday because girl would not marry
hin,
Mrs. Clark at first would not believe
that II was her husband. She could not he
feye that he would be guilty of such per-
n.y. His picture, a crudely made news
paper cut, in the center of two column
Ere-up in the Republic of the suicide
vas shown her, but it was so unlike
Photograph of her truant husband which
zoe exhibited to the reporter in comparing
WIN the newspaper cut, that she still
I'D not believe it was her husband who
j
alls OF the shooting in a roaming house
p St. Louis, with George Clark described
as writing in the throes of death in a
pool Of his own blood, were read 10 her
but still she was incredulous until that
part Of the article which was reached
which referred TO letter having been
'ound In one OF the pockets of the dead
man from his sister Alice of Elgln. Pa.
ins fixed the Identification and Mrs. Clark
N Noke completely down and sobbed hys-
WFlcaly, repeating amid her sobs that she
@aia have stood her desertion, but the
on'ugn Of never seeing him again alive
was more than she could bear up under
saa mat now she had nothing to live for.
eYerai OIL the neighbors attracted by
yrs. Viarks cries came over and endeav-
Uea 70 console her. but in her grief she
sodid throw, herself against the walls of
lle small room appearing to be absolutely
un0ohsolahle The presence of her four
smsl children all of whom were sleeping
'ose'ner in large double bed did not
seem to reconcile her to her sad fate as
iae repeatedly lamented that she had moth
Jog now 10 live for.
was learned from one OF the neigh
IN present that Mrs. Clark and her hus-
yang we're married at Temple some years
z
her condition is one that certainly ap-
,sas 70 the charltahly disposed citizens OF
nsaSon and some of the charitable or
s .s,,A should take immediate stems TO
.NSe me family's distress. Mrs. Clark
y, ~ aoaoln,ely nothing with which tn pro-
nss lot me necessities Of her large family
= small helpless children and in her,
m.'en. condition is prevented from work
,s ~. however much she might be inclined
ansnpt TO bear the heavy burden that
" iallen 10 her lot.
iee following extract Is taken from the
'V't OF the suicide as printed in the St.
'eas Republic OF Monday, April ~;
os0fse Clark, also known as George
aug committed suicide by shooting him
J, W. ~ The head early yesterday morning
IA roomlng house kept by Mrs. Loui
ASsl li at No. 100 Chestnut street.
4. the mans identity Is known,
y, pvl'ee are Ignorant of the motive which
VII s'u lhe act or who the woman was that
.,asa WIN him 10 the house where he
''aed his life
~. was believed at first that the mans
b,ssaa was King, as that was the name
L.. upon several articles of his linen.
.t,ma was sscertainei that his correct
IL. Mas george Clark and that he had
lid Me- Mastered al the Carleton hotel, No. I
apnl 5. iee'' from March 70 up 10
y s'sssVroiug to the statement of Mrs.
IA n.,, .ps man appeared at her door at
iss,n eloek a, m. in company with an IN
BIZ = "onisr lie asked Il ii was posi-
adm. o .ualn room for several days,
md n, 'ua' ne was stranger In, town
Reutr asquainted with the city Ms.
sssies cs,,pa mat there was a room vacan
taa Fan, MI ne mad and he couple entered
s9s na,. AZ once to their apartment. Both |
dFss, and woman we're elegan,ly
l,tcss ana had the air of being in pros
! rbs circumstances
ftin lsirns sa not been upstairs more than
ftssipf when the woman ran dowa. !
sr:t, A.s hair and screaming:
tfels nay min from the room at
,s;sys hs,' Saied, He is acting insane. | |
B IN again : XIII himself. ! will not see
n rsp rla hardly spoken the words when
RAPED n. pistol rang out, Mrs. s.uehn |
llvlei awsv nlinan by the arm but sh (,
~ 70 elew 'nu neg from the house, leav- !
ri M s.9 wom3n EMPLOYED M tho housa
saA yiry anu discovered the form of |
III al aeross the bed, his head in
Ssitsd Il "a "a and smoking revolver
ssstrw ana ms nand. She ran to the front
\ ssAh ami nal ealIed for the police. Officers
.,stn thex Lsary responded TO the clll |
athInr ~ .nered the room the man was |
EsSt) ;,re, was called. which re- |
ssssA wa me city hospital. Here his
stther. eaanlined. when Il was found |