The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-26
HE LOVED THE WOMAN
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ENDICOTT
HOTEL DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Letters from DIR. Caldwell to Mrs
phine-The Husbands Statement.

NEW YORK, Feb. 25-NOthing new de-
veloped that would throw additional light
on the murder of Mrs. Maude Hayes and
the suicide of Deniist Franklin L. Cald-
we'll at the Hotel Endicott last night Cor
oner's Physician O'Hanlon performed au-
topsies on the bodies of Mrs. Hayes and
DR.. Caldwell The autopsies satisfied DR..
O'Hanlon that Mrs. Hayes met her death
at the hands of Caldwell, and that he killed
himself. The bullet which killed Mrs.
Hayes entered the temple bone on the right
side and passed through the brain, lodging
on the left side of the head above the ear.
between the scalp and skull. In Caldwell
head two bullets were found. The first
one fired did not kill him. 1t penetrated
the frontal bone about one inch from the
right eye and lodged between the scalp and
skull. The second bullet entered the tenn
pie bone about one inch from the first
wound and passed through the brain and
back of the skull, where it was found be-
tween the skull and the scalp. This bullet
caused death.
DR.. Hayes at first refused to discuss the
case with anyone, but when he felt his
silence might be taken as reflection up
on his wife's memory, he made the follow
ing statement: II never had the least sus-
picion that anything was wrong between
my wife and DIR. Caldwell and I still be-
lieve that the only thing wrong was his
insane infatuation for her. have learned,
however, that he persuaded her to take
drugs that had undermined her mental and
physical strength. l decided that some
thing had to be done and knew that af-
fairs had reached a crisis when the bottle
Of morphine was delivered last night. /
am now sure that a more noble woman
than my wife never lived.
fun L
a change in my wife. Following my return
from Chicago two weeks ago last Thursday
/ saw that she was greatly changed, at
times seeming to be only semiconscious:
i believed her to be under the influence OF
drugs and in this / was corroborated by
a physician whom / called in. We had ar
ranged to send her away to-day. came
home a little after o'clock Saturday even
ing and found my wife feeling i'll, though
the brave little woman said she was bet
ter, as she never wished to worry me with
her troubles. AS she talked to me don
think she knew what she was saying. FIN
ally when it came dinner-time she told
DIR. Caldwell and me to go down to dinner
and she would follow with my nephew
Ralph Just as started out l met Ralph
with the bottle of morphine in his hand.
My nephew was crying, and L knew that
he had established in his own mind some
relations between the package and his
aunt's condition. There was little CONVEX
sation at the dinner table, as DR.. Caldwell
seemed to be under the influence Of liquor
or drugs.
Coming up from dinner I spoke of the
bottle of morphine and DR.. Caldwell over
heard me. Mrs. Hayes called her maid
to help her disrobe and / left the two In
the bedroom, the maid having motioned to
me to go out. If DR.. Caldwell was In the
apartment at that time he was in hiding.
L went to the drug store just across the
hall to instruct them to furnish no NOR
phine for my apartment. l was there only
a few moments and when / returned
found everything in an uproar, and guess
ing that something terrible had happened
rushed into my wife's room and found her
dead on the bed. with Caldwell lying dead
on the floor. DR.. Caldwell never carried
a pistol and must have purchased the
weapon for the purpose OF committing the
crime / learned that DR.. Caldwell had
servant from the room and had rushed
in and killed my wife without giving her an
opportunity to make an outcry.
Three letters were found to-day In the
Hayes apartments, two of them written
from Chicago by Mrs. Hayes to DR.. Cald-
expressions of friendship. The third letter
which was found in Mrs. Hayes's desk
was undated and unsigned, but had been
written by DR.. Caldwell. 1t was as fol-
lows:
'.Dear-I don't suppose can see you to-
day. Let me go away. / can stand it no
longer. 1 will go to the woods and write
you any place you say. l am going TO try
and have courage. You may forget me In
short time, or probably you may want
me to come to you. Rest assured when you
say the word I will come. Six months or
a year will make no difference to me.
love you with all my heart and soul. BE
courageous for your own dear health III
1 knew you were we'll and happy l would
be well and happy Everything else you
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