The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-05
SUICIDES LONG LETTER.
What MS Hedrick Wrote Before She
Killed Herself.

Guthrie, o. T, May 4-Those who COM
nit suicide usually write notes In fare
well, but they are usually short. One
Of length is given in the account of the
death of Mrs. Hedrick. in the Chandler
News. That paper says:
Chandler people were very much shock
Gu at the announcement last Friday
morning that Mrs. ". a. Hedrick had
committed suicide by taking carholic acid.
The first suggestion that there was any
thing wrong came from Art Pomeroy,
who sleeps in DR.. Harriman's office on
the second floor Of the Hoffman building,
where the rooms Of DR.. and Mrs. He'd
rick were located. Pomeroy noticed early
Friday morning that Mrs. Hedrick's pet
dog was running about in the hall,
whining and begging to be let into her
room. About O'Clock, DR.. Hedrick, who
had slept IN his Office the night before,
came up. and Pomeroy told him that he
thought something was wrong. and to-
gether they forced open the door and
found Mrs. Hedrick dead upon the bed.
Friends of Mrs. Hedrick who had already
attempted TO call her up by telephone
that morning had suspected that some
thing might be wrong. and 7 2. Stewart
and J. c. Eckard were on their way to
her room to see what was wrong when
the discovery was made. She had evil
IDENTIFY been dead for several hours. prob
ably since midnight, and a three-ounce
bottle that had contained carboIc acid.
found lying near her, told how she had
ended her life There was no evidence
OF any struggle, and It IS probable that
the end came without much suffering.
She had carefully dressed herself for bu-
rial and had even taken the precaution to
place a towel about her neck that her
clothing might not be stained or in
jured.
When the foreman of the Publicist
Office went TO work that morning he
found three notes tied to the door Of the
Office The Publicist office is on the
same floor in the Hoffman building that
the Hedrick rooms were on. and Mrs.
Hedrick probably placed these notes on
the door after preparing TO take her life.
one Of them was addressed TO her
friends. with request that the Pub
Iicist publish 1t: another was addressed
TO Mrs. /. 3. Stewart, one of Mrs. He'd
rick's most intimate friends; and the
third was TO II. c. Brunt. assistant cash
Ter Of the Hoffman bank. telling him
what 70 do with some money that Mrs.
Hedrick had .n the bank. The contents
Of these notes explained quite fully the
reasons for the suicide, and they give
very good idea of the condition of the
mind Of the deceased. In her note 10 Mrs.
Stewart. Mrs. Ecdrick requested that her
letter 10 her friends be published in all
the papers We print &c below. In accord
auce with this request, for the reason
that there has been SO much said about il
that we deem il best that its exact con
tents shouIa bo known rather than guess
"a az. In publishing this letter we are
not guided oy any wish 20 reflect upon
ANYBODY. and particularly are we free
from any desire u d. any injustice 20 the
husband Of the deceased. we do not as
sumo To say what construction should &c
placed upon the letter. bat leave OR
readers 20 judge as to the state 20 mind
of tne deceased when II was written. The
letter follows,
chandler. O. T.. AprH a 1871.
To NY Dear Friends.
hope ere this note IS received fhat
VIII be at rest am tired Of life. To
me Il hath no charms. When The man q
whom Z have eiven my heart and hand
and Who had promised O. love and che--
ism me me RESI- az my ufe has deceived
me as Ir. Hesrick has done. ] have moth
ing TO live for NJ one to care Tor re.
aIy parents are dead. and before many
hours horc 20 be With theu. ll a LAID
Of peace. whore there is 10 sorrow and
appointment
some. no doeht. VII say that NY mind
vas unbalanced. when an gore. but
sarh IS rot the case have thought thls
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