The age-herald., 1901-10-21
Mrs Charlotte NichoI, a Prominent TsnnssseaR,
 Commits Suicide END Of LONG LOVE AFFAIR
pr. orville Brunette, a Chicago Phys Ician, Makes an Unsuccessful
 Attempt on Ills Lhe at the Same Time.

Chicago. October 2O-whiie grievinr
 over the dual life she was leading with
 pr. orviile Burnette, a prominent Chfoa- go dentist, Mrs. Charlotte Nbchol. wife l of W. L. Nichol. Jr.. commercial agent
 of the Nashville. Chattanooga and St.
 Louis Railroad, committed suicide today I in the Marlborough Hotel
 Brunette also tried to end his life at
 the same time, but was unsuccessful.
 The two were found in their rooms both stretched across the bed. the woman dead and Brunette with his neck pierced with hat pin, bottle of morphine ciutched In his hand and the gas turned on from every one of the six jets in the suite. Dr. Brunette is still alive and has been ar rested.
 In one of the rooms was found a note written by the woman which told of her reason for the act She said: Mrs. Nictois' Note. To Whom It May Concern-I did it be- cause loved him better than anything on earth. and he loved me, and we could not be separated.
 Goodbye CHaRI.oT-rrs The note. supplemented with state ment made by Dr. Brunette, tells of the tradgedy enacted by the two lovers. According to the dentists story he met Mrs. Nichol while yet a young girl in Nashville. Tenn, and fell in love with her. Brunette moved to Chicago and married several years after Our love was stiii strong for each other" said Brunette. "and she moved to Chicago to be near me. We were to- sether every day. There seemed, how
 ever, to be q constant remorse on her
 part on account of the dual life she waa
 leading. Saturday we went down town
 together and after having several drinks
 she proposed suicide to me and we went
 to the Marlborough Hotel and she pro-
 duced a bottle of morphine she had hid- | den in her dress.
 l Consented to Die. 1 She again asked me to die with her and consented. Then she swallowed nearly all the contents of the bottle and handed It to me. l drank what was left but be- lieving that l had not taken enough to prove rataI l tried to end my life by sticking the hat pin into my neck. I saw this was also going to be a failure SO [ die"
 Brunette stated that his wife knaw nothing of his attachment for Mrs. Nichol.
 A policeman who was sent to the Nichol home at 551S Minerva ayenua to- night, to notify Mr. Nichol of the tragedy iound no one there but the two little children of the. dead woman, one a bovv of eight and the other a little girl of Tour years. They told the policeman that tneir father was out looking for their mother who had been missing all last night and today.
 pr. OrvIlle s. Brunette.
 Dr.. orvilIe s. Brunette was born at Hastings. Neb., about 2s years ago. He " ~as married seven vars ago to Grace An oerson. also of Hastings. She had been hia, playmate and schoolmate from chtid- nooo- immediately afterward the family moved to Denver, Orville the son. also going. His father was a wealthy stock man and the young man lived in ease for years. Finally his wife urged him to take up profession. and he decided to become dentist. About three years ago he carna to Chicago to study.
 Mrs. Nichols Daughter of Or. shoup.
 Nashville, October 20-Nothing is known here of Dr. Brunette. connected with the suicide of Mrs. w. L. Nichoi IT,. at Chicago. Mrs. Nicho was daughter of Dr. F. A. Shoup, connected with the Int versity of the South at Sewanee. Tenn. and before her marriage was popular both there and in Nashville where she spent part of her time. W. L. Nicl1o1 IT. is the son of the late pr. w. L. NichoI Of Nashville, one of the South's prominent physicians. He is at present commercial agent at Chicago for the Nashville. Chat tanooga and St. Louis Railroad, but had recently been promoted and was to re- turn to Nashville at an early date to aa- sume the duties of commercial aren't at the company's headquarters here.