The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

81 am sure saw her smile. Let me go
back to her. l do not believe she is
dead She cannot be dead" He was
greatly agitated, and cried out In an
agonized voice, ethel, Ethel
In the room where the dead girl lay
was letter to the coroner. 1t was as
follows:
To the Coroner of Rochester:
Please mail these letters and send
our bodies to be buried together at my
expense at Forest Lawn. Yours,
DIR. Kent,
e. B. Dingle.
A second letter, apparently written
by the girl, but which the authorities
will claim was in the disguised hand
writing of a man, was found torn into
fragments and scattered about the
room.
The detectives pasted the pieces to-
gether and made it out as follows:
Sept. IA, 1902.
RI. Randall: My life has been a fail
ure, due to your lie to my (sis) tiers. l
have worked (ha)rd for you and (them)
many years. I don't Gegr)et it, as
have learned (agre)at deal. But (you)
hear -. he (truthfuD you will gain
a great deal more. I am about to die,
and, thinking of the many years served
in your (hospitaD, I am unable to die
without forgiving you. Good-by. From
e. B. Dingle.
Rochester, N. Y.
Through other letters found in the
room it was discovered that Kent and
the girl had rented a room at No. 435
Niagara street, in Buffalo, where they
posed as Mr.. and Mrs. Crosby. When
they left this room it was to go to
Rochester and die.
Another letter was written by Kent
on the day the couple left Buffalo. 1t
was addressed to the landlady Of the
house and asked her to go to his father
for the payment of their bills. 1t also
asked that the girls trunk and effects
be sent to her sister.
The letter addressed to DR.. Randall
Is regarded of great Importance by
the lawyers who will prosecute Kent
for the murder of his sweetheart. They
claim that it is written in a masculine
hand which is probably disguised. They
say it could never have been written
by Miss Dingle.
The prominence of both figures in the
sad tragedy has aroused intense inter
est throughout this part of the state.
The authorities will use their ut
most endeavors to prove that
Kent was the murderer and
would-be suicide Kent's defend
ers, on the contrary, will use every en-
deavor to prove that Miss Dingle was
the suicide and would-be murderess.
Men who were acquainted with Miss
Dingle in Buffalo speak of her as one
of the prettiest women they had ever
seen. In fact, she had more admirers
than she knew what to do with. She
was born near Hamilton, Ont, and was
a daughter of James Dingle, wealthy
butcher, who died about fifteen years
ago.
After the death of her husband Mrs.
Dingle moved to Toronto with her three
daughters. Here she died, a few years
ago, and the three girls went to Buffalo
to live with Mrs. Mcpherson, an aunt.
Most Attractive of the Sisters.
The Canadian connections of the
family are known to be excellent. Ethel
was tWenty-One years old when she ar
rived in Buffalo, and was easily the
most attractive of the sisters. Mabel
was graduated as a nurse in the train
ing class of the Erie county hospital a
year after the sisters arrived in Buff
falo, and afterWard married Lorenzo
Van Allen, a well known Buffalo bust
ness man.
This apparently gave Ethel Dingle
her cue. She, too, would be a nurse.
With her to resolve was to act. A
year ago she entered the training
class of the Buffalo German hospital
admirers to her. After six months she
left the hospital and became an oper-
ator for the Bell telephone company in
Buffalo. Here, too, her fatal gift of
beauty brought her many sWeetheartS,
and finally she took charge of the pay
station switch board in the main tel
ephone building. 1t was amazing to
note the increase in the. number of well
known men who used this pay station
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Subsequently Miss Dingle was installed
as one of the telephone girls to adorn
the exhibit of the Bell telephone in the
Pan American exhibition. Here her
fame as a beauty was heralded far and
wide. She became known as Miss
Dingle Bell"
At this time young man was en-
gagged by Lubin, the moving picture
exhibitor, to help him in his big Mid
way attraction at the exhibition. This
young man was Leland Dorr Kent, the
medical student.
The authorities are still uncertain as
to whether Miss Dingle and DR.. Kent
first met at the exhibition or whether
they met afterward at the German
hospital, to which place Miss Dingle re-
turned after resigning her place at
the exhibition. She attended to her
duties at the hospital for about q
IiloHlH anu was tHeH IofCeu 10 resign
for reasons described by the superin-
tendent as general neglect Of profess
sional duties"
She was afterward assigned to night
duty, but according to the physicians
she had a habit of presuming upon her
beauty and reporting late. AT this
time 1t was reported in Buffalo that she
was engaged to marry a prominent
physician. Miss Dingle denied this,
and after leaving the German hospital
accepted position at the exclusive
Riverside hospital in Buffalo, where she
was well known.