The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-10
Observation-Disclosures
WITH ANNOTATIONS III THE
NAV VINO KILLED HER.
she Talked Of Facing the Ordeal Of Divorce
n He Loved Her rs lie did In the
sprtng-One Message Of ReprOach for
Which the Woman soon Repenteti.

SVVHup SVVU utfVeutttI.
Evidence that the deathbed statement
made by Barry tombstone. the actor. CON
corning the shooting by which his life and
that of Ka'e Hassctt we're ended 1 n Phila-
delphia, has not cleared up all the details
of that tra gedy was furnished yesterday
in letters hat passed between the two
late in October
Johnstone's story. az given to the news
papers by his friend. Lawyer Samuel II.
Wendell. Of his city, was that tombstone
asked her 10 carry out her part in a double
suicide that she refused. hut shot him
and he then fired and sho, her.
Among the hundreds Of letters and telo-
grams found in Johnstone's effects is n
letter from the actress sent on Oct. 10 II
was addressed to him at the Grand Opera
House in Chicago II concluded with
| this
Il won't write any more until hear from
YOU"
1t bore this post script Il suppose you We
been too busy writing 10 Bessie and home
| 10 write me.
On other pages Of this letter tombstone
| himself wrote that il she had wished TO
make him unhappy she had "succeeded
admirably" because he was i'll and her
| letter had brought him entirely down"
| When | was quite myself" be wrote
1T seems az though you were bent on down
ing me" His part Of the writing then said
| haven't written either Bessie or Carrie
| and don't want any letters II this Is the kind
| YOU intend 20 write me. | have sent you
| money and long letters. | sent YOU moi, ices
and Nrlli" told me she sent them. are
| YOU trying to make ma unhappy IN be
| sorry ! wrote this hut YOU Should. too. u
Mr. Wandell said Yesterday that he didn't
| know who Carrie" and Bessie" were
| The day before the actress upbraided
! Johnston she wrote:
| feel curiously, dinden, about YOU since
| ~" com" back. Tell me YOU do understand
| lou seemed TO slip away from me. doubtless
! b,'cHu-o YOU were Worried and nervous
| l. II all right again? Tell mo frankly, now
Bury. am ] absolutely first no. more than
| first
The day after she sent the upbrading
| note she wrote.
iug demon OF jealousy and wrote you u mean
| lttl' note. or course, | want You to love
| your family, but, dearest ! cray" such sb-o-
| lut" mOropOly OF Your hart II mus, he
| Only FOR me. whether | ain worthy or nm
| worthy
| Barry. do you honestly low. me lust a.
| absolutely as YOU did hast spring Tell me
| really ] fear th" lohg--usI.nded sword
| may descend this fall and L ! 40 through ia,
| | love YOU.
! his means no RESPONSIBILITY upon voui
! shoulders | mean. no moral responsibility
| bu' | must know that YOU ioN" and no ou'
else. This - not a sentiment. bat facing d
/ crisis
Ia YOUR depths your real self YOU know
| whether there H. the least doubt. Wat Il,
! I urHn to Nout Mere to pg-s out oil YOU
, a.. walt NCud T. IN an, ! know what 70,
, ~. to ne ! won't tell YOU nov Goo,
| night. min" own. MiNNIt.
! Practically all Tia. others Of The score
! of letters sent by the actress to Johnston.
/ were full o! terms of eud.armrut In on,
~h" said that If II was not for her considera
tiun of her father aud mother she woulo
. take the bit" ietwe.u her teeth and bolt q.
D NV course, she wrote, would be- straight
To YOU. We must endure. for | fear gred
punishment would follow Us il they SHOULD
| suffer disgrace through me
/ MANY times she wrote that she love,
! hiiul and that what she wanted mos
Was TO U- clasped in his arms -Shoul,
love cease between IL, she said, Il woul,
abandon the fight
The letters also contained lot of stag,
! gossip. one told Of "in-id" Information
about "a prominent actors coming suit fol
, Ia ot here she asked John-tone how he wa,
getting along with Richard Mansfield
She said she knew Mansfield had p-cui
aritie-. but advised tombstone 10 study hi
ways. Perhaps" she wrote, "he woui,
seem different If You were ou' III the audi
| encs"
.IohnStone apparently preserved ever,
| letter III" woman ever sent Ia him.